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Following on from comments made by Eidos CEO Jane Cavanagh earlier in the week, the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association has said that it feels the government should offer more financial backing to the industry in the UK

Only three budget titles in the Platinum range were able to split up what was otherwise a Nintendo-dominated chart, with the latest Pokemon duo, Diamond and Pearl, heading the list once again.

Pokemon Diamand and Pearl are spending a second week in the top two German chart positions according to the latest sales information from GFK International.

Classic titles such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Yahtzee are set to be invigorated as part of a new deal that will see exlcusive global publishing rights of a number of Hasbro properties handed to EA.

Sales of gaming hardware have slowed in Japan according to the latest data from Media Create.

It's been a great few months for Nvidia, according to financial results posted yesterday for its second fiscal quarter.

Trinigy's co-founder and director of development, Daniel Conradie, is moving over to the US to become president and CEO of the company's newly-formed Austin office.

Double Fusion, a provider of game advertising, has secured funding from investment fund Sedona Capital in order to expand its business in Japan.

Following the OFT's statement earlier today that it was to refer the acquisition of Gamestation by GAME to the Competition Commission, the retailer has said that it is "disappointed" with the decision.

Back in May this year European software retailer GAME announced that it was acquiring its nearest High Street competitor Gamestation for GBP 74 million (EUR 108m).

EA Mobile has a new boss in the form of Barry Cottle, the former CEO of mobile business software developer Quickoffice.

John Schappert has been appointed to the newly-created position of Microsoft's corporate vice president of Live, software and services.

The first details of this year's Montreal International Games Summit have been released, with David Perry headlining the event.

Following on from certain rumours originating in the US regarding the potential closure of its local UK operation, GameSpot UK has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that in fact the opposite is true.

Following yesterday's news that Microsoft slashed the price points of all of its Xbox 360 consoles in the US, there's more good news for North American consumers in the form of a cut in Canada as well.

An advertisement for the PlayStation 3, which prompted several complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, has been banned by the watchdog.

Peter Molyneux and co-founders discuss the past ten years

Peter Molyneux has admitted to GamesIndustry.biz that he feels there are "no excuses" for Lionhead not to make a "great game" any more, and that while they've come close in the past, they've never quite managed it - yet.

A patent has been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office by Nintendo which seems to indicate it is working on motion sensing technology for use in a handheld console.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has stated that he plans to appeal following a judge's decision to rule his law, which would prohibit the sale of violent video games to minors in California, illegal.

EA's head of European talent acquisition, Matthew Jeffery, believes that the teams that build games "are still overwhelmingly male," and that this is hindering the development of the industry.

In his keynote speech at this year's Siggraph event, Glenn Entis, vice president and chief visual and technical officer at EA, set out some of the key technical achievements that the games industry has made over its entertainment cousin, film.

Autodesk's Michel Kripalani on working with Epic Games.

Ever since Sony and Immersion patched up their differences, rumours have been rife over whether or not that would pave the way for a new rumble-enabled version of the Sixaxis pad to be developed.

According to a post on the Gamerscore blog, which features contributions from members of the Microsoft Games Global Marketing Team, a new site has been set up by the company to assist those Xbox or Xbox 360 console owners afflicted by technical issues.