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Activision Delivers Solid Q3, But Faces Challenges Moving Forward
By Tameka Kee
Nov. 6, 2009, 2:51am
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Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) swung to a profit for Q3, after posting a $108 million loss for the same quarter last year. The game publisher’s rev… Read More »
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Government Tug-of-War Stunts World of Warcraft’s Growth In China
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Nov. 3, 2009, 11:48pm
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Growth of Activision’s money-making MMO World of Warcraft is being stalled in China, as Reuters reports that the game is now caught up in th… Read More »
Rock Band, Guitar Hero Sales Slump Drops Game Industry Revs By Roughly 50 Percent
By Tameka Kee
Oct. 23, 2009, 10:24pm
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The Beatles: Rock Band may have trumped Guitar Hero 5 in terms of both unit sales and actual revenue, but less consumer interest in both fra… Read More »
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EA’s UTA Deal Nets Its Latest Catch: A Dead Space Movie
By Tameka Kee
Jul. 27, 2009, 10:49pm
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has two sequels to its Dead Space survival thriller in the works, and now there’s a feature film coming down th… Read More »
Gamers have salivated over the possibility of a World of Warcraft movie ever since Blizzard Entertainment sold the rights to Legendary Pictu… Read More »
Sony’s Stringer Dismisses Kotick’s PS3 Threats As ‘Noise’
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Jul. 8, 2009, 10:09pm
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It took a few weeks, but *Sony* CEO Sir Howard Stringer has responded to *Activision* CEO Bobby Kotick’s very public threat to stop making g… Read More »
Activision’s Kotick: ‘We May Not Make Games For The PS3 Next Year’
By Tameka Kee
Jun. 19, 2009, 10:55pm
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It’s one thing when indie developers, bloggers and a couple of analysts plead with Sony (NYSE: SNE) to come down on the price of the PS3. It… Read More »
Industry Moves: PopCap, Xbox Exec Heads To Blizzard Entertainment
By Tameka Kee
May. 13, 2009, 1:40am
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World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard Entertainment has poached casual games expert Greg Canessa from PopCap Games. Canessa’s new title isn’t… Read More »
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Rebounding from posting a $72 million loss in Q4, *Activision Blizzard* turned in strong Q1 numbers. Net revenues came in at $981 million –… Read More »
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