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German publisher CDV has announced provisional results for the full financial year 2003, revealing an expected loss of some €10 million for the company following the cancellation of some projects in development.

Publisher Take Two Interactive has announced that one of its founders, Ryan Brant, is to resign as chairman and director in order to focus on the publishing business, and will be replaced by financial expert Richard Roedel.

The third instalment of Capcom's successful samurai slash 'em up franchise Onimusha has held its place at the top of the Japanese charts this week, ahead of Nintendo's Cube RPG Custom Robo which came in at number two.

British development studio Blitz Games has won the inaugural Application of Technology Award at the Birmingham Screen Festival for its use of rendering technology in last Christmas' The Fairly Oddparents title.

Take-Two Interactive has announced that it will be carrying out publishing duties on Square Enix' PS2 RPG title Drakengard in Europe later this year, marking the first time that the two companies have worked together on the publication of a title.

UK development studio Argonaut has announced its interim results for the six months to January 31st, with the below-expectations performance of pre-Christmas releases precipitating deepening losses for the group.

A listing on the recruitment page for developer Day 1 Studios has revealed that the company is currently hiring staff to work on what'd described as "a properly funded and scheduled Xbox 2 project."

British developer Kuju has announced plans for a share offering which is aimed at raising up to £750,000 of new funding, some of which will be used for research and development work related to next-generation consoles.

A document leaked onto the Internet purporting to be a full specification for Nintendo's forthcoming DS handheld includes features such as a touch panel input device, 802.11 wireless LAN and a 3D graphics system.

Magazine publishing group Future Network has announcd its full year financial results for 2003, showing strong growth in both turnover and profits as circulation revenues climbed significantly.

The forthcoming Jak III will be the last game that Jason Rubin works on at developer Naughty Dog, with the studio president planning to leave the SCEA-owned company once the game is finished.

Electronic Arts' latest James Bond 007 title, Everything Or Nothing, strengthened its grip on the top of the UK charts this week, but there were good debuts for Eidos' Deus Ex sequel and Sony's SOCOM II as well.

Doom and Quake co-creator John Romero has denied reports which quoted him as stating that he'd seen a prototype of Nokia's next-generation N-Gage hardware, saying that quotes attributed to him on a Russian website were incorrect.

Electronic Arts has been named in the Sunday Times' annual survey of the best companies to work for in the UK, with the giant publisher being ranked 21st in the top 100 listing and described as a "stimulating work environment".

Publisher Activision and a number of its key executives have been named as defendants in a class action lawsuit by a group of the company's shareholders, who claim that false statements were issued by the company to enable insider trading.

The third instalment in Capcom's Onimusha franchise has debuted at number one in the Japanese software charts, but sales of over 430,000 units in its first weekend on sale are still slower than the previous title in the series'.

As widely expected, Microsoft's chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach will take to the stage at the Game Developers Conference to discuss the next Xbox console - but the presentation may not include details of the system's hardware.

Developer John Romero, who created the port of Red Faction for the Nokia N-Gage, has told a Russian site that he has already seen a prototype of the successor to the game deck, which addresses many criticisms about the original console.

Publisher Take-Two Interactive has revealed that it is planning to support Sony's PlayStation Portable with multiple software titles either at or shortly after the launch of the system.