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Negotiations for the movie adaptation of BioShock have seen very little forward movement since its reveal back in 2008. Now the film appears to have taken another step back with the loss of its second director in four years. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who signed on to direct after Gore Verbinski …

Silent Hill: Book of Memories will miss its March 27th release date, and it appears it’ll be months before we see the survival horror franchise’s debut on the PS Vita. Online retailers Amazon and Gamefly have both listed a May 31st placeholder release for the title, but at the moment …

Talks to save GAME have reportedly collapsed, with reports suggesting that it will enter administration tomorrow when an immediate sell-off of assets will begin. The Express reports that the move will trigger a sale of GAME’s most valuable assets in what it describes as the biggest retail failure since Woolworths”. …

It appears to be a day of conflicting newspaper reports, with The Sunday Times reporting that RBS has offered to buy GAME out of administration. It follows a report in The Express, which says the deal to save GAME has collapsed. The Sunday Times writes that the state-owned bank is …

HMV will close its Guernsey warehouse and now run its website from the UK. It follows the end of Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR), which has allowed online retailers to sell goods tax-free into the UK. As of April 1st, there will be no tax advantage to having a warehouse …

There is one clear front runner to buy GAME as part of a post-pack administration, sources close to the administrators have told MCV. GAME is not officially in administration yet. The High Street chain will name Mike Jervis and Stuart Maddison of PWC as their administrators. According to the Financial …

Campaign for sequel to groundbreaking RPG will get Linux and Mac ports

Crowdfunded adventure game project underway

World of Mass Development raises over â?¬500k for first campaign

'Everything is now in place to open up entire games to great facial animation'