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Last week Game Retail announced that, after 19 years, Gamestation will cease to exist. The firm is rebranding all stores with the GAME logo. Game told MCV that the best of Gamestation – its pre-owned policy, loyalty card and passionate staff – will play a major role in its new …

This Wednesday, non-profit organisation Women In Games Jobs will give two industry members a place in its Hall of Fame. The prizes will be held during the firm’s European Women in Games conference on Wednesday (September 26th), at the Kensington Hilton where 25 women will present innovations in games and …

96 developers affected as Ireland office shuts its doors

Loading has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a new London branch. The Cornwall-based indie gaming caf started its campaign on IndieGoGo last week. The appeal has already raised more than 4,500. It is calling for 50,000 to get the ball rolling, after which it will seek additional funding. Ubisoft, …

PopCap Dublin has been closed by parent company EA. The news comes after management admitted last month that 50 jobs had been lost from PopCap’s Seattle office and an unspecified number shaved from its Irish operations. The company then went on to say that it had entered into an exploratory …

Fallout: New Vegas studio breaks away from in-house Onyx engine to open up Linux support for Kickstarter project

A brawl involving upwards of 2,000 workers has forced a unit at infamous Chinese manufacturing plant Foxconn to temporarily close. Police were called in during the early hours of Monday morning to deal with the escalating situation The New York Times reports. Several people were hospitalised and a number arrested. …

As we enter the final week of our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, we find out more about the leading recruitment agencies. OPM owner Kim Parker Adcock and PR and marketing manager Nathan Adcock tell us how the jobs market has changed over the past few years …

The idea that Nintendo has blocked the release of Bayonetta 2 on rival platforms is inaccurate. Indeed, it transpires that without the partnership of Nintendo, Platinum Games would not have been able to greenlight the project at all. "WouldBayonetta 2not exist without Nintendo? The answer is yes," Platinum’s executive director …

But developer currently unsure how to successfully monetise game, says lead designer