Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 15, 2011 at 8:43 am PT
The cloudy weather at E3 in Los Angeles last month should have been a sign of how videogame sales were faring.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 6, 2011 at 12:23 pm PT
Nintendo’s shares rose as much as 4.9 percent today after investors got their hopes up that the game company had changed its policy regarding developing games for mobile phones. Turns out it wasn’t so, and most of the gains melted away.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
Although Nintendo’s main mission is to expand the number of people playing games, it draws the line at using emerging platforms, like mobile or social, or new business models, like free-to-play games.
In an interview, Nintendo’s Global President Satoru Iwata’s explains why.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
In an interview with Nintendo’s Global President Satoru Iwata from E3, he discusses the successor to the original Wii, called the Wii U, and how he expects it to compete against laptops, tablets and phones being used increasingly in a consumer’s spare time today.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 13, 2011 at 7:01 pm PT
Mind Candy CEO Michael Acton Smith chated last week at E3 about how he believes he can leverage the company’s gaming roots to build a Facebook alternative for kids while also creating an entertainment brand worth billions.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 8, 2011 at 8:01 pm PT
Nintendo’s unveiling of the Wii U has been one of the big highlights of this year’s E3. At a joint press conference between Nintendo and Ubisoft, the two companies provided additional clues as to how a touchscreen can be used to interact with a console and how it will be connected to the Internet to be more social.
Tricia Duryee in News on June 8, 2011 at 3:37 pm PT
The Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the E3 every year, has released results of a study saying that the format and demographic make-up of gaming are changing.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 8, 2011 at 6:13 am PT
T-Mobile USA is teaming up with WildTangent to test out a Netflix-like model for renting mobile games on Android smartphones.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm PT
Sony’s been hacked, Nintendo’s been hacked. Is Xbox next?
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 7, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT
Nintendo unveiled its next-generation console this morning at E3, shocking the industry with the first tablet-sized controller for gaming in the home. Here are the three major takeaways from today’s announcement.
