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British publisher Eidos has warned that revenues for the first half of its financial year will fall slightly short of market expectations following the underperformance of certain titles, but expects to make up the difference by the end of the year.

Nintendo Europe has followed last week's announcement of a major global boost in GameCube sales over Christmas by announcing specifics for the European market, revealing that the console's installed base is approaching 3 million.

Mobile games developer IOMO has recorded a significant victory in the burgeoning sector, with half of the games in the top ten of the latest Vodafone Live chart being created by the company.

America's law enforcement agencies are treating the theft of Half-Life 2 source code and assets from developer Valve very seriously, it has emerged, with a dawn raid being carried out on the home of one suspect last week.

There was no change at the top of the UK chart this week, as the 700,000-selling Need For Speed: Underground stayed firmly ahead of the GTA Double Pack at number two and the half million-selling Simpsons: Hit & Run at number three.

Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue is still the best selling game in Japan this week, driving the PS2 to the top of the table in hardware sales terms once more as the market declines overall following the busy New Year period.

Allen Adham, a co-founder and vice president of successful development studio Blizzard, has resigned from the company to pursue a career in finance, although a spokesperson claims that he has not cut ties completely.

Leading publisher Electronic Arts has acquired the rights to the next instalment in Criterion's highly regarded Burnout series of racing games, and plans to make it into one of its key titles for 2004.

The line-up of sessions and events for this year's Game Developers Conference has been revealed, with keynote speeches from industry luminaries including John Carmack, Dave Perry and John Gaeta on the bill.

US development studio Legend Entertainment is thought to have been shut down by publisher Atari, with almost all staff being laid off on Friday and only a small number remaining to oversee the shut-down.

Nintendo came out on top in the crucial December sales period last year, according to the Japanese company, with a massive 70 per cent year on year increase in worldwide sales of the GameCube console.

Event organisers London EventCo have revealed that the forthcoming Game Stars Live consumer videogames show is set to play host to a huge multiplayer gaming tournament, billed as the largest of its kind in the UK.

The founders of the company behind the 32 million-selling Tomb Raider series have announced their return to the games industry under the guise of Circle Studio, and have hired 35 former Core Design employees to work on two prototype titles.