Entries in 'q4' (39)

Dark Void joins the 2010 club

Dark Void joins the 2010 club

For year’s retailers have been begging publishers to stop flooding the market at Q4 and instead spread their releases across the whole year – but at this rate, retail is ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 31st 2009 at 11:23AM in News
Xbox sales up year-on-year

Xbox sales up year-on-year

Whilst the overall picture for Microsoft is yet again one of declining revenues and income, its Entertainment & Devices Division – which houses its Xbox operations – has reported its ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 24th 2009 at 10:46AM in News
US: Record results for GameStop

US: Record results for GameStop

The games industry continues to demonstrate its resilience to the tough global economic climate with news that North American based games retailer GameStop enjoyed its eighth straight year of growth ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 26th 2009 at 4:21PM in News
Funcom CFO steps down after Q4 loss

Funcom CFO steps down after Q4 loss

Funcom’s chief financial officer Olav Sandnes has stood down from his position at the MMO to take up a role in a different sector publisher following the firm’s confirmation of ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 23rd 2009 at 4:06PM in News

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Q4 2008 PC hardware sales show annual rises

Q4 2008 PC hardware sales show annual rises

UK PC sales in the fourth quarter continued to grow at a rapid pace, despite a rising dollar, on-going recession and stalling shipments worldwide.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 16th 2009 at 2:25PM in News
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 confirmed

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 confirmed

Speaking in last night's company earnings call, Activison president Mike Griffith confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for a Q4 2009 release.

Will Freeman
by Will Freeman
on Feb 12th 2009 at 11:49AM in News
Activision Blizzard: Wii to sell 16m in 2009

Activision Blizzard: Wii to sell 16m in 2009

Activision president Mike Griffith has predicted that in the next year 16 million Wiis will be sold over 2009, forecasting healthy sales increases for all the remaining leading formats.

Will Freeman
by Will Freeman
on Feb 12th 2009 at 11:44AM in News
Disney Interactive sees losses despite revenue hike

Disney Interactive sees losses despite revenue hike

Disney Interactive Media has reported a 13 per cent increase in revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2008, but has nonetheless suffered a loss for period.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 4th 2009 at 2:45PM in News

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1,000 jobs to go at Nokia

1,000 jobs to go at Nokia

Finnish mobile phone company Nokia has announced that 1,000 people are to lose their jobs following a drop in net income of 69 per cent to €576m for the quarter ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2009 at 4:26PM in News
eBay suffers steep Q4 income drop

eBay suffers steep Q4 income drop

Internet auction giant eBay has revealed that revenues for Q4 2008 were down seven per cent on the same period in 2007, reaching $2.04bn – far lower than analysts had ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2009 at 2:07PM in News
EA warns of poor Q4 results

EA warns of poor Q4 results

Leading publisher EA has confirmed that disappointing sales of its key software titles means it expects both its net revenue and earnings for the current Q4 period to be below ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 10th 2008 at 10:03AM in News
UK heading towards ‘biggest ever Q4’

UK heading towards ‘biggest ever Q4’

GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that this year’s Christmas period will push the UK industry to its biggest Q4 ever in terms of both unit sales and value.

by Tim Ingham
on Nov 14th 2008 at 10:13AM in News

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EA and Activision dominate Q3 and Q4

EA and Activision dominate Q3 and Q4

As part of its new report on what’s in store for the games industry for the remainder of the year, analyst firm Screen Digest has claimed that global publishing giants ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 27th 2008 at 10:52AM in News
Pivotal Q4 ahead for 'new' Midway, says CEO

Pivotal Q4 ahead for 'new' Midway, says CEO

Midway’s mission to become a true blockbuster publisher is to come good this Q4 as the firm starts to unleash its biggest next-gen properties, says CEO David Zucker.

The US ...
by Tim Ingham
on Aug 31st 2007 at 2:28PM in News