Video Game Business

SEPT. 9, 2010 • Since its launch on July 27 Need For Speed World attracted 1 million registered players. The racing MMO was initially free-to-play up to level 10, at which point advancement in [...]

SEPT. 8, 2010 • Amazon.com hired away Microsoft’s director of game platform strategy, Andre Vrignaud. Vrignaud had been with Microsoft since 2002, and has been an instrumental participant [...]

AUG. 31, 2010 • Interplay Ent. Corp. is showing more signs of life. In addition to development of its Fallout MMO, the firm has announced a new sub-brand label called Interplay Discovery to [...]

AUG. 26, 2010 • Despite game publishers intent on discouraging purchasers of used titles by charging for DLC, Best Buy Stores took its online game trade-in program to 600 retail locations. The [...]

AUG. 26, 2010 • DFC Intelligence just released the new report, The Market for English Language Client Based F2P Games. In that report we forecast that, on the PC platform, this market will reach [...]