Retailer Game’s problematic financial condition has caused the troubled retailed to cut 46 jobs from its UK headquarters. “Our proposed new structure will change the way that we operate and will enable us to be significantly more efficient in our relationships with suppliers and customers,” the company told MCV in a statement. “We are giving our full help and support to the colleagues who are affected by these proposed changes.” As of last November, Game had 1,275 stores in Europe and Australia, but the company is seeking to sell off its international business (you can probably guess who the rumored buyer is )

Eat Sleep Play, which will shortly ship Twisted Metal , has reportedly laid off eight employees. The Salt Lake City Tribune also reports that co-founder David Jaffe is out and expected to pursue “casual games.” Jaffe responded to the “rumor” of him making casual games after Twisted Metal as “highly exaggerated.” Eat Sleep Play now has a staff of 26 and will transition to iPhone and iPad development.

A Free Playable Demo for Kinect: Disneyland Adventures is now available for download via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The demo weighs in at 581.87 MB in total. Content: Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (demo) Price: Free Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: Disneyland Adventures is an exclusive game for the Xbox 360 Kinect that features both Disney Parks and Disney Worlds allowing you to experience Disneyland magic like never before! Fly, dance and dive into iconic attractions, share special moments with beloved Disney characters and take on challenging quests

Corpse Party was a pleasant surprise on PSP — well, “pleasant” in that it was a good game. There’s nothing pleasant about being trapped in an inescapable nightmare dimension of malicious ghosts and dead children.

Despite being into awards shows before they were cool, we’re hoping you’re not above voting for this year’s Independent Game Festival “Audience Award.” Voting has just kicked off for 2012’s entrants, which comprise all finalist games across all IGF 2012 categories (yes, the list once again includes Fez ). Should you choose to cast your favor towards any particular game, you’ll want to head to this particularly yellow form and fill things out before February 19. Once you’ve done as much, we’re told a verification email will come through to make sure you’re not an evil robot.

When Alan Wake makes his second appearance on the Xbox 360 this year in Alan Wake’s American Nightmare , he’s bringing more than just his flair for writing and a new set of clothes to the fight. He’ll have … umm ..

Speaking as a lifelong Simpsons fan, I’m just as excited for this game to come out as everyone else — the wait to finally see this game make its way to home consoles seemed endless! We worked closely with Gracie Films and Fox to time the release of the game with the 500th episode of The Simpsons so that fans of the show could experience the classic game during an important milestone for the series. It’s been a great collaborative effort with Gracie Films to find a balance between preserving the authenticity of the original arcade game and making just enough tweaks to adapt it for PS3 . The original game is already great, so we decided we would focus primarily on making it as faithful a port as possible while adding various gameplay modes and bonus content.