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(Updated throughout the day.) Area 51 delayed until early 2005, Battlefield Vietnam patched extensively.

A third-person action-adventure. Platform details, release date, etc, inside. We just hope it's not another Phantom Menace style outing.

We talk to Criterion's Alex Ward about Burnout 3 - the online aspect, the technology, the EA deal, breaking America, and plenty more.

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.

(Updated throughout the day.) Drakengard/Dead Aim dev seeks Xbox staff, Armored Core details, Arc the Lad could be going online.

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.

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.

Empire kicks out a one-track playable demo of Supersonic's racing game, which we happen to rather like. In fact, it's super mashing great. Download it from Eurofiles now.

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

Naughty Dog's creative director Daniel Arey discusses the structure, narrative, vehicles and weapons, amongst other things, of Jak & Daxter's latest and perhaps final adventure.

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.

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.

The latest European game releases. Or it would be, if there were any. Sudeki's out in the States, at least, and we can't sleep. (Update: Army Men to the rescue! Hello? Guys?)

And this one could be a proper game, it seems. Yes, we don't really believe it either, but the evidence is a bit more compelling this time out...

Hironobu Sakaguichi creates independent studio, looks to next-gen development.

(Updated throughout the day. Cough.) Ghost Master finally gets PS2/Xbox date, Dead Rush canned, Far Cry patched to 1.2, VU announces Thunderbirds GBA game.

Independent developer showcases latest original creations for PSP and home consoles.

Judgement comes only days after landmark case on mod chipping.

Others including Spider-Man, Shrek, Tony Hawk, etc. Activision gets busy.

Could be Spider-Man 2 on the DS and Activision Anthology/Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on the PSP, judging by the previously released information.