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Electronic Arts has revealed that its software took more revenue from PS2 than any other home console during its FY 2007-2008 – helping the firm take more than $3 billion in annual sales. The ageing system provided $601 million in the 12 months to March 31st, 2008. Second best performing …

Company behind games UI tool wants to focus on enterprise CAD software

Final call for submissions and suggestions for the 2008 Develop Industry Excellence Awards

Electronic Arts has posted a $454 million net loss for the year ended March 31st, 2008 – down from a net profit of $76 million in FY 2006-2007. The company’s acquisition of development duo Bioware and Pandemic back in October, 2007 took its toll on the figure – a combined …

Special territory report on Developmag.com explores how NY can be a world-class 'games city' like Montreal, Tokyo or Brighton

A cultural phenomenon in the days of Pong and Pac-man, the video game industry has evolved into an economic powerhouse with the staggering success of home gaming systems like Nintendoâ??s Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

New York Cityâ??s video game sector has enjoyed robust growth in recent years, but remains modest overallâ?¦

Challenges to growing New Yorkâ??s video game industry include too few technical workers, limited academic infrastructure and the lack of one signature company

While New Yorkâ??s video game sector has clear potential to grow, the Bloomberg administration has yet to incorporate it into its economic development strategy

Unfortunate internet leaks may have reduced the wow factor, but Microsoft Game Studios has finally revealed its list of big-hitting 360 software releases from now until the end of the year. The platform holder is set to confirm the list at its product showcase in San Francisco later today. Epic’s …