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Microsoft's Neil Thompson has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> in an exclusive interview that he feels Sony's delay to the Home project is down to the company underestimating the challenges of the platform.

Sales of the PlayStation Portable have increased by over six times on the previous week's figure, according to the latest data available from Media Create.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was released in Japan last week and sold 487,000 copies in the seven-day period.

Sega corporate director Masanao Maeda has stated that he expects Mario and Sonic at the Olympics to sell 4 million copies when it goes on sale in November.

Microsoft will not penalise Argos for releasing a small number of Halo 3 final boxed copies to the public a week before the official release.

Independent high street retailer ePlay has called in administrators to look for potential buyers for the company.

Amsterdam-based independent publisher Playlogic has signed an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment America giving the company full publishing rights in the US for titles on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable platforms.

Nintendo has achieved over 700,000 unit sales of the DS Lite in Australia, with the Wii also continuing to "perform well."

US attorney Jack Thompson, famous for his anti-games stance and attributing a number of violent events to videogames influence, has written to Take-Two demanding a section of Grand Theft Auto IV be deleted.

Brisbane-based Auran Games has joined the Australian Made, Australian Grown campaign, and titles produced by the company will now carry the cultural logo.

The organisers of the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo have announced that Christian Renaud, chief architect of networked virtual environments at Cisco, will be delivering a keynote speech at the event.

David Zucker talks about the challenges of next-gen development, and how the industry is represented in mainstream media.

Following earlier estimates that Sony would sell shares in its Financial Holdings company at JPY 415,000, it has now been confirmed that the actual price will be up to eight per cent lower than initial expectations.

Telefilm Canada, the country's federal cultural agency, will award a CAD 1 million cash prize on Saturday to one of four nominations for the Great Canadian Video Game Competition.

PSP Slim and Lite remodel a "head in the sand" move

Codemasters has issued a statement responding to the tragic death this weekend of Colin McRae, expert adviser to and inspiration for the famous rally game series that bore his name.

The Virgin Megastore retail chain has been sold for an undisclosed sum by Sir Richard Branson to the Zavvi Entertainment Group.

Intel could be set to speed up the manufacturing process of its latest chips to counter the release of AMD's new flagship product, the Quad-Core Opteron processor - previously codenamed Barcelona.

The games industry in the UK is in danger of losing its international competitive edge if the government doesn't act to help software developers, according to Tiga CEO and chairman Fred Hasson, who spoke exclusively to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i>.

Fred Hasson discusses the impact of the EU fund, and what the UK government should do to help.

Japan's hardware sales have taken a nosedive in the past month, with some platforms now selling fewer than half the numbers of just four weeks ago.

Nintendo's share price was up over five and a half per cent at the close of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, moving JPY 2900 (EUR 18.2) to JPY 55,400 (EUR 347), after a slight tumble caused by the strengthening yen.

LGF explains its decision to host two awards ceremonies in one week

A LGF spokesperson has told GamesIndustry.biz that there should be no confusion resulting from the proximity of the Golden Joystick and BAFTA awards.

The World Series of Video Games has been abolished by organisers Games Media Properties, according to a statement on its web site.