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EA CEO John Riccitiello has spoken positively about the firm’s last financial quarter which its position as the No.1 PS3 and Xbox 360 publisher in the world in 2011. This was the kind of quarter a CEO loves to report,” he told investors. It is one which generated our highest …

Mark Zuckerberg set to be worth $28 billion

Mobile sales climb 17% to $70million; PopCap revenues up a third

GFACE enables users to stream 'console quality' games through their browser

Every Electronic Arts game over the past two years has included an Online Pass, but the upcoming Syndicate reboot will buck this trend. This is because the publisher wants more players to enjoy the online multiplayer modes – the sort of feature EA usually locks with a one-time code included …

Global social network Facebook has filed for a $5bn initial public offering which could value the company at $100bn. Facebook filed for the IPO with the US Securities & Exchange Commission yesterday, which will soon see the company float on the stock market and its shares made available to buy …

BioWare game picks up 1.7 million subscribers in just over a month

The average price of a boxed video game falls by almost a quarter after just 30 days on sale. New retail research – which includes pricing data from over 50 retailers – shows that games prices dropped 23.5 per cent after 30 days, 30.8 per cent after 60 days, and …

Digital platform makes $100 million in twelve months

HMV won’t turn its back on games, CEO Simon Fox has told MCV. But it will cut in-store space given to the category following a year where it lost market share. Fox said nervous games firms did not back HMV enough last year – unlike ‘highly supportive’ music and DVD …