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April 5, 2007
New video game console releases have a way of creating mob scenes at retail outlets, at least with the hardcore gaming set. Yet when it comes to Nintendo's (NTDOY) ...
April 30, 2007
Sony's new video games chief might best be described as the anti-Kutaragi. On Apr. 27, the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant tapped Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai to ...
December 28, 2006
In December video game maker Square Enix Co. began running prime-time TV ads in Japan featuring battle scenes from its new adventure game Seiken Densetsu 4, or Legend ...
March 26, 2007
Electronic Arts' (ERTS) $105 million purchase this month of a major stake in Neowiz underscores the growing global clout of South Korean design houses in ...
November 30, 2006
Under a different set of circumstances, it might have been passed off as a routine changing of the guard at Sony's (SNE) video games division. But after the delays and...
September 19, 2007
In the video-game industry, it's the oldest trick in the book. To keep a console from collecting dust on store shelves, game console makers will periodically cut ...
September 25, 2007
As one of the leaders in the game-console industry, Sony (SNE) has a reputation for putting hard-core gamers first. But in the coming months, the company will release ...
April 25, 2008
Nintendo (NTDOY) President Satoru Iwata didn't have much time to savor his success. On Apr. 25, a day after the Japanese video game maker reported its best-ever ...
May 7, 2009
The global recession doesn't seem to have slowed Nintendo's momentum much. On May 7, Nintendo (7974.T) reported a 14% gain in operating profits, to $5.6 billion, for ...
April 8, 2008
Inside Rockstar Games' posh New York headquarters, there's a buzz of round-the-clock activity. Just weeks before the company releases its much anticipated Grand Theft ...
May 28, 2008
The New York Times has published a glowing article on the "Walt Disney of the digital generation," Nintendo's video game legend Shigeru Miyamoto. The piece details his...
July 28, 2008
When you announced that the original Rock Band content could be exported to Rock Band 2 you said it's "almost all" the songs. Why not all? Is it a licensing issue? ...
August 6, 2008
Consumers are becoming more evasive by the hour, it seems. What could easily be achieved with a simple purchase of cross-platform media is not nearly as effective ...
August 15, 2008
"Don't leave money on the table; don't let anyone leave the table." As the gaming industry becomes increasingly high-profile, and as investors train their sights on ...
August 13, 2008
Regular broadcast advertising is just not what it used to be. While ratings numbers decline due to time people spend online or on their cell phones, people who do ...
August 18, 2008
Atari has really had a tough time. With credit troubles, a Nasdaq delisting, and continued losses, what's the approach now to get back on track? Jim Wilson: There ...
September 5, 2008
An asteroid hurtles toward a distant planet. Smacking the surface, the rock sends a blush of glowing red ash into the air. In the steaming gloop left behind, a soup of...
September 17, 2008
A year ago, a YouTube enthusiast posted a video depicting what he called the "Jesus Shot" in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009. This video showed off a bug in the game where ...
October 1, 2008
Replicating certain aspects of reality in virtual worlds, such as currency or the concept of property, has the benefit of making the game immediately accessible to the...
July 18, 2007
Fresh off the startling announcement that it would take a charge of more than $1 billion to cover costs of repairing defective Xbox 360 video game consoles, Microsoft ...
