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Celebrated RPG developer Black Isle Studios has reportedly laid off large numbers of staff, effectively closing the studio, following a decision by parent company Interplay not to proceed with a major project.

The Interactive Entertainment Merchant's Association, a US retail trade body which includes the majority of major game retailers in the country, has announced plans designed to prevent the sale of mature-rated games to minors.

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A presentation from the SCEE Technology Group has revealed further details of how the PlayStation Portable will work, but developers claim that Sony is considering changing the spec of the device to add more memory.

Gambling arcade giant Sammy has announced that it is to buy a 22.4 per cent stake in Sega from the company's one-time parent company, CSK, and has hinted that it may make Sega into a subsidiary in the future.

British publisher SCi has announced record turnover and profits for a second successive year, largely due to the continued success of the Conflict Desert Storm franchise, which has now sold over 3.2 million units globally.

SCEE boss Chris Deering will be promoted to the role of president of Sony Europe early next year, with David Reeves, currently executive VP for sales and marketing, taking on the role of president and COO at SCEE.

The Japanese software market topped 1.5 million unit sales last week, with Sony's Hot Shots Golf 4 topping the ranking as sales of the PS2 continued to soar thanks to a recent price cut to the hardware.

Leeds-based handheld games developer Mobius Entertainment has acquired fellow Yorkshire based handheld specialist Spellbound, in a move which the studio hopes will help it to gear up for development on Sony's PSP.

Publisher association ELSPA has announced that it is to host a one-day conference in London next February dealing with the issues of online gaming, with talks from speakers from a wide range of companies involved in the area.

Videogame website networks GameSpy and IGN are set to merge, in a move which they claim will create the largest network of gaming websites on the Internet, with traffic exceeding 673 million pageviews per month.

Publisher Sega of America has filed a patent infringement suit with a San Francisco federal court, claiming that Fox Interactive's Simpsons Road Rage copies patented gameplay elements from Sega's own Crazy Taxi series.

Japanese toy maker Bandai is pulling out of the game hardware market for good, and plans to continue its focus on developing games for other manufacturer's platforms, according to president Takeo Takasu.

The latest entry into the mobile console space, a unit called the Gametrac, is set to offer GPS positioning and data communications functionality, as well as music and movie playback.

This year's version of the annual Nokia Game mobile phone game tournament clocked up over a million players, with Finnish giant Nokia recording over six million visitors to the Nokia Game homepage.