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Obsidian Entertainment has official word that its previously announced XBLA game, originally targeted for a Q1 2012 launch, is currently at an impasse. "That project is currently on hold; we are looking at where we might want to take it," CEO Feargus Urquhart told Joystiq. The original IP and action …
Read More »Report – GAME has one week to raise £180m
GAME Group is in a race to secure 180m to pay creditors or face administration, The Sunday Times reports. The specialist giant apparently has a 21m rent payment due on Sunday, a 12m wage bill due shortly after, and owes more than 10m in deferred VAT and 40m to video …
Read More »Lenders shun OpCapita’s GAME rescue bid
It appears that GAME’s chief lenders have thrust the retailer back toward the brink of administration by rejecting the offer tabled by Comet owner OpCapita. The Guardian reports that OpCapita’s plan to settle debts with chief lenders such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as 40m worth of …
Read More »Indie Royale sells 22,000 bundles in a day
St. Patrick's Day bundle may be best seller yet
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: The top vacancies
In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Activision announces changes to its PR division and we look at the best job vacancies. Changes for Activision UK PR teamThe publisher has reshuffled its PR team. Lucy Donald went on maternity leave last Friday (March 9th).Adam Paris …
Read More »F1 2012 green lit for September launch
The next iteration in Codemasters’ hit F1 series will be on the retail grid this September. The annual series follows a new multi-year deal Codemasters has signed with Formula One World Championships Limited. The game also features a new mode called Young Driver Test, which takes players closer to the …
Read More »TV ads: Apple vs games publishers
Apple’s shadow over the video games market is there for all to see. We look at how its TV footprint compares to other games publishers’. This chart below demonstrates how deep Apple’s TV footprint is, fuelling high demand for iOS products. The extent of Apple’s TV advertising has resulted in …
Read More »Notch: Digital distribution monopoly ‘dangerous’
'I love Valve, but out of principle, I find the idea of one platform a bit scary', says Mojang boss
Read More »What can we learn from Street Fighter and Tekken?
Two of the biggest rivals in the beat ‘em up genre also happen to be best of friends. Christopher Dring discovers how Capcom and Namco Bandai are working together to grow the fighting genre for everyone… The showdown between Call of Duty and Battlefield last year got nasty. The war …
Read More »UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken. The pair helped break a two-week decline, generating a 47.9 per cent increase in market value to 17.9m. Unit sales rose 27.2 per cent. However, the market …
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