Tag Archive: Business

March 16, 2009 – 7:00 pm, Ex-Splatterhouse studio BottleRocket fires back at Namco over “performance issues” claims

Source: Gamasutra

March 16, 2009 – 9:55 am, Sony facing pressure from game makers to drop PlayStation 3 pricing

Source: Bloomberg

March 15, 2009 – 11:30 pm, David Hayter founding new video game and film production company, Dark Hero Studios

Source: Variety

March 10, 2009 – 11:20 am, Insomniac rated the fifth best place to work in California, now claims eight workplace-related awards

Source: PR NewsWire

March 10, 2009 – 10:50 am, Kotick urges hardware manufacturers to drop console prices below $199

Source: VG247

March 6, 2009 – 4:00 pm, EA trademarks ‘Visceral Games’

Source: Kotaku

March 6, 2009 – 12:00 pm, Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik honored by Washington State Senate for outstanding philanthropic and economic work in their community

Source: WA.gov

March 4, 2009 – 1:00 pm, Square Enix and Eidos agree to buyout terms; deal to be finalized early May

Source: MCVUK

March 4, 2009 – 12:05 pm, N’Gai Croal departing Newsweek for the greener pastures of game consulting and development

Source: Gamasutra

March 4, 2009 – 11:55 am, Activision CEO Mike Griffith says the company is actively looking at acquisition and licensing opportunities, given the economic conditions

Source: Bloomberg

March 3, 2009 – 3:20 pm, David Jaffe rants about used game sales for ten minutes, GamePolitics responds

Source: GamePolitics

March 2, 2009 – 11:50 am, Midway selling-off Mortal Kombat IP

Source: Kotaku

March 2, 2009 – 11:25 am, Toys R Us getting into used games

Source: Cheap Ass Gamer

February 27, 2009 – 12:30 pm, ESA, ESRB heads are raking it in

Source: Game Politics

February 27, 2009 – 12:00 pm, EA COO John Pleasants: Cutting releases for the year, increasing marketing, and embracing digital distribution

Source: Forbes

February 26, 2009 – 3:20 pm, PC gamers are dedicated, slightly crazy

Source: Wall Street Journal

February 25, 2009 – 3:35 pm, John Carmack: Doom 4 currently without publisher, but “we do expect to be signing deals later this year”

Source: Joystiq

February 24, 2009 – 2:10 pm, PopCap acquires Peggle and Small Arms developer Gastronaut Studios out of love and admiration

Source: Shacknews

February 24, 2009 – 2:00 pm, Square Enix purchases another 11% of Eidos’ shares; now owns over 32% of the company

Source: GI.biz

February 21, 2009 – 4:30 pm, Starbreeze reports strong quarterly sales of $2.8 million

Source: VG247

February 20, 2009 – 6:45 pm, Sony: Worldwide PlayStation 3 sales top 21 million; new plans to invade Latin America

Source: VG247

February 20, 2009 – 12:00 pm, Fast Company entrepreneurship magazine picks the top ten most innovative gaming companies; Nintendo, Ubisoft, and Blizzard top list

Source: Fast Company

February 19, 2009 – 6:30 pm, Tell me true, tell me why, did Ensemble Studios die?

Source: G4TV’s The Feed

February 19, 2009 – 4:05 pm, Crytek now officially owns all Free Radical IP

Source: VG247

February 19, 2009 – 3:20 pm, Capcom’s Fifteen…erm…Ten Commandments

Source: MTV Multiplayer Blog

February 19, 2009 – 1:50 pm, EA CEO John Riccitiello sees a silver lining in all this

Source: Gamasutra

February 18, 2009 – 6:55 pm, Left 4 Dead sales jumped 3000% (yes, you read that right) during Steam half-off sale

Source: Shacknews

February 18, 2009 – 5:55 pm, Southpeak sees quarterly revenues rise 76% to $17.3 million

Source: GI.biz

February 18, 2009 – 3:55 pm, Games cost too much, Valve argues

Source: EDGE

February 17, 2009 – 7:50 pm, G4TV scaling back its original programming; layoffs at X-Play and Attack of the Show

Source: Variety