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Reuters – Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) posted better-than-expected results on Wednesday, fueled by its hit holiday release “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” and shares rallied as the company said it would start paying an annual dividend. Activision’s stock rose 4.5 percent in after-hours trading. The world’s largest standalone game publisher by market value...
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Reuters – Consolidation among online gaming firms is set to spark into life in 2010 with a possible deal between PartyGaming and Austria’s bwin seen as the potential catalyst for a wave of takeover activity. “I think 2010 is going to be the determining year,” said one senior executive of an online gaming group...
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Reuters – General Motors Co, battling for survival for much of the past year, has cut loose designers to sketch out a vision of the ultimate youth car of the future — a virtual one-wheeled wonder that would match wits with its driver. Tweet
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Reuters – Electronic Arts Inc sees a future where its online and mobile games are as critical as “Madden NFL” and other console games as the company focuses on building core franchises and winnows its number of titles, said Chief Executive John Riccitiello. Tweet
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Reuters – Keith Arem, the talent director of the record-breaking Activision Blizzard video game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” will make his feature directing debut with the action thriller “Frost Road.” Tweet
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Reuters – Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its “Call of Duty” video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales. Tweet
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Reuters – In hit TV crime drama show “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes. Tweet
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Reuters – The critically maligned Vince Vaughn comedy “Couples Retreat” easily took the top spot at the weekend box office in North America on Sunday, helped by the absence of any other new releases. Tweet
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