Joystiq reports that Mythic Online has laid off a number of staff including 21 customer service employees, half of QA and all of the playtest group. The job losses are not added to the GameOverZone as they...

MCV reports that Circuit City is to close 567 stores in the United States. 30,000 jobs will be lost as the US’s second-biggest consumer electronics retailer shuts down. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...

Racing game developer Blimey! Games, has emerged from the ashes of 10Tacle Games as Slightly Mad Studios. CEO of Blimey! Games Ian Bell, who previously founded Simbin Games, has concluded a deal with administrators David Rubin &...

Following the news that sales of Tomb Raider Underworld disappointed, Kotaku reports that Eidos has made 30 staff redundant at developer Crystal Dynamics. The redundancies are added to the GameOverZone.

Gusto Games has closed its Derby studio, making all 14 staff redundant. The layoffs don’t affect Gusto’s main office in Banbury. 14 jobs added to the Job Loss Tracker.

Zavvi has made 178 people redundant, bringing the total to 247 after 69 people were made redundant from HQ last week. We wish all the staff good luck in finding new opportunities. I am reluctant to add...

UGO has today acquired gaming website 1UP.com from Ziff Davis. Some of the key elements of the deal: Ziff-Davis is getting out of the games space in order to “pay down debt and shift our full focus...