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New details of Infinium Labs' plans for the Phantom Game Service have emerged, with company president Kevin Bachus revealing that the Phantom console will effectively be free, and providing the first pictures of the hardware itself.

First images of Infinium Labs' forthcoming Phantom Receiver unit

Market watchers in the United States expect the Xbox to have outsold Sony's PS2 in monthly sales for the first time ever in April's sales figures, as the effects of Microsoft's recent price cut continue to boost the console.

Burgeoning consumer games expo Game Stars Live has signed up its first home platform holder, with Nintendo set to have a "major presence" at the five-day event which is to take place at London's ExCeL at the start of September.

With the industry's biggest trade expo only days away, we've compiled one of the most comprehensive guides on the net to the titles which will be on display - and highlighted some of the choice picks for the show.

Publisher Activision has announced that its net revenues for the year ended March 31st rose by some 10 per cent year on year, marking a record high for the company - which now expects to break the $1 billion mark in fiscal 2005.

Publisher Atari has announced its financial results for the full year to March 31st, revealing a major decline in both revenues and income despite the commercial success of stand-out title Enter The Matrix.

Japanese giant Nintendo has fired the opening salvo of its E3 publicity assault for the forthcoming Nintendo DS handheld, releasing a list of publishers supporting the device which includes most of the industry's biggest names.

British developer Kuju Entertainment is opening a new development location in the south coast town of Brighton, based around the core team from Wide Games and headed up by Wide co-founder Ed Daly.

Publisher THQ has announced its financial results for the year ended March 31st, revealing record sales and a vastly improved net income figure thanks to the performance of key franchises such as Finding Nemo and SpongeBob Squarepants.

Britsoft developer Argonaut has updated its website to reveal that the company is working on software titles for both Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS handheld platforms.

Britsoft developer Sports Interactive continues to grow its roster of sports management titles, announcing the addition of Out of the Park Baseball to its line-up this afternoon.

Graphics technology specialist ATI has unveiled the latest addition to its family of products, the Radeon X800, which will give the company a performance edge over rival NVIDIA once more when it ships to retail this month.

Eidos' Hitman: Contracts was the best selling game in the UK last week, knocking Codemasters' TOCA Race Driver 2 off the number one spot and holding off a challenge from another new release, EA's Fight Night 2004.