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Swedish studio cites intense competition for talent

WBIE takes duties from troubled THQ

Some staff from GAME’s 13 Irish stores are reportedly considering a sit-in protest over unpaid redundancy. Administrators PwC have told staff they will pay them their March wages but nothing beyond – including their April pay from their notice period and any redundancy compensation. Instead, PwC has told staff to …

Pendleton Ward has announced a game adaptation of his hit cartoon series Adventure Time is in development for Nintendo DS. The Adventure Time DS game will release later this year sometime,” Pendleton Ward announced on Twitter (via Tiny Cartridge). I’m gonna be working on it with WayForward Technologies.” WayForward Technologies …

Administrators PwC have said that today’s loss of over 2,000 jobs at GAME and Gamestation is regrettable” but that the move will place the company in a stronger position”. And furthermore, the company still intends to agree a sale for GAME’s remaining assets and for the company to continue trading …

More than 1,500 developers expected to attend summer industry event

Longstanding UK independent studio contributing to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions

Administrator PwC has today closed the doors on 277 of The GAME Group’s 609 UK and Ireland stores, MCV understands. The result is that by the end of the day around 2,104 GAME employees will have lost their jobs – 40 per cent of its UK workforce. 15 of these …

Alan Wake outfit turns attention to future, unannounced platforms

Eve Online studio says it never condones 'abhorrent' mocking of depression-afflicted users