The French media conglomerate will sell half its Activision Blizzard stake, worth about $866 million, in its latest move to reduce debt and focus on its media properties.
Google’s YouTube is said to be in talks to buy the start-up Twitch for around $1 billion, in another sign that video games are becoming serious entertainment for spectators.
“Console Wars” is the author Blake J. Harris’s take on one aspect of the video game industry.
What if new episodes of “Seinfeld” were still on television? This haunts Jason Richards, the hyperactive mind behind the Twitter account @Seinfeld2000.
Telltale Games, an independent video game studio, has developed an intense following by prizing nuance and narrative. It is working on a video game version of “Game of Thrones.”
In the age of the mobile device, a television network may need to rethink the size of its content. Clips may be better than episodes.
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The layoffs came as a result of Disney’s decision to combine two businesses: booming mobile games and sagging social games.
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The message to aspiring video makers on YouTube is clear, and seductive: Attract an audience, build your brand. But success, let alone stardom and wealth, remains elusive.
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While the National Football League season is about to end, EA Sports is preparing the next version of its Madden NFL video game, adding new movements recorded using stunt players.
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Hollywood and computer and video game companies are working to move immersive virtual entertainment closer to reality.
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The console game that lets players mix and match Disney characters has sold 3 million starter packs worldwide, the company said.
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The Wii U console has been slow to catch on after a year, but Super Mario 3D World could make it popular.
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John Pleasants, the hard-charging co-chief of Disney’s video game and web division, is expected to remain with the company through January as a consultant.
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As video game players’ tastes shift toward smartphones and tablets, more and more of the money spent on console games goes to a small number of blockbusters.
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Disney sold 294,000 starter kit units of the game in August, normally a slow sales month for video games.
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The Nintendo 2DS will cost $130, about $40 less than its 3DS sibling, as part of a strategy to prevent households from relying on tablets for video games.
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Disney’s Infinity video game, presented at a recent fan gathering, is viewed as a make-or-break effort to turn around the company’s gaming and Web division.
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American Express is set to announce a new sponsorship program and prepaid debit card that take aim at the millions of people who play the online video game League of Legends.
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The decision is perhaps the biggest development in a battle focused on the rights of college athletes in how their likenesses can be used and what, if any, compensation they should receive.
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The video game system is a useful tool for reaching young men, who can elude advertisers. Sony estimates advance sales will reach about $10 million.
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