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The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Seth Jayson |
eBay of the Elves A new computer game from Vivendi takes cues from the success of eBay.   |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Pizza of the Elves Online In-game food ordering may sound goofy, but it's just a glimpse of what's to come. There are plenty of ways that smaller players, like Electronic Arts, could capitalize on these trends and reward shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Dueling Fools: Electronic Arts Bull What's not to like about Electronic Arts? Sure, the video game industry tends to be cyclical, and investors sometimes get really down on publishers. However, we're now in the upswing of the console cycle. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Microsoft, Marvel Got Game Everybody wants to be a hero -- Microsoft and Marvel are banking on it with an online game deal for Xbox 360. What will it mean to investors? |
PC Magazine
June 28, 2005
David Murphy |
Virtual Currency For the over 800,000 subscribers to Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest II game, life in a virtual world follows a familiar pattern. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2005
Steven Mallas |
EA Comes Full Circle Electronic Arts readies its major brands for the Xbox 360. Shareholders will be monitoring first-week sales closely, hoping for a high penetration rate with the base of new users. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Steven Mallas |
The Price to Play Video games offer a great investment thesis, but for the businesses involved in them, the game is becoming increasingly expensive to play. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Stocks With Game Play to win ... and power up your portfolio. It's easy to underestimate the video game industry because of the stereotypes that surround it. But it's no longer a niche to be overlooked in favor of more "mainstream" entertainment like movies or television. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Xbox Drops Microsoft makes the first move in this price war. This is good news to anybody who's been waiting for a better price before buying, and it's likely welcome news to investors in video game stocks, too. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Activision Almost Blows It "Call of Duty Elite" sounds kind of cool -- so why are gamers so angry? |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You Can't Make Me Move, Sony Console makers want to get gamers on their feet, but this won't be a standing ovation. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mark Anderson |
The End of Gold Farming? Real-world laborers make real-world money in virtual worlds. But maybe not for long |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Mr. Softy's Extended Embarrassment Microsoft pays big bucks to fix Xbox 360 glitches. This goes far beyond a reddening of the corporate face. Microsoft stakeholders must endure a charge roughly valued between $1.05 billion and $1.15 billion. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Game's On at EA Investors gave Electronic Arts' third-quarter earnings report high scores. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Massive News From the Battle.net Front Microsoft's Massive in-game ad network really knows how to slay the competition when it comes to reaching diehard gamers. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Real Estate Is Still Booming Here Virtual real estate looks like a better investment than virtual games. |
Fast Company
October 19, 2011
Christina Chaey |
Social Gaming Summit Of the 62 million Americans who will log game time on a social network this year, some 10% will open their real-world wallets to buy virtual goods. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2011
Matthew Argersinger |
E3 2011: The Video Game Industry's Social Future Join our analysts as they get ready to visit this year's big video game convention. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
In Norrath, Tattoine and Rubi-ka, Just What Are Your Legal Rights? Even though virtual worlds are nothing more than code residing in banks of computers, what goes on in them poses challenges to our notions about the nature of property, the legal rights of players in virtual worlds and even the presumed boundary between the real and the imagined worlds. |
PC Magazine
September 14, 2005
David Murphy |
RYL: Path of the Emperor Boredom is the biggest challenge gamers face in this multiplayer on-line role-playing game. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Can the Xbox Boost Microsoft? Microsoft's new Xbox 360 hits goes on sale today, but the potential benefit to investors won't be immediate. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Tim Beyers |
How Did Facebook Do That? Virtual gifts -- those little $1 on-screen doo-dads you can give to your friends -- may be producing $34.5 million in annual revenue for the social-networking superstar. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Big Ape Bashes Microsoft Ubisoft makes a mistake on it newest Xbox 360 offering and Microsoft shares the blame. What will it mean to shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Family Values and an Xbox Christmas While rethinking the purchase of the game console at Christmas, the thought has one investor wondering if a slow selling season could spell a Microsoft stock buying opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Wide World of Warcraft If 4 million gamers can't be wrong, online multiplayer games are here to stay. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Online Games Are Here to Stay PC games are still selling OK, but the online-subscription model may be the wave of the future. Investors in video-gaming stocks can be confident that a lot of long-term value will ultimately arise from subscription fees and advertising revenues. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Kinects the Dots Kinect hits a million gamers. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Activision's 360 Degrees of Fun The company announces software for the new Xbox: Bill Gates certainly is pleased. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Date Xbox, Marry Wii, Kill PlayStation Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill). |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Loses the Game Xbox concedes the game to the visiting team by dropping its proprietary pro football, basketball, and hockey titles instead of trying to compete with Electronic Arts. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Seth Jayson |
AOL: Female Gamers Rule A study shows middle-aged women are online gaming champs. Game and gadget makers should take note to reap the financial rewards. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Microsoft's 360 Spin The Xbox 360 is just about here, and Mr. Softy is ramping up the hype. It's reasonable enough to assume that the console is behind the return of Microsoft's stock to the high end of its trading range. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Wrath of QuanQuan China's leading online game specialist Shanda looks to deliver some extra sizzle in the IM market. The online advertising and self-promotional features of controlling the gateway to virtual communication can be a wonderful thing. For investors, that's one virtual world worth looking into. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Microsoft Won't Card You Anymore To access Microsoft's Xbox Live network, players no longer have to use a credit card to set up an account. Prepaid Xbox Live cards are now available at retail locations. Hopefully, this will lead to solid profitability for the company's Home and Entertainment segment down the line. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Video Games: Diehards Die Hard, Again The video game industry kicks off 2010 on the wrong foot. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Ad-dicted to EA Electronic Arts plans to sell ad-supported games. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
David Kushner |
Playing Dirty Automating computer game play takes cheating to a new and profitable level. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Electronic Arts: Sluggish and Buggy Despite the lack of good news in Electronic Arts' first-quarter results, investors seemed to like what they heard. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Sony Makes the Cut The PlayStation 2 price cut comes to pass. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Anders Bylund |
IBM Moves Into the Virtual World Second Life and IBM just showed that the massive Second Life world can connect to IBM's OpenSim servers. This could be the beginning of open standards that would connect every conceivable virtual reality network to each other. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Unlikely Distributor GameStop steps up as an ironic seller and reseller of iOS gear. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Joseph Galante |
CrowdFlower's Virtual Pay for Digital Purchases Employment outfit CrowdFlower has a giant on-demand workforce that can choose to use fake compensation to buy fake offerings on social media sites. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
Out of This World Opportunities abound in online gaming. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2010
Jonathan Allen |
9 Reasons Why it Might Be Time For Marketers to Value Virtual Goods Convergence of web, mobile and TV may create stronger emotional connections between audiences. |
Reason
January 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Halo Health Fit, happy gamers |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Ashlee Vance |
Electronic Arts's Plan to Get Your Last Gaming Dollar EA's big bet on digital gaming, which has cost hundreds of millions in infrastructure costs, may finally be paying off. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Sony's PlayStation Schedule What comes next in the gaming console wars? |
Wired
April 2006
Chris Suellentrop |
Global Gaming Crackdown How governments from Beijing to the Beltway could shackle your freedom. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Activision's Act: Division The video game software specialist hits the pause button and takes another hit to its stock price. Is it time to buy?. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies An economist talks about how online games can blur the line between fantasy and reality. |
