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The latest game to be based on massively popular anime franchise Mobile Suit Gundam has topped the Japanese charts this week, keeping Nintendo's Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour from the number one spot.

Publishing giant Electronic Arts is to provide a major boost for Sony's PS2 online service, with four of its biggest EA Games label titles set to support online play over the network adapter kit.

French publisher Ubisoft hopes to cut its debt burden by almost 25 per cent by the end of the current financial year, aided by strong sales and predicted 10 to 15 per cent

A new consultancy offering a unique service to games industry businesses and aiming to create an impressive network of developers, publishers and consumer brands, has opened its doors in the UK.

On October 7th, a new player will enter the game console business as mobile phone giant Nokia launches its N-Gage game deck - today on <i><b>gi</b>.biz</i>, we examine the final hardware in depth.

Nintendo of America has signed a deal with AOL which makes the company into the official preferred ISP for GameCube online titles - but the company says it still doesn't plan to make any online games.

UK development studio Bits Corp has announced its financial results for the year ended March 2003, with improved turnover and reduced losses hoped to indicate a turning point in the company's fortunes.

Market analysts have warned that trends regarding stock options at leading independent publisher Electronic Arts are a cause for concern over the company's future growth.

Videogames are on trial yet again in the USA, as the family of a man killed by teenagers who shot at passing cars on a freeway file a lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two.

Nintendo of America has announced plans to add three top-flight GameCube titles to the budget priced Player's Choice range in the USA, while several of the existing titles will be dropping again in price.

Electronic Arts and Take-Two have been ranked fifth and sixth respectively in a listing of the world's fastest growing technology companies, set to be published in the October issue of Business 2.0.

Publisher Acclaim has launched a new division, Acclaim Connected, which will focus on the development and licensing of mobile games - with deals already in place with European providers O2 and Vodafone Live.

Following weeks of speculation, the midlands-based development group Kaboom Studios has gone into receivership, with the one remaining studio - Pivotal Games - being put up for sale.

The winners of the Dare to be Digital competition for Scottish third-level students have been announced, with an innovative team-based RPG title and a quirky adventure game set in a zoo taking the top prizes.

French publisher Ubisoft has announced a new rebranding initiative which sees the company adopting a new corporate logo and dropping the space from its name - all amidst a flurry of marketing nonsense, naturally.

Sony's Eye Toy: Play has racked up another week at number one in the UK sales rankings, while key new releases including Chaos Legion, Pirates of the Caribbean and Otogi performed disappointingly.

One of the world's largest publishers has shaken the widely held belief that the platform holders will cut console prices stateside before Christmas by stating that it no longer believes this to be the case.

Following the announcement of a pack featuring Grand Theft Auto 3 and its sequel, Vice City, for the Xbox this Christmas, Take-Two CEO Jeffery Lapin has clarified the situation regarding console exclusivity for the franchise.

Publisher Eidos looks set to join Acclaim in dropping support for the GameCube, with CEO Mike McGarvey announcing that the company will not be creating Cube SKUs of its key titles for 2004.

The forthcoming N-Gage mobile game deck is to receive a limited release in Japan, according to comments from a Nokia representative speaking at a conference in Tokyo.