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Computing giant Intel could be on the verge of acquiring graphics manufacturer Nvidia, according to Wall Street speculation.

Independent games developer association TIGA will unveil a middleware special interest group at next week's London Games Festival.

Electronic Arts has thrown its development weight behind Nokia's new mobile games platform, and has a number of new games in the works for the service's 2007 launch.

Sony's ambitious plans to drive network-based content will be pitched to the games industry in two keynote speeches at the London Games Developer Conference and the London Games Summit.

Key figures from the independent development sector will be flocking to Newcastle on September 14th to discuss the road ahead at the next Codeworks GameHorizon event.

LucasArts has added yet another UK-developed game to its roster, inking the deal for an unnamed project from Free Radical Design.

Microsoft has confirmed that its XNA development software is to be used for teaching in five European universities, three of which are in the UK.

German studio Phenomic, the creator of series The Settlers and SpellForce, has been snapped up by Electronic Arts.

Epic now includes EA in its growing list of Unreal 3 licensees – and reports today say the engine will be powering at least one of the publisher's much-vaunted new IP projects.

Winners of the 2006 Dare to be Digital awards have been announced, with a batch of games pushing forward new concepts getting the top prizes.