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That's George Romero. As in Day of the Dead. Oh yes. Say hello to City of the Dead - it'll probably never die.

And no change in the top seven...

Web slinging free-form genius or a frustrating cursed mess? Both, actually.

(Updated throughout the day.) Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack delayed, gorgeous Okami trailer released, O~3 unveils Alien Hominid for PS2 and Cube.

Feature-length Final Fantasy VII follow-up movie set to appear at the Venice International Film Festival this year.

Zoonami's Martin Hollis, formerly a director and producer on revered James Bond FPS GoldenEye 007, is planning to address the European Developers' Forum this year about the game's development.

Sensible Soccer and Jon Hare return after a period out of the limelight, and Eurogamer grabbed an exclusive interview with the development legend to talk about his role at Tower Studios, something of a Sensible/Bitmaps dream team...

This week's new releases. Yes, there are some this time. Including one on the GameCube (ooh), one involving cars, another made out of plastic, and one that implies war can fly. On to the rambling!

(Updated throughout the day.) Atari details UT2004 Editor's Choice Edition, JoWooD dates Future Tactics, Codies unveils LMA Manager 2005, Virtua Fighter 2 coming to PS2 on Sega Ages.

And Bruno Bonnell reckons they're not doing so badly. After all, DRIV3R's still selling, and nobody really liked Epic anyway...

Not many details, but the prospect of a sequel alone means that every third word around here now is "eee-hee-hee!"

GI.biz speaks to Criterion CEO David Lau-Kee and Electronic Arts worldwide studios VP Bruce McMillan about today's surprise announcement of Criterion's acquisition by EA.

Shock deal sees top publisher picking up RenderWare creator and key game franchises.

Which we proceed to throw water over and then stamp on repeatedly whilst screaming HENSHIN-A-GO-GO-BABY!

Quiet week sees no new releases in the top 40, and no movement in the top four.

Including games "never before seen by UK eyes". And what might those be? Well, we don't actually know, but we do have some details. Pesky press releases.

Play various games months before they come out in the UK. (And months after they came out everywhere else, natch.)

PS2 and Xbox owners can look forward to online play, although Cube owners will have to make do with whatever else is new.

(Updated throughout the day.) DreamCatcher announces Cold War game, The Incredibles game to appear in Edinburgh, DJs signs The Moment of Silence.

European software market growth rates set to outpace the USA, too.

Turn-based RPG based on the world's biggest movies for Xbox, PS2 and Cube? Yes, Mr Frodo. We talk to Steve Gray, EA's executive producer of The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age team at Redwood shores. Download the movie of the interview right here.

We chat to EA's Chris Plumber about GoldenEye: Rogue Agent - what's changed since E3, what makes it stand out, and why he thinks GoldenEye fans should keep an open mind. Read inside, or download the video from Eurofiles.

(Updated throughout the day.) SNK recalls NeoGeo fighter, new Lego Star Wars game, From Software working on two new games including Armored Core sequel, Age of Empires co-creator's studio signs with THQ.

New Game Boy Advance F-Zero title set to be unveiled soon. After GP Legend, we're somewhat, ah, charged up for this one.

Karl Hilton, director of Free Radical talks to Eurogamer about the latest in the TimeSplitters series. Read or download a video of the interview right here.