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Tim Wright, the creative director/designer of Jester Interactive's "Music" series, has made an amicable split from the publisher he helped to establish along with other key staff to form Tantrumedia, a new developer based in the North West of the UK.

Japanese publisher Konami is set to become the first third-party publisher to release a game for the PS2 in China, with Winning Eleven 7: International being unveiled at the China Joy expo in Beijing this week.

Game developer Monolith has announced that Samantha Ryan will be stepping up to the role of CEO at the company following the departure of co-founder Jason Hall, who is heading up Warner Bros' new games division.

Following on from the success of last year's event, the Edinburgh International Games Festival is set to make a return to the Scottish capital this August, with a significantly expanded program of events.

US comic publishing giant Marvel Enterprises has announced the formation of a new group within the company which will focus specifically on the development of video games based on its wide range of character franchises.

Two new versions of the Xbox console are set to arrive in Japan in the coming months, with limited editions being created to commemorate the second anniversary of the Xbox launch and the arrival of Dead or Alive Ultimate.

Media giant Warner Bros has announced its intention to become a major player in the games market, with the foundation of a new Interactive Entertainment division representing a move away from its current licensing model.

Rumours circulating in the game development community suggest that Sony is set to upgrade the specification for the PlayStation portable to feature 32Mb of RAM - bringing the system closer in line with the PS2.

Sales of videogames consoles in the UK edged downwards by 1 per cent during 2003 according to ChartTrack's annual hardware figures - a fairly significant slowdown in growth, which may well represent the peak of the current generation.

Sony has announced the shipment of its 70 millionth PlayStation 2, marking another major milestone in the life of the console, while both SCEA and SCEE have reported strong sales performance in 2003.

One of the most public faces of the Xbox project, Microsoft Game Studios boss Ed Fries, has left the company in order to pursue new opportunities, with COO Shane Kim taking over his role in an interim capacity.

Reports suggest that 2004's most wanted has been translated by Russian pirates

A partial line-up of speakers and events for the E3 2004 conference program has been announced, with some of the biggest names in the games industry set to speak on a wide variety of key topics over the three day conference.

Publisher Ubisoft has added another development studio to its stable with the acquisition of French developer Tiwak, although it's not known whether the studio's Xbox adventure title Tork will be resurrected.

The latest update to Microsoft's Xbox release schedules has revealed further slippage for both of the console's big forthcoming RPG titles, with UK developed games Fable and Sudeki now not due until summer.