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Phil Harrison Steps Down at Atari
May 29, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8626" align="alignleft" width="400"] Phil Harrison has resigned as Atari president.[/caption] MAY 29, 2009 • Just weeks after Infogrames sold Atari's European business to Namco Bandai, Atari president Phil Harrison...
Xbox 360 Surpasses 30M Units
May 28, 2009
MAY 28, 2009 • Microsoft Game Studios announced that the Xbox 360 had attained worldwide sales of 30 million units. That number places the console second behind the Nintendo Wii,...
Free Realms Reaches 2M Users
May 27, 2009
MAY 27, 2009 • Two million unique users have registered to play Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms, a free-to-play MMO that launched on April 28. To date, 75% of the...
Schilling Buys Big Huge Games
May 27, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8613" align="alignleft" width="245"] Baseball great turned game developer Curt Schilling.[/caption] MAY 27, 2009 • Boston Red Sox veteran baseball player Curt Schilling purchased Big Huge Games from THQ Inc....
What Consumers Like at Home
May 26, 2009
MAY 26, 2009 • According to Nielsen Entertainment's March survey, watching a DVD at home was the first entertainment choice of 39% of U.S. consumers. Taking in a movie at...
Apple Plans E. Coast iData Center
May 26, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8604" align="alignleft" width="470"] Apple's iData servers.[/caption] MAY 26, 2009 • Apple Inc. is planning a new East Coast data iData center. The facility is needed to boost the capacity...
Razer’s Min-Liang Tan
May 20, 2009
[caption id="attachment_2912" align="alignleft" width="259"] Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan.[/caption] MAY 20, 2009 • The game peripherals business has seen serious ups and downs during the last decade. What started as a...
Wal-Mart Tries Game Buyback
May 18, 2009
MAY 18, 2009 • Wal-Mart has launched a 77-store test of Ohio-based E-play's automated video game buyback kiosks. E-play retains ownership of the machines. Consumers scan the game's jewel case,...
