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A new publisher specialising in high quality mobile games has been launched by industry veterans with backgrounds at Digital Bridges and DMA Design, with new firm Rocket Dog setting high ambitions in the wireless space.

The release of some of the biggest games of the summer so far in Japan has seen the market recover from a months-long slump at last, with Konami's Winning Eleven 7 and Square Enix' Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicle leading the charts.

Second quarter results from Interplay reveal a continuing decline in the company's fortunes, although the reported losses of $5.4 million are better than the original estimates of a $9 million loss.

The first results of the auction for 3DO's franchises and assets have been revealed, with bid wins for Namco, Ubisoft and Microsoft on the company's three major game franchises, but no word as yet on the fate of the smaller lots.

A senior British soldier has attacked an American developer's plans to use real-life footage of the recent Iraq conflict in a forthcoming first person shooter.

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Publisher Phoenix Games is set to launch a range of super-budget titles for PS2 and Xbox.

Blizzard's Reign of Chaos continues a year after the original game's release with news that expansion pack The Frozen Throne has sold more than a million units worldwide in just over a month.

Future's UK portfolio once again dominates the market for gaming magazines, despite a year on year dip, the latest ABC circulation figures for Jan-June 2003 seem to indicate.

Future Xbox products and services will be powered by custom ATI graphics chips, the Canadian hardware manufacturer confirmed today.

Electronic Arts is to open a new Montreal studio before the year's end, which the publisher expects to host as many as four major franchises in the long run.

Sales of Xbox software in Australia have exceeded one million units since the console's launch last year, but Sony is reportedly unconcerned, despite surrendering 25 per cent of the market.

Hideo Kojima, the father of the Metal Gear Solid series, will be attending the PlayStation Experience event at Earls Court, and he's bringing a new MGS3 trailer to the party.

Take-Two has announced release dates for a number of its biggest titles this year, including the latest offspring of Rockstar North and the follow-up to Max Payne.

Sega of Japan has condemned the "Treamcast" console, a portable modified Dreamcast with media playback capabilities, and could pursue legal action against those who sell it.

Microsoft has confirmed the date and location of its annual trade event in a teaser email. Among the expected attractions are Perfect Dark Zero, Doom III and even Half-Life 2.

Electronic Arts chief executive Larry Probst has exercised options on 26,700 shares, the company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, raking in a huge profit.

The hottest week on record in the UK has caused a predictable slump in console hardware sales - but the GameCube was hit hardest of all, seeing its weekly total slip below 1000 units for the first time since launch.

The list of qualified bidders for the assets of defunct publisher 3DO has been released, revealing that parties including Microsoft, Eidos, Namco, Ubi Soft and JoWooD are all interested in picking up certain franchises.

UK development group Kuju Entertainment is set to accelerate its program of restructuring and cost reductions over the coming weeks, in response to difficult market conditions and delays in the signing of two projects.

Nintendo's GBA Pokemon titles continue to occupy the two top spots in the UK sales charts this week, while much of the rest of the chart is dominated by EA's budget-priced releases of last Christmas' hits.