Categories Posted inin Business Former Sega chief Tom Kalinske wants someone to create Sonic Go Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 10, 2016 11 min Twenty five years ago, Nintendo owned the game industry. Sega was an upstart challenger, and it could only compete by breaking the rules. Tom... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business At 68, Bernie Stolar is still running ambitious game startups Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 20, 2015 11 min The former top exec at Sega of America and Sony's game business still loves gaming. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Chairman Larry Probst steps down as an active employee at Electronic Arts Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2014 1 min Former CEO Probst came back as executive chairman after a management shake-up in 2013. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business What EA’s choice of Andrew Wilson as CEO means for its future Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 17, 2013 3 min Electronic Arts’ choice of its new chief executive, Andrew Wilson, is generating a lot of thoughts about what it means for the future of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Lorne Lanning went from triple-A games to indie — and loudly loves it (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 26, 2013 14 min In the old days, Lanning's company made $7 on a $60 console game. Now he makes $7 on a $10 digital game. And he controls his destiny. Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Business Frank Gibeau on EA’s digital ecosystems, Star Wars games, and Titanfall (interview part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 24, 2013 11 min Check out part two of our interview with EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, and find out more about the software giant's approach to making blockbusters. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA exec Frank Gibeau: Betting on next-gen consoles, mobile, and doing right by consumers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2013 16 min EA had a good E3, and Frank Gibeau is one reason why that happened. Here's our interview with EA's studio boss. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA says 76 percent of its revenue comes from digital publishing Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2013 3 min But the company still reports a loss for the first fiscal quarter. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA cuts a few more jobs as part of continuing realignment Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 18, 2013 1 min EA dropped around 20 more jobs as part of its efforts to transition to next gen. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s Peter Moore foresees the death of the ‘death of console’ predictions (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2013 14 min EA's chief operating officer tells us where he has made his bets. Continue Reading 14 min