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The recently-launched Gizmondo handheld console is to get a flagship retail outlet dedicated entirely to it, based in London's trendy Carnaby Street, it was announced yesterday.

The celebrated Swedish development studio behind EG-favourite The Chronicles Of Riddick has signed its next gen console title to US-publisher Majesco.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has comprehensively smashed the all-time UK sales record for a videogame's first weekend, selling an estimated 677,000 units according to UK research body Chart-Track.

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Probably the most anticipated MMORPG since the ill-fated release of Star Wars Galaxies is almost upon as. Blizzard confirmed yesterday that World of Warcraft is entering the final stress test phase of its beta ahead of what is expected to be a late 2004/early 2005 launch in Europe.

Atari is to full localize Bandai’s Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex for Europe, the companies have confirmed, for release in March 2005.

Koei will chuck its fat into PSP’s launch fire, so to speak, by backing the release of Sony’s portable in Japan on December 12.

Sega will not publish Altered Beast for PS2 in America, the company has confirmed, citing the fact that it is “more particular about the titles it ships in the US” as reason for the decision.

Sports Interactive's eagerly-awaited Football Manager 2005 is to be released a day early, after retailers across Europe began selling the game over a week earlier than its November 5th launch date.

The Matrix Online will benefit from the voice talents and likenesses of many of the movie trilogy's original cast, Warner Bros. has confirmed, with the likes of Lawrence Fishburne (Morpheus), Monica Bellucci (Persephone), and Mary Alice (The Oracle) all signed up to play their respective parts in the game. No Keanu or Carrie-Ann, understandably. Presumably the publishers want to actually make a profit (and couldn't fashion a way to reincarnate them? - Ed).

One of Britain's longest-established developers appears to have reached the end of the line, with reports indicating that Argonaut's administrators have shut down the firm's Edgware head offices and made the remainder of the staff redundant.

GSC's promising-looking survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow Of Chernobyl has been pushed back again, with THQ now hoping to release the game in late spring 2005.

The staggering scale of Sony's total global dominance of this generation of games consoles was underlined today with the consumer electronics giant releasing its latest set of official figures for both incarnations of the PlayStation.

Valve's long awaited sequel to Half-Life is heading to Japanese arcades, following news that arcade veteran Taito has signed a deal with the developer to produce a version for its Type-X arcade hardware for release in the summer of 2005.

Question marks over the 'real-world' battery life of the PSP remained today, following comments made by Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi in a recent interview with Impress PC Watch which add weight to fears that the handheld console's lithium battery is currently ill-equipped to handle the more graphically intensive games for more than a couple of hours.

The news of Resident Evil 4's conversion to the PS2 threw up more questions than answers this morning; most obviously whether the end of its GameCube exclusivity deal would open the floodgates to the brand making a belated appearance on a slew of other platforms besides the PS2, as well as whether the previously GameCube-only Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil Remake would also be making it onto other platforms.

A PlayStation 2 version of the hugely-anticipated Resident Evil 4 will be released in Japan at the end of 2005, Capcom has confirmed, ending the long-term exclusivity arrangement it had previously signed with Nintendo. The move could also pave the way for long overdue ports of other previously GameCube-exclusive titles Resident Evil Zero and the well-received remake of Resident Evil.

Xbox owners now have the chance to experience (and presumably ignore) Tecmo's excellent follow up to Project Zero, following Microsoft's decision to snap up the publishing rights to the snap (un)happy survival horror title.

Former Argonaut CEO Jez San has acquired two of the company's studios, with Cambridge-based Just Add Monsters and mobile developer Morpheme both being bought by the veteran developer.

Ubisoft has confirmed plans to publish Revenge of the Sith for PSP, DS and GBA SP next spring. Xbox and PS2 versions are also in the works, with the last prequel Star Wars film launching on May 19, 2005.

An American Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that there will be no Live co-op play in Halo 2. The mode has been heavily rumoured recently.

Nintendo has unveiled a pair of side-scrolling DS titles based around familiar characters in Japan this week, according to reports relayed from the pages of Famitsu Weekly. One stars Princess Peach, the other Kirby.

Blizzard has announced that the World of Warcraft closed beta test is drawing to a close this Friday, October 29th, at 3pm PDT, when the servers will go offline for an undetermined period as the developer prepares to launch another public stress test.

Wideload Games, the developer set up by former Bungie Studios folk, has announced its first game this week - a quirky-sounding Xbox, PC and Mac project going by the name of Rebel Without A Pulse, in which you take up the role of a zombie, "Stubbs".

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World War II shooters: gamers can't seem to get enough of them. But while we're admittedly getting a little bored of the slew of the cinematic 'on rails' FPSs that have proven so commercially successful over the years, we have to admit that Gearbox's take on the genre is something a little different. Talking with Gearbox's 'jack of all trades' Stephen Palmer, and having had a little hands-on time with the Ubisoft-published game, it's got a refreshingly tactical edge to it.

Efforts to prevent the launch date of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from being broken in the UK have been a resounding success on the High Street - but customers of some online retailers have received their copies early.

"That sounds pretty tedious," our friend complains, as he tries for the fifth time in as many minutes to make a break for it and steer our instant messenger conversation towards Grand Theft Auto. "Yes, it does," we concede, struggling to think of a convincing response. "But 'sounds' is definitely the operative word." We've bought ourselves some time with that, but the damage is clearly already done. "To be honest," he grumbles, "it sounds like you're having trouble selling it."

Making something of a mockery of those "Only on Xbox" tags that adorn copies of Full Spectrum Warrior, publisher THQ has revealed that it plans to release a PlayStation 2 version of Pandemic Studios' widely acclaimed squad-based shooter following the release of a PC port just under a month ago.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure, Mario Power Tennis and four new NES Classics titles will be among Nintendo of Europe's highlights for the first three months of 2005, the platform holder revealed this morning.