Kristan Reed (Page 4)

Future's UK portfolio once again dominates the market for gaming magazines, despite a year on year dip, the latest ABC circulation figures for Jan-June 2003 seem to indicate.

Take-Two has announced release dates for a number of its biggest titles this year, including the latest offspring of Rockstar North and the follow-up to Max Payne.

Microsoft has confirmed the date and location of its annual trade event in a teaser email. Among the expected attractions are Perfect Dark Zero, Doom III and even Half-Life 2.

Expected losses of four million Euro have forced German publisher CDV to take action, with redundancies expected to "impact all areas of the company".

More positive news for the once troubled Japanese giant as its hits pre-tax profit of £13.6 million profit on sales of £219.8 million...

Buoyed by the success of Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo has posted big profits, but it's still plain to see that the GameCube is in significant trouble.

Enter The Matrix maintained its fifth straight week at the top of the UK All Formats chart this week, refusing to buckle under the pressure of some big new releases including Sony's PS2 online adapter and its launch titles.

Enter The Matrix made it three weeks at the top, with very little movement anywhere else in the All Formats Top 40.