Electronic Arts beats quarterly estimates but offers pessimistic guidance
Electronic Arts reported today that its sales and earnings beat analysts’ estimates for the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, but the company offered...
Microsoft launches Kinect for Windows aimed at developers and businesses
Microsoft today launched the Kinect for Windows commercial program, bringing the Xbox 360 motion-sensing peripheral’s hardware and software to the PC platform. The company...
Report: THQ cutting 170+ staff, including VP of technology
[Update: THQ confirmed in a filing that it is cutting 240 jobs.] Game publisher and developer THQ is set to announce their financials on...
Trion Worlds announces Rift Lite, offers first 20 levels of online game for free
Video game publisher Trion Worlds is trying to draw new players into its fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift by offering “Rift Lite,”...
PlayStation Network to be down for maintenance most of Thursday
Sony has announced on its European PlayStation forums that PlayStation Network (PSN) will be down for maintenance through most of Thursday, Feb. 2. Based...
Gameloft to post an 18 percent sales gain for Q4 as smartphone games take off
Gameloft is expecting to report fourth quarter sales of €47.0 million, or $61.9 million, up 18 percent from a year ago, thanks to strong...
Sony appoints Kaz Hirai to replace Howard Stringer as CEO
Sony has officially appointed Kazuo Hirai as its new president and chief executive effective April 1. As expected, Hirai replaces Howard Stringer, who will...
Online Warmongers’ founder on building a balanced free-to-play shooter (interview)
Online Warmongers is a company looking to bring the production values and quality of a traditional retail game to a free-to-play shooter. Over a...
Richard “Lord British” Garriott in space: “I might just sit up in my window in orbit and write the next game” (interview)
Richard Garriott is best known as Lord British, the designer of video games that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of people over...
100 year old gamer uses Nintendo DS to keep her mind active
Nintendo has certainly broadened the demographic of the gaming community in recent years, as demonstrated by 100 year old gamer Kathleen ‘Kit’ Connell. Kit...