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It’s been a big week down under, with GAME entering into administration, so here’s a breakdown of the entire saga. Monday: GAME Australia is officially confirmed to be in administration, with PriceWaterhouseCoopers taking up the task of facilitating the process. PriceWaterhouseCoopers offers an official statement on its intentions with GAME, …

PriceWaterhouseCoopers has announced via a new section on the GAME Australia web site a meeting next Wednesday with creditors. The meeting aims to assure creditors that PwC is doing everything it can to either keep GAME in business, or maximise its ability to repay any debts before a potential closure. …

The Walking Dead has surpassed 1m episode sales just two weeks after launch, Telltale has announced. Joystiq confirmed with the developer that episode sales count each episode sold in the season pass offering (five episodes total), as well as individual episode one sales. The most exciting aspect of getting off …

Company hands Rhode Island EDC bad check as employees go without salary

Social networking giant priced at $38 a share

Game creation tool for designers expands to new platform

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2K is running a special war movie marathon at a Leicester Square cinema in support of its upcoming shooter, Spec Ops: The Line. The firm has teamed up with Digital Spy to let users vote for their favourite war films (from Saving Private Ryan to Apocalypse Now). The top four …

The NASSCOM Gaming Forum has announced that it will conduct developer meet-ups in Delhi and Mumbai in June. The third Delhi meet-up will take place at the International Youth Centre on June 16. Highlights include a talk on how developers should approach publishers, and a post-mortem of Pyrodactyl Games’ role-playing …

2K Games has unveiled two special edition SKUs for upcoming action RPG Borderlands 2. The Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collector’s Edition includes a Marcus Kincaid bobblehead, a hardback art book, sticker set, digital comic download and some additional in-game DLC. It will retail for 64.99. The Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition, …