GAME Australia Enters Administration, Not Refunding Pre-Order

<p>A few months ago video game retailer GAME entered administration in England&period; Now it appears that GAME Australia is following suit&period; Since the retailer is in administration&comma; it will no longer be stocking <em>Diablo III<&sol;em> in certain stores&period; What makes the situation even worse for some consumers is that refunds for pre-orders will be given&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kotaku&period;com&period;au&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;some-game-stores-not-stocking-diablo-iii-not-providing-refunds-on-pre-orders&sol;">Kotaku AU<&sol;a> reports that a text message was sent to individuals who had pre-ordered the game at the impacted stores advising them that they would not be getting the game for which they paid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Due to the appointment of an administrator to our business this morning&comma; it is with regret that I inform you all that our stores will not be receiving any stock of Diablo 3&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the text message read&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Because of this&comma; we regrettably will be unable to fulfill any pre-orders&period; Also&comma; we will be unable to refund any deposits paid towards a pre-order of diablo 3&period; If you need any more info&comma; please emain customerrelations&commat;game&period;com&period;au &period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The long and short of it is this&semi; if you pre-ordered <em>Diablo III<&sol;em> from GAME in Australia&comma; not only will you not be receiving the game&comma; you will not be receiving a refund of any money paid towards the pre-order of said game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you one of the gamers affected by this unfortunate turn of events&quest; If so&comma; please share your thoughts in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;347399&sol;game-australia-no-refunds-for-diablo-iii-pre-orders&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;