APRIL 16, 2009 • Based on a tracking study of 10,000 consumers, the NPD Group found that Americans, on average, budget $150 a month for entertainment, much of it spent...

APRIL 15, 2009 • Employees with Best Buy were notified that the retailer was planning significant pay cuts and/or staff reductions. After conversations Best Buy, Investment firm Sanford Bernstein estimated...

APRIL 13, 2009 • Netflix published an employment advertisement expressing interest in hiring personnel to facilitate video distribution across gaming platforms. When the advertisement was reported on, Netflix announced that...

[caption id="attachment_8455" align="alignleft" width="250"] Maxis founder Will Wright.[/caption] APRIL 8, 2009 • Developer Will Wright left the Maxis brand he founded in 1987 to launch a new think tank, Stupid...

APRIL 8, 2009 • Accelerating its forays into online game distribution, Amazon.com launched a beta Xbox 360 Live store. Selected Live Arcade and Marketplace games are available for purchase, as...

[caption id="attachment_8445" align="alignleft" width="250"] Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.[/caption] APRIL 7, 2009 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that the gamemaker will be launching a...

APRIL 2, 2009 • Sony announced that Little Big Planet MMO had attained 2 million players worldwide, and had generated more than 725,000 user-created levels. Impact: A big part of...

APRIL 1, 2009 • No April fools. A new law put into force by the Quebec provincial government prohibits the sale of new English-only video games if a French-language version...