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The first layoffs in GAME Australia’s administration process have begun, with 281 people being let go today. The company employed until today over 500 staff. Administrator PriceWaterhouseCoopers confirmed that of those who lost their jobs today, 264 of them were from retail stores and the other 17 were from the …

THQ has announced the release of Metro: Last Light’s live action ‘Enter The Metro’ trailer. The game is available for pre-order from shopTHQ, with a free copy of Darksiders going out to all who put down early for the PC version. Metro: Last Light is due out in Q1 2013 …

New revenue options available to Android game developers

Financial troubles lead to company shut-down

Sony will strike a deal with OnLive or Gaikai at E3 next month for PlayStation cloud gaming, according to reports. The platform-holder will announce a new game streaming service for ‘PlayStation hardware’ at the annual trade show in Los Angeles, according to VG247. It’s not clear whether this service could …

Double Fine project to be released for digital download on PC and console

A senior advisor to the British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Tory leader spends a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja on his iPad”. The Telegraph reports that the PM has also ordered a special app on his iPad that will give him a management …

Bogus app sent 'silent' text messages that charged £5 apiece

The debut title from Peter Molyneux’s new studio 22 Cans could be released in as little as six weeks. Molyneux’s departure from both his own studio Lionhead and its owner Microsoft was only announced in March, but the iconic UK developer has told Beefjack that work is progressing quickly. He …

Japanese publisher Sega has teamed up with Ron Gilbert’s Double Fine for its next game – The Cave. The publisher says that it’s an adventure game so odd and compelling that it can only be described as odd and compelling”. As Sega continues to expand our digital gaming catalogue, we’ve …