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Obsidian Entertainment has official word that its previously announced XBLA game, originally targeted for a Q1 2012 launch, is currently at an impasse. "That project is currently on hold; we are looking at where we might want to take it," CEO Feargus Urquhart told Joystiq. The original IP and action …

GAME Group is in a race to secure 180m to pay creditors or face administration, The Sunday Times reports. The specialist giant apparently has a 21m rent payment due on Sunday, a 12m wage bill due shortly after, and owes more than 10m in deferred VAT and 40m to video …

GDCA lifetime achievement award recipient predicts 'increasing stratification'

It appears that GAME’s chief lenders have thrust the retailer back toward the brink of administration by rejecting the offer tabled by Comet owner OpCapita. The Guardian reports that OpCapita’s plan to settle debts with chief lenders such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as 40m worth of …

St. Patrick's Day bundle may be best seller yet

DLC Quest rises to top with 'quiet introspection on the state of the games industry'

Japanese mobile gaming giant launching new platform; OpenFeint tech to power network

In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Activision announces changes to its PR division and we look at the best job vacancies. Changes for Activision UK PR teamThe publisher has reshuffled its PR team. Lucy Donald went on maternity leave last Friday (March 9th).Adam Paris …

The next iteration in Codemasters’ hit F1 series will be on the retail grid this September. The annual series follows a new multi-year deal Codemasters has signed with Formula One World Championships Limited. The game also features a new mode called Young Driver Test, which takes players closer to the …

Following the unveiling of Gree's first US made game yesterday, we catch up with Naoki Aoyagi, the CEO of the gaming network's International operation