AP – THQ Inc. said Monday it slid to a fiscal first-quarter loss as revenue from video games fell and forecast a bigger than expected loss for the current period.
PC World – Everyone out of the pool, it’s Madden NFL week, and the latest iteration pretty much clears the room, looking at the launch lineup. The only games bold enough to shrug off EA’s pro football tsunami are a couple of digital-only releases and another Paradox grand-strategy PC game no one (read: GameStop) seems to be stocking.
PC World – A World of Warcraft expansion pack has received approval from China’s Ministry of Culture, giving the game government clearance so that it can be played in the country.
AP – Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. slid in premarket trading Friday after the video game publisher reported second-quarter revenue and a third-quarter outlook below Wall Street’s expectations.
Mashable – According to various reports, Apple is in talks to buy Chinese game developer Handseeing Information Technology Co., a company that develops rich Internet applications for mobile multiplayer games. The company helped update the backend and user-facing features for the Tianya Online social network.
AP – A weaker-than-expected outlook for the current quarter sent shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. lower in after-hours trading Thursday, though the video game publisher reaffirmed its outlook for the full year.
AP – THE QUARTER: Activision Blizzard Inc. posted a 12 percent increase in its second-quarter net income Tuesday. Adjusted earnings inched past Wall Street’s expectations but revenue fell short, hurt by foreign exchange rations on the stronger dollar and lighter-than-expected sales of several games launched during the quarter.
PC Magazine – How important is „Guitar Hero” to the music industry? Try this: Soundgarden and Activision are collaborating on the next „Guitar Hero” title, „Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock”. For the first time, a music album will be simultaneously released and bundled with a video game.
PC World – Leave it to video gamers to find a better way to shepherd proteins into their optimal three-dimensional shapes.
Ben Patterson – Got U-verse at home, and an iPhone in your pocket? If so, you can download dozens of shows for on-the-go viewing on your handset via the just-updated U-verse Mobile app. Unfortunately, the selection of TV shows available for download is pretty limited, and you won’t be able to watch recorded shows on your DVR remotely.