Category Archives: Trade
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 | 22:01 BST
ESA Canada – games industry contributed $2.3 billion to GDP in 2012
ESA Canada has said the games industry added $2.3 billion to the country’s gross domestic product last year, and noted that 84% of studios are working on titles for mobile devices.
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Posted in: Canada, Development, Trade
Tags: ESA Canada
Thu, May 30, 2013 | 21:00 BST
GungHo CEO would like to see the firm top Nintendo’s sales before he retires
GungHo CEO Kazuki Morishita has told Bloomberg he would like to see the company’s sales top Nintendo’s by the time he retires.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: GungHo, Kazuki Morishita, Puzzle & Dragons
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 | 14:40 BST
Take-Two CEO talks GTA 5, used games, MMOs
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke at the Cowen Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference today, discussing MMOs, GTA 5, how zombies sell, and games will need multiple protagonists. Get the quotient quotables below.
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Posted in: Take-Two, Trade
Tags: Cowen Technology Media and Telecom Conference, GTA 5, Strauss Zelnick
Thu, May 30, 2013 | 18:45 BST
Sony in talks with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup on Electronics and Entertainment split – report
Sony is reportedly in talks with Morgan Stanley and Citigroup regarding splitting its Entertainment and Electronics divisions.
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Posted in: Rumour, Sony, Trade
Tags: Daniel Loeb, Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment, Third Point LLC
Tue, May 28, 2013 | 06:43 BST
LA Noire devs found new Sydney indie
Two members of the development team behind LA Noire have founded a new independent studio following lay-offs at Kennedy Miller Mitchell.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Intuitive Game Studios, Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive, kmm studios, team bondi
Fri, May 24, 2013 | 21:27 BST
GameStop’s decline in share price may or may not be related to Xbox One
Share in GameStop have been up and down most of the week, with many attributing the decline in share price to Microsoft’s rather unclear stance on used game sales.
Thu, May 23, 2013 | 20:44 BST
GameStop posts quarterly decline, shrugs off Microsoft’s evasive stance on used games
GameStop has reported its quarterly results for the period ending May 4, with total revenues down 6.8% year-over-year to $1.87 billion, noting declines in both hardware sales and new software. Profits came in at $54.6 million, down 25% year-over-year.
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Posted in: Financials, PS4, Retail, Trade, Xbox One
Tags: gamestop financials, J Paul Raines, tony bartel, used game sales
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 22:29 BST
Sony board discussing whether to split Entertainment and Electronics divisions
Sony is discussing whether to split its entertainment business, which houses PlayStation, from its electronics division – a possibility which saw stock prices rise yesterday.
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Posted in: Sony, Trade
Tags: Daniel Loeb, Kaz Hira, Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 14:07 BST
Xbox One proves “Microsoft has a capable platform in the living room battle” – analyst
With the reveal of Xbox One yesterday, analysts have been weighing in on Microsoft’s all-in-one machine, with Colin Sebastian calling it a “possible contender” in the living room battle.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Trade, Xbox One
Tags: analyst, Colin Sebastian, Robert W. Baird & Co
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 21:31 BST
Analyst: “it’s too early to predict” whether Xbox One or PS4 will have the biggest market share
Jesse Divnich, industry analyst for EEDAR has weighed in on Xbox One’s reveal by providing his thought on the new console in an industry letter.
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Posted in: America, Development, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox One
Tags: analyst, EEDAR, Jesse Divnich
Fri, May 17, 2013 | 09:29 BST
NPD April: Injustice tops charts, total spend down 25%
NetherRealm’s first non-Mortal Kombat game performed well at retail in the US during April, topping the charts as the best-selling title in an otherwise lacklustre month.
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 16:32 BST
Activision’s market share hit 19.5% in 2012, Call of Duty top franchise last seven years
As part of its slide presentation to investors during its financial results yesterday, Ubisoft revealed its current market share among boxed game compared to competitors Activision, Take-Two and Microsoft. It seems that during FY2012, Activision had the highest share with 19.5% of the boxed market cornered.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Retail, Trade, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Financials
Tags: call of duty, market share, ubisoft financials
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 00:33 BST
Prescursor Games staffed entirely by Silicon Knights veterans
Athough Shadow of the Etenerals developer Precursor Games insists it has no connection to Silicon Knights, it has admitted that all of its staff once worked at the Eternal darkness and Too Human studio.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Precursor Games, Silicon knight
Wed, May 15, 2013 | 18:39 BST
Ubisoft Q4 and full-year FY13: Assassin’s Creed 3 ships 12.5 million
Ubisoft has announced its full-year results for fiscal year 2012-13 with sales totaling €1.26 billion, which is up 18.4% compared to €1.0 billion year-over-year.
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Posted in: Financials, Trade, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Financials
Tags: Ubisoft Q4 and full-year FY13
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 22:58 BST
Sid Meier not keen on inflexibility of Kickstarter
Legendary Civilization designer Sid Meier has said he personally would not enjoy the way Kickstarter projects often mean designers must commit early concepts.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Firaxis Games, sid meier
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:29 BST
Vivendi once again looking to sell some of its 60% stake in Activision-Blizzard – report
Vivendi is looking to sell some of its stake in Activision-Blizzard in order to refocus on its media holdings, according to a WSJ report.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Trade
Tags: Activision-Blizzard shares, vivendi
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 17:22 BST
Sony’s biggest investor calls for division between Sony Entertainment and Sony Electronics
Daniel Loeb, CEO of Third Point, LLC, Sony’s largest investor which controls over $1.1 billion in shares, around 6.5%, wants the firm to split its Sony Entertainment business from Sony Electronics.
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Posted in: PS3, PS4, PSP, PSPgo, Sony, Trade, Vita
Tags: Daniel Loeb, Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment, Third Point LLC
Tue, May 14, 2013 | 07:26 BST
Spector: journalists and players may be “just mediocre” at assessing success
In a lengthy musing on how we should measure success, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector has cast aspersions on the ability of critics and gamers to judge whether games are any good or not.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Disney's Epic Mickey, warren spector
Sun, May 12, 2013 | 23:54 BST
Gree lay-offs strike San Francisco office, 30 jobs reportedly lost
Social and mobile publisher Gree has confirmed a series of lay-offs, with reports suggesting as many as 30 staff were made redundant.
Sat, May 11, 2013 | 14:10 BST
EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson unloads all shares in the firm for $687,000
EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson has sold all his shares in Electronic Arts, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC yesterday.
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Posted in: EA, EA Sports, Financials, Trade, ea financials
Tags: Andrew Wilson, EA shares, EA stock, Stephen Bene
Xbox One’s DRM u-turn: thank Sony, not the core