Study: Minorities underrepresented in games
USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL franchises dominate industry-tracking group's top 10 list of all-time domestic sales leaders through April.
The Entertainment Merchants Association's 2006 Home Entertainment Awards bestow best-of accolades; Bungie's shooter named best Xbox game for second year running.
Agent 47 takes out Mario for top spot on retailer's top-seller list; Xbox new 360 adopters push four next-gen titles to top 10.
New Super Mario Bros. keeps kicking on retailer's best-seller chart; Table Tennis makes strong debut on Bestbuy.com's best-seller list.
Electronic Arts trims the cost of admission for a handful of games, Ubisoft and THQ lower one game apiece to $40.
New Super Mario Bros. jumps into number-one slot of Best Buy's bestseller list; DS duo leads Xbox 360- and PS2-heavy top 10.
Pros throw down on virtual gridiron on sports cable network; matches begin tomorrow, finale on April 27.
Increased Xbox 360 supply pushes Call of Duty 2 on top as Liberty City Stories edges out Mario Kart for portable crown; WOW continues PC-chart dominance.
[UPDATE] Megapublisher reports Q4 2005 net income is down $116 million; names Sims 2, Need for Speed as top sellers; claims 70 percent sports-game market share.
Seahawks supporter? Steelers rooter? Show your love with new Super Bowl themes for the Xbox 360 dashboard.
Publisher knocks ducats off several console titles including NBA Live, Madden, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, Harry Potter.
Madden tackles the holidays, reinforced by Battlefront II and Need for Speed Most Wanted; Age of Empires III and Call of Duty 2 conquer PC charts.
Industry group says December sales weren't as bad as expected; sales of Microsoft's next-gen console slowly speeding up.
Industry outpaces 2004 revenues despite fourth-quarter slump; Electronic Arts and Star Wars dominate year-end sales list.
Does trying something new make any more business sense for Electronic Arts than it does for Castaway Entertainment or Destination Games? Part 2.
Problems stemming from franchise mode of portable pigskin game lead EA to accept exchanges of problematic discs.
Holiday season even worse than expected; 326,000 360s sold in first four days on market.
World's biggest publisher jump-starts its mobile business by acquiring wireless game maker for $680 million.
Game developer claims publisher stole his idea for football game; EA says suit is "without merit."
From Vlad to Jeter, McNabb to Sharapova, we hand out our year-end grades for 2005's cover athletes.
[UPDATE]: Best Buy sets up shop in the heart of the event; order is maintained as attendees line up to be among the first Xbox 360 owners.
A team of four sports games lines up in stores; next-gen Tiger, Madden, FIFA, and NBA Live ready for competition.
GameStop opens doors at midnight for console's launch; GameFly begins shipping Xbox 360 games for rent.
Microsoft's online store will sell themes for $1.87, pictures for $0.25-$0.75, Arcade games for $5-$15.
We finally hit the field with a playable copy of Madden 06. And we're not giving it back.
Hoops, a great ape, and even a Western--Microsoft covers most bases with its list of day-one Xbox 360 games. Fighting and role-playing titles are noticeably absent.
It was a good month for bad sales as the shadow of the hugely successful back half of 2004 once again looms over 2005.
Madden and NBA Live double-team console charts, Mario Baseball hits a triple, and PC gamers soak up the Nightlife.
[UPDATE] Company reports Q2 revenues of $675 million, profit of $51 million; tally is higher than most analysts expected.
Senior producer Jeremy Strauser talks about EA Sports' efforts with the venerable Madden franchise on the Xbox 360.
Sluggish GameCube sales cause 6.9 percent drop in earnings, but a weak yen causes company to stick to its profit forecast.
We get our first hands-on look at the next generation of NFL football.
Microsoft ID's eight of final 15 to 20 day-and-date launch games, says rest are in the "final stages of certification."
Publishing giant to bring playable launch lineup to X05, signs on to copublish Namco's Ridge Racer 6 in PAL territories.
Spreadsheet typo to blame as short-lived bug a resounding success among gamers; EA fix puts an end to fun and games.
Football game goes 4th and 4.3 inches on Sony's small screen; portable version features exclusive minigames, PS2 data transfer.
Console top 20 is sacked by Madden and bit by Nintendogs; Dungeon Siege II cracks PC top 10.
Web page for mobile Madden game features movies, screens; launch event planned in SF for September 21.
Hands-on demos of Xbox games hit 25 college campuses over two months of touring.
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