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Good Shepherd's Expansion Plan: 'Bigger Investments with Bigger Titles'

By Brittany Vincent, Jul 10, 2018 12:00pm PDT

There's nowhere to go from here but up. 

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Gamestop Names New Interim CEO and Reports First Quarter 2018 Results

By Brittany Vincent, Jun 01, 2018 9:40am PDT

Hopefully this one remains longer than three months. 

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"In death, a member of Project CEO has a name. His name is Michael Mauler."

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Discord User Base Triples To 130 Million In One Year

By Brittany Vincent, May 15, 2018 11:35am PDT

That's a lot of Discord users. 

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"And its one that went through major growing pains in its first year. I made my server not too ..."

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Gamestop CEO Resigns After Only Three Months On The Job, Shares Drop

By Brittany Vincent, May 11, 2018 11:00am PDT

GameStop's co-founder has stepped in to fill the role in the interim.

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"Nah, it is too pricy to take over. I got Shack stuff I need to do ;)"

- the man with the briefcase see all 5 comments

Ambitious Toy Mogul Has New Plan to Revive Toys R Us Once And For All

By Brittany Vincent, Apr 14, 2018 11:45am PDT

Maybe we can stay Toys "R" Us kids forever. 

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"The kind of messed up thing is the Bratz people have been in a no holds barred cage match ..."

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passes away at age 55

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 12, 2015 5:35pm PDT

Nintendo has announced its CEO, Satoru Iwata, has passed away at the age of 55.

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"whoa. didn't realize he was only 55. That's terrible. RIP good sir."

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Candy Crush Saga dev filing for IPO

By Andrew Yoon, Feb 18, 2014 8:30am PST

As expected, the studio behind Candy Crush Saga plans on going public. King Digital Entertainment has filed its initial IPO papers with the SEC and...

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"Sadly, the idiots will never feel shame for the billions they've handed to these jackasses..."

- kwperley see all 15 comments

Square Enix cites Final Fantasy 14 in profitable financial report

By Steve Watts, Feb 05, 2014 11:00am PST

Square Enix released its most recent earnings report today, and cited the relaunched Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn among its reasons for turning a profit.

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"Good for them, they deserve it. I've never seen a company turn an MMO from such a giant pile of ..."

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Square Enix: poor Hitman and Tomb Raider sales reflect 'intrinsic problem' of industry

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 10, 2013 2:30pm PDT

Sales of Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution and Tomb Raider fell short of Square Enix's expectations, sparking the publisher to launch a costly restructuring. The problem, Squeenix has said in its annual report, is "an intrinsic problem within the HD game business model." It's...

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"Tomb Raider & Hitman were fantastic games. The lack of PC Collector's Editions hurt sales a ..."

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Anno dev Related Designs acquired by Ubisoft

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 11, 2013 11:05am PDT

Anno series and Might & Magic Heroes Online developer Related Designs has joined the Ubisoft family, with the publisher announcing today that it has acquired the German studio. Related will continue working on MMHO and will make more games with Ubi's Blue Byte studio, which ...

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"What is the major gripe behind Ubi aquiring Related Designs? Is there a benefit to the company ..."

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Square Enix banked on Tomb Raider, Hitman and Sleeping Dogs selling a third more

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 09, 2013 6:30am PDT

Square Enix blamed lower-than-predicted sales of Hitman: Absolution, Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider for unexpected losses in the last financial year as it launched a costly restructuring, yet it seemed the games weren't selling particularly poorly. So how high were Squeenix's...

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"Oh totally. At the very least Final Fantasy 14 ate a big hole in their pocketbook. The huge ..."

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Square Enix restructuring as Tomb Raider and Hitman sales fall short

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 26, 2013 6:00am PDT

Developer and publisher Square Enix has changed its positive predictions for the financial year from a healthy profit to a crippling loss, and announced plans to bring in reforms and restructuring. Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution, Tomb Raider all failed to meet high sales e...

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"The good news on a dark day here is that focus should now shift heavily to the DX franchise, ..."

- phreakshow see all 89 comments

THQ dodges NASDAQ stock delisting

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 24, 2012 9:30am PDT

There's a ray of light in THQ's financial crisis, as the developer and publisher today confirmed that its stock price has improved enough to avoid delisting from the NASDAQ Stock Market.

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"Great ... Company of Heroes 2 might just be a worthy successor, the company has transformed ..."

- RuskiSnajper see all 7 comments

Epic lands Tencent investment

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 19, 2012 8:00am PDT

Colossal Chinese Internet company Tencent is picking up a minority stake in Epic Games, giving the Gears of War developer and Unreal Engine maker a cash injection. They're quiet on how big the investment was and how big a stake Epic gave away.

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"hmmm...would a company with healthy cash flow want a foreign investor to come in and start ..."

- vassili_zaitsev see all 6 comments

Atari has closed Test Drive Unlimited dev Eden [update]

By Alice O'Connor, May 11, 2012 11:30am PDT

Test Drive Unlimited developer Eden Games was as good as dead after owner Atari laid off most of the staff last year, but now it's official. In its financial results for last year, the publisher confirmed it's been selling off what assets remain.

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"I got it in a steam sale and found it pretty enjoyable for what I paid. Much like train ..."

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