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Disney’s upcoming Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is to receive a PC/Mac release. The publisher confirmed toGameInformerthat the sequel will shed its previously announced console-only label that the original game also held. Disney added that the version will be a hybrid PC/Mac release, which would seem to fall …
Read More »Skullgirls XBLA release date confirmed
An XBLA release date and pricing details for Konami’s upcoming fighting game Skullgirls has been revealed. A post from developer Revenge Labs community manager Peter Bartholow confirms on the Neogaf forums (via Shoryuken) that the title will be available for download on the Xbox 360 marketplace April 11th. The game …
Read More »David Hamid becomes new GAME exec chairman
The former joint COO of Dixons, David Hamid, will become GAME’s new executive chairman, MCV understands. Hamid’s former employers include MFI (chairman), Halfords (CEO), Nationwide Auto Centres (chairman) and Russian retailer Mvideo (deputy chairman). He is also an operating partner of OpCapita’s. OpCapita’s Henry Jackson will also be involved in …
Read More »OFFICIAL: GAME UK exits administration
Retailer GAME has announced its exit from administration following a successful bid by Comet owners OpCapita. Private investment firm OpCapita has secured a sale of GAME’s UK assets to Baker Acquisitions Limited. Under the terms of the deal Baker has bought the UK arm of GAME Group out of administration …
Read More »The Witcher: The Musical hits London’s West End
Namco Bandai will bring hit RPG franchise The Witcher to theatres this year in the form of a new musical stage show. The Witcher: A Temerian Story hasbeen described by the publisher as ‘the West End’s most constroversial musical ever’, and will show at the Duchess Theatre in London’s West …
Read More »GAME is saved as deal is agreed
A deal has been agreed that has tonight seen GAME exit administration, MCV believes. Former front-runner turned write-off OpCapita has in a surprise development emerged as the victor, with its re-jigged offer for the trimmed-down GAME offsetting the doubts that saw its original approach shunned by lenders. OpCapita has reportedly …
Read More »OpCapita winning eleventh hour deal to buy GAME UK, says Telegraph
Investment firm OpCapita WILL be the new owner of the UK GAME stores, according to the Telegraph. A report this evening from the national newspaper says that discussions this weekend has put the firm back in the lead to be the owner of the chain. OpCapital tabled a bid for …
Read More »Former GAME workers furious at late wage admission
Nearly two thousand former GAME and Gamestation staff in the UK have only discovered today that they will not receive either payment for their notice periods or redundancy. Staff at GAME’s Northern Irish stores were given the same bad news earlier this week. What has irked most for those who …
Read More »Tesco declares itself "The Home of Gaming"
In a new no-holds-bar advertising campaign, supermarket Tesco has declared itself The Home of Gaming”. The ad, carried by CVG, features a picture of a PS3 controller and carries the following claims: The largest number of gaming stores in the UK”393 stores open at midnight for new game releases”Over 10,000 …
Read More »Zynga exec Roseman quits ‘to see family more’
Jim Veevaert to fill manager role at Seattle studio
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