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Music from The Beatles could be incorporated into a video game before it ever appears on iTunes.

Representatives of the band's back catalogue have reportedly had meetings with Activision and MTV Games about creating a title similar to the respective company's Guitar Hero or Rock Band franchises.

The Financial Times reports that the surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, remain cautious about issuing their albums on new platforms. They have still not allowed Apple to sell their music through its online iTunes store.

Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit from the estate of Mario Puzo over money owed from The Godfather video games.

It is claimed that the studio owes it at least $1 million in revenue from a breach of contract signed between the author and Paramount.

The Hollywood Reporter says that in 1992 the contract gave Paramount licensing rights for anything that embodied the Godfather saga. Anthony Puzo, the author's son and representative of the estate, claims that the video game is covered in the agreement.

The sales of video games in the US during May were up 37% from the previous year, according to a new report.

Market research firm NPD claims that sales of hardware and software reached $1.12 billion in May, reports Reuters.

Take-Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto 4 was named as the best selling game for the month, having already sold 4.2 million units in the US since it was released at the end of April.

NPD also says that the US video games industry could see a total revenue of $23 billion by the end of 2008.

Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) has launched a new initiative to help consumers select the perfect PCs for high-definition gaming.

The AMD Game! Platform is supported by companies such as Acer, Alienware, Logitech and Microsoft.

AMD claims that its gaming platforms combine the power of multi-core processors, HD digital media technology and next-generation graphics power. The company says that the Game! initiative ensures that computer systems are optimized with the right graphics and processor components for superior gaming.

Nigel Dessau, vice president of AMD, said that the new initiative ensures that consumers do not need "enthusiast-level knowledge" of PC hardware to find an optimal gaming system.

"We in the PC industry owe consumers the same predictability, simplicity and affordability in finding a PC for gaming that the console industry currently provides," he added.

AMD recently introduced new lower quad-power options for its Opteron processors and the first energy-efficient x86 server processor in the industry.

Dell has revealed its new range of desktop PC's which it claims is one of the most advanced gaming platforms on the planet.

The Dell XPS 730 H2C has support for optional quad-core processors, quad GPU graphics solutions and up to four hard drives, which is ready to offer an immersive experience for the most demanding PC games available, according to the company.

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Sales of video games in the US have risen by 57 per cent compared to a year ago, industry data has shown.

Research by market research firm NPD showed that sales of gaming hardware, software and accessories hit $1.7 billion during March.

NPD analyst Anita Frazier said: "You'd never know that the US economy was under distress by looking at the video games industry sales figures."

The Nintendo Wii contributed to the increase in sales, with 720,000 consoles sold during the month. Its game Super Smash Bros: Brawl, sold 2.7 million units across the US in March.

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that over 100 million copies of computer game The Sims have been sold worldwide.

Since the first version of the game was released in 2000, the franchise has expanded to be sold in 60 countries and in 22 languages.

Rod Humble, head of studio for The Sims label, announced: "We want to thank players of The Sims everywhere for making The Sims such a worldwide phenomenon."

Software company Take-Two Interactive has announced the appointment of a new president for its Asian region.

Hubert Larenaudie, who has held senior roles with Electronic Arts and Vivendi, has joined the company to head its expansion into the region.

Mr Larenaudie said: "Many of Take-Two's franchises, such as Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Sid Meier's Civilization and BioShock are international hits, and already have attracted large and enthusiastic fan bases in markets such as Japan, South Korea and China.