E3 2015: What Microsoft Corporation Wants Investors to Know
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jun 16, 11:40AM CDT
Microsoft recently made some big announcements during E3 2015. The company wisely sidestepped less popular topics like Xbox apps and the Kinect and focused on backwards compatibility, exclusive games, and augmented reality. Let's...
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Gaming Companies: The Most Expensive Stock Worth Buying
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 15, 11:41AM CDT
Gaming stocks have done very well over the past year. Third-party publishers have benefited from the introduction of new consoles from Sony and Microsoft as well as increasing digital sales, and these tailwinds helped every third-party console...
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Stock Rose Nearly 60% in 2014. What Might 2015 Hold?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 20, 12:07PM CST
Take-Two Interactive stock had a fantastic 2014. The Grand Theft Auto publisher saw its shares increase in value by nearly 60%, while the S&P 500 increased roughly 12.4% across the same period. The only big gaming company to best Take Two's...
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GameStop's Problems are Only Beginning
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Nov 25, 9:26AM CST
GameStop shares plunged more than 13% on Friday, after the company posted quarterly numbers that were, by almost measures, disappointing . Management blamed the delay of Assassin's Creed: Unity , but also gave poor guidance. At the beginning of...
NFLX: 680.60 (+10.51), ATVI: 25.36 (+0.23), AMZN: 443.51 (+9.12), EA: 72.07 (+1.57), GME: 46.96 (+0.06), WMT: 73.12 (+0.34), SNE: 28.40 (+1.04), GOOGL: 556.11 (+11.46), GOOG: 530.13 (+9.45), AAPL: 123.28 (+3.21)
Is Activision Blizzard a Buy After Collapsing 21% Since September?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 15, 6:17PM CDT
Activision Blizzard 's stock has taken a beating since the release of its much-hyped video game, Destiny . The title was positioned as the beginning of the company's next major franchise, but early sales and player feedback were not strong enough...
TTWO: 28.26 (+0.52), ATVI: 25.36 (+0.23), EA: 72.07 (+1.57), SNE: 28.40 (+1.04), MSFT: 44.61 (+0.09)
Are Video Game Movies a Golden Opportunity for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Oct 02, 7:40PM CDT
Adaptation is big business in the film industry. Movies based on comic book properties have shaped the box office over the past decade, and Disney alone since 2008 has generated more than $7 billion in global ticket sales with films in its Marvel...
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Will "Bayonetta 2's" Weak Sales Prevent Nintendo From Securing More Wii U Exclusives?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Sep 27, 7:30AM CDT
Platinum Games' Bayonetta 2 , a Wii U exclusive published by Nintendo , is off to a weak start in Japan. According to industry tracker Media Create, the third-person shooter sold about 39,000 copies during its first week, finishing third behind ...
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Is Activision Blizzard's $500 Million "Destiny" a $1.5 Billion Disappointment?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Sep 22, 11:34AM CDT
It's been roughly two weeks since the launch of Activision Blizzard 's highly touted Destiny , and early indicators are mixed. Endowed with a sky-high production and marketing budget of $500 million, the game was put forth as a potentially...
ATVI: 25.36 (+0.23), EA: 72.07 (+1.57), SNE: 28.40 (+1.04)
Activision’s “Destiny” and the Business of Video Game Hype
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Sep 19, 2:39PM CDT
Activision Blizzard recently announced that Bungie's Destiny had sold through $325 million worth of games within the first five days of its release. That figure makes Destiny one of the most successful new IP launches in recent history, but...
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What Activision's Free "Destiny" Upgrade Means for Cross-Platform Gaming
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 09, 4:31PM CDT
Activision Blizzard recently announced that it would allow customers who purchase the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Bungie's Destiny to upgrade the game to the Xbox One and PS4 versions for...
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Why Sony Wants To Turn "Uncharted" and "The Last of Us" Into Movies
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Aug 24, 8:31AM CDT
Sony recently announced that it would turn two of its biggest video game franchises -- Uncharted and The Last of Us -- into movies. Uncharted (L) and The Last of Us (R). Source: Naughty Dog. Sony Pictures intends to release the...
ATVI: 25.36 (+0.23), DIS: 116.44 (+0.84), SNE: 28.40 (+1.04), MSFT: 44.61 (+0.09)
Will Microtransactions Ruin ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Aug 19, 8:55AM CDT
Ubisoft recently announced that Assassin's Creed Unity , the first fully next-gen chapter of the Assassin's Creed series, will include in-game microtransactions. Early reports indicate that real-money transactions will allow players to obtain...
Could the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Movie Turn the Game Into a Cross-Media Goldmine?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Aug 14, 8:55AM CDT
In seven short years, Ubisoft 's Assassin's Creed has established itself as a blockbuster gaming franchise that has sold nearly 60 million copies over the course of six main games. Therefore, it's not surprising that Fox will launch a new...
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Are Electronic Arts' Major Software Delays Actually Good For Investors?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 23, 2:20PM CDT
Source: Battlefield.com Electronic Arts has released the results for its most recently completed fiscal quarter, and the numbers should help the gaming publisher continue its impressive run. Company shares trade approximately 60% higher today...
EA: 72.07 (+1.57)
After a Great Quarter, Is Ubisoft Entertainment a Strong Play for Investors?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 15, 9:30AM CDT
With Ubisoft 's Watch Dogs landing as a certified hit, the company has cleared one of the most important generational hurdles it faced. The importance of introducing a successful new IP for the company was compounded by the fact that the last...
TTWO: 28.26 (+0.52), EA: 72.07 (+1.57)