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Nintendo of America vice president Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken out once more about the company's strategy, promoting the Nintendo DS and Revolution as "disruptive" devices - and confirming that the latter will be playable at E3.

Over 850,000 unique users have connected to Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection online gaming service for the Nintendo DS handheld since it launched in November, the company has announced, with over 20 million total connections registered.

Atari Inc, the US division of French publisher Infogrames, has confirmed that the company's ability to continue as a going concern is now in question after its third quarter results slid into the red.

Sources close to British developer Lionhead Studios have revealed to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that the company behind Fable and Black & White is in acquisition talks once more, with two key publishers fingered as the likely suitors for the firm.

Satoru Iwata is to return to the stage at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose next month, with the Nintendo president delivering a keynote address titled "Disrupting Development" at the event.

Electronic Arts' Need for Speed: Most Wanted is back in pole position in the UK sales ranking this week, displacing Dead or Alive 4 after just a week at the top to take its ninth week at number one.

The New York Post is reporting that Elevation Partners, the high-profile investment firm headed up by former EA boss John Riccitiello, is considering acquiring publisher Take Two Interactive in a deal worth up to $1 billion.

Swedish developer Digital Illusions CE has announced that the Xbox and PS2 versions of a new untitled project, due for launch in 2007, have been cancelled - but the Xbox 360 and PlayStation Portable versions are still in the works.

Electronic Arts' UK studio, headquartered in Chertsey, appears to have escaped unscathed so far after sweeping job cuts at the firm's US studios claimed an estimated five per cent of the firm's global development workforce.

The latest development from hackers working on breaking the security on Sony's various firmware upgrades for the PSP has allowed homebrew software to run on even the latest patches - leading to concerns that pirate software may follow.

French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal has announced its 2005 financial results, with the firm's games business reporting revenues up by almost 35 per cent off the back of the massive success of Blizzard's World of Warcraft.

Tim Christian, managing director of Scottish developer Visual Science, has told GamesIndustry.biz that the company has not laid off its staff in the wake of a project cancellation, contrary to industry rumours.

Japanese videogames giant Nintendo has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, revealing that profits surged to almost double their previous level thanks to strong sales and favourable currency movements.

Nintendo has officially announced the widely anticipated redesigned version of the Nintendo DS handheld console, with a more compact version of the hardware, dubbed "DS Lite", set to arrive in Japan on March 2nd.

Glu Mobile CEO Greg Ballard has told the Mobile Games Forum in London that he believes that 2006 will see a large number of major media companies vying to acquire the major players in the mobile games business.