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Doom and Quake co-creator John Romero has denied reports which quoted him as stating that he'd seen a prototype of Nokia's next-generation N-Gage hardware, saying that quotes attributed to him on a Russian website were incorrect.

Electronic Arts has been named in the Sunday Times' annual survey of the best companies to work for in the UK, with the giant publisher being ranked 21st in the top 100 listing and described as a "stimulating work environment".

Publisher Activision and a number of its key executives have been named as defendants in a class action lawsuit by a group of the company's shareholders, who claim that false statements were issued by the company to enable insider trading.

The third instalment in Capcom's Onimusha franchise has debuted at number one in the Japanese software charts, but sales of over 430,000 units in its first weekend on sale are still slower than the previous title in the series'.

Sales of the three main console remained static year on year during February in the UK, with increased sales of the Xbox and Gamecube making up for a decline in sales of the still-dominant PlayStation 2.

As widely expected, Microsoft's chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach will take to the stage at the Game Developers Conference to discuss the next Xbox console - but the presentation may not include details of the system's hardware.

Developer John Romero, who created the port of Red Faction for the Nokia N-Gage, has told a Russian site that he has already seen a prototype of the successor to the game deck, which addresses many criticisms about the original console.

Publisher Take-Two Interactive has revealed that it is planning to support Sony's PlayStation Portable with multiple software titles either at or shortly after the launch of the system.

Sega's new president and Sammy CEO Hajime Satomi wants to see the two companies making a billion dollar combined annual profit by 2006, with Sega's operations contributing at least $200 million of that figure.

British publisher Eidos has commented on its future development plans following the acquisition of IO Interactive, with a new Hitman game in the pipeline and work said to be progressing well on the next Tomb Raider title.

Dov Moran, CEO of M-Systems, the company which has been contracted by Microsoft to provide flash memory storage for Xbox 2, has told an Israeli newspaper that the next-generation console will not have a hard disc drive.

News website HardOCP has filed a legal action against broadband console proponent Infinium Labs, in a move which it says is aimed at "clearing the air" following a number of demands and threats made by Infinium in the past weeks.

Publisher Take-Two Interactive has lowered its projections for the next two quarters and reported a fall in profits for its first quarter, which ended in January - but the company still hopes to meet expectations for the full year.

Nokia has received a slap on the wrist from Britain's Advertising Standards Authority for its N-Gage advertisements, and has been told not to repeat several of them following complaints that they promote violent behaviour.

British publisher Eidos Interactive has announced its intention to purchase Danish development studio IO Interactive, creator of the Hitman series of games, along with rising profits in the first half of its financial year.