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PORTABLE POWER Gamers at the London MCM Expo smashed the Guinness World Record for the Largest Handheld Game Console Party. More than 580 people gathered with their Nintendo DS, breaking the record of 381 people previously held by Australia.


A MAGNANIMOUS MULLET Ah, the joys of gambling. EA Partners’ Adrian Curry bet SCEE’s Dean Ashton that he wouldn’t get a mullet cut for charity. As you can see, he did – and GamesAid is now £100 better off.


Argentina Vs


Nigeria


Stephen McGill Microsoft


England Vs


USA


Germany Vs


Australia 2 - 0 3 - 1 2 - 1


Andy Yates Nintendo


2 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0


Alan Duncan Sony


2 - 0 1 - 0 3 - 0


Brian Foote Amazon


2 - 1 1 - 0 3 - 1


Ian Hollamby GAME


2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 1


Tim Ellis HMV


2 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1


Tom Bramwell Eurogamer


2 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 1


Tim Clark Future


2 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0


Stuart Dinsey MCV


1 - 0 3 - 1 1 - 1


2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa EA


3 - 2 2 - 1 2 - 2


The World Cup is about to begin in South Africa. You probably know this. What you don’t know is who’s going to win. Or how well England will do. Or what the score will be between, say, Argentina and Nigeria this weekend. You’d have to be an idiot to predict that. Which brings us to.... The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Score Predictor Challenge. It’s quite a title, but then it’s quite a challenge. Three retailers, three media types and three representatives from our beloved format holders will be predicting scores throughout the tournament, whilst EA’s 2010 FIFA World CupWhat’s The Score? Competition. They all get one point for a correct result and


two for a correct score. The winner will get a personally signed


Wayne Rooney England shirt. Unless it’s FIFA. Obviously. Then whoever comes second will get one. But they’ll still, technically, be a ‘loser’. Right then, here are this week’s predictions, including England’s opening game against the US ‘of’ A...


FROM THE ARCHIVE May 14th 2004


NEWS: It’s E3 week! 2004 style! The headlines are made chiefly by the announcement of Sony’s PSP and Nintendo’s DS (Ironically, the cover wrap that week is for Nokia’s N-Gage. Is that ironic? It’s always such a scary call after everyone was so nasty to Alanis Morissette)... Meanwhile there’s some unconvincing guff about how all publishers are focusing entirely on PS2 and the original Xbox and not at all desperate for the follow-up machines... Nintendo president Satoru Iwata does, however, reveal that work is “well underway” on a new console. He says that “the time when horsepower alone made a difference is over” whilst promising the new console will start a “revolution” in gaming. It’ll never catch on... Electronic Arts will support Xbox Live. Now seems strange that this was considered a ‘decision’, let alone ‘news’... Acclaim declares itself “back on track” with a trio of new games: Interview With a Made Man, Emergency Mayhemand The Last Job. Problems solved!


CHARTS: All Formats Top 40 Fight Night 2004.........................Electronic Arts TOCA Race Driver 2........................Codemasters Norton Internet Security 2004.........Symantec Sonic Heroes....................................................Sega Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora.....Ubisoft


PEOPLE: At Future, a young Ben Payne is promoted to the position of product manager for the company’s games portfolio... EA legend David Gardner returns to the firm as acting head of international publishing, while Keith Ramsdale switches roles in the UK office from head of sales to marketing director.


AND FINALLY... Off The Record features, get this, a picture of Ignition boss Archer Maclean with, and no one saw this coming, Jimmy White. Apparently he’s working on some sort of pool game. Woah!

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