Riccitiello: Hardware price cuts came "too late"
EA boss cites first party delay in action as part of reason for 2009 weakness
EA reports 25% revenue fall for Q3
But publisher slashes losses compared to previous year; headcount reduction "two-thirds" complete
FIFA 10 hits 9.7 million lifetime sales
EA football title just shy of major landmark as of the end of 2009
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MacDonald: Motion control will present challenge for Sony and MS
EyeToy's creator says getting price points, games and technology right is "not trivial"
Final Fantasy, Batman boost Square Enix profits 48%
Eidos property performs well alongside role-playing franchises and Advent Children movie
Championship Manager Online to close in April
Publisher to "re-focus" football franchise; lack of players/features blamed
Mass Effect 2 remains UK number one
Games holds off competition from Just Dance; Dante's Inferno charts at 4
Local politics hits World of Warcraft China again
Latest issue causes new registrations to be suspended over Burning Crusade content
Bungie saddened by Xbox Live switch off
Halo developer proud of online achievements, rallies users for one last fight on April 14
Media execs form multimillion dollar 'Appfund' for iPad
Team offers developers up to $500k funding for apps
Gran Turismo lifetime sales pass 55 million
PSP game reaches 1.8m according to new Polyphony figures
Sega Sammy swings to profit, game sales down
Company sells 16.7 million games during nine months to December 31
British Columbia to get new game tax credits
Proposed program to benefit province's media industries
Original Xbox Live to close in April
"Difficult" decision to pull service despite significant number of users
GameStop accused of deceptive advertising practices
Retailer is one of 22 to be investigated by NY's Attorney General
League of Legends passes 1 million downloads
Riot Games' online title played by 150,000 daily
Japanese charts: Dragon Quest VI sells over 900k in first week
Square title take number 1 in software chart; PSP leads hardware
Australian developers awarded $240,000 prototype funding
Four companies receive cash for new digital initiatives
Xbox Live Arcade topped $100m in 2009
FADE estimates averaging selling price of XBLA games has grown; Battlefield 1943, Castle Crashers biggest by revenue
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