Telltale Games is just full of release dates these days. Hot on the heels of Monday’s announcement and release of Strong Badia the Free, Telltale issued a press release this afternoon confirming a release date and special pre-order bonus for the Wii version of Sam & Max Season One. The game is due for release [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Microsoft shows off Xbox 360 RPG lineup in Tokyo, including The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean 4 — take your pick of straight/sarcastic liveblogs (IGN, 1UP) Star Ocean 4 arrives 2009 as potential Xbox 360 exclusive; trailer and a few details [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
They may not be able to throw a proper Hadouken, but this Saturday the mixed martial artists of EliteXC will promote the Street Fighters that can on network television. Sometime during the 9PM program on CBS, Capcom will debut television spots for Street Fighter IV, and open up a brand-new Street Fighter website primed to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Sing along with me: Secret… Agent Clank! Secret… Agent Clank! They’ve given you a number (6/17/08, $39.99) and put you in your own game. Okay, I promise never to do that again, but before you walk off in disgust, have a look at this excellent little Secret Agent Clank figurine that you can get by [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
One day after we asserted that the words of GameStop CEO Dick Fontaine might give us a clearer perspective on industry hardware sales, we’ve learned that the data GameStop holds, and on which he bases those words, may not be nearly as valuable as we’d anticipated. Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter alleges that the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Yesterday, we suggested that industry analysts would be a far more reliable source of prognostication than cautiously spinning studio executives, but we forgot that there is another semi-reliable source that has even greater access to sales data — the GameStop corporation. Following today’s quarterly earnings report, CEO Dick Fontaine told investors that the industry is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
GameStop announced the quarterly results for the company today. In a shocking turn of events, the company destroyed its previous quarterly record with massive sales of AAA titles like GTA IV, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros. Brawl. Sales rose 42% over the previous quarter to a stunning $1.8 billion while profits rose 151% to $62.1 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Blockbuster, the movie rental powerhouse, recently announced plans to expand its video game business, but despite the strong storefront presence of Blockbuster in the U.S., Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets believes the company does not pose a significant threat to GameStop.
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
Sure, games are selling quite nicely right now. Sure, the last couple of months were ahead of expectations by large margins. But nothing lasts forever, says an analyst for investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
Kotaku reports that GameStop President Steve Morgan has just resigned, and will be leaving the company effective May 2nd, 2008. No successor has yet been named.
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