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According to the latest information from Media Create for software sales in Japan last week, nearly twice as many units were sold for Sony consoles in the top ten as for Nintendo platforms.

Microsoft has announced details on the television ad that will begin showing in the UK from September 18 in order to promote the sale of Halo 3.

Details on a move announced by the EU earlier today to provide funding for games development through its Media Plus programme have been welcomed by Tiga CEO and chairman Fred Hasson.

SCE honorary chairman Ken Kuturagi will be awarded further recognition by being presented with the 2008 Champion Honoree title at the Nite to Unite for Kids charity event in October.

NCsoft North America CEO Robert Garriott has released more details on the reasoning behind the company's deal with Sony, and what gamers might expect from the union.

Community and data collection tool, Xfire, has now passed the 8 million subscriber mark, and the latest information on the top 20 most-played titles indicates that World of Warcraft's popularity is holding steady.

Public-facing events spread a crucial, if sometimes intangible message, which can do more for the games industry than specialist displays alone

The power of videogames to propel new artists to potential stardom via huge audiences has now outstripped other media, such as radio, among the youth markets of today.

According to Virtuos boss Gilles Langourieux, having success in the notoriously difficult country of China is possible, as long as there's an understanding of how best to do business.

In a panel session at the Games Convention Asia Conference, Boomzap's co-founder Allan Simonsen stated that as long as the Asian market was seen as mainly an outsourcing sector, generating original intellectual property would continue to be a struggle.

The boom in China's online gaming sector will continue for the foreseeable future, according to Lu Guangyuan Desmond, director of international business development for Chinese online games publisher Shanda.

In the opening ceremony for Games Convention Asia, Singapore government minister Vivian Balakrishnan, detailed the extent that the country is prepared to go to in order to become a games industry centre of excellence.

Chris Spearing explains how Logitech is hoping to open up new markets for peripherals with the next-generation of consoles.

Sony are to sell around 34.5 per cent of its Financial Holdings company, raising around JPY 332 billion (USD 2.9 billion) in the process.

The simExchange has released an analyst research report indicating that it believes Sony needs to drop the price of the PlayStation 3 in the coming weeks or months in order to remain competitive with the Xbox 360 in North America.

Online gaming is big business everywhere, but in Asia revenues are expected to grow by around 20 per cent from last year to USD 2.5 billion by the end of next year.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 has entered the UK all-formats chart at number two this week, according to sales information collated by Chart Track and licensed by ELSPA, for the week ending September 1.

The SCi Entertainment Group, better known to many nowadays as publisher Eidos, has released a statement to the London Stock Exchange confirming recent speculation that the company has been approached with a view to making an offer.

Texas-based in-game advertising solutions provider Double Fusion has released a new platform for campaigns, called fusion.runtime, which will allow advertisers more flexibility in the way that they plan campaigns.

Disney Interactive is gearing up for a number of varied releases before the year is out, but the family is still at the heart of everything they do.

Games Convention Asia Conference has announced Alexander Fernandez, the CEO of Streamline Studios, will be delivering a keynote at the event on the subject of outsourcing.

Following some news reports last week that claimed Games Convention would be moving from Leipzig to a bigger venue from 2009, <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> has learned that such a move could only happen with the current organiser's permission.

The London Game Career Fair will be returning this year, following a successful inaugural event last year attended by over 1000 people.

Nintendo's DS handheld scooped the top four positions in the Spanish chart, according to the most recent data available from GfK International.

The PC edition of BioShock has entered the German software chart at number one, with the Xbox 360 version also slipping into the top 10 at number six.