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Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has added yet more gongs to its trophy cabinet, winning five BAFTA awards at last night's inaugural BAFTA Games Awards ceremony in London, as well as the Sunday Times Readers Award.

Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) will not be released in the USA and Europe in time for Christmas, with the company confirming yesterday that the release date has been pushed back into the first quarter of 2005.

The International Game Developers Association has announced the recipients of several Game Developers Choice Awards, with six development veterans from disparate parts of the industry set to receive their gongs at GDC next month.

The PlayStation 2 is set to receive a raft of new first-party exclusive titles later this year, with third instalments for Jak and Ratchet & Clank planned, along with a sequel for Sly Raccoon and a possible follow-up to The Mark of Kri.

Publisher Electronic Arts is reportedly planning to shut down its Origin Systems development studio in Austin, Texas, and is offering staff at the studio the choice of relocation to California or a severance package.

British developer Warthog is accelerating its plans to develop titles in partnership with IP holders, with negotiations currently underway with new IP providers to secure work on two further movie-related game projects.

Square Enix' PS2 RPG Final Fantasy X-2 has debuted at number one in the UK software charts, knocking Sega's Sonic Heroes off the top spot, while the Cube and Xbox versions of Prince of Persia have also sold well.

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has given the first official indication that sales of the N-Gage game deck are not living up to expectations, but says that the platform must be given until November 2005 to prove itself.