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MCV has been led to believe that the GAME saga will come to a welcome close earlier than expected. Sources close to the negotiations are certain that a deal to save the retailer is incredibly close, with a likely exit from administration as early as tomorrow (Friday March 30th). Furthermore, …

The inevitable licensed Euro 2012 title from EA Sports will be a digital-only release, MCV can reveal. Furthermore, the game will skip a stand-alone release entirely and instead be made available as a DLC expansion for existing title FIFA 12. Called EA Sports UEFA Euro 2012, the download includes all …

THQ and Adidas have settled a $10m lawsuit over the fitness title miCoach. The sports brand was suing THQ for failing to provide software for tracking exercise akin to Nike+ and Garmin running watches. "Adidas and THQ have amicably resolved the dispute, which will allow Adidas to get the miCoach …

Analyst Michael Pachter thinks GameStop would not stock an anti-used console

PlayStation 4 allegedly codenamed Orbis; System to use AMD GPU and CPU combo

Yet another rumour has pointed to the next PlayStation launching alongside the Xbox 360 successor in 2013. But Kotaku claims to have word from what it calls a reliable source” of some quite detailed specs for the new machine, way beyond anything published to date. Firstly, it claims the new …

F2P Summit: Subscriptions likely to remain monetisation model; Other platforms considered

The protestors staging sit-in protests at a number of GAME’s closed Irish stores have released a statement clarifying their demands. As we know, the disagreement hinges on GAME and PwC’s unwillingness to pay sacked workers for the remainder of their contract, owed holiday time or redundancy. The group say they …

Mike Fethers has joined HMV’s games team as its games peripherals and digital buyer. His previous roles include games peripherals buyer for Tesco. He replaces Gavin Howes who recently left HMV to accept a role at Carphone Warehouse. "I’m delighted to welcome Miketo HMV, not just for thegreat experienceand fresh …

F2P Summit: Story-driven triple-A games will thrive when sold for free, Ngmoco Sweden manager claims