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PriceWaterhouseCoopers, administrators for GAME Australia, today announced some interest, but no solid buyer yet for the company. In a statement released today, PwC outlined that its first meeting with GAME’s creditors took place yesterday after the deadline was reached for expressions of interest in buying the company out. At the …

Joined by Senior VP John Blakely as company reels from financial turmoil

Uproar over claims ustwo cloned indie darling J.S. Joust

Molyneux says first project for new studio done in 'six weeks'

Tripwire Interactive has announced a GOTY edition for its WWII shooter sequel Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. To celebrate the announcement, the developer is releasing free DLC for current owners of the game as well as throwing a free Steam weekend for anyone with a Steam account who’d like …

The second Modern Warfare 3 content drop has arrived on Xbox 360, Activision has announced. Content Collection #2 packs five new maps: Getaway, Lookout, Sanctuary, Foundation, and Oasis; as well as two spec ops missions in Kill Switch and Iron Clad. Thus far the content collections are how MW3 DLC …

Develop uncovers the facts and figures

SDK for community and mobile social network available to download today

GREE continues its outreach to new developer partners: an open beta for its mobile social gaming platform SDK has today launched. With a focus on helping developers take advantage of free-to-play game development – which GREE has mastered in its Japanese homeland – the API features ‘social viral tools’ to …

Games industry descends on Malmö for Swedish games conference