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Lack of new hardware, Wii hinder GameStop's holiday sales
Lack of new hardware, Wii hinder GameStop's holiday sales
Major game retailer GameStop saw minimal sales gains in the nine weeks leading up to December 31 due to low hardware and Wii software sales, bringing in $3.02 billion during the holiday period.
Jan. 9, 2012
Double-digit gaming decline flattens Best Buy's December profits
Double-digit gaming decline flattens Best Buy's December profits
Amid predictions that the electronics retailer is gradually going out of business, Best Buy reported flattened revenues for the holiday season, held back by a significant drop in its games category.
Jan. 9, 2012
Release This: AMY, ZEN Pinball 3D lead domestic digital lineup
Release This: AMY, ZEN Pinball 3D lead domestic digital lineup
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings AMY, Choplifter HD, and ZEN Pinball 3D to digital platforms stateside, while Crush3D headlines this week's offerings in Europe.
Jan. 9, 2012
Top iPhone Game Apps: Angry Birds, Words With Friends Head Platform Sales
Top iPhone Game Apps: Angry Birds, Words With Friends Head Platform Sales
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Angry Birds and Words With Friends to Temple Run and more.
Jan. 9, 2012
Sony tight-lipped on Hirai's alleged promotion
Sony tight-lipped on Hirai's alleged promotion
In response to last week's report that Sony executive Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai was set to become the company's next president, Sony pointed out that it has made no such announcement, and that "nothing has been determined at this time."
Jan. 9, 2012
AT&T offers two service tiers for PS Vita 3G access
AT&T offers two service tiers for PS Vita 3G access
AT&T has announced its prices for the PlayStation Vita's 3G plans, with 250MB of data per month available for $14.99 and 2GB per month available for $25.
Jan. 9, 2012
Upcoming hardware to reignite GameStop growth - analysts
Upcoming hardware to reignite GameStop growth - analysts
Sterne Agee and Wedbush Securities predict GameStop will see strong sales in 2012 and beyond as new hardware enters the market, as one analyst predicts retail-friendly disc-based next-gen hardware.
Jan. 9, 2012
OnLive moves beyond games with Windows 7 iPad app
OnLive moves beyond games with Windows 7 iPad app
Today, OnLive announced its first venture outside of streaming video games with a new iPad app that allows users to stream a cloud-based version of Windows 7 directly to their tablet.
Jan. 9, 2012
1M active Tiny Tower users play an average of 10 times a day
1M active Tiny Tower users play an average of 10 times a day
NimbleBit revealed today that its iOS hit Tiny Tower now sees more than 1 million unique players per day, in addition to 10 million daily play sessions across all its users.
Jan. 9, 2012
EA claims free speech in legal dispute over helicopter usage in Battlefield 3
EA claims free speech in legal dispute over helicopter usage in Battlefield 3
EA has sued aviation company Textron Inc, claiming that its use of the company's branded helicopters in Battlefield 3 is protected by the United States' First Amendment.
Jan. 9, 2012
Report: US firm takes control of UK-based Runescape developer Jagex
Report: US firm takes control of UK-based Runescape developer Jagex
New York-based venture capital firm Insight Ventures has reportedly purchased a majority stake in Runescape developer Jagex, transferring control of the company from the UK to the United States.
Jan. 9, 2012
Ken Levine says: Trust your actors
Ken Levine says: Trust your actors
In the writing for BioShock Infinite, Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine encourages the actors for the game's main roles to ad-lib and help him figure out the game dialogue, he
Jan. 9, 2012