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Ubisoft's Watch Dogs Will Flop
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 15, 1:00PM CDT
Source: ubisoft.com New IPs are risky propositions in the modern gaming industry. The power that established franchises carry on the market makes it difficult for fresh faces to carve out their own spaces, and the skyrocketing development costs...
Did EA Cross the Line with In-Game Ads for ‘Need for Speed’ in ‘Battlefield 4’?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 15, 9:06AM CDT
Did Electronic Arts just cross the line by rolling out in-game video ads in its first-person shooter Battlefield 4 ? Irate gamers on social media certainly think so, with Twitter and Reddit users...
3 New Gaming IPs That Must Succeed in 2014
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 28, 8:13PM CST
Source: gamestop.com New IPs have become something of a rarity in the gaming industry. Rising development costs and the often sure-fire success of sequels in popular franchises have created an environment that is frequently inhospitable to new...
The 5 Biggest Games of the First Half of 2014
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 23, 6:25AM CST
Source: Nintendo.com Indie games may be more popular than ever before, but it's triple-A software that is still driving the traditional games industry. With the launches of new hardware and software sales in decline over the last couple of years,...
XBox One vs. PS4 vs. Wii U: Are Graphics Still Relevant in the Eighth Generation?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 20, 12:16PM CST
Graphical upgrades between console generations used to be jaw dropping . The difference between an 8-bit NES game and a 16-bit Super NES game was enormous, as was the difference between a Super NES game and an N64 or Sony ...
Is French Gaming Publisher Ubisoft in a World of Trouble?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 18, 2:39PM CST
With so much of gaming-industry talk centering around hardware battles between Sony , Microsoft , and Nintendo , the industry's other great competition is frequently overshadowed. Third-party publishers are battling year-in, year-out to deliver...
3 Reasons Activision’s ‘Destiny’ Won’t Live Up to Bobby Kotick’s Expectations
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 12, 9:19AM CST
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick recently made a grand claim that Destiny , the company's upcoming shooter from Halo creators Bungie, would be the "best selling new video game IP in history." By now, most gamers and investors have...
3 Ways Nintendo’s Fear of Piracy Shaped its Business
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 12, 7:24AM CST
These days, everyone has an opinion about what Nintendo should do next. Nintendo's alarming 70% and 25% reductions of its full-year forecast of Wii U and 3DS sales, respectively, have sparked endless debates about...
Is Take-Two the Smartest 'Buy' in Gaming?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 09, 11:00AM CST
While much of the holiday 2013 gaming narrative centered on whether or not Sony 's PlayStation 4 would beat Microsoft 's Xbox One or whether Battlefield 4 from Electronic Arts would outsell Call of Duty: Ghosts from Activision Blizzard ,...
The Industry's Top Video Games
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 08, 6:35AM CST
Michael, a bank robber and one of three main characters in Grand Theft Auto V . Source: Rockstar Games. Once more, big studios dominated the list of 2013's top video games. You know the names: Activision Blizzard , Electronic Arts , and ...
Watch Dogs, The Witcher 3, and Tom Clancy's The Division: A Closer Look at the 3 Most Anticipated Ga
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 06, 7:29AM CST
GameSpot Trax's January survey of 3,500 gamers recently revealed the three most anticipated games of 2014: Ubisoft 's Watch Dogs , CD Projekt/ Warner Bros .' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , and...
How Important Is PlayStation 4's Power Advantage Over Xbox One?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 04, 4:30PM CST
The buildup to the releases of the Microsoft Xbox One and the Sony PlayStation 4 saw the two devices compared to each other at nearly every facet and juncture. As two similar pieces of hardware from rivals in the gaming space that will play...
Will Executive Pay Cuts be Enough to Save Nintendo?
John Casteele, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 04, 8:14AM CST
To the surprise of no one, Nintendo reported a significant loss of around $15.3 million when it released its financial results for the fiscal third quarter. This followed a major cut to the sales forecasts for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS,...
Is Nintendo's Wii U About to Lose Its Biggest Third Party Game?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jan 28, 7:18AM CST
When the pioneering software for the most recent batch of console hardware was first being unveiled, Watch Dogs from Ubisoft was one of the standout tites. Videos of the game running on high-spec PC hardware were shown as an indication of what...
How Next-Gen Game Costs Will Affect These Companies
Ben Popkin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jan 02, 8:41PM CST
Take-Two 's President Karl Slatoff recently spoke at the BMO Capital Markets Technology & Digital Media Conference where he gave some insight as to how the company is handling the launch of next-gen consoles. It's been over a month since Sony 's...
The New IP that Could Be the Consoles' Top Dog
Ben Popkin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Dec 17, 5:44PM CST
Releasing new intellectual property (IP) is an important and risky part of the gaming industry. New IPs are a starting point for what game makers hope will become successful franchises, though they do not have the established fan base of older...
A Reliance on Patches Threatens Next-Gen Gaming
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Dec 14, 6:00AM CST
The launches of the Sony PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One have ushered in a new era of graphical fidelity for home consoles. Coming at the tail end of the longest hardware generation to date, the systems were released to substantial...
Will Assassin's Creed 4 Be the Last Yearly Update to the Franchise?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Nov 06, 10:05AM CST
Ubisoft 's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag hit stores at the end of October, and the sixth major chapter in the six-year-old franchise was met with rave reviews. Black Flag not only smartly improves upon the main gameplay mechanics of the...
