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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced this week that it will close Maxis Emeryville, the creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims." EA purchased the company more than a decade ago and gained control of one of the biggest PC franchises of all time. Well it was a fun 12...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a good week, but it didn't include any product announcements. It did, however, enjoy a new sale from Ford (NYSE: F). Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) week did not go nearly as well. The social network unveiled a new app, which is always interesting. Unfortunately, a...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) announced a new subscription service on Tuesday, furthering the belief that downloads and streaming will be the future of video games. The service -- officially known as EA Access -- has gained a lot of media attention, in part because it is currently exclusive to...

The world's largest sporting event could help Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) sell more games in 2014. "It's time to pop the cork and have some parties," Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeff Thomison told Benzinga. "The console ownership is going well, people are starting to buy...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) will report its fourth quarter 2014 results on Tuesday after market close. Analysts are expecting the company to earn $0.11 per share on revenue of $812.09 million. The last time Electronic Arts reported its quarter results was on January 28. The company's third...

The Xbox 360 version of Titanfall, the highly anticipated first-person shooter from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), has been delayed again. The game was originally scheduled to ship alongside its Xbox One and PC counterparts on Tuesday, March 11. EA initially delayed the Xbox 360 edition until March...

Depending on who you are and what you love, this may not have seemed like an overly eventful week. After all -- if you don't love Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), you may not have cared that it went down. But if you do love the social network, this week might have seemed like a nightmare. The same could be...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) CEO Andrew Wilson recently indicated that his company is experimenting with virtual reality. Wilson discussed the topic during a video games panel at the annual SXSW event. His comments could be dismissed as a PR push for his company's newest game, Titanfall....

Major indices were looking for a rebound after a four day skid which included multiple triple digit point losses for the Dow. Futures pointed to a higher opening as investors found reason to be positive in the House's passing of the budget agreement last night. The markets were unable to hold on...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new consoles will continue to be in high demand, but their dominance could be challenged in a few years. According to DigiTimes, the upstream supply chain expects to see "strong orders" for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 components during the first...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) attempted to rule the headlines this weak, thanks entirely to its brand-new console: PlayStation 4. The Japanese tech giant revealed that it had sold one million PlayStation 4 units in just one day in North America -- a new record for the game industry. Sony also earned some...

Mobile games marketing platform AppLift has received an additional $7 million from Prime Ventures. This investment comes just four months after AppLift announced that Prime Ventures had provided the company with $13 million in a Series A investment. "We strive to provide value to the gaming...

After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...

It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased Nokia's (NYSE: NOK), while rumors insisted that BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wished it had been acquired as well. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed the existence of not one but...