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Industry trade body UKIE will publish a report next week outlining how to make crowd funding legal for UK games firms. It wants to change legislation so that publishers and other games companies can receive money from large numbers of individuals, in order to fund new projects. The news comes …

Trade body ups game after Double Fine success in the US

Cut backs come after aggressive international expansion

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He may not know it yet, but Schafer's crowdsourcing initiative could mark a turning point for the games industry

Without question a challenging road lies ahead of GAME. But at least for now its staff – whether those at the Basingstoke HQ or at its 600 stores across the UK – can breathe a sigh of relief. The uncertainty, at least, is gone for now. Of course there’s still …

Top minds behind Minecraft, Uncharted and more join fans to pay for new game

The UK games trade has backed GAME to overcome its ‘nightmare’ start to the year. Publishing execs have lined-up to offer vocal support to the retailer, after working around the clock to get stock into stores. GAME lost credit insurance, which meant the firm had to do deals with suppliers …