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Bandai's Mobile Suit Gundam SEED has sprouted far more aggressively than anything else this week, despite continued stagnation at retail, while the GBA claims yet more of the hardware market.

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

A filing with the San Francisco Bankruptcy Court has revealed that seven major games companies are bidding for 3DO's assets, including the likes of Microsoft, Eidos and Namco.

Following the announcement of new Dashboard features (which have now been rescheduled for mid-September), Microsoft has revealed plans to launch "Live Web" on August 25th, bringing Xbox Live to the PC for the first time.

Veteran developers The Bitmap Brothers, responsible for treasured 16-bit classics like Chaos Engine, have been accepted into a government scheme to help improve access to finance for small and medium enterprises.

Namco will be handling a new version of Donkey Kong, while a new Zelda game is planned for release before the end of 2004, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told the Japanese media today.

More positive news for the once troubled Japanese giant as its hits pre-tax profit of £13.6 million profit on sales of £219.8 million...

President Satoru Iwata has told a news conference that Nintendo will reveal details of a "new game product" in spring next year, and will also introduce a points scheme similar to air miles.

Xbox Live users will benefit from a revamped Dashboard starting towards the end of this month, which will offer easier Friends list access and Voice Chat features on the main menu.

Electronic Arts has signed a deal for a 250,000-square foot studio complex in the Playa Vista community near LA's Ballona Wetlands, a spot environmentalists have fought to preserve.

UK consumers are to get their first taste of Nokia N-Gage this month, as the game deck appears at the Edinburgh International Games Festival from August 11th to 18th.

The developer who created Kirby and steered the Smash Bros. series to critical and commercial success has resigned from his post, threatening the future of a major Nintendo franchise.

The French publisher has a dominating display once more, featuring every major title due out this year with only a couple of exceptions. Ubi has also announced its PSEx plans.

IBM's top iSeries scientist says his research team has managed to get the enterprise AS/400 operating system working on the PlayStation One. Apparently it's part of CELL research. Sounds like it!

Buoyed by the success of Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo has posted big profits, but it's still plain to see that the GameCube is in significant trouble.

The world's leading desktop graphics card manufacturer has moved to improve its standing in the 2.5G and 2G mobile sectors with the acquisition of specialists MediaQ.

More games join Nintendo's truck, but there are some significant absentees, including Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid and Rogue Squadron.