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The value of GAME’s assets needs to be reassessed to ensure that shareholders receive a rightful return on their investment, Blueshore Global has told MCV. Having acquired new stock in the retailer yesterday before its filing for administration and stock freeze this morning, the company – which owns nine per …

Groundbreaking initiative to generate £190 million in investment expenditure through UK studios

Budget announcement will help our company expand, says NaturalMotion boss

Budget announcement and computer science U-turn 'reposition UK as a world leader'

The UK government has declared its intention to establish a nationwide game tax break policy, in a dramatic manoeuvre that leaves the British sector in shock and jubilation. Standing in the Commons for his 2012 Budget speech, Chancellor George Osborne said the UK games development industry would benefit from similar …

Government backs Britain's development sector - all the reaction and details

Coalition government reverses position in dramatic Budget announcement

It has felt like a very slow and protracted saga, but GAME’s fall into administration today has by all accounts been swift… and brutal. The first indication that all was not well came as early as late November, when The Telegraph asked the question Can GAME survive?”. However, it wasn’t …

UK retailer GAME officially filed for administration, although it will continue to trade for the time being. "Further to this morning’s announcement of the suspension of trading in shares of GAME Group plc, the board has concluded that its discussions with all stakeholders and other parties have not made sufficient …

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