Publishers / Financial

EA reports 25% revenue fall for Q3

EA reports 25% revenue fall for Q3

But publisher slashes losses compared to previous year, despite fewer titles and weak European performance; headcount reduction "two-thirds" complete


Financial / Publishers

1 EA - Console revenue down 30% in Q3

EA - Console revenue down 30% in Q3

Packaged goods revenues drop 29% while digital is up 6%

Games / Publishers

FIFA 10 hits 9.7 million lifetime sales

FIFA 10 hits 9.7 million lifetime sales

EA football title just shy of major landmark as of the end of 2009

ExclusivePublishers / Hardware

1 MacDonald: Motion control will present challenge for Sony and MS

MacDonald: Motion control will present challenge for Sony and MS

EyeToy's creator says getting price points, games and technology right is "not trivial"

Financial / Publishers

3 Final Fantasy, Batman boost Square Enix profits 48%

Final Fantasy, Batman boost Square Enix profits 48%

Eidos property performs well alongside role-playing franchises and Advent Children movie

Developers / Online

Unity inks three-year LEGO deal

Unity inks three-year LEGO deal

All web-based content to benefit from Unity tools

Online / Publishers

Championship Manager Online to close in April

Championship Manager Online to close in April

Publisher to "re-focus" football franchise; lack of players/features blamed

In Other News

Retail

Mass Effect 2 remains UK number one

Games holds off competition from Just Dance; Dante's Inferno charts at 4

Politics / Online

Local politics hits World of Warcraft China again

Latest issue causes new registrations to be suspended over Burning Crusade content

Developers / Online

4

Bungie saddened by Xbox Live switch off

Halo developer proud of online achievements, rallies users for one last fight on April 14

Developers / Mobile

Media execs form multimillion dollar 'Appfund' for iPad

Team offers developers up to $500k funding for apps

Retail

Gran Turismo lifetime sales pass 55 million

PSP game reaches 1.8m according to new Polyphony figures

Financial / Publishers

1

Sega Sammy swings to profit, game sales down

Company sells 16.7 million games during nine months to December 31

Business / Developers

2

British Columbia to get new game tax credits

Proposed program to benefit province's media industries

Online / Publishers

10

Original Xbox Live to close in April

"Difficult" decision to pull service despite significant number of users

Retail / Business

1

GameStop accused of deceptive advertising practices

Retailer is one of 22 to be investigated by NY's Attorney General

Developers / Online

League of Legends passes 1 million downloads

Riot Games' online title played by 150,000 daily

Retail

Japanese charts: Dragon Quest VI sells over 900k in first week

Square title take number 1 in software chart; PSP leads hardware

Developers

Australian developers awarded $240,000 prototype funding

Four companies receive cash for new digital initiatives

Online / Publishers

13

Xbox Live Arcade topped $100m in 2009

FADE estimates averaging selling price of XBLA games has grown; Battlefield 1943, Castle Crashers biggest by revenue

Business / Publishers

The9 invests in ailing Red 5 Studios

Former Chinese WoW operator funds two online gaming companies

Editorial

12 Special Edition

Special Edition

Expensive, exclusive versions of games are increasingly common - but consumers are also growing wary of them

Interview

1 Gameloft's Alexandre de Rochefort

Gameloft's Alexandre de Rochefort

CFO discusses iPad and why early adoption of new devices has paid off for the company

Interview

Ubisoft's Alain Corre - One

Ubisoft's Alain Corre - One

The publisher's EMEA MD on a transitional period for the industry

Interview

Projekt Management - One

Interview

Visceral's Nick Earl

Interview

EA's Jens Uwe Intat - Part Two

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