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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.

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.

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.

Sony UK plans to relaunch the PlayStation Experience consumer event at the famous Alton Towers theme park this September, with games, live bands and nationwide television coverage in the bag.

Monolith Productions is to become part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment after the WB decided to buy the company outright. However, the developer is still free to work with other companies.

Austria-based publisher JoWooD Productions revealed that sales and profits were down for the first half compared to figures last year, but pointed to cut costs and investment in second half product.

Publishing sources at a games summit in the US are reportedly confident that the Nintendo DS will make it onto the market in North America in late November, backing up claims from Japanese retailers last month.

A 'Trojan horse' that affected a popular mobile phone game was actually a defunct anti-piracy measure deliberately inserted by the developer, a security firm said yesterday.

Publisher THQ will pay close to $10 million in total to acquire Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War developer Relic Entertainment, the company revealed this week, offering a full breakdown in an SEC filing.

Mobile games company Digital Chocolate, founded by former 3DO boss Trip Hawkins, has secured around $13 million to fund development and expansion, according to a filing with the American SEC.

Our coverage of the Edinburgh International Games Festival 2004 kicks off today, as we catch up with Electronic Arts' worldwide music executive Steve Schnur ahead of his opening keynote tomorrow morning.

Perhaps inspired by EA's decision to develop product based on The Godfather, Vivendi-Universal Games has announced its intention to create a game based on Brian DePalma's epic Scarface film.

Activision's movie licensed Spider-Man 2 has taken the number one spot in the UK software sales charts for a fifth week, making it the title with the longest innings at the top since Need for Speed Underground last Christmas.