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UK upstart Hello Games came out of nowhere in 2009 -- well, not nowhere, their Voltron-like team is formed of former Kuju and Criterion leads on games like Burnout 3, Black, Geometry Wars Galaxies and Sega Superstars Tennis -- and their indie debut game Joe Danger rose meteorically to many top most wanted lists, especially after its debut at Eurogamer's 2009 Expo (from which the video above was leaked).

Ten for 2010: the 10 most-anticipated games coming in the new year Boing Boing 2009

Sales of MP3s have grown meteorically, but overall music industry sales is down 50%.

Amazon Pulls First Second Books, Other Macmillan Titles » Comics Worth Reading 2010

The popularity of Taseer's accused killer has risen so meteorically in recent days that it is easy to imagine him being lauded in the schoolbooks of future generations.

Bashir Ahmad Gwakh: The Deep Roots of Pakistan's Extremism Bashir Ahmad Gwakh 2011

I was a bit miffed, I said, that Brown had risen meteorically by trading on the name recognition of his father, former Governor Pat Brown.

Richard H. Smith: THE LAST HURRAH OF JERRY BROWN Richard H. Smith 2010

The popularity of Taseer's accused killer has risen so meteorically in recent days that it is easy to imagine him being lauded in the schoolbooks of future generations.

Bashir Ahmad Gwakh: The Deep Roots of Pakistan's Extremism Bashir Ahmad Gwakh 2011

The 40-year-old Caracci was admired for his revival of High Renaissance grandeur; Caravaggio, at 29, was a meteorically rising star who recently created a sensation with a startlingly realistic cycle of paintings telling the story of St. Matthew.

A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010

The 40-year-old Caracci was admired for his revival of High Renaissance grandeur; Caravaggio, at 29, was a meteorically rising star who recently created a sensation with a startlingly realistic cycle of paintings telling the story of St. Matthew.

A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010

I was a bit miffed, I said, that Brown had risen meteorically by trading on the name recognition of his father, former Governor Pat Brown.

Richard H. Smith: The Last Hurrah of Jerry Brown Richard H. Smith 2010

The 40-year-old Caracci was admired for his revival of High Renaissance grandeur; Caravaggio, at 29, was a meteorically rising star who recently created a sensation with a startlingly realistic cycle of paintings telling the story of St. Matthew.

A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010

The 40-year-old Caracci was admired for his revival of High Renaissance grandeur; Caravaggio, at 29, was a meteorically rising star who recently created a sensation with a startlingly realistic cycle of paintings telling the story of St. Matthew.

A Transfiguring Moment Karen Wilkin 2010