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MCV understands that staff within GAME’s Basingstoke headquarters believe the firm will fall into administration on March 24th unless a buyer is found. That is a day before GAME’s quarterly rent day of March 25th on which GAME will be required to pay the leases for many of its stores. …

MCV understands that American retail giant Walmart has made contact with GAME about a possible acquisition of the retailer. Walmart is the world’s 18th largest public corporation with over 9,000 stores worldwide. It is also the owner of UK supermarket Asda. In 2011 it generated worldwide revenue of $422bn. In …

Campaign to 'retake' Mass Effect 3 story ending raises over $30,000 in single day

A company called Blueshore Global Equity has today acquired 29m GAME Group shares, giving it an 8.35 per cent stake in the retailer and limited voting rights. Blueshore, a global equity fund based in New Jersey, was founded in 2006 by Harsha Gowda. It specialises in equity and pooled investment …

GAME’s Spring Clean sale has certainly proved popular with customers. But has it helped or hindered GAME’s current plight? Go into any GAME or Gamestation outlet today and ask customers what they are doing. Many will tell you they’re using up the last of their store credit in case GAME …

Nintendo’s 3DS title Kid Icarus: Uprising will not be stocked at GAME or Gamestation. The confirmation comes from Nintendo, which lists Argos, Asda, Blockbuster, Tesco, Dixons Stores Group, GameStop, HMV, ShopTo, Sainsbury’s, Smyths Toys, Toys R Usor online at Amazon, The Hut, JohnLewis.com,Littlewoods.com,Play.com andzavvi.co.uk. Nintendo joins the likes of EA, …

Have you got The Moves? Are you a Dancing Queen (or King)? Prove it and you could take home an Xbox 360 Kinect bundle and Just Dance 3. Ubisoft has teamed up with MCV to host a special games industry dance-off, marking the approaching release of new Wii compilation Just …

Sequel to 1988 RPG looks certain as funds come fast

There is a sad truth to the seemingly inevitable demise of GAME Group – it’s potentially good news for other video game retailers, in the short term at least. But more than simply picking up GAME’s lost sales on key titles such as Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X …

New handheld games enter Sony's February league table