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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

Rovio's latest tops App Store charts across the world

Customers are no longer able to use their Reward Cards in GAME or Gamestation stores. Customers are also no longer able to issue refunds or exchanges. There have also been isolated reports of violence at some stores as customers are stopped from spending their trade-in credit, with some losing three …

Kickstarter alternative pools funds over several months

Nintendo marketing vet Rob Lowe will leave the company, the firm has announced. Lowe was one of the execs responsible for the launch of Wii in the UK, and has been part of the team for eight years. He leaves Nintendo UK on June 1st to take become marketing director …

Rage Team plan to modernise 2001 game with GTA IV tech

Riddick studio wants to broaden strategy; Second project pitched to publishers

MMO becomes latest Sony Online to adopt freemium business model