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It's official: Electronic Arts will publish GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for the Nintendo DS this summer.

Crash Bandicoot will return this autumn on PS2, Xbox, Cube and Nintendo DS with a new racing game from Radical Entertainment, the studio behind The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced official sales figures for the PlayStation Portable launch last month, confirming analyst reports that the system only sold through just over half of its shipment in the first week.

Gob-smacking revelation of the day: Infinity Ward is developing Call of Duty 2 for Activision.

Publisher Digital Jesters has issued a brief missive advising gamers keen to tackle its latest release, TrackMania Sunrise, that the fast-paced puzzle/racing game might cause motion sickness over long periods of play.

Detroit-based rappers D12 have signed up to provide tracks for Konami's new gangbanger, Crime Life: Gang Wars. They've done an exclusive track entitled 'Throw It Up' for the game, and will also lend their likenesses and voices to key characters.

Konami's Japanese office has made a raft of announcements regarding release dates and full titles for its forthcoming games, according to GameSpot.

Capcom has finally announced a Japanese release date for Killer 7, the new cel-shaded adventure from Resident Evil and Devil May Cry creator Shinji Mikami.

Scottish developer VIS Entertainment has been placed in administration, with the firm's Dundee studio being shut down immediately and a number of staff being made redundant in Edinburgh, making up a loss of 54 jobs in total.

Fire Emblem will appear on GameCube for the first time on April 20 - but only in Japan, obviously - and those first in the queue will receive a bonus CD and calendar.

Legendary Japanese developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi has started a blog on 1UP.

Finnish developer Fathammer is hard at work on five new titles for the Gizmondo, according to Tiger Telematics.

The end seems to be in sight for the takeover drama at UK publisher Eidos, with the company's board this morning announcing that it is recommending the offer from British firm SCi to shareholders.

Thanks to the success of GTA: San Andreas, gangbanging is THE must-have theme for every other game released this year.

This spring will see the opening of the Nintendo World Store, a two-storey complex in New York's Rockefeller Center.

Sean Connery has agreed to put on his tux, toupee and exploding cufflinks one more time to appear in EA's From Russia With Love, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

In scenes probably not very reminiscent of The Siege or even Beverly Hills Cop, police [winged? -Ed] swooped on software pirates at a Staffordshire car boot sale on Sunday.

The race to be Europe's number one handheld has gotten off to a bumpy start as one contender steams ahead, another still hasn't bothered turning up on the starting line and the third is best known for its associations with Sting and John Lewis.

Developer 3D Realms, currently working on the long-delayed Duke Nukem Forever, is reported to be preparing to reveal a "new" project at E3 this year - first person shooter title Prey, which was thought to have been cancelled several years ago.

Spring is here and by timely coincidence so is the Spring Scenery Pack for Zoo Tycoon 2.

This October will see the release of Shogun Warrior: The Lost Army for Nintendo DS.

Further details have emerged regarding the fresh round of funding announced by British publisher Codemasters earlier this week, with venture capital firm Benchmark revealing that it has acquired 40 per cent of the firm as part of the deal.

Electronic Arts' urban take on the football genre has proved a hit with UK consumers, holding on to the top position in the charts for a second week despite a strong debut from Ubisoft's latest Splinter Cell title, Chaos Theory.

The gaming world was rocked to its very foundations today as EA confirmed the announcement of an add-on everyone knew they'd make before they even announced it.

Futuristic action adventure Aeon Flux will arrive in cinemas this autumn, and wouldn't you know it but there's a videogame tie-in too.

Sony's Liverpool Studio has revealed more details of downloadable content for PSP title WipEout Pure, according to a report on gamesradar.com.

Although we're generally inclined to 'trust no-one' when it comes to the conspiratorial air of hype that surrounds almost any game likely to score seven or above, Midway has earned itself some deserved applause over the past year or so with some original titles arriving amid the licensed/franchised malaise like a breath of fresh air. With the likes of Psi-Ops and The Suffering gaining decent acclaim last year we were in the somewhat rare position of having a degree of expectation for the US publisher's long overdue entry into the first-person shooter arena. Another sci-fi shooter could have so easily have fallen flat on its face, but you know what? Two hours in we're far from disappointed.

Last week's biggest new release, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, also represented the latest push towards advertising in videogames, with Ubisoft signing up a number of blue-chip companies to flog their wares through the title.

She's saucy, she's sexy, she's capable of snapping your spine in two and downing the contents of your carotid artery before you can say "Nice tits" - and now BloodRayne is coming to PSP.

Okay, so you can't buy a PSP in Europe at the moment, or for some considerable time by all accounts, but those of you who have an import may be interested to know that there is a wide range of fetching cases available. From abroad, obviously.