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A Gamescom press roadshow will head to eight countries this year to promote the trade and consumer event in August. Italy and Turkey are the newest additions to the 2012 tour, which will consist of press conferences and background discussions with members of the media, trade associations, exhibitors, sales organisations …

Consumers across UK, Germany and France spent over a billion dollars on non-new physical games in the last three months of 2011. According to new data from NPD looking at ‘all monetization methods outside of new physical retail sales’, used games, game rentals, subscriptions, digital full-game downloads, social network games, …

Leading financial and retail experts are all eyeing up a move for GAME Group. But as-of-yet only one has made a firm offer. Some GAME rivals have even readied funds in preparation of a possible administration – with the firm’s 19.4m loyalty card database and GAME.co.uk domain amongst the targets. …

65 jobs secured during preliminary insolvency proceedings

John Broomhall talks with Naughty Dog's audio experts about the inspiration for Drakeâ??s Deceptionâ??s sound

Tax breaks might not last forever, warns Richard Wilson; games sector must fight to defend them

Senior industry sources say GameStop has found another reason not to make an offer for GAME: France. Three weeks ago we reported on industry speculation that claimed GameStop would ideally like to buy GAME assets that would give it a foothold in the British and Iberian markets, but doesn’t want …

Whatever happens to GAME, you can’t say its 6,000 UK employees didn’t put up a fight. Hundreds of store staff lobbied MCV this week with defaced and ‘updated’ versions of our contentious March 16th cover, where we stated that the GAME that we once knew was gone. Despite the uncertainty …

GAME UK has attracted the attention of "five or six" potential buyers, Retail Week is reporting. Meanwhile, a further 20 suitors are interested in the company’s international assets – with its Portugal and Spain outlets the most attractive prospects. As widely rumoured, GameStop is amongst the top suitors. But according …

OMGPOP, developer of the popular and addictive Pictionary style app Draw Something, has been acquired by Zynga. The social and online games publisher officially announced the news after a day or two of widespread speculation on the potential acquisition. "The OMGPOP team has created a game that’s fun, expressive and …