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A deal has been agreed that has tonight seen GAME exit administration, MCV believes. Former front-runner turned write-off OpCapita has in a surprise development emerged as the victor, with its re-jigged offer for the trimmed-down GAME offsetting the doubts that saw its original approach shunned by lenders. OpCapita has reportedly …

Investment firm OpCapita WILL be the new owner of the UK GAME stores, according to the Telegraph. A report this evening from the national newspaper says that discussions this weekend has put the firm back in the lead to be the owner of the chain. OpCapital tabled a bid for …

Nearly two thousand former GAME and Gamestation staff in the UK have only discovered today that they will not receive either payment for their notice periods or redundancy. Staff at GAME’s Northern Irish stores were given the same bad news earlier this week. What has irked most for those who …

Veteran RPG studios hope to collaborate on Kickstarter funded game

'Free to play way to go on Android', says Spry Fox CEO

Cipher Prime has raised nearly $70k with nine hours to go

Studio announces work on 'free-to-play game platform'

Source code to be converted into modern readable format

In a new no-holds-bar advertising campaign, supermarket Tesco has declared itself The Home of Gaming”. The ad, carried by CVG, features a picture of a PS3 controller and carries the following claims: The largest number of gaming stores in the UK”393 stores open at midnight for new game releases”Over 10,000 …

Doom designer proposes two years since relationship began