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The latest figures from the graphics chipset market show ATI moving slightly ahead of NVIDIA in the last quarter of 2003, with the company gaining significant ground in the standalone graphics chip arena.

Publisher Eidos has announced its plans for the future of the Championship Manager franchise following its highly publicised split from ChampMan creators and developers Sports Interactive.

Adding to widely accepted speculation that the Xbox and PS2 will see price cuts to $129 ahead of the E3 trade show in May, an American analyst has now suggested that the Xbox will drop to $99 before autumn.

Nintendo has announced a selection of financial figures for the nine months ended December 31, revealing that rising GameCube sales have helped the company's operating profits to top 103 billion Yen (€786 million).

It's being reported today that Microsoft plans to celebrate the second anniversary of the Xbox launch in Europe by releasing a limited edition "Crystal Pack" Xbox, featuring a clear white casing and two matching controllers.

Publisher Activision has announced its results for the third quarter, revealing a 74 per cent rise in net profits as strong sales of key titles such as Tony Hawk Underground and True Crime drove revenues above $500 million.

Following his surprise appointment as the president of Infinium Labs, Kevin Bachus spoke candidly with <b>gi.biz</b> in this exclusive interview about the controversial company and its plans for the Phantom game service.

Following his surprise appointment as the president of Infinium Labs, Kevin Bachus spoke candidly with <b>gi.biz</b> in this exclusive interview about the controversial company and its plans for the Phantom game service.

Sony's PlayStation Portable is set to enjoy significant software support from Electronic Arts, according to statements made on a conference call where the publisher also outlined its expectations for the launch of the device.

Publisher Atari has warned that its third quarter results will not meet the company's expectations and downgraded its financial projections for the full year following the decision to move key title DRIV3R to next financial year.

Leading publisher Electronic Arts has announced record revenue and income for its third quarter ended December 31, with eleven of the company's titles selling over a million units, and Need for Speed Underground topping 5.5 million.

New figures from Microsoft show that Xbox is still well ahead of Nintendo's GameCube in terms of European sales, with a 3.7 million unit installed base at the end of 2003 and Xbox Live shooting past 100,000 users.

Electronic Arts' Need for Speed Underground maintained its number one position in the UK software sales charts last week, while the rest of the chart was largely stagnant with no major new releases since Christmas.

The final figures for last year's software sales in the USA show that the market had another record breaking year, with sales breaking $7 billion for the first time, although falling console prices brought overall industry sales down.

Sony's Gran Turismo 4: Prologue continued to be the best selling software title in Japan last week, but the software market as a whole dropped to just over 500,000 units as a limited set of new releases failed to drive sales.

Nintendo's new Dual Screen handheld console is set to receive third party software support from key Japanese publishers Konami and Namco, while leading western publisher EA has confirmed that it is evaluating the system.

Pachinko machine maker Sammy is moving to capitalise quickly on its recent acquisition of a large stake in Sega, signing a new alliance with International Game Technology which will give it the ability to launch full-scale overseas operations.

Japanese publisher Namco is to expand its presence in the UK, in a move which is intended to strengthen the company's European operations and allow it to compete directly with publishers such as Electronic Arts.

The first in a series of free software upgrades for the recently launched PSX media centre is set to arrive in Japan at the beginning of February, restoring much of the functionality which was removed from the specification before Christmas.

One of the key figures behind the launch of Microsoft's Xbox console, Kevin Bachus, has joined the company behind the Phantom game console, Infinium Labs, in the role of president and chief operating officer.

A court in Italy has dealt a major blow to the efforts of the platform holders to crack down on mod chips, ruling that PS2 mod chip devices are designed to "avoid monopolistic positions."

Microsoft has announced its results for the quarter ended December 31st, revealing that the Xbox is still on track to meet its sales target of 14.5 to 16 million units in June despite a small shortfall over the Christmas period.