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ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has been in deep trouble since its IPO has made so many short sellers that much more wealthy.  Virtual farm animals just haven’t been the continual draw that the...
GameStop Corp.’s (NYSE: GME) second-quarter earnings and sales fell as the lack of new game releases led to software and hardware declines. GameStop’s second-quarter earnings were $21 million, or...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has joined the wave of video game companies that may be up for sale. The great rumor mill of Wall St. (and Cyber Street) now has EA as the next possible buyout...
NPD Group, the electronics research group, reported that video game sales dropped 20% at retail in July to $548.4. There was nothing surprising about the data. Games have migrated to digital...
Quietly, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced its entrance into the social game business. It will be joining a slew of companies in that nascent business. Due to the number of visits to its...
Chinese online video game company Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) reported a net loss for the second quarter of RMB387.4 million ($9.9 million), but that its revenue nearly doubled from a year ago to...
ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) needs all the help it can get, but perhaps not today.  It appears that Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is going after Zynga on copyright infringement and the case...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) was given an intraday rating upgrade by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch after the video game giant’s earnings. The analyst team there raised the rating to Buy from...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) reported a first fiscal quarter adjusted EPS loss of -$0.41 and $491 million in non-GAAP revenue after markets closed this afternoon. The EPS loss was worse compared...
ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has just reported its quarterly earnings of $0.01 EPS and a 19% sales growth with $332 million in revenue.  The results compare to the Thomson Reuters consensus...
Research firm NPD reported that video game sales fell 29% in June to $699.8 million. Hardware sales dropped 45% year-over-year. This was despite the release of the new Nintendo 3DS. “The 3DS is...
It’s not uncommon for companies to hire business consulting firms to help them grow their businesses. However, it is almost unheard of for the consulting company’s CEO to become the consulted...
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has done a better job of fending off all of the freemium games and cheap online games compared to other publishers.  Its World of Warcraft and other...
Nintendo, which has lost considerable ground to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) in the game console business, released another machine as part of its comeback attempt. Nintendo says it...
Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is feeling the wrath of an analyst call from Cowen today, with a neutral rating.  It was not the formal call but the implication which matters here.  The report cites a...