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I Opened My Own Video Game Store...
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Report: Vivendi To Go Ahead With Sale Of Activision Blizzard
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Game Jam: Saving The Australian Games Industry In 48 Hours
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Gaming And The GST: A Problem With No Solution?
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Why Do Videogames Cost So Much In Australia?
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Fox Reporter Tries To Get Gaming Expert To Attack Video Games
Ready for an incredibly uncomfortable 3:39 of financial news? This clip from Fox Business starts off with a mention of Joe Biden’s meeting with video game industry representatives today. From there, the numbers and stock movements get shoved to the backseat as bumbling reporter Dennis Neal repeatedly tries to get Brean Capital director of research Todd Mitchell to make linkages to video game violence.
Report: Warner Bros. Interactive Interested In Bidding On THQ’s Assets
A bankruptcy judge yesterday did not approve the bidding procedures THQ proposed in selling off its assets, which THQ’s creditors had complained was rigged to sell the whole thing to a private equity firm for $US60 million. Now comes a report that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is an interested buyer.
You Won’t Believe How Many Episodes Of The Walking Dead Telltale Has Sold
Telltale Games has done very well, critically and commercially, out of its episodic take on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. We’ve covered the game enough here that you should be up-to-date on the critical side, but what magic has it rendered on the developer’s bottom line?
How Long Will EA’s CEO Sit On The Hot Seat In 2013?
The company’s share price dropped by a third in the past year and expensive incursions into mobile and social games development haven’t yet panned out. Adding insult to injury, Electronic Arts was booted out of the NASDAQ-100 index for poor performance. Figure in the continuing decline of video game sales on traditional platforms and John Riccitiello, EA’s CEO, could find himself sitting at the wrong end of a long conference table.
