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Edinburgh Gets Game - EIGF '04 Event Report
Videogames took their place in the heart of Scotland's capital city once again last week, joining the many other major events which make up the famous Edinburgh Festival; <b>gi</b>.biz was there for all the fun of the festival.
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Embracing the Fringe - Edinburgh gets Games
Last week saw the Edinburgh International Games Festival return to the Scottish capital for a second year, with an extended programme of events that staked a claim for videogames as part of the Fringe. <i>Rob Fahey</i> assesses the festival.
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Reports indicate Half-Life 2 script leak
According to unconfirmed reports which emerged last night, developer Valve has been hit by another embarrassing leak - with the complete script to Half-Life 2, including the "surprising" ending, being released on the web.
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UK Charts: Doom 3 scores first 2004 No.1 for PC platform
id Software's Doom 3 has stormed to the top of the UK software chart in its first week on sale, racking up stronger first-week sales than former incumbent Spider-Man 2 and becoming the first PC game to take the top spot in 2004.
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Sony signs exclusive deal with Evolution Studios
SCEE has announced the signing of an exclusive publishing deal with Evolution Studios, the UK-based developers of the World Rally Championship series, which will see the firm working exclusively on Sony platforms.
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Activision tops UK publisher ranking for July
Publisher Activision is celebrating a milestone for its UK division, after strong sales of movie licenses Spider-Man 2 and Shrek 2 made it into the number one publisher in the territory for the first time last month.
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Japan Charts: Winning Eleven 8 drives sales past million unit mark
The Japanese leisure software market has rocketed past the one million unit sales mark for the first time since the end of May, thanks to the launch of Konami's Winning Eleven 8, a number one debut with sales of almost 700,000 units.
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Knights of the Old Republic 3 stalled by LucasArts lay-offs
Publisher LucasArts has laid off a further 31 staff from its development division, with reports indicating that the staff affected were a small team attached to early development on Knights of the Old Republic 3.