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A number of famous artists have been signed up to supply music for the forthcoming Lumines II, acclaimed game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi has revealed - with details of the talent involved likely to be emerge in the coming weeks.

Several videogame publishers, including Sony and Electronic Arts, turned down the chance to make a videogame based on hit horror movie 28 Days Later, DNA Films producer Andrew MacDonald has revealed.

Nintendo has this morning announced sales figures for the DS Lite in Europe, revealing that 200,000 units of the new handheld were sold through in ten days following its launch - despite concerns that it would be swamped by World Cup fever.

Is "Allard's iPod" going to make it to the church on time?

Mark Morris on Darwinia creators' struggle for independence

Nintendo's latest DS title, New Super Mario Bros, has recorded the second biggest launch week ever for a DS title in the UK - but it wasn't enough to move the PS2 version of GTA Liberty City Stories off the top of the weekly software charts.

Industry leaders from around the world are set to gather in London in early October this year to discuss the future of the market at the London Games Summit - with registration for the ELSPA, TIGA and CMP organised event now open.

Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot has warned that while his company is optimistic about the prospects for the next-gen consoles, Sony must be prepared to drop the price point of the PS3 in 2007 if it is to compete effectively with the Xbox 360.

Comment: Publishers must act to end the vicious circle of price-cutting

Nintendo's DS Lite has launched across Europe this morning, with the redesigned console going on sale in two colours - black and white - supported by an advertising campaign focusing on the key software for the platform.

The first Blu-Ray player from Sony, the BDP-S1, has been pushed back to an October 25th release date - meaning that the firm's consumer Blu-Ray product line will not appear until only weeks before the arrival of the PlayStation 3.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has attacked the current pricing model used by the videogames industry, saying that software should be priced appropriately at launch rather than being reduced rapidly by retailers.

SEGA's UK driving studio revs its engine

Comment: Brain Age and Talkman define a key new trend

Epic Games VP Mark Rein is to deliver a keynote address at the Develop Conference in Brighton next month which will attack the industry's thinking on next-generation development