http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/14/opcapita-offers-to-buy-out-game-lenders/

So OpCapita offer to buy Game and most of the debt outstanding for Game

Interesting Read - I just hope they keep most of the staff in the shops who didnt deserve all this stress

As for the higher management - hope they get whats due to them

Keep an eye on the Game website

Although they may have a buyer in the works which is unconfirmed, Activision and Microsoft have also now stopped support. Although this is only new titles like Cabela Big Game hunt and other such titles I think Game as we know it no longer exist. That means I feel all the high priced games will now reduce also. They cant be sale or return in my opinion.

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/15/game-share-price-rises-as-more-publishers-pull-out/

Game cant sell Themed Star Wars Xbox and yet shares rose yesterday on news they may get taken over

My opinion - End of Game - Start of a Comet / PC World type of game shop (yuk)

Both bad in my opinion, but I still hope the standard staff remain in the shops (6000 employees is a lot of unemployment)

No news about game today

Went into the store where I live and its virtually empty

Bought Darkness 2 Collectors on PC for 12.99GBP and installed it and registered it - worked fine and that was a good find really considering its still £22.00GBP on consoles (pre-owned) and generally £15-£20GBP on PC

Speaking to the staff they were remarkibly upbeat and I wished them all well

And so it begins

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a371748/game-must-raise-gbp180m-in-one-week-says-report.html

1 Week from now we will know the answer - keep an eye on sales cause if it goes T**s up then some amazing deals may be for the taking

Those are worth shipping back because they're high value and cheap shipping. You might score a decent deal on a console or some controllers, though.

More News


http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/20/mcv-new-game-plan-spells-the-end-for-gamestation/

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/21/breaking-game-suspends-shares/


Shares suspended and new info suggests Gamestation will be killed off to save Game

Some people think thats the wrong way round

I've got three copies od Diablo 3 pre-ordered at gamestation. I pre-ordered at gameplay but I received an email saying they were merging with gamestation and even got a £5 voucher. They better not cancel my order...

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/03/21/it-looks-like-game-has-gone-into-administration/

Company now in administration and have 10 days to assign a representitive

While in Administration they are protected for the 10 days while an administrator is appointed

Looks bad - cancel that diablo 3 and if looking for collector edition I think Gamestop are still taking orders otherwise its standard edition only I think

Have you already paid? Because if they go under, your money is gone.

No, but I'd have the game rather than the money. It was really cheap (£24 I believe) and there's only one store in UK who sells it for a similar price (£25).

With an Administrator - the shop should stay open for 10 days as the lease is frozen and shares frozen while an administrator is found to take the job on. What that means from a supplier point of view I am uncertain, I havent heard Blizzard say they wont supply but we all know about Capcom and EA

If you can wait 10 days thats fine but I believe Diablo is March 15th / 16th, which is beyond the 10 days (although that 10 days can be extended its unlikely based on press coverage and high impact on this)

We all can offer advice - currently I am reviewing the news and I should think Monday will be "Sell everything day"

I pre-ordered at gameconnection.co.uk just in case.

I was never a big fan of GameStation/Game, but I do look forward to the sale. I got tons of stuff cheap from Zavvi.

Sales are already starting I picked up SotS2 for 3 quid this afternoon in store and my OH picked up SWTOR for 15... I was tempted by the CE at 30 but already owning it I couldn't justify the buy