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Video Games

Ubisoft Down, Is the Industry Out?

July 28, 2009

Yesterday after the close, French video-game software publisher Ubisoft (UBSFY.PK) delivered pretty lousy first-quarter results. The stock got absolutely creamed – but is the move justified?
And more importantly – has the recession killed the video-game industry?
Not quite. Casual gamers are pulling back quite a bit, but the hardcore players are still out there playing. Here’s [...]

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THQ Smacks Down JAKKS

July 27, 2009

Another good piece of good news for THQ (THQI), which has been riding high on the runaway success of UFC 2009 Undisputed:
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI – News) today announced that it has prevailed in its binding arbitration with JAKKS Pacific, Inc. The arbitrator has established a significantly lower preferred return payment rate to [...]

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Grand Theft Auto Movie?

July 26, 2009

The LA Times published a piece discussing Microsoft’s (MSFT) and Ubisoft’s efforts to invade Hollywood with movie shorts based upon their video-game properties Halo and Assassin’s Creed.
Take-Two Interactive’s (TTWO) Grand Theft Auto series has long been rumored to cross over into a movie vehicle, but the publisher’s Rockstar Games studio laid the smack down on [...]

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