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In an exclusive interview with <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i>, Sony Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison discusses the PS3, the fight to be market leader and the factors that will determine the winner of the next-gen console battle.

Read our E3 interview with Microsoft's head of games

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Sony has finally announced a price and launch date for the PlayStation 3, with the console set to arrive on November 17th, starting from 499 Euro - and sporting a redesigned wireless Dual Shock pad with motion sensing functions.

Xbox 360 owners will be able to play and watch many of the games being shown off at E3 this week, with Microsoft and its third-party partners planning to make available several videos and demos from the show over Xbox Live.

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A new episode of the GamesIndustry.biz Podcast has been released today, featuring news and analysis of the week's top headlines, Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton discussing the Wii, and a look at what's coming up next week at E3.

Nintendo of America has announced its launch plans for the DS Lite handheld console, with the redesigned system set to debut in North America on June 11th, priced at $129.99.

Leading publisher Electronic Arts has reported fourth quarter results ahead of expectations - but the news has been overshadowed by a significant drop in the company's projections for FY 2007.

Speaking to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i>, Nintendo's UK boss David Yarnton has praised the "fresh, all-inclusive and all-encompassing" nature of the Wii name for the firm's new console, and dismissed criticism of it as "juvenile."

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This week's extension of Electronic Arts' licensing deal with FIFA to 2014 will give the publisher the time to realise its ambitions to bring its football proposition beyond traditional gaming, a senior exec at the firm has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i>.

Reports in British newspapers this week have indicated that publisher SCi may be the mystery bidder who is in "advanced discussions" to buy its smaller rival Empire, after the firm announced plans to raise a GBP 17.4 million pound acquisition warchest.

The organisers of Europe's largest videogames trade and consumer show, Game Convention, have announced that exhibitor registrations are running at their highest level ever - with a number of new initiatives set boost the show even further.

UK publisher Empire Interactive has announced that it is now in exclusive discussions with a single suitor regarding a buyout of the company - but has warned that its financial results will be impacted negatively by the ongoing talks.

Leading massively multiplayer game publisher NCsoft has announced its first European developer partnership, signing a deal with Spanish firm Digital Legends Entertainment to create an arcade football game which will be sold online.