News Archive: Financial
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31st July, 2008
Alone in the Dark boosts Infogrames sales 80 per cent
Dragon Ball Z also helps struggling publishing outfit
30th July, 2008
Wii drives Nintendo profits up 34 per cent
5.17 million Wii units sold worldwide in past three months
29th July, 2008
EA reports net loss of $95m for Q1
But Battlefield: Bad Company sells 1.6 million units to help sales more than double to $804 million
PlayStation business brings in JPY 229 billion sales for Sony in Q1
17 per cent rise year-on-year due to decrease in hardware costs and improved software sales
28th July, 2008
EA will report $111m loss, say analysts
Publisher is expected to experience stock volatility amid fears of uncertain future titles' release dates
25th July, 2008
Vivendi Games H1 revenues down 11%
Drop attributed mostly to comparison with Burning Crusade launch last year
22nd July, 2008
Leaner SCi now "in good shape" to challenge
Trading update claims "good progress" has been made with re-structuring plans
17th July, 2008
Microsoft entertainment division posts $426 million gain
The company shipped 1.3 million Xbox 360 units during Q4, with FY 2008 revenue up 34% to $8.14 billion
16th July, 2008
Activision Blizzard makes self-tender offer
Company offering to purchase up to 22% of its outstanding shares at $27.50 per share
14th July, 2008
Activision reports record $650 million Q1 revenues
Prior to its merger with Vivendi, Activision's Q1 2009 net revenues were $150 million higher than expected
Activision Blizzard approves two-for-one stock split
Newly merged company confident of future growth, says Kotick
10th July, 2008
Vivendi unlikely to increase ActiBlizz holding to planned level
Share price rise since original offer announcement to make extra 16 per cent too costly
$345m invested in virtual worlds this year
Realtime Worlds and Turbine receive the bulk of the new investment, which totalled $161m this quarter
9th July, 2008
Cavanagh gifts 1.9m SCi shares to family
Former publisher boss still holds 7.7m shares in the company
4th July, 2008
Nvidia stock falls the most in four years
Company's share price falls USD 5.54 a piece to USD 12.49 following a cut to its revenue forecasts
3rd July, 2008
GAME Group shares drop 18%
Shares in the retailer fall amid fears that profits have hit their peak, as CEO disagrees with assessment







