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After twelve years in the game development business, Swedish outfit GRIN has finally buckled under sustained financial pressure and has closed its doors completely. According to a statement from the company’s founding brothers – Bo and Ulf Andersson – the group has been forced” to shut down due to too …

MAY 2009: GRIN talks about the future of the company

The longstanding Swedish developer gives its final goodbye

Company founders confirm the studio is gone for good; job losses hit over 250 in 3 months

Just hours after MCV revealed that Sony has been clearing the channel in preparation for its PS3 price cut on Tuesday it now appears as if Microsoft could be preparing an Xbox 360 price cut to counter the move. Kotaku has become the latest website to claim that Microsoft is …

Future Publishing will decline to release six-monthly ABC figures for any of its games portfolio tomorrow, MCV can reveal. The publisher has traditionally released the data – which shows its magazine sales numbers from January 1st to June 31st – every August. However, this year the publisher has opted to …

New numbers from analyst firm Nielsen Games suggest that the Xbox 360 currently boasts the most active user base of any home console, with 11.5 per cent of those owning the console in North America playing games on a regular basis. The news isn’t so rosy for Wii, however, with …

Outbreak Studios to focus on digital and online games [Update]

Game Developers Association of Australia lays into the notorious 15+ system