MCV steal a march on rival trade paper CTW this week with the news that Take 2 are set to clinch the £8 million signing of one of Britain's most innovative developers, DMA Design (is it true that 'DMA' stands for 'Doesn't Mean Anything'?). DMA's back catalogue is impressive to say the least. Here's a brief list: Silicon Valley, Body Harvest, Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto, Walker and Hired Guns. Not bad, eh? And surely they're worth more than Stan Collymore...

The hardware price cuts for both PlayStation and N64 also make headline news. There's an interesting tale on page seven about how SCi and Rage have seen their share prices rise as the City becomes increasingly conversant with the videogames market. Eidos' share price just keeps on rising, and as Rage boss Paul Finnegan admits, "To a certain extent we are hanging on the shirt-tails of Eidos. But I think that the City is starting to understand our market much better now." That's what The Hacker just said.

MCV even found time to devote a full page article about Future Gamer's home town of Bath in Somerset ('Drink up 'e zuyder', etc). A representative hot-footed around a few videogame shops to test the lie of the land. An assistant at Pink Planet said that one customer reckoned the PlayStation 2 was on sale in WH Smith in Woking. Hold that train...

CTW go big on the hardware cuts as the big players attempt to stimulate the market, and hopefully deflect people from buying Dreamcasts. CTW also steal in with the news that Midway and GT Interactive are set to end a wrangle which, apparently, has dragged on longer than GT's proposed sale. Shake hands, guys, and give us Driver 2, preferably set in the pedestrianised streets of 'beautiful Georgian Bath'. Ooh, that's just wicked.

Eidos have bought a five per cent stake in Elixir Studios for £600,000, a start-up studio formed by former Bullfrog chap and Theme Park co-creator Demis Hassibis. Now, does that mean Elixir are worth - The Hacker's brain is whirring - £18 million?

The Hacker has just started up a games company, Mr Eidos. Fancy buying a five per cent stake? Go on, you do it with everyone else...