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Ubisoft has announced steady growth in its latest financials, growth which looks set to continue at the behest of the publisher's strongest festive line-up ever.

UK-based console accessory specialist Datel is set to launch a smaller, lightweight alternative to Nintendo's Game Boy Player on October 24th, allowing gamers to play GBA titles on their GameCubes via the memory card slot.

Electronic Arts has purchased Destruction Derby Arenas developer Studio 33, best known for their collaborations with Sony, and incorporated the team into EA Northwest.

Shigeru Miyamoto's GameCube adaptation of Pac-Man, demonstrated for the first time at E3, will ship for free with copies of two upcoming Namco titles.

Nintendo will cut the price of its flagship GameCube console to £79 next Friday following Sony's PS2 cut last Wednesday. All eyes are now on Microsoft as the console price war springs back to life.

Nintendo plans to launch a wireless link-up adapter for the Game Boy Advance and GBA SP next year, according to a press release from Motorola, who will be providing the wireless chipset.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed that the PS2's 40Gb hard disk add-on is set to be released in the US next March, priced $99 (£62 / €89) and shipping with Final Fantasy XI "pre-installed".

Microsoft has wowed almost 1,000 games industry folks in Nice this evening with a presentation of its plans for the Xbox. No price cut yet, but there's still plenty.

Microsoft has officially unveiled a wireless network adapter for Xbox, with support for 802.11b and the newer high-speed 802.11g standard.

Microsoft plans to introduce product placement in Links 2004 and other key Xbox titles to maximise new revenue streams, the company has announced this week.

Not content with a range of ten quid PS2 titles, pint size budget publisher Play It has announced plans to launch four classic PSone titles at just £7.99 a pop, with more to come.

Sony's PlayStation 2 passed another milestone on Saturday as the worldwide cumulative shipping figure surged past 60 million units, eight months after the company shipped its 50 millionth system.

The public beta test of broadband games-on-demand service Steam will end on Tuesday evening Pacific time, and the first full version installer will be made available on Wednesday morning at 11am PDT via www.steampowered.com, Valve Software has announced.

With EyeToy: Play still throbbing away at the top of the charts, Sony has officially confirmed that the next title to use the Logitech-made USB webcam will be EyeToy: Groove, a rhythm-action title due out in Q4 this year.

Nintendo has decided against the release of its e-Reader GBA peripheral in Europe despite confirming earlier this year that it would indeed be released here in October, according to reports this morning.

A senior British soldier has attacked an American developer's plans to use real-life footage of the recent Iraq conflict in a forthcoming first person shooter.

Your weekly guide to the hottest jobs in the games industry, courtesy of Aardvark Swift. This week - positions from across the industry including opportunities for programmers and artists.

Blizzard's Reign of Chaos continues a year after the original game's release with news that expansion pack The Frozen Throne has sold more than a million units worldwide in just over a month.

Future Xbox products and services will be powered by custom ATI graphics chips, the Canadian hardware manufacturer confirmed today.

Electronic Arts is to open a new Montreal studio before the year's end, which the publisher expects to host as many as four major franchises in the long run.

Sales of Xbox software in Australia have exceeded one million units since the console's launch last year, but Sony is reportedly unconcerned, despite surrendering 25 per cent of the market.

Hideo Kojima, the father of the Metal Gear Solid series, will be attending the PlayStation Experience event at Earls Court, and he's bringing a new MGS3 trailer to the party.

Sega of Japan has condemned the "Treamcast" console, a portable modified Dreamcast with media playback capabilities, and could pursue legal action against those who sell it.

Electronic Arts chief executive Larry Probst has exercised options on 26,700 shares, the company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, raking in a huge profit.