The UK’s leading video games retailer GAME has announced a new partnership with IGN. The news was announced by Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs at the retailer’s quarterly supplier conference today. The deal will see the pair work together on in-store promotional events and extensive GAME advertising across IGN’s network. Activity will begin in early 2013. “2012 has been a
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This morning it was announced the Financial Services Authority had delisted GAME Group shares from the London Stock exchange following a request made by the retailer yesterday. GAME has now been cancelled from trading on a number of investment exchanges also including Plus Markets Group and NYSE Euronext London. This spells bad news for investors as they may now have
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Good news for GAME as a new report from has declared the Royal Bank of Scotland will buy the company out of administration and it could happen as early as tomorrow. UK trade publication MCV have reportedly heard the news from multiple sources. This would mean other rumoured candidates GameStop and OpCapita will not be the ones to buy GAME
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News broke out this morning that GAME Group officially went in administration and along with it we have now learned that around 300 of the 609 UK stores will cease trading immediately with the possibility of more to follow if a buyer is not found soon. The GAME and Gamestation websites have also been taken offline with a message explaining
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The firm has confirmed this morning that it has officially filed for administration. An official statement reads, “Further to this morning’s announcement of the suspension of trading in shares of GAME Group plc, the board has concluded that its discussions with all stakeholders and other parties have not made sufficient progress in the time available to offer a realistic prospect
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MCV have reported that GAME and Gamestation will not be stocking copies of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. This adds to the growing list of titles not being sold by the retailer from the likes of EA, Nintendo and CAPCOM. Remember news also broke out yesterday that GAME were putting themselves up for sale so it looks like this may
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UPDATE 2: Seems a spokesperson for GAME has told MCV that it is just a fault, and that “the web service will resume imminently” UPDATE: Now it seems both the Gamestation site and the GAME site have been taken doing due to undergoing maintenance. No comment has been made as to why. GAME has recently admitted it is
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CAPCOM’s two major titles due for launch this Friday are not going to be sold at either GAME or Gamestation it has been confirmed. A CAPCOM representative told computer and gaming site MCV, “Unfortunately Capcom must confirm that Street Fighter X Tekken for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and Asura’s Wrath, both scheduled for release on Friday March 9, will
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It seems the bad news just keeps on coming for retailer GAME with news following that no EA games will be stocked in March at all. This includes some big hitters like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, The Sims 3: Showtime, FIFA Street and juggernaut release Mass Effect 3. Games site CVG have reportedly received a tip this morning from
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When the Vita launched last Wednesday, GAME were unable to provide any of UbiSoft’s offerings for unknown reasons. Well as of today you can now pick up your copies of Rayman Origins, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Asphalt: Injection and Dungeon Hunter Alliance. While GAME have not commented on what happened, it’s worth noting they have encountered a number of stock
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