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Overall software sales in Japan dipped below half a million units last week as the flow of new releases which had sustained the market through the summer dried up, leaving the top ten entirely composed of older titles.

Interplay has ended its distribution agreement with Vivendi Universal Games and says that it is considering legal action against the publisher following a dispute over the payment of royalties.

Bath-based development studio Pivotal Games has been purchased by British publisher SCi following the collapse of its parent company, Kaboom Studios, earlier this month.

Dennis Publishing's Golden Joysticks videogame awards are set to be broadcast to an audience of up to eight million viewers on music TV channel MTV, thanks to a new sponsorship deal with the channel.

Nintendo plans to launch a wireless link-up adapter for the Game Boy Advance and GBA SP next year, according to a press release from Motorola, who will be providing the wireless chipset.

Sony is to cut the price of its flagship console to £139 next Wednesday, with the limited edition silver version sinking to £149. Will Microsoft respond?

Terry Malham and Leo Zullo, the two people behind the success of CDV UK, have launched their own start-up publisher under the label of Digital Jesters, with the first titles due to launch at the end of November.

UK publisher Empire Interactive has announced its figures for the first half of 2003, revealing a move back into profitability for the company on the back of record half-year revenues.

Japanese console giant Nintendo is set to become the first of the current platform holders to launch a games system in China, with a new console sporting strong anti-piracy systems set to arrive next month.

One of the most popular RPGs of all time, Final Fantasy VII, is set for a revival, with Square Enix unveiling a new title set after the events of the first epic story - but it's not yet clear whether it's even a videogame.

Sony has announced that it will be publishing Argonaut's I-Ninja for Namco in Europe, with the title - available on all three consoles in the USA - being released as a PS2 exclusive during Q1 2004.

Publisher Atari has become the latest company to cut back on developer support for the GameCube, confirming that it has cancelled versions of Terminator 3 and Driver 3 for Nintendo's home console.

The game publishing division of multinational media empire Vivendi Universal has announced its results for the first half of the current fiscal year, revealing a significant loss and a drop in turnover.

The GameCube has seen $50 slashed off its price tag this evening, with Nintendo of America officially cutting the price to $99 ahead of the holiday sales season - lending credibility to rumours of a €99 price point in Europe soon.

The Xbox is significantly outpacing its rivals in the console market in growth terms, with both hardware and software sales growing faster than the PS2 or Cube according to the latest figures from Microsoft.

Publisher Take-Two Interactive may face a class action from alleged "victims" of the Grand Theft Auto games, as the family of a man killed by boys allegedly influenced by the game prepare to file a $100m lawsuit.

The most anticipated PC game of the year has officially slipped past its September 30 release date, with developer Valve confirming that Half-Life 2 is now aiming for a launch in time for Christmas.

Four leading UK universities have signed an agreement with Nintendo and development tools specialist SN Systems which will see them using GameCube hardware as part of their games technology courses.

Konami joins Capcom in hawking franchises to Hollywood

Pivotal Games' Conflict: Desert Storm II has gone straight in at number one in the UK, displacing LucasArts' epic RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic after only a week in the top spot.