Activision Blizzard earnings: World of Warcraft resists the assault from EA’s Star Wars
Activision Blizzard has beaten earnings expectations for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, and its major cash cow is still holding up....
Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t hurting World of Warcraft as much as you may think
To what extent has Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) been keeping users away from Activision Blizzard’s cash cow World of Warcraft...
Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later
23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with...
DC Universe Online exec talks about the game’s future and competition from Star Wars (interview)
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is celebrating DC Universe Online’s one-year anniversary today. All current players (with characters created on or before today) will receive a...
72pins creative director discusses taking Call of Duty and Halo back to the 8-bit days
72pins is made up of a small team of retro art makers who take modern games — such as Halo or God of War...
Star Wars: The Old Republic drops 30 spots on the UK sales charts
Electronic Arts and BioWare’s long-awaited, big budget Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an unprecedented drop down the UK sales charts. According to Chart-Track,...
Blizzard makes $26M on World of Warcraft security authenticators [update]
Update: As pointed out below in the reader comments, these estimates are likely off by a sizable amount as they do not take into account...
5.5 million hours spent in Star Wars: The Old Republic over Christmas weekend
Electronic Arts is touting the latest numbers for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it seemed that lightsaber hums competed hard with the sound...
The DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for 2012
We all know how worthless predictions can be, but they’re kind of irresistible. They’re easy to make, particularly if nobody pays attention to whether...
Review: Should you buy Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft could soon be feeling a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of subscribers suddenly cried out and...