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Two more national newspapers have reported that The Royal Bank of Scotland is leading a consortium of bidders interested in acquiring The GAME Group. Yesterday MCV reported that a Sunday Times story claiming that the state-owned bank was interested in saving GAME from collapse. This morning The Telegraph reports that …
Read More »Report: GAME talks collapse, administration sell-off imminent
Talks to save GAME have reportedly collapsed, with reports suggesting that it will enter administration tomorrow when an immediate sell-off of assets will begin. The Express reports that the move will trigger a sale of GAME’s most valuable assets in what it describes as the biggest retail failure since Woolworths”. …
Read More »GameStop "focused entirely on competing digitally in the UK"
Speaking to investors following the publication of its most recent fiscal results, GameStop has seemingly ruled out the chance of a GAME takeover in the UK. Having closed all of our UK stores, we are focused entirely on competing digitally in the UK," GameStop International’s executive VP Mike Mauler stated. …
Read More »Notch wants to make Elite-style space game inspired by Firefly
Having conquered the world with hit indie PC hit Minecraft, famed developer Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed a bold idea for a future title. PC Gamer reports that the Swedish developer wants to make a sandbox space trading game like Elite – except done right”. Where it would differ from …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet Karting confirmed by Sony
Sony has confirmed rumoured new PS3 title LittleBigPlanet Karting. The game is being co-developed by ModNation Racers dev United Front Games, which is currently also working on Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs – the title formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong. LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule is also working on the …
Read More »Blockbuster reveals £4.99 deal for RE: Operation Raccoon City
Rental specialist Blockbuster is offering a 4.99 trade-in deal on tomorrow’s release Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Customers wishing to take advantage of the deal need hand over a copy of one of the following titles – Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street, Twisted Metal or Street Fighter X Tekken. For …
Read More »GameStop "expects to open stores opportunistically"
Retail giant GameStop has said it expects to open international stores opportunistically while keeping square footage flat”. The statement comes as behind-closed doors negotiations between GAME and other companies continue ahead of its move into administration in nine days time. For Q4 the retailer suffered a 3.6 per cent drop …
Read More »Angry Birds Space film gets Nickelodeon airing
An exclusive short film based on new iOS release Angry Birds Space will get its first airing on the UK this Friday (March 23rd) at 6pm. It ties in with today’s global release of Angry Birds Space. The film is exclusive to Nickelodeon and tells the story of how the …
Read More »EA: GAME will rise again
Keith Ramsdale, the boss of EA UK, has predicted that a new-look GAME will rise from the ashes of the current company. "I do hope and believe there will be a phoenix rising from the flames,” Ramsdale told an audience at today’s Westminster Forum event. GAME is full of good …
Read More »Epic Mickey 2… is a musical!
Disney’s Epic Mickey 2 is real – and amazingly, it’s also a musical. Speaking to The Associated Press, the game’s designer Warren Spector admits that he made a mistake” with 2010 release Epic Mickey and wants to try something new. Jim Dooley and Mike Himelstein, the composer and lyricist behind …
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