The news is dominated by heavy industry stuff this week, as trade paper MCV (The Market for Home Computing and Video Games) lead with the headline 'Soaring Planet Eyes AIM'. This is a story about games distributor Planet, who boast exclusive deals with Madcatz, Nu-gen and Kemco, and are now thinking about a floatation on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) at the London stock exchange. Phew, eh? Staying with financial news, MCV also report that Electronics Boutique sent a message to full-price PlayStation publishers last week, saying they were looking for better trade prices now they're selling games for £29.99. Good on 'em, we say.

The other trade paper serving the videogames industry, CTW (The Entertainment Computer Trade Weekly) also concern themselves with financial news this week, their main headline being 'Sprint finish for Eidos'. This refers to their story which reveals that despite Eidos's losses for the six months ending September 30, with a barnstorming finish to the year they could well match last year's performance. CTW also give front-page space to the Electronics' Boutique story and to a piece about Sony's fight with Tesco and the Japanese firm's success in obtaining a High Court injunction against the supermarket, preventing them from selling PlayStation units containing non-Sony peripherals unless labelled clearly. Those of you with longer memories will remember that Tesco had managed to get hold of a load of PlayStations from abroad, machines normally sold with SCART leads instead of the RMFU units that plug into TV aerial sockets which are sold in UK PlayStation packs. Tesco were then including RMFU units made by a third party.

All in all, not the most exciting week of news for us gamers.