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Tenshi Consulting’s Ian Baverstock explores what led to GAME’s decline, how it could have been averted and how the troubled specialist’s plight compares to that of similar retailers. This artcile was originally published on Tenshi Consulting’s website. GAME has announced their intention to appoint administrators. GAME Group (GMG.L) has spectacularly …

Speaking to investors following the publication of its most recent fiscal results, GameStop has seemingly ruled out the chance of a GAME takeover in the UK. Having closed all of our UK stores, we are focused entirely on competing digitally in the UK," GameStop International’s executive VP Mike Mauler stated. …

Zynga is to attend E3 for the first time as an exhibitor this year, it has been revealed. The debut appearance, as spotted byNeowin, comes after the social games giant started the beta of its own games portal away from Facebook, and months after it launched its IPO. One company …

Having conquered the world with hit indie PC hit Minecraft, famed developer Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed a bold idea for a future title. PC Gamer reports that the Swedish developer wants to make a sandbox space trading game like Elite – except done right”. Where it would differ from …

Sony has confirmed rumoured new PS3 title LittleBigPlanet Karting. The game is being co-developed by ModNation Racers dev United Front Games, which is currently also working on Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs – the title formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong. LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule is also working on the …

Five per cent of earnings should go towards other crowd-funding projects, says Brian Fargo

Rental specialist Blockbuster is offering a 4.99 trade-in deal on tomorrow’s release Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Customers wishing to take advantage of the deal need hand over a copy of one of the following titles – Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street, Twisted Metal or Street Fighter X Tekken. For …

But Atari and NCsoft confirm no-show; Blizzard and Nexon yet to decide

Retail giant GameStop has said it expects to open international stores opportunistically while keeping square footage flat”. The statement comes as behind-closed doors negotiations between GAME and other companies continue ahead of its move into administration in nine days time. For Q4 the retailer suffered a 3.6 per cent drop …

More than 90 digital entertainment firms from around the world set to attend Paris event