Archive for October, 2008
Reuters - Now that "Rock Band" publisher MTV Networks just scored the Beatles catalog for a new videogame, announced days after the October 26 release of Activision's "Guitar Hero World Tour," the stage is set for another battle of the bands between the two music-based game franchises.
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PC Magazine - This new controller -- should it actually see the light of day -- would put the Sony PlayStation 3 in more direct competition with Nintendo's Wii.
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AFP - Japan's Nintendo Co. on Friday was optimistic over the take-off of its newest DS handheld console despite the popularity of its existing consoles and the global economy entering into a recession.
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Reuters - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will likely launch a new model of its top-selling handheld player, the DS, in overseas markets by the summer of 2009, President Satoru Iwata said.
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AP - Japanese gamemaker Nintendo said Friday it was on the course of a record profit in the current fiscal year, bucking the deepening global financial crisis on surging demand for its blockbuster Wii home console.
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Reuters - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will likely launch a new model of its top-selling handheld player, the DS, in overseas markets by the summer of 2009, President Satoru Iwata said.
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CNET - Video game publisher Electronic Arts on Thursday cut its forecast for the fiscal year and said it will slash its workforce 6 percent, or about 580 jobs, to reduce costs.
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AFP - US videogames giant Electronic Arts reported a hefty quarterly loss on Thursday and said it was cutting six percent of its workforce, or 540 employees.
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Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Thursday slashed its full-year profit forecast due to a delay in the latest "Harry Potter" video game and its stock fell 14 percent.
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AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a wider quarterly net loss Thursday and said it is laying off about 6 percent of its work force to cut costs as it heads into the most lucrative season for the games industry.
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