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Square Enix' PS2 RPG Final Fantasy X-2 has debuted at number one in the UK software charts, knocking Sega's Sonic Heroes off the top spot, while the Cube and Xbox versions of Prince of Persia have also sold well.

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has given the first official indication that sales of the N-Gage game deck are not living up to expectations, but says that the platform must be given until November 2005 to prove itself.

Dynasty Warriors publisher Koei has taken the top spot in the Japanese charts with another historic action title, Sengoku Musou, while Nintendo's Famicom Mini GBA titles have also made strong debuts.

Videogame sales and marketing agency Brightspark Entertainment has been enlisted by the University of Abertay Dundee to provide mentoring to two start-up game developers which emerged from the Dare to be Digital contest.

Post Christmas sales helped demand for the main three consoles jump by over nine percent, according to the latest figures released by ChartTrack, but sale pricing meant that the value of the market was down.

UK development trade body TIGA has announced that it is to lend its support to the European Games Network trade show next September, with the body participating in the creation of a developer's exchange area at the show.

The company behind the forthcoming Phantom game platform, Infinium Labs, has stated that it may file a lawsuit against news website HardOCP over an article in September 2003 which cast doubt on the firm's real intentions.

Three keynote speakers have been confirmed for ELSPA's annual Games Summit in London this June, with the heads of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Nintendo Europe and Infinium Labs all due to speak at the event.

Details have emerged today regarding the teams working on two of EA's biggest forthcoming games - with Scottish developer Visual Science working on GoldenEye, while the EA Northwest studio is updating the classic Strike franchise.