NEW YORK-- Shares of GameStop Corp. soared Tuesday as video game companies from Sony Corp. to Electronic Arts Inc. revealed new details about upcoming games and consoles at the E3 conference in Los Angeles.
June 11- When Walt Disney Co introduced its latest video game, Infinity, to the gaming faithful this week at the annual E3 gaming conference, it rented a Los Angeles movie theater to show 30- minute clips of upcoming films and hosted a party with the glitz it usually reserves for its blockbuster movie wannabes.
*Microsoft, Sony facing competition from mobile device gaming. LOS ANGELES, June 10- Sony Corp on Monday priced its latest PlayStation 4 console $100 lower than the new Xbox One by rival Microsoft Corp as competition for gamers' pockets intensifies ahead of the year-end holidays and gift-giving season.
LOS ANGELES, June 10- Microsoft Corp said on Monday its new Xbox One console would launch in November at $499 in the United States, higher than most gamers had expected. Microsoft announced the Xbox One in May as the latest move in its rivalry with Nintendo Co Ltd and Sony Corp in the $65 billion a year video game business.
This marquee event for the video game sector, running from June 11 to 13, comes as the industry tries to cope with the rapid growth of online and mobile gaming and prepares for the launch of next-generation consoles from Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp. Here is a look at the industry and its major players.
Lincoln Chafee's office has investigated whether Rhode Island could refinance or reduce the debt it owes for its failed investment in Curt Schilling's video game company but remains convinced the state's best option is to pay up.
The world's second-wealthiest man explains to CNBC why workers in Europe and other parts of the developed world are at the "best" part of their career after they reach their 60s.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 AM ETViolent protests broke out in eight Brazilian cities last night, with the worst violence occurring in Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of protesters threw Molotov cocktails and anything else they could find. The protests began over a 10-cent increase in bus and subway fares.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 11:05 AM ETFBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce describes how NSA surveillance helped to detect and thwart a plot to bomb the NYSE.