UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  February 2, 2012 

Game Trading Technologies, Inc. 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
 Delaware  333-141521     20-5433090 
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
     
     
 10957 McCormick Road, Hunt Valley, Maryland  21031  
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)  
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 316-9900 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.03. Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On January 30, 2012, Game Trading Technologies, Inc. and its affiliate Gamers Factory, Inc. (collectively, the “Companies”) filed voluntary petitions for relief pursuant to Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). The petitions were filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division (the “Bankruptcy Court”), and are being jointly administered for procedural purposes only as case number 12-11519.  The Companies will continue to operate as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
GAME TRADING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
       
Date:  February 2, 2012        
By:
/s/ Rodney Hillman  
   
Rodney Hillman
 
   
Chief Operating Officer