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The PlayStation 2 and Xbox are set for European price cuts in the coming days, with Sony to cut its price to UKP 104.99 this week while sources in Germany indicate that Microsoft is to announce a UKP 99.99 price this afternoon.

Metroid Prime 2 will form the backbone of Nintendo's Christmas Cube offering in Europe, while Pokémon Leaf Green/Fire Red and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap stand tall in a diverse list of first party GBA offerings.

New legislation which would require video game retailers to clearly display signs notifying purchasers of game ratings has been voted in by the senate in California, and is set to be signed by Governor Arnold Schwarznegger.

Electronic Arts has maintained its position as the number one publisher in the USA in July, holding on to 26 per cent market share as NCAA Football 2005 sold over half a million units on PS2 to become the top-selling game of the month.

Videogames took their place in the heart of Scotland's capital city once again last week, joining the many other major events which make up the famous Edinburgh Festival; <b>gi</b>.biz was there for all the fun of the festival.

According to unconfirmed reports which emerged last night, developer Valve has been hit by another embarrassing leak - with the complete script to Half-Life 2, including the "surprising" ending, being released on the web.

id Software's Doom 3 has stormed to the top of the UK software chart in its first week on sale, racking up stronger first-week sales than former incumbent Spider-Man 2 and becoming the first PC game to take the top spot in 2004.

SCEE has announced the signing of an exclusive publishing deal with Evolution Studios, the UK-based developers of the World Rally Championship series, which will see the firm working exclusively on Sony platforms.

Publisher Activision is celebrating a milestone for its UK division, after strong sales of movie licenses Spider-Man 2 and Shrek 2 made it into the number one publisher in the territory for the first time last month.

The Japanese leisure software market has rocketed past the one million unit sales mark for the first time since the end of May, thanks to the launch of Konami's Winning Eleven 8, a number one debut with sales of almost 700,000 units.

Publisher LucasArts has laid off a further 31 staff from its development division, with reports indicating that the staff affected were a small team attached to early development on Knights of the Old Republic 3.

Sony UK plans to relaunch the PlayStation Experience consumer event at the famous Alton Towers theme park this September, with games, live bands and nationwide television coverage in the bag.

Monolith Productions is to become part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment after the WB decided to buy the company outright. However, the developer is still free to work with other companies.

Austria-based publisher JoWooD Productions revealed that sales and profits were down for the first half compared to figures last year, but pointed to cut costs and investment in second half product.

Publishing sources at a games summit in the US are reportedly confident that the Nintendo DS will make it onto the market in North America in late November, backing up claims from Japanese retailers last month.

A 'Trojan horse' that affected a popular mobile phone game was actually a defunct anti-piracy measure deliberately inserted by the developer, a security firm said yesterday.

Publisher THQ will pay close to $10 million in total to acquire Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War developer Relic Entertainment, the company revealed this week, offering a full breakdown in an SEC filing.