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If you weren't at last week's Siggraph event in San Diego, don't despair. Develop was the only trade site on hand at the show delivering live updates throughout the past seven days. So we've summarised all the big announcements, with links to our in-depth coverage, belowâ?¦

Nintendo’s continued dominance continues this week in Japan, according the latest figures from MCV’s exclusive media partner Enterbrain. Wii sales for the week stood at 62,798, while rival PS3 shifted 21,985 consoles. Xbox 360 sold 3,305, but the true star performer was DS once again – with combined DS and …

Given the individual monikers of 2K Boston and 2K Australia

The backing follows MCV’s story in which the Eidos boss criticised the Government’s failure to give developers enough incentive to set up shop in Britain – resulting in a ‘brain drain’ of talent from the UK. ELSPA’s Jackson has now backed Cavanagh, saying: "Jane’s comments reflect the very serious position …

Originally announced in June as an outlet for small-scale independent games, Nintendo’s promising WiiWare Channel has surprisingly arrived in the US today – albeit without any games. CVG reports that WiiWare currently offers a streamed preview video of Metroid Prime 3 – though its arrival could mean that original games …

Following Sony’s decision to withdraw PSOne trio Crash Bandicoot 2, Spyro 2 and MediEvil from the PS3 digital download service PlayStation Network, the platform holder has emailed customers to say that refunds will appear in the PlayStation Store wallet within seven days. The mail reads: You will be aware from …

Calls for entrants of The Future 500â??s media section

Composer to provide original score for upcoming FPS

SIGGRAPH 07: Review board unveils new version of 3D graphics API

Over one million pre-orders have been made in the US for Microsoft’s forthcoming FPS Halo 3, due for release on September 25th. Microsoft said it is expecting the Legendary Edition of the game to sell out on release day, reported Games Industry . A slew of big name US brands …