EA and Take-Two give up on merger talks
After taking a good peak inside the kimono of Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts has decided to turn its back on its six-month effort to...
Microsoft fires game test contractor who talked to VentureBeat
Robert Delaware was the only named Microsoft worker (a contract employee) who talked — without permission — to VentureBeat for our story last week...
Q&A: EA’s Ben Bell on making The Sims 3
With over 100 million copies sold across the globe, The Sims is more than a game franchise for Electronic Arts. It’s an entire division,...
Monthly game sales show gains by Microsoft, but Nintendo dominates
The torrid growth of the U.S. video game industry came down to earth in August, but the industry still eked out 9 percent sales...
Facebook’s virtual economy may be making up to $100 million this year
[Editor’s note: We’ve been tracking the growth of games on social networks. Here’s the latest look at how much Facebook and third party game...
DEMOfall 08: Sims Ops Studios debuts cute social game creation tool
Sim Ops Studios debuted a cute tool for creating 3-D games in a web browser. The Wild Pockets platform gives ordinary users the tools...
Q&A with Will Wright on the launch of Spore
Will Wright is the rock star of the video game industry. His games are almost always hits and have generated billions of dollars in...
Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft’s video game console woes
When his fourth Xbox 360 video game console died in April, Chris Szarek wasn’t surprised. The Chicopee, Mass. gamer was accustomed to the hardware...
Grand Theft Auto IV tops 10 million sold
“Grand Theft Auto IV” is on its way to breaking records, despite a feared slowdown in sales. Take-Two Interactive reported that it has sold...
Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
Microsoft cut Xbox 360 prices on all three of its console versions today. The $50 to $79 price cuts mean that Microsoft will have...