Ubisoft's Watch Dogs Will Flop
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 15, 1:00PM CDT
Source: ubisoft.com New IPs are risky propositions in the modern gaming industry. The power that established franchises carry on the market makes it difficult for fresh faces to carve out their own spaces, and the skyrocketing development costs...
Did EA Cross the Line with In-Game Ads for ‘Need for Speed’ in ‘Battlefield 4’?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Mar 15, 9:06AM CDT
Did Electronic Arts just cross the line by rolling out in-game video ads in its first-person shooter Battlefield 4 ? Irate gamers on social media certainly think so, with Twitter and Reddit users...
3 New Gaming IPs That Must Succeed in 2014
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 28, 8:13PM CST
Source: gamestop.com New IPs have become something of a rarity in the gaming industry. Rising development costs and the often sure-fire success of sequels in popular franchises have created an environment that is frequently inhospitable to new...
The 5 Biggest Games of the First Half of 2014
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 23, 6:25AM CST
Source: Nintendo.com Indie games may be more popular than ever before, but it's triple-A software that is still driving the traditional games industry. With the launches of new hardware and software sales in decline over the last couple of years,...
XBox One vs. PS4 vs. Wii U: Are Graphics Still Relevant in the Eighth Generation?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 20, 12:16PM CST
Graphical upgrades between console generations used to be jaw dropping . The difference between an 8-bit NES game and a 16-bit Super NES game was enormous, as was the difference between a Super NES game and an N64 or Sony ...
Is French Gaming Publisher Ubisoft in a World of Trouble?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 18, 2:39PM CST
With so much of gaming-industry talk centering around hardware battles between Sony , Microsoft , and Nintendo , the industry's other great competition is frequently overshadowed. Third-party publishers are battling year-in, year-out to deliver...
3 Reasons Activision’s ‘Destiny’ Won’t Live Up to Bobby Kotick’s Expectations
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 12, 9:19AM CST
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick recently made a grand claim that Destiny , the company's upcoming shooter from Halo creators Bungie, would be the "best selling new video game IP in history." By now, most gamers and investors have...
3 Ways Nintendo’s Fear of Piracy Shaped its Business
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 12, 7:24AM CST
These days, everyone has an opinion about what Nintendo should do next. Nintendo's alarming 70% and 25% reductions of its full-year forecast of Wii U and 3DS sales, respectively, have sparked endless debates about...
Is Take-Two the Smartest 'Buy' in Gaming?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 09, 11:00AM CST
While much of the holiday 2013 gaming narrative centered on whether or not Sony 's PlayStation 4 would beat Microsoft 's Xbox One or whether Battlefield 4 from Electronic Arts would outsell Call of Duty: Ghosts from Activision Blizzard ,...
The Industry's Top Video Games
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 08, 6:35AM CST
Michael, a bank robber and one of three main characters in Grand Theft Auto V . Source: Rockstar Games. Once more, big studios dominated the list of 2013's top video games. You know the names: Activision Blizzard , Electronic Arts , and ...
Watch Dogs, The Witcher 3, and Tom Clancy's The Division: A Closer Look at the 3 Most Anticipated Ga
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 06, 7:29AM CST
GameSpot Trax's January survey of 3,500 gamers recently revealed the three most anticipated games of 2014: Ubisoft 's Watch Dogs , CD Projekt/ Warner Bros .' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , and...
How Important Is PlayStation 4's Power Advantage Over Xbox One?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 04, 4:30PM CST
The buildup to the releases of the Microsoft Xbox One and the Sony PlayStation 4 saw the two devices compared to each other at nearly every facet and juncture. As two similar pieces of hardware from rivals in the gaming space that will play...
Will Executive Pay Cuts be Enough to Save Nintendo?
John Casteele, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 04, 8:14AM CST
To the surprise of no one, Nintendo reported a significant loss of around $15.3 million when it released its financial results for the fiscal third quarter. This followed a major cut to the sales forecasts for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS,...
Is Nintendo's Wii U About to Lose Its Biggest Third Party Game?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jan 28, 7:18AM CST
When the pioneering software for the most recent batch of console hardware was first being unveiled, Watch Dogs from Ubisoft was one of the standout tites. Videos of the game running on high-spec PC hardware were shown as an indication of what...
How Next-Gen Game Costs Will Affect These Companies
Ben Popkin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jan 02, 8:41PM CST
Take-Two 's President Karl Slatoff recently spoke at the BMO Capital Markets Technology & Digital Media Conference where he gave some insight as to how the company is handling the launch of next-gen consoles. It's been over a month since Sony 's...
The New IP that Could Be the Consoles' Top Dog
Ben Popkin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Dec 17, 5:44PM CST
Releasing new intellectual property (IP) is an important and risky part of the gaming industry. New IPs are a starting point for what game makers hope will become successful franchises, though they do not have the established fan base of older...
A Reliance on Patches Threatens Next-Gen Gaming
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Dec 14, 6:00AM CST
The launches of the Sony PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One have ushered in a new era of graphical fidelity for home consoles. Coming at the tail end of the longest hardware generation to date, the systems were released to substantial...
Will Assassin's Creed 4 Be the Last Yearly Update to the Franchise?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Nov 06, 10:05AM CST
Ubisoft 's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag hit stores at the end of October, and the sixth major chapter in the six-year-old franchise was met with rave reviews. Black Flag not only smartly improves upon the main gameplay mechanics of the...
