Scariest Video Games

AP – THQ Inc. said Monday it slid to a fiscal first-quarter loss as revenue from video games fell and forecast a bigger than expected loss for the current period. Tweet
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AP – Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. slid in premarket trading Friday after the video game publisher reported second-quarter revenue and a third-quarter outlook below Wall Street’s expectations. Tweet
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AP – A weaker-than-expected outlook for the current quarter sent shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. lower in after-hours trading Thursday, though the video game publisher reaffirmed its outlook for the full year. Tweet
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AP – THE NUMBERS: EA’s first-quarter net income totaled $96 million, or 29 cents per share. That’s up from a loss of $234 million, or 72 cents per share, a year earlier. Net revenue rose to $815 million from $644 million. Tweet
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Investor’s Business Daily – The electronics giant swung to a Q1 operating profit of $766 mil, recovering from last year’s loss. The figure also beat views. Sony’s result was boosted by demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles. The stronger Japanese yen and increasing competition from Samsung and LG Electronics...
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AP – This summer has been so oppressive throughout most of the United States that even driving to the video-game store feels like an ordeal. Fortunately, you don’t have to leave home to experience some of the season’s most interesting games — you can download them directly to your console. Tweet
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Reuters – The “James Bond 007: Blood Stone” video game event in London this month had all the class and splash one would expect from the world’s most elegant spy. Tweet
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Reuters – Back in 1982, first-time director Steven Lisberger brought mainstream audiences into the world of videogames with the sci-fi thriller “TRON”, using early computer-generated imagery that paved the way for today’s 3D movie blockbusters. Tweet
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PC World – Tired of feeding your PS3 discs to access Netflix’s streaming video service? Of playing second fiddle to Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which offers the service fully integrated with Xbox LIVE, disc-free? Tweet
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PC World – Microsoft’s Kinect has an identity problem. The company won’t come right out and say it, but their newfangled “you are the controller” motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360 probably isn’t for gamers like me. It’s for gamers like you. That is, assuming you’re not really a gamer. Tweet
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