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August 2003 Archive

    1. ECTS Awards: Lucky XIII for Ubi Soft
    2. N-Gage roadmap remains unclear as Nokia preps global launch
    3. New PS2 set for UK launch next month?
    4. ELSPA launches two new research papers at ECTS
    1. EA set to develop for N-Gage
    2. UK Charts: Eye Toy holds its position at the top
    3. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    4. PC Budget Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    5. PC Full Price Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    6. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    7. XBox Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    8. GameCube Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    9. PSone Budget Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    10. PS2 Top 20 - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    11. Top 40 All Formats - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    12. Top 40 All Formats - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    13. Top 40 All Formats - 23RD AUGUST 2003
    14. ECTS 2003 opens its doors
    1. Sega hooks up with McDonalds in Germany
    2. Lik-Sang settles out of court over mod chips
    3. PlayStation breaks 3m mark in Middle East
    4. One million copies in three weeks for Winning Eleven 7
    1. ATI plans Euro dates for developer sessions
    2. Infinium unveils the Phantom - sort of
    3. Game consoles boost DVD market
    4. GAME to open second out of town store
    5. Trouble at CDV as UK office faces closure
    1. NiCE gets brotherly with the Bitmaps
    2. Vivendi entertainment division sale in doubt as new bids sought
    3. Sony gets its Groove on for new Eye Toy games
    4. ECTS Listings Updated
    5. Kuju hands off Train Simulator 2 development to Microsoft
    6. THQ shifts forecasts as key products slip
    7. Sony announces PS2 Combo Pack in the USA
    1. Nintendo confirms Christmas release schedule
    2. Final results of 3DO asset auctions released
    3. Gamestop buys Irish game retail chain
    4. Cube successor not due until 2006?
    5. Nokia set to acquire Sega.com
    6. Acclaim woes deepen as Q1 results slide
    1. Virtucraft developer passes away
    2. Hothouse signed by Konami for further development
    3. Nintendo backpedals on e-Reader for Europe
    4. UK Charts: Eye Toy overtakes Pokemon at the top
    5. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    6. XBox Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    7. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    8. PSone Budget Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    9. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    10. PC Budget Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    11. PC Full Price Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    12. GameCube Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    13. PS2 Top 20 - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    14. Top 40 All Formats - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    15. Top 40 All Formats - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    16. Top 40 All Formats - 16TH AUGUST 2003
    17. ECTS 2003: Publisher Line-Ups
    18. ECTS 2003: The Line-Ups
    1. TIGA Mobile conference seeks to sink pirates
    2. New mobile publisher Rocket Dog takes off
    3. Japan Charts: Winning Eleven 7 goes in at number one
    4. Interplay decline continues as Q2 losses reported
    5. Namco, Ubisoft and MS carve up 3DO assets
    1. British General condemns war game
    2. Games Industry Recruitment Update
    3. New PS2, Xbox super-budget ranges
    4. WarCraft III expansion sells a million
    1. Games mag market dips, but Future dominates again
    2. ATI to provide chips for future Xbox products
    3. EA to open Montreal studio
    4. Xbox game sales top one million in Australia
    5. PlayStation Experience profile raised by new MGS3 trailer
    6. Manhunt and Max Payne 2 due in October
    1. Portable Dreamcast infringes upon Sega property
    2. X03 set for Sept 16/17
    3. EA CEO sells 26,700 shares
    4. Thieves snatch $1m phone, Xbox stash
    1. THQ to publish further four Rare GBA titles
    2. Cube crashes below 1000 units in the UK
    3. Sudeki officially slips past Christmas
    4. Square Enix announces US FFXI details
    5. Bidders named as 3DO carve-up continues
    6. Kuju faces "painful" cost reductions as trading remains difficult
    7. UK Charts: Pokemon still on top as EA budget releases perform strongly
    8. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    9. PSone Budget Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    10. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    11. PC Budget Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    12. PC Full Price Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    13. XBox Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    14. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    15. GameCube Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    16. PS2 Top 20 - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    17. Top 40 All Formats - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    18. Top 40 All Formats - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    19. Top 40 All Formats - 9TH AUGUST 2003
    1. 'Rigorous restructuring' for CDV
    2. Biggest ever Tokyo Game Show says CESA
    3. Microsoft reinvents the mouse wheel
    4. Id Software programmer joins Ensemble cast
    5. Japan Charts: Gundam seeded No.1
    1. Xbox teams up with Fantasy Football
    2. Games Industry Recruitment Update
    3. Microsoft, Eidos line up to buy 3DO titles
    4. Microsoft unveils Live Web
    5. Bitmaps accepted for Access to Finance scheme
    1. Nintendo announces three new titles
    2. Sega's Q1 profits "better than expected"
    3. Nintendo to announce "new game product" in spring
    4. Microsoft Dashboard revamp starts August 25th
    5. Microsoft updates Xbox TV support chip
    6. EA moves LA studio to disputed Wetlands area
    1. Eidos launches Australian operation
    2. European Battlegrounds publisher announced
    3. N-Gage visits Edinburgh Games Festival
    4. PC Budget Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    5. PC Full Price Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    6. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    7. XBox Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    8. GameCube Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    9. PS2 Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    10. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    11. PSone Budget Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    12. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    13. Top 40 All Formats - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    14. Top 40 All Formats - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    15. Top 40 All Formats - 2ND AUGUST 2003
    16. Kirby creator leaves Nintendo
    17. Ubi Soft's ECTS line-up revealed
    18. IBM gets AS/400 running on PSone
    1. £59 million Q1 profit for Nintendo masks GameCube gloom
    2. UK Charts: Pokemon holds firm
    3. Ubi makes a date
    4. Gamers make easy pickings for thieves
    5. NVIDIA acquires leading wireless mobile firm
    6. Nintendo brings more games to ECTS
    1. Acclaim gets in on mobile gaming
    2. Sony wins Aussie mod- chip sales ban
    3. Mayor Ken backs London Games Week
    4. Blue52 refuses to confirm Stolen
    5. EA makes next-gen console prediction
    6. LucasArts plans Rebel Strike demo disc promotion
    7. Japan Charts: Tokyo Xtreme Racer 01 streaks away
    1. Games Industry Recruitment Update
    2. VIS studio shuts as developer faces financial crisis
    3. Sold Out announces September septet
    4. Eidos rebrands with new corporate identity
    5. Now Nintendo warns importers over Advance Wars 2