Categories Posted inin Business World of Warcraft loses over one million subscribers in second quarter Posted byby GamesBeat August 2, 2012 1 min Massively popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft has lost over one million subs, but could the next expansion provide a needed boost? Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why you’re likely to be playing Grand Theft Auto V by March Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2012 2 min Gamers could be playing the next Grand Theft Auto by next spring, analysts agree. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Despite Star Wars slowdown, analysts aren’t in despair over EA’s performance Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2012 3 min Electronic Arts‘ flagship online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, isn’t doing so well, but the big video game publisher is so well diversified... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development Analysts and game industry reeling from Zynga’s shocking earnings report, stock down 39 percent Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 26, 2012 3 min Zynga's weak earnings report yesterday has spurred an investor panic, cratering the company's stock price by 39 percent today. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft: Xbox 360 top-selling console for 18th consecutive month Posted byby GamesBeat July 19, 2012 2 min Microsoft reportedly sold 257,000 units last month for a total of $272 million, more than was spent on the other current generation consoles combined. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Earnings preview: Game makers to see mixed second quarter Posted byby GamesBeat July 19, 2012 3 min Financial analysts at Robert W. Baird & Co. predict how well video game publishers performed this fiscal quarter ahead of earnings reports. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga’s big Unleashed event strikes out with investors Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 27, 2012 1 min Investors are a skeptical lot. They showed that today after Zynga debuted a bunch of new games and services for the next generation of... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga earnings preview: what the analysts think Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 26, 2012 2 min Zynga’s stock price has been falling in recent days in advance of the company’s first quarter earnings report today. The shares are trading at... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Free-to-play games on Xbox 360? It could happen sooner than you think Posted byby GamesBeat April 24, 2012 2 min GamesBeat has learned that at least two free-to-play developers are currently in talks with Microsoft. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga beats earnings estimates for its first-ever quarterly report as a public company Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 14, 2012 4 min Social game maker Zynga reported a modest profit for the fourth-quarter in its first-ever quarter financial report today. The non-GAAP earnings per share were five... Continue Reading 4 min