Entries in 'close' (30)
Zynga to close three recently launched titles as it stems losses
CityVille 2, The Friend Game and Party Place are to close despite having only launched in the last quarter.
Future announces plans to close PSM3 and Xbox World
UK magazines PSM3 and Xbox World are to be closed by publisher Future.
The end has come for Life with PlayStation, Folding@home
Sony is calling time on its Life with PlayStation application.
NCsoft tells fans that there's no saving City of Heroes
A 20,000+ signature petition will not be enough to save MMO City of Heroes from closure.
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OnLive demise confirmed; 'New' OnLive hiring percentage of old staff
After a night of wild rumour and corporate denials, the demise of OnLive in its current form has been confirmed.
GAME Australia stores to close for good on Sunday
PriceWaterhouseCoopers has today confirmed to MCV that on Sunday the remaining GAME stores will close their doors for the last time.
Ngmoco's Eliminate servers closing down
Free-to-play iOS shooter Eliminate will be terminated by publisher Ngmoco on May 25th.
THQ rumoured to close Japan publishing arm
THQ is set to close its Japan publishing arm at the end of this month, according to reports.
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Game over for Totalvideogames.com
Consumer games site Totalvideogames.com has officially ceased operation.
Wikipedia to close in SOPA protest
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is to 'black out' the English-language version for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest at the proposed US internet regulation legislation SOPA and PIPA.
Sony shuts Bigbig; restructures Cambridge studio
Sony has proposed the closure of Leamington Spa outfit Bigbig, which recently finished work on Little Deviants for Vita.
Partnertrans scraps UK office
QA and localisation firm Partnertrans is to shut down its Brighton office in favour of two new divisions in Montreal and the US, the company has confirmed.
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HMV to close 60 stores by 2012
Entertainment giant HMV is facing troubling times as the chain revealed that it is to close 60 stores (including some Waterstones bookshops) over the next 12 months.
Microsoft to close Massive Inc?
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft is to close its in-game ad agency Massive Inc, according to a report by Media Week.
US: The end for Game Crazy
North American video game retailer Game Crazy is to close, it has been confirmed.
Hickey: Infinity Ward ‘to close’
The ongoing disturbance at Activision’s Modern Warfare studio has left the publisher with a plummeting workforce but a strong brand in Infinity Ward.
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GameStation not under threat
GAME Group’s decision to expand upon its previously announced store closure programme does not, as some have feared, mean the end of the Gamestation brand.
GAME to close 43 outlets
The GAME Group has announced that it is to close 43 of its outlets owing to the “the tougher market conditions that it faces in 2010”.
Champ Man Online closing its doors
Eidos is to shut down its football MMO Championship Manager Online on April 30th, just a few days before the game would have reached the ripe old age of five.
11,500 dev layoffs since '08
The global game industry has been hit by as many as 11,500 job losses since late 2008, a new study suggests.
EA to shut down old game servers
Publisher EA is to power down a host of servers used to run the multiplayer component of a number of last-gen and some early next-gen titles, it has revealed.
Rumour: EA shuts Pandemic
California–based developer Pandemic Studios is the latest victim of EA’s mass staff reduction operation, reports suggest, and may have closed down completely.
The end nears for N-Gage
Nokia has confirmed that its N-Gage platform will be phased out next year, with all the company’s mobile games activities to be channelled through Ovi Store instead.
rllmuk forum fighting for survival
One of the most established video games forums on the internet is in the process of asking its members to invest in it in an effort to both safeguard its ...
Codemasters drops ArchLord
UK publisher Codemasters has chosen not to renew its deal to operate MMO ArchLord in the West – though the game will not be closing with Webzen stepping in to ...
