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BROWSE THE PAST 30 EDITIONS

March 5, 2010
Activision: Moving From Sucking All The Fun Out Of Development To Actually Killing Your Dog
[not good Bobby... ]
Shaun White Skateboarding rolling out this holiday
[not good fro activision - Tony Hawk ]

March 4, 2010
WSJ: Sony Working On Phone That Can Play Playstation Games
[“blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable, or PSP.” ]
Gains at Take-Two
[bioshock ]

March 3, 2010
China's Videogame Makers Battle Bureaucrats, Pirates
[Tencent has 24.1% of the market ]
Argos Gets Into Pre-Owned Games
[if successful could roll out to all 735 stores... ]

March 2, 2010
10 million-plus Wiis sold in Japan
["9.72 million units were sold in Japan, 32.02 million units in North and South America, and 25.71 million units in Europe and elsewhere." ]
Sega sports games on sale on Steam this week
["$7.50, a 75 percent savings." ]

March 1, 2010
Facebook: We're Going to Have Our 'Halo' Soon
[platform? ]
Shanda Profits Rise, But Shares Fall
["still fell short of analyst expectations." ]

February 25, 2010
GameStop Swoons After CFO Leaves, Piper Downgrades By Eric Savitz
["resignation of CFO Catherine Smith, who is taking a post at Wal-Mart (WMT), as well as a downgrade of the shares this morning by Piper Jaffray " ]
Disney, Theater Chains Fight over DVDs in Movieland Dilemma
[hello - downloads... ]

February 18, 2010
Sonic 4 not being developed by Sega?
[hmmmm ]
Video Game Namesake Wins Olympic Gold
[Publisher: Ubisoft ]

February 11, 2010
Gamefly Files For $50 Million IPO
["Revenue for the March 2009 fiscal year totaled $82.5 million; " ]
Zynga buys Serious Business
["Its flagship game, Friends for Sale!, is played by more than six million people a month." ]

February 10, 2010
Opera Software announces iPhone browser
[oh boy.... ]
Disney Interactive to be more 'judicious' with HD games as losses abate
["a loss of $10 million compared to a $45 million loss in Q1 the previous fiscal year" ]

February 9, 2010
Electronic Arts' Net Falls
["product mix shifts to lower-margin distribution business in North America" ]
EA's Peter Moore
["That thing has got a scale, but it's got to prove that five million people want to play the same game." ]

February 4, 2010
Sony sells 6.5M PS3s in Q4, posts $871.2M profit
[not bad... ]
THQ forecast slightly above Wall Street view
[up 7 % ]

February 2, 2010
2K Games Puts BioShock® 2 Fans in Rapture with Midnight Openings and Exclusive Pre-order Characters
["Launch trailer to debut tonight" ]
Bandai Namco Cutting 630 Jobs Amid Mounting Losses by Kris Graft
["Cutting 630 Jobs" ]

January 29, 2010
Icahn Buys Another Million Shares Of Take-Two
[He now owns 12.3% of the company... ]
Xbox division revs down 11%, 5.2 million 360s sold in Q4
["Xbox unit sales down 13% despite price cut" ]

January 28, 2010
Nintendo Profit Fell 9.4% in Holiday Quarter
["though a strong yen and price cuts continued to push down the company's profit." ]
2K to Give $1 Million to Perfect Gamer
["$1,000,000 to the first person to throw a verified perfect game." ]

January 26, 2010
Three years later, the PS3 gets hacked
[ "3 years, 2 months, 11 days...thats a pretty secure system," ]
UWink closes newest, 6-month-old unit
[only hollywood left? ]

January 21, 2010
Take-Two to nominate three Icahn choices to board
["To replace three existing directors including CEO's seat" ]
Digital Download Game 'Trade-in' Promised
["Promises publisher royalties" ]

January 15, 2010
U.S. Videogame, Console Revenue Rose 4%
[ummmm... ]
EA strategy 'bankrupt' says ex-EA EVP
[lasky ]

January 12, 2010
Electronic Arts cuts forecast, shares fall
[-7% ]
Riccitiello: Retail in "pitched battle" for market share
["ggressive deals in Europe and the US, with supermarkets selling games below cost price" ]

January 7, 2010
GameStop Whiffs Q4 As Holiday Sales Disappoint
["same-store sales were down 8.6%." ]
Microsoft resurrects the arcade with Game Room
[Virtual... ]

January 6, 2010
Nintendo Shares Rise After Record Wii Sales in U.S.
[7% ]
Japan game sales slip 6.9% in 2009
[down... ]

January 5, 2010
Nintendo estimates 3 million US Wii sales in December
[not bad... ]
Nintendo Europe: 20 Million is a Lot Of Wii
[big numbers ]

January 4, 2010
NetEase regulatory saga near end -govt official
["paying a fine to Beijing regulators while being allowed to keep operating the game." ]
Sega Unlikely To Do More Mature Wii Titles by Leigh Alexander
[wrong delivery system... ]

December 29, 2009
Nolan Bushnell: I Paved The Way For Bill Gates
[k... ]
THQ, World Wrestling, Jakks settle litigation
[baseline created... ]

December 17, 2009
Sony Sells Over 4 Million PS3s In Japan
[price drop... ]
Playdom Is Profitable With $50 Million Revenues, Says CEO
[for now... ]

December 14, 2009
Google Set To Market Own Phone Next Year
[late to the game... ]
Lapin takes Gardner's CEO role at Atari
[k ]

December 11, 2009
Under 114,000 ride Tony Hawk in November
[ouch... ]
November video game sales fall 8 percent to $2.7B US video game sales fall 8 percent in November to $2.7B, despite 'Call of Duty' record
[Call of Duty $550 million during its first five days ]

December 10, 2009
Disney: Iger Seems Uninterested In Buying Video Game Company
[wait it out... ]
EA boss blames press for share declines
[blame the media... ]

December 8, 2009
Yakuza 3 Heading West as PS3 Exclusive
[March 2010 ]
GameStop Slides As European Gaming Retailer Posts Disappointing Sales
[hmmm/.. ]

December 7, 2009
Traders Rethink Bullish Hopes for Activision
["elected to dump bullish options" ]
New Super Mario Bros sells 900k in first week in Japan
[always a winner... ]

December 4, 2009
Take Two Interactive Plunges After Horrible Outlook
["Major League Baseball games just finished and has not been renewed." ]
Take Two cuts profit forecast and delays Max Payne 3 release
[Market Cap 630 M? Someone will BUY ]


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