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Barron’s reports that there are rumors that Take-Two (TTWO) may receive a takeover offer soon. It turned down an offer from Electronic Arts (ERTS) last year. The shares are up 12% to $9.43. The...
Nintendo executives are almost certainly upset that the Sony (SNE) PlayStation outsold the company’s Wii gaming system in Japan last month. The Wii has held a large margin in unit sales for several...
As part of The 24/7 Wall St–The Channel Checkers survey series, 0ver the past week, The Channel Checkers surveyed 24 GameStop (GME) and EB Games (same parent company) stores across the United...
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is completing the first partial spin-off initial public offering of its Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU).  This IPO will trade today and we are still awaiting the time stamp...
Nintendo already has a significant lead in the game console business. Its Wii routinely outsells the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony (SNE) PS3. The Japanese company seems to think its advantage is...
We may actually get an IPO as soon as early next week.  This recent filing from Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) for the proposed spin-off of Changyou.com is supposed to trade under the ticker of...
It has been a while since we had an IPO filing and the IPO market has been a ghost town with only a handful of deals since last summer.  Changyou.com, a Chinese MMORPG video game operator,...
The economy is so bad that most people live in a world where they shop at Wal-Mart (WMT) and eat at McDonald’s. Finding entertaining things to do has simply gotten too expensive. Nintendo has been...
According to the new 24/7 Wall St–Channel Checkers Survey of  30 Game Stop (GME) and EB Games locations, Sony (SNE) PS3 sales are better relative to Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox and Nintendo Wii than...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) posted a net loss on a GAAP basis and announced plans to cut staff and close factories. It reported $0.56 EPS in non-GAAP earnings and  non-GAAP revenue of $1.74...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  The (former) largest US-based video game company is expected to post $0.91 non-GAAP EPS on $1.92...
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) just joined the ranks of video game publishers with bad earnings. Real bad earnings. And thank heavens for non-GAAP accounting. The company posted a...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) signaled about six weeks ago that the video game industry wasn’t recession-proof.  It turns out that the company (and likely the sector) is not even as...
The recession is not breaking the video game addiction shared by so many Americans. Even in a downturn they can find cash for games and consoles. Microsoft (MSFT) said Xbox sales broke records on...
Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone does everything. It is a phone, a multimedia player, a web browser, and a washing machine. Now, Apple wants the iPhone to be a gaming platform and it is going to take on the...