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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

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