The European Games Network has done a deal with industry specialists (and all round nice guys) Games Press. Both EGN and the associated consumer show Game Stars Live will work exclusively with Games Press, with branded areas on the Games Press website being the official press office for the two shows.

"EGN and Game Stars Live boast exhibitor lists that reflect the size and stature of the games industry," says Steve Owen, Technical Director, Games Press, "so we're expecting a wealth of news and announcements from ExCeL. We're looking forward to helping to raise the profile of these new trade and consumer events by giving journalists the information and assets they need to provide the best possible coverage of both shows."

"Games Press is the main online destination for computer and video game journalists, so it makes perfect sense for it to work with the main exhibition destination," says Kirsty Adams, event director, Game Stars Live. "This agreement between the shows and Games Press is brilliant news for everyone. Journalists can be sure of a first-class online service, enabling them to file copy earlier – and our exhibitors can be confident that their news will exclusively promoted through the best online press service there is."

Davilex has announced they are currently developing a sequel to their recent Knight Rider game, itself based on the classic 80's television show.

Turbo boosted with more special effects, dialogue, in-game animations and chest hunkin' action, players must use all the thrilling features associated with the original K.I.T.T. to successfully complete missions. Drive in ski-mode down narrow alleys, utilize night vision to see where others can't, scan buildings to assess situations and chase the bad guys with incredible speed. Equipped with a range of car-based weapons, use K.I.T.T. and all his skills to fight off robots, armoured vehicles and of course Garth, Michael's evil twin-brother and arch enemy.

Top 10 Java Downloads - June 2004

POS.	TITLE	DEVELOPER
1	Tetris	Ifone
2	Pac Man	Namco
3	Pub Pool	IOMO
4	EA Sports TM FIFA Football 2004 Mie	Digital Bridges
5	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow	Gameloft
6	Pub Darts	IOMO
7	Euro Soccer 2004	Ifone
8	Steve Davis Snooker	IOMO
9	Euro 2004 Soccer	Sumea
10	Call of Duty	Mforma

Data Source: O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone

(article by Media Create)

Total sales of the TOP 100 this week amounted to about 857,000 units, which represents 120.74% of the last week's total or increase of about 147,000 units over last week. 100,000 units of decrease appeared on the SCE market, though Nintendo won 248,000 units of increase on its market, which influenced the sales very much. Both new and old titles' sales exceeded the last weeks within the range of weekly average, it made a comeback from the poor sales figure of the beginning of July.

16 new titles went into the ranking, and they accounts for 56.08% of the ranking. Starting with #1 "Paper Mario RPG" (about 159,000 units), many new titles stands at the head of the chart, such as "Tenchu: Kurenai" (about 76,000 units), "Bokutai 2 Solar Boy Django" (about 38,000 units). "Paper Mario RPG" is expected the future sales growth.

On the hardware market, sales increased at most of all models. It is said that demands tends to increase as the summer vacation began.

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After the news today that the game Manhunt has been blamed for inciting a murder, retail chain Dixons has decided to remove the game from it's shelves - publicly.

There's a news story over on Half Life Source that indicates that Half Life 2 is almost complete and will be sent for duplication and distribution shortly. It is based on a reported conversation.

Digital Jesters have released a playable demo of their upcoming adventure game <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earing</i>. In this 334Mb demo you can play as both Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, visiting more than 10 different locations, and including more than three hours of gameplay. Grab the demo from one of the following mirrors:

• Worthplaying
• Jolt (UK Only)
• 3D Gamers
• Gamez.com
• GamersHell
• ComputerGames.ro
• GameShadow
• BoomTown (registration required)
• ActionTrip

Borrowed shamelessly from Games Press, here is this week's All-Formats Charts. Although this week I will make comment - There are no new entries, and the essential layout of the chart has not changed at all, the curent titles have just moved around a little. Which is not surprising really given theres been almost no new releases in the past few weeks.

POS.	TITLE
1	Spider-Man 2
2	Driv3r
3	Shrek 2
4	Athens 2004
5	Mcafee Internet Security V6.0
6	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
7	Harry Potter - Prisoner Of Azkaban
8	Sonic Advance 3
9	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
10	Full Spectrum Warrior
11	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
12	Singstar
13	Norton Internet Security 2004
14	Fight Night 2004
15	Sonic Heroes
16	Norton Antivirus 2004
17	Red Dead Revolver
18	Hitman: Contracts
19	World Championship Snooker 2004
20	The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Buena Vista Interactive have announced they will be publishing TRON2.0: Killer App for the Xbox. The console version is currently in development at Climax Studios, Los Angeles, and will feature exclusive Xbox Live content.

TRON 2.0: Killer App digitizes players inside the world of a war-ravaged computer system on the verge of collapse from a seemingly unstoppable army of corrupt programs lead by the evil "user" Thorne. As Thorne's relentless army grows, it infects helpless programs, converting them into savage digital mercenaries aimed at spreading viral agents throughout the system. The security forces in the system struggle to quarantine the corruption, but they are hopelessly outnumbered by the mounting army of infected programs.

Only a human "user" inside the computer world can even the odds. Armed with an arsenal of powerful digital weapons, players face off in epic, action-packed warfare alongside security forces and against legions of horribly mutated programs as you fight to stop the corruption from spreading and bringing down computer systems worldwide.