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The latest official market figures from the USA are being claimed as a major victory by Nintendo, which has seen the GameCube's market share for the month of October boosted by ten points and overtaking the Xbox'.

Japanese publisher Tecmo, best known for its Dead or Alive series of beat 'em up titles, has announced a 260 million Yen (€2 million) profit in the first half of 2003, on rising sales of 3.9 billion Yen (€30 million).

Publisher Acclaim has posted its results for the second quarter of its current financial year, revealing losses of $4 million on declining revenues of $41.3 million, and has warned that tough times lie ahead for the company.

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A new application launched by UK mobile game developer Morpheme, MorphMark, promises to provide a standard benchmark for measuring the gaming performance of a wide variety of mobile phone devices.

A new report from market analyst group US Bancorp Piper Jaffray suggests that the current generation of hardware has seen its sales peak in the USA this year, and predicts a small decline in the 2004 figures.

Nokia has launched a new incentive to drive sales of the N-Gage in North America, offering three free game titles of the consumer's choice with each device sold - on top of a $100 rebate already being offered by key retailers.

Nintendo's biggest hope for Christmas has had a strong debut, but has failed to displace FIFA 2004 from the top spot in the UK charts, coming in at number three behind Activision's True Crime.

The purchase of a minority shareholding in Japanese media giant Bandai by Nintendo in late September has come under scrutiny once again, as an interview in a Japanese magazine reveals in-fighting on the Bandai board over the sale.

Japanese publisher Capcom has announced a profit for the first half of fiscal 2003, turning around a loss last year, and has given unit software sales guidance for each of the hardware platforms in the current year.