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Candy Crush Maker’s Profits Swelled 7,000 Percent on Game’s Success
King Digital Entertainment’s stunning growth was revealed in the company’s IPO filing Tuesday
Nintendo Boss: I’m Sorry, Let Me Halve My Salary
Act of atonement follows tumble in profits
3 Ways Nintendo Can Save Mario From Certain Death
And three it should absolutely avoid
Nintendo Stock Tumbles After Grim Sales Forecast
Wii U likely to sell less than a third of estimates, company admits
Nintendo Chief: ‘We Failed’
The storied video game maker is reconsidering its focus on hardware as gaming goes mobile
Sony’s Plan to Squash Game Retailers Is a Longshot—For Now
PlayStation Now, Sony’s just announced video game streaming service, is a bold move in game distribution. Instead of forcing people to buy bulky consoles and wait in line for the next Grand Theft Auto, Sony wants to beam games
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New App Lets You ‘Assassinate’ People in Real Life
Want to play James Bond at your house, in your office, or on the subway? Now there’s an app for that too.
Startup The Dustcloud has developed a new spy game of the same name that allows players to turn any location into a
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This Year, Black Friday Basically Starts a Week Early—If Not Sooner
The truth is that this year, Black Friday deals launch much earlier than Black Friday, or even Thanksgiving.
Are You Addicted to Candy Crush? Take Our Quiz and Find Out
See where you rank on our Candy Crush Obsession Scale. After all, it might not be a question of whether you’re hooked, but exactly how distracted you’ve become by this little game since its debut a year ago. (Disclaimer: this is …
The Hottest Holiday Toy Is Not What You Think
Last year, there was no standout must-have holiday toy—no equivalent to the Tickle Me Elmo or the Cabbage Patch doll. For 2013, it doesn’t look like there will be a mad rush to buy any particular toy either. Are the days of the …
‘Call of Duty Ghosts’ Breaks $1B In First-Day Retail Sales
Correction appended
Sales of the latest Call of Duty video game surpassed $1 billion in sales to retailers during its first day in stores, video game-maker Activision Blizzard said Wednesday.
Call of Duty: Ghosts, the military-themed shooter video game released on Tuesday, is the 10th installment in the decade-old …