Nintendo posts unexpected quarterly loss and slashes full-year profit forecast
Nintendo reported a first-fiscal-quarter net loss, hurt by both slow sales of its 3DS handheld game device and a strong yen. The Kyoto-Japan-based company...
THQ reports a widening loss but continues to invest in digital games
THQ, a mid-sized publicly traded game company, reported an unexpectedly high loss today as sales of its Red Faction: Armageddon game and children’s games...
Justin.tv launches partner program for pro-gaming broadcasters
Video streaming site Justin.tv announced today it’s launching a revenue-sharing program that professional gamers with a large number of followers can enroll in through...
EA continues to drive world crazy with vague comments on Star Wars: The Old Republic
Analysts, gamers and investors want to know more details about Star Wars: The Old Republic, the big online game coming from Electronic Arts. But the...
EA chief vows to keep up with big changes in the video game industry
Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello said in a conference call today that the video game industry has fundamentally changed as gamers embrace new...
EA expands its guidance for digital game revenue this year
Electronic Arts reported strong gains for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30 as both digital and packaged-good games saw good results. EA beat...
Wal-Mart to share game data with market analysts — finally
Wal-Mart Stores is finally going to allow market researchers to use data on the sales of video games at Walmart and Sam’s Club warehouse...
Apple’s OS X Lion won’t run indie darling Minecraft
Gamers upgrading to Apple’s next Mac operating system, OS X Lion, won’t be able to play indie sandbox game Minecraft right away. Apple’s latest...
NaturalMotion shows off a cool horse game for the iPad (video)
Game developer NaturalMotion showed off a cool, super-realistic horse simulation game on the iPad this week that wowed attendees at the Casual Connect game conference...
Microsoft’s game business grows 30 percent as Xbox 360 gains share
Microsoft’s video game revenues grew 30 percent for the fourth fiscal quarter and generated a small profit for the period. The growth was propelled...