Topic: Video Games

The already hostile takeover fight for New Frontier Media, the publicly traded owner of nine adult-themed pay-per-view networks, has expanded to include a pair of Hollywood power players – one of whom is also a former video game executive.

Television used to be a fairly straightforward, one-way experience. Now technology is becoming more interactive and even making the viewer the remote.

He’s not a household name like Gates, Jobs, or Zuckerberg. His face isn’t known to millions. But during his remarkable 20-year career, no one has done more to change the way we communicate.

The company behind the Angry Birds mobile gaming sensation is on the hunt for further acquisitions as it attempts to turn the business into a global media giant, its chief executive told CNBC in an interview.

Detroit Lions wide receiver "Megatron" Calvin Johnson has been selected to appear on the cover of Madden NFL `13, the popular video game, in a vote by fans.

Popular brands don’t always stay popular, but some that fall out of favor return to the marketplace in better positions than they held before being written off. See the brands that defied conventional wisdom and came back after everyone counted them out.

The success of the 3-D movie “Avatar” and the popularity of super-realistic video games are bringing virtual reality and its cousin, augmented reality, to the entertainment forefront.

If you’re a professional athlete, injuries are almost guaranteed. However, sometimes the off-field injuries are so bizarre they become noteworthy.

U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.

The videogame maker reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectations, and raised its dividend.

The videogame maker reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectation on Wednesday, but its outlook fell short. Shares fell.

Shares in Japanese game maker Nintendo tumbled nearly 8 percent to an eight-year low on Friday after it reported a sharp drop in quarterly earnings and forecast its first ever full-year operating loss, with its game business hit by competing gadgets such as Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> iPhone. 

Nintendo posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone. 

The market for handheld devices may be getting squeezed by competition from mobile gaming platforms like smartphones and tablet PCs, but research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) is predicting further growth for the sector and expects revenues to jump as much as 20 percent this year, after single-digit percentage growth in 2011.

While the videogame industry courts its share of controversy, you might expect sports games to generally avoid ruffling feathers. Here are some polarizing and odd moments of the industry's most popular sport.