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Gamers in North America are now able to purchase and download some of Ubisoft's most popular PC titles via the Internet, following an agreement between the publisher and US website IGN.

The videogames market in China is experiencing a period of rapid growth and will continue to do so over the next few years, with the number of players set to reach 55.5 million by 2009.

Tiger Telematics has announced a new deal with Vodafone UK which will see the Gizmondo handheld console, which launched on Saturday, shipping to customers with a pre-pay SIM card installed.

More than 1.5 million subscribers have signed up for MMORPG World of Warcraft, according to developer Blizzard Entertainment, but stock shortages of the game continue to afflict UK retailers.