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Recent moves by Electronic Arts, designed to consolidate more of the company's US development efforts in its headquarters in California's Redwood Shores, have led to some 117 job losses, according to a recent regulatory filing from the publisher.

Movie tie-in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban topped the UK software charts again this week, extending its lead with an 81 per cent climb in sales, while publisher EA also took the number two and three places in the ranking.

Media giant Viacom has considered purchasing leading publisher Electronic Arts, but decided that such a buyout would be unfeasible due to the high price tag attached to the company - believed to be around $20 billion.

Embattled publisher Interplay has had its headquarters in California shut down by state authorities, after it emerged that the company failed to pay employees last month, and has no workers' compensation insurance.

Publisher Midway has announced that its current chairman, Neil Nicastro, will be resigning from the role immediately after its forthcoming annual shareholder's meeting, with a successor to be announced soon afterwards.

A disagreement between UK games distributors Gem and 20:20 has come to legal blows, it emerged this week, after 20:20 reacted to allegations that it plans to open a chain of videogames stores.

Rockstar's GTA: Vice City, distributed by Capcom, failed to hold on to top spot in its second week on sale in Japan, as Super Robot Battle MX and a Fist of the North Star Pachinko title jacked its position.

The future is looking increasingly bleak for Xbox in Japan following the cancellation this week of MMORPG True Fantasy Live Online.