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More Evidence of the Death of Video Game Retail Stores

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is turning a gun on the retail video game model, and this will crush GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), if the preliminary news about specs on the ...
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BofA/ML Analyst Upgrades Zynga as Uncommon Value

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 8:45 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is no longer a very loved company. The social game maker has lost its favorable outlook largely as it and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) try to ...
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Grand Theft Auto Delay Likely to Bring Analyst Downgrades and Lower Estimates

Posted: January 31, 2013 at 10:38 am

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) has stubbed its toe yet again. Late in 2012 the video game publisher announced that its release of the Grand Theft Auto 5 would ...
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Holidays Bring No Relief in Video Games Sales Slump

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 6:42 am

The holiday season brought no relief for the embattled video game industry. Traditional consoles and software sales are under siege from new products that run on mobile handsets and tablets, ...
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Weak Toys“R”Us Holiday Sales, Bad for Toy Companies and Video Games

Posted: January 10, 2013 at 5:23 pm

Toys“R”Us may no longer be a public company, but that does not mean that it is not an important barometer for toy companies. The company was acquired in a deal ...
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GameStop Warning, Delivers Coal in the Holiday Stockings

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 8:50 am

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is showing that some hot video games did not exactly translate into the great video game recovery for which investors have been waiting (and waiting and ...
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Nvidia Announces New Gaming Platform

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 6:45 am

The game console and portable device business just became more crowded. Chip company Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) will release its own game product, which has been given the code name ...
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A Very Odd Bankruptcy Buyout of THQ

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 2:09 pm

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is being acquired, maybe. Before you get too excited about any major turnaround huge-premium buyout you better pay attention to the fine print here. Clearlake Capital ...
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Kindle Arrives at GameStop Just in Time

Posted: December 10, 2012 at 2:39 pm

Just as the holiday retail shopping season gets down to its last two weeks, GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) said today that it would begin selling two models of the Kindle ...
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Zynga Going to Real Money Gambling from Virtual Farm Animals

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 10:48 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is trading higher (yes that can happen sometimes) on Thursday's news that Zynga has filed for a Nevada gaming license. This would transform it from a virtual-social ...
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Zynga and Facebook Altering Their Close Relationship

Posted: November 30, 2012 at 8:38 am

Shareholders are going to get to find out about what it feels like to move back toward book value in shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). The company is very ...
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Zynga’s Odd Rise in Share Price

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 6:49 am

The stock prices of both Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and the game company Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), which has relied on Facebook traffic, have risen in lock-step over the past five ...
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Nintendo Optimistic About Wii U Launch

Posted: November 21, 2012 at 7:26 am

Nintendo has struck a positive tone about the launch of its new Wii U. There is not much initial data to support whether the Japanese consumer electronics giant can make ...
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Wii U Launch Stumbles Over Download, Outages

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 2:16 pm

For the first new game console in six years, the weekend’s U.S. launch of the Nintendo Wii U turned out to be solid if not spectacular. A new PlayStation 4 ...
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The Return of Big Video Games

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 10:57 am

Is it possible that the video game sector is finally making a comeback? Are all the silly little virtual farm animal games from the likes of Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) ...
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