Categories Posted inin Technology E3 perspective: Q&A with Chairman Strauss Zelnick on the future of Take-Two Interactive Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2008 7 min Strauss Zelnick is chairman of Take-Two Interactive, the hottest video game company on the planet thanks to its popular Grand Theft Auto IV, which... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Gaming market company PlaySpan buys gaming-goods purchase company PayByCash Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2008 1 min PlaySpan offers an application that video game players can download and use to trade, buy or sell virtual goods and other products. It has... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology E3 perspective: An interview with John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2008 12 min John Riccitiello has been driving a lot of change at Electronic Arts. He was president and chief operating officer of the big independent video... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Dean’s top ten video games of E3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 20, 2008 6 min As promised, I’ve followed up on my most anticipated games of E3 with an actual list of the top ten games of the show.... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Technology E3 trendspotting: Game publishers turning more to girl gamers Posted byby GamesBeat July 20, 2008 5 min LOS ANGELES—With the influx of fresh new gamers, thanks in large part to the popularity of mass-market game machines, the DS and the Wii,... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Aurora Feint: A great iPhone game — and it’s free. Posted byby GamesBeat July 19, 2008 2 min While it’s hardly a surprise that games are popular in Apple’s new App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it is surprising how... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The top 10 sleeper video games of E3 Posted byby GamesBeat July 18, 2008 5 min The big video games of the E3 Media and Business Summit have been blasted across magazine covers and websites for the past few months,... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Microsoft hits profit target for Xbox 360 business Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2008 1 min Microsoft’s video game and entertainment business was profitable for the first time in its history for the fiscal year ended June 30, the company... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology E3 trendspotting: the triumph of music Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2008 5 min LOS ANGELES — I just came back from the “Rock Band 2” party at the E3 video game show. Inside the Orpheum theater, The... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Revisiting E3’s biggest press conferences, including the Sony “price cut” Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 16, 2008 5 min updated It’s time to clarify a few points from the Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo E3 press conferences over the last couple of days. First... Continue Reading 5 min