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Following earlier redundancies, developer Atomic Planet has gone into administration. The company employed 35 staff, which have been added to the JobLossTracker.

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Develop reports that German developer Crytek has acquired the business and assets of Free Radical from the administrator, saving 43 jobs. The fact that Free Radical owned the intellectual property to some of its games must have...

Jonathan Guthrie wrote in the Financial Times earlier this week about phoenix companies. Phoenix companies take advantage of UK insolvency laws by doing pre-pack deals with administrators. The directors realise that the company is insolvent and have...

MCV reports that Australian games distributor Red Ant has called in the administrators. It is not clear how many jobs have been lost or at risk. It joins UK distributors EUK and Pinnacle in the GameOverZone.