Skeptics may not be convinced by Sean “Diddy” Combs move to Interscope Records yet, but his influence has already begun to take effect on at least one of the label’s premier artists’.

Sources from Dubb CNN report that Jayceon Taylor, AKA The GAME, who is currently putting the finishing touches on his fourth solo release, R.E.D. AKA The RED Album, recently decided to drop the first half of his rap handle. In effect, he now wants to be referred to simply as “Game.”

An acronym that once stood for “The Gangsta All Muthafuckas Envy” and/or “The General Amount of Money Earned,” The GAME, is apparently no more. The move to simplify the name would seem to have come from an attempt to do just that, as most neglected to pronounce Taylor’s former pseudonym anyway.

In other Game news, the Compton rapper is expected to drop The RED album a week after the anticipated release date of December 1.

The first single, entitled “Crazy,” features Gucci Mane with production credits that belong to Timbaland. Other guests include Chris Brown (”LA Girl”), Akon, Diddy, Rick Ross and Beanie Sigel.

The production credits, as usual, include a bevy of all-star beat makers (Pharrell, Akon, Cool & Dre, Polow Da Don, etc.), but no word as to whether Dr. Dre will be among them.