In the wake of the video game industry’s recent E3 conference, and the announcement of next-generation consoles from Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), excited investors have bid video game stocks higher. Show More Summary
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) has been favored by the market this year. The stock is up 50% year-to-date. Its peers, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), have enjoyed gains of 39% and 40%, respectively. The industry has gained momentum, but would this momentum continue as we head into the second part of the year? [...]
(For Part I about the console war, click here.) Our second installment in the coverage of the 2013 E3 convention looks at the second most important part of the convention: the games. After all, Part I was about the flashy new consoles, but what is a console without games to play it on? Well, yes, [...]
Forget the console wars: The real fight is for Activision Blizzard's market share.
The console wars have nothing on the software skirmish that shaping up against Activision Blizzard. At the gaming industry's big conference this week, Activision's rivals showed off the titles they intend to use to attack the company's...Show More Summary
Loverboy’s hit song “Everybody’s Working for the Weekend” was right on the money. I believe that recreation, in addition to food and shelter, is one of the reasons that a majority of the U.S. population (including myself) spends approximately one-third of their lives working. Even with the dismal state of the economy, most individuals are [...]
There seems to be a gap in major releases of video games until the fall. There are a few of note, but none of the big record-breaking franchise releases. I did not actually realize that summer was a slow time for video game releases, but every company in the fall will need to go up [...]
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) are both getting ready to launch new game consoles. This could provide a quick jolt to sales at Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), and particularly at GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME). A New Cycle The video game business tends to move in cycles around the launch [...]
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London, UK – 7th June, 2013 – Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is ushering in the next-generation of gaming at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo) taking...Show More Summary
Activision Publishing today announced its line-up for E3 next week. Here's the full press release: Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., is ushering in the next-generation of gaming at the...Show More Summary
The face of the gaming industry is changing. The gaming industry is an alliance between the channel providers and the content providers. Both areas are facing change. The Channel Providers Both Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently launched game stores as part of their app stores. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had one for a few years, [...]
Activision Blizzard is announcing Diablo 3 will be made available on PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 3. Like It, +1, Tweet It, Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.
Gamers and investors are still reacting to the recent news that the Blizzard Entertainment branch of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) has moved most of its developers off the company’s long awaited next MMO, codenamed “Titan” onto other projects. VentureBeat first broke the story that Blizzard recently reassigned as many as 70 of the 100 developers rumored to [...]
With a new round of gaming systems hitting the market, game developers have a prime opportunity to gain market share and establish new brands. Right now, game makers are working on the must-have game for the PS4 and Xbox One. A large portion of these companies’ 2013 and 2014 revenues will depend on these franchises. [...]
With an average consumer age of 37, video games are no longer “child’s play.” The video game industry is about to ramp up with Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Xbox One set to be released later this year. These will be the first console releases since Nintendo released its Wii U last [...]
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI)‘s rapid rally had seemed to be ending, following the post-earnings plunge. The company had rallied to a new 52-week high of $15.40 on May 8, but fell to $15.18 at the time of this writing. The driving force of the fall following the first-quarter earnings release was due to the cautious [...]
Activision Blizzard's Rally Is Far From Over
I don’t know how any logical thinker could suggest that Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is anything other than the class of its industry. The company’s games rank in the top 10 among multiple formats, and in North America and Europe, they had the No. 1- and No. 2-selling games in the first quarter. That said, investors seem to [...]
By EDVA: Editors' Note: This article covers a micro-cap stock. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks. The 30-day countdown to the Markman "claim construction" hearing in the case of Worlds, Inc. (WDDD.OB) vs. Activision Blizzard, Inc. Show More Summary