Lycos Europe is going to shut down at the end of 2008. It’s a sad day for me personally, because I was the equity research analyst who worked on the IPO of Lycos at the height of...

Variety is reporting that Brash Entertainment is to cease trading tomorrow. The news follows 20 layoffs last week and the critical and commercial failure of the three games that the company has released: Alvin and the Chipmunks,...

Eidos has confirmed that it will be closing Conflict developer Pivotal. 95 staff have been made redundant immediately, 10-12 will be remaining in Bath to work on special projects. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

Take-Two has confirmed that it is “consulting with staff about potential redundancies at Venom”. I’m adding 30 staff to the Job Loss Tracker and moving Venom to the Game Over Zone.

Bay Area developer Stormfront has closed down. 33 employees have lost their jobs. The company, which recently worked on licences including Spiderwick Chronicles, Eragon and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, struggled to find new...