Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 1:38 pm PT
The results are in, and it appears that both Star Wars and Battlefield 3 helped Electronic Arts beat expectations for the final three months of the year.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 27 at 12:18 am PT
Kabam, known for developing hardcore social games such as The Godfather and Kingdoms of Camelot, has acquired a company with deep roots in the console game space.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 21, 2011 at 11:27 am PT
Don’t know what to get your loved one? Wal-Mart has made a list of recommendations based on people’s interests on their Facebook pages. At the very top: A keepsake box for men.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 17, 2011 at 11:52 am PT
Activision’s latest Call of Duty title has shattered all previous entertainment records, grossing more than $775 million in its first five days of sales.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 30, 2011 at 12:26 am PT
It does not get any better than this: A pair of floppy disk drives playing the “Imperial March” from the classic movie “Star Wars.”
Amirite?
Peter Kafka in Media on August 13, 2011 at 12:08 pm PT
Giant — and a little bit eerie — new images of Apple’s proposed Cupertino campus. And, because we can: Spaceships from three of the best space movies of all time.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on June 19, 2011 at 1:33 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at
Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 6, 2011 at 2:18 pm PT
Who needs Battlefield 3 when you can begin World War 3 among your friends? The Sims on Facebook, coming soon, will let you flirt, marry and even take showers with your best friends.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 6, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello talked a big game Wednesday, telling analysts on its year-end conference call that the 29-year-old company is well on its way to a major transformation. But the big question is whether EA can turn the ship around when there are 8,000 employees on it who are used to doing business the old way.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am PT
Yes, the Death Star is real. Luckily it looks nothing like the floating space station of the Star Wars movies. It also no longer runs. But you can find it inside the data center at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic.
