More States Offer Perks To Attract Video Game Makers
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When former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling moved his video game company 38 Studios to Rhode Island in 2010, the decision was not just a snub… Read more »
Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
Use of Brands In Video Games Is Free Speech — EA Lawsuit
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In a new lawsuit, Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) says free speech rights permit it to use brand name helicopters in the hit game Battlefield 3… Read more »
Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?
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Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
Education App Publisher Mindshapes Raises $5 Million, Inks Content Deals
It has become something of a meme that young kids take to smartphones and tablets like fish to water. Today sees a development that could fo… Read more »
RIM’s Compensation: $100 In Free Apps For The Siri-ously Curious And Gamers
During the three-day outage last week that affected data services for millions of BlackBerry users, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) executives were focused… Read more »
Judge: Video Game Maker EA Can Use NCAA Players’ Likenesses For Free
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Many fans say college sports are about the game and not the money. One New Jersey judge appears to agree, ruling that Electronic Arts (NSDQ:… Read more »
Electronic Arts Reports Higher Digital Revenues, Raises 2Q Outlook
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) topped Wall Street expectations for its last quarter, sending the company’s shares up as much as two percent af… Read more »
Lodsys Flips Bird At Rovio, EA With New Patent Lawsuits
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You can almost see the lawyers for Rovio debating whether or not they’d like to use the exploding black bird or the dive-bombing white bird… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-20-11: Lenovo; T-Mobile; Smartphones; Sprint; Apple Lion
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– Lenovo: Two new Android tablets and one based on Windows 7 are hitting the market thi… Read more »
EA Gets Bejeweled; Buys PopCap For $750 Million In Digital Platform Push
Video game giant Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) is spending $750 million to acquire PopCap Games, the maker of Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombie… Read more »
Electronic Arts Buys Mobile Games Maker Firemint
Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has made another mobile-related acquisition, picking up Firemint, a mobile games developer known for hit iPhone… Read more »
Zynga Hires EA’s Schappert As COO
Another high-profile hire for Zynga representative of how fast the social games company has grown: John Schappert, the COO of video game gia… Read more »
Electronic Arts Hires WildTangent’s Madden To Head Ad Sales
Long-time WildTangent executive Dave Madden is leaving to take the top job at Electronic Arts’ global media sales group. In a short intervie… Read more »
Jay Walker Goes Nuclear: Priceline Founder Sues More Than 100 Companies
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Is Jay Walker jealous of Paul Allen? Allen got a lot of press when he sued 11 big internet companies last year, essentially saying he patent… Read more »
@ AADigital: EA’s Riccitiello: Games Dominate TV (In Reach, But Not Ads)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts took the stage at the Ad Age Digital conference to make a pitch to advertisers: in terms of reach,… Read more »
Digital Chocolate Raises $12 Million For Mobile, Social Gaming
Digital Chocolate, the mobile and social gaming firm started and led by Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) founder Trip Hawkins, has raised $12 mi… Read more »
Disney Interactive Media Group: The Turnaround Plan
The new chiefs at struggling Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Media Group pledged to put the division in the black by 2013 at an investors con… Read more »
Movie Studios, Publishers Seek Limits On Celebrities’ ‘Rights Of Publicity’
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What kind of control should celebrities have over creative works that involve their images? In a high-stakes case just argued in a Californi… Read more »
EA’s Soccer Tech Tie-Up Caused Sky To Breach Ofcom Rules
Sky Sports breached two Ofcom guidelines governing promotion and prominence of products in programmes, by showing the logo for games publish… Read more »
Electronic Arts’ Digital Sales Jump 39 Percent
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS), which has invested heavily in its digital business through a series of recent acquisitions, including the purc… Read more »
Electronic Arts Says Digital Sales Overall Grow But Mobile Flatlines
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS), which has been investing heavily in its digital business, posted another jump in digital sales for the quarter… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Microsoft’s Tag; Zynga’s Value; Garmin Phones; T-Mobile Tether
– Microsoft’s 2-D barcodes: Microsoft’s Tag product, which uses 2-D barcode technology in marketing campaigns, says 1 billion Tags have bee… Read more »
EA Buys Angry Birds Publisher Chillingo
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has confirmed it has purchased Chillingo, a U.K. publisher of Angry Birds and other iPhone and iPad games, repo… Read more »
Sprint’s New ID Service Is Not About The Apps, It’s About Targeted Ads
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Sprint (NYSE: S) unveiled a new service today at CTIA called “Sprint ID,” which bundles packs of applications together around a theme, so th… Read more »
Microsoft’s Secret Acquisition Spree
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A weekly look at a story that is defining the news.
Several reports that circulated this week claimed that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) had made… Read more »
Nokia Hits 2.3 Million Downloads A Day On Ovi Store
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The day after Nokia started shipping its flagship N8 smartphone, it released a furry of statistics to make the point that it was making prog… Read more »
EA Releases Scrabble For Kindle (No, Not A Typo)
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) continues to expand Kindle’s potential as a dedicated e-reader with some related uses, including games. The latest addit… Read more »
Digital Chocolate Sues Zynga Over ‘Mafia Wars’
Digital Chocolate, the game company started by Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) founder Trip Hawkins, is suing Zynga over the title of Zynga’s h… Read more »
EA Sports Strikes Interactive, Branding Partnership With Premier League
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS), which has long held many official national licenses for FIFA-endorsed soccer video games, is building on its s… Read more »
Electronic Arts Says Mobile Revenues Jumped 12 Percent This Year
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) surprised analysts today by recording a profit during its fourth fiscal quarter.
The company’s strong results… Read more »
Facebook And Omniture Deepen Their Ties For Analytics And Marketing
Facebook is going to be working more closely with web analytics provider Omniture (NSDQ: OMTR) to build up the social net’s strong attractio… Read more »
Electronic Arts: Digital Business To Reach $750 Million In Revenue Next Year
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If only the rest of Electronic Arts’ businesses could be doing so well … During the company’s earnings call Monday, executives said that t… Read more »
Electronic Arts Posts Jump In Digital Revenue — But Overall Sales Fall
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With sales of traditional video games down, Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) continues to look (so far unsuccessfully) for its digital business… Read more »
EA Will Bring Madden NFL To Facebook
Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) — which continues to try to move its business “beyond the console” — is bringing Madden NFL to Facebook. It i… Read more »
Namco Courts Movie Studios; Partners With Universal For ‘The Wolfman’ Release
Namco Networks may be known for big mobile hits, like Pac-Man, which has been downloaded to the iPhone 23 million times, but overall it hasn… Read more »
Electronic Arts’ Nashak Joins BBCWW To Run Gaming Platforms
BBC Worldwide has tapped Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) exec Robert Nashak to help build up its gaming offerings as EVP of Digital Entertainme… Read more »
EA’s Tetris Hits 100 Million Downloads In Five Years
EA Mobile plans to announce tomorrow at a press event in Montreal that Tetris has been downloaded on to mobile phones 100 million times sinc… Read more »
EA’s Stock Dives On Lowered Holiday Sales Guidance
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First Take-Two, then GameStop, and now EA. Seems like it wasn’t such a happy holiday season for the video game industry, as Electronic Arts… Read more »
@ CES: Palm Beefs Up Developer Program To Catch-Up With Other App Stores
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Palm (NSDQ: PALM) unveiled two new devices today at CES for Verizon Wireless — the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus. But the more impor… Read more »
