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Leading publisher Electronic Arts has acquired the rights to the next instalment in Criterion's highly regarded Burnout series of racing games, and plans to make it into one of its key titles for 2004.

The line-up of sessions and events for this year's Game Developers Conference has been revealed, with keynote speeches from industry luminaries including John Carmack, Dave Perry and John Gaeta on the bill.

US development studio Legend Entertainment is thought to have been shut down by publisher Atari, with almost all staff being laid off on Friday and only a small number remaining to oversee the shut-down.

Nintendo came out on top in the crucial December sales period last year, according to the Japanese company, with a massive 70 per cent year on year increase in worldwide sales of the GameCube console.

Event organisers London EventCo have revealed that the forthcoming Game Stars Live consumer videogames show is set to play host to a huge multiplayer gaming tournament, billed as the largest of its kind in the UK.

The founders of the company behind the 32 million-selling Tomb Raider series have announced their return to the games industry under the guise of Circle Studio, and have hired 35 former Core Design employees to work on two prototype titles.

Tim Wright, the creative director/designer of Jester Interactive's "Music" series, has made an amicable split from the publisher he helped to establish along with other key staff to form Tantrumedia, a new developer based in the North West of the UK.

Japanese publisher Konami is set to become the first third-party publisher to release a game for the PS2 in China, with Winning Eleven 7: International being unveiled at the China Joy expo in Beijing this week.

Game developer Monolith has announced that Samantha Ryan will be stepping up to the role of CEO at the company following the departure of co-founder Jason Hall, who is heading up Warner Bros' new games division.

Following on from the success of last year's event, the Edinburgh International Games Festival is set to make a return to the Scottish capital this August, with a significantly expanded program of events.

US comic publishing giant Marvel Enterprises has announced the formation of a new group within the company which will focus specifically on the development of video games based on its wide range of character franchises.

Two new versions of the Xbox console are set to arrive in Japan in the coming months, with limited editions being created to commemorate the second anniversary of the Xbox launch and the arrival of Dead or Alive Ultimate.

Media giant Warner Bros has announced its intention to become a major player in the games market, with the foundation of a new Interactive Entertainment division representing a move away from its current licensing model.

Rumours circulating in the game development community suggest that Sony is set to upgrade the specification for the PlayStation portable to feature 32Mb of RAM - bringing the system closer in line with the PS2.

Sales of videogames consoles in the UK edged downwards by 1 per cent during 2003 according to ChartTrack's annual hardware figures - a fairly significant slowdown in growth, which may well represent the peak of the current generation.

Sony has announced the shipment of its 70 millionth PlayStation 2, marking another major milestone in the life of the console, while both SCEA and SCEE have reported strong sales performance in 2003.

One of the most public faces of the Xbox project, Microsoft Game Studios boss Ed Fries, has left the company in order to pursue new opportunities, with COO Shane Kim taking over his role in an interim capacity.

Reports suggest that 2004's most wanted has been translated by Russian pirates

A partial line-up of speakers and events for the E3 2004 conference program has been announced, with some of the biggest names in the games industry set to speak on a wide variety of key topics over the three day conference.

Publisher Ubisoft has added another development studio to its stable with the acquisition of French developer Tiwak, although it's not known whether the studio's Xbox adventure title Tork will be resurrected.

The latest update to Microsoft's Xbox release schedules has revealed further slippage for both of the console's big forthcoming RPG titles, with UK developed games Fable and Sudeki now not due until summer.