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Video game sales are to movie box office as house sales are to pet adoptions by Company Town

In a culture that has become obsessed intrigued by movies' openings at the box office, it's no surprise that other products, particularly in the world of entertainment, want to compare their launches to those of the biggest films. There's...
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Electronic Arts shutting down Pandemic Studios in Westwood by Company Town

Electronic Arts' ongoing cutbacks are hitting L.A. hard, as the struggling video game publisher has decided to shutter its Westwood-based developer, Pandemic Studios. An EA spokesperson said that a "core team" from Pandemic will be integrated...
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Activision and video game industry aiming for huge Modern Warfare 2 launch by Company Town

Late Monday night in West Hollywood, two lines snaked down La Brea Avenue just south of Santa Monica Boulevard. One was outside Best Buy and the other GameStop. What was all the hubbub? The video game Call of Duty: Modern...
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Beatles not putting Viacom's Rock Band in the black by Company Town

It may be a long and winding road to profitability for The Beatles: Rock Band.On a conference call with analysts today, Viacom executives said that their Rock Band video game franchise, whose only new product last quarter was the Beatles...
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The Beatles: Rock Band debuts to solid but not stellar sales by Company Town

Apparently, love isn't all you need. The Beatles: Rock Band, Viacom Inc.'s highly anticipated and pricey video game based on the music of the biggest-selling rock band of all time, drew a healthy but hardly standing-room-only crowd. In September...
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New Batman video game a major hit, G.I. Joe game disappoints by Company Town

Warner Bros. may not have a new Batman movie this year, but the Caped Crusader is turning out to be the biggest thing in Hollywood-licensed video games. Batman: Arkham Asylum sold 593,000 units in August according to NPD Group, which...
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Universal scales back its video game ambitions by Company Town

Universal Pictures' hopes of becoming a major video game publisher have been put on hold in the face of a bad economy and a major flop. According to three people familiar with the studio's video game operations, it is no...
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Disney hires Halo studio founder, buys company, to beef up video game operation by Company Town

The Walt Disney Co. is continuing to bring in creative talent from the outside, hiring the co-founder of the company behind the hit video game series Halo as the new head of creative for its video game division. Along with...
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Viacom hoping the Beatles will change its money-losing ways in video games by Company Town

After spending over $325 million, Viacom is ready to start making money on video games. That's exactly what the conglomerate will start doing, executives say, with this fall's The Beatles: Rock Band, a pricey and high profile new addition to....
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Sony repositioning PlayStation 3 as all-in-one entertainment device by Company Town

Nearly three years after the device launched and quickly fell behind its two major competitors, Sony is attempting to reposition its Playstation 3 video game console as an all-in-one entertainment device. The Japanese electronics giant is launching a...
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Halo project dead, Peter Jackson's working on original video games by Company Town

Hey Master Chief, don't call us, we'll call you. Filmmaker Peter Jackson's plan to create an interactive, episodic series based on Microsoft's Halo video game franchise has fallen victim to budget cuts and the director's busy schedule...
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Video game publishers Microsoft, Ubisoft invading Hollywood's turf by Company Town

For decades, Hollywood's relationship with video games has come down to one word: licensing. Game publishers have been licensing and adapting movies all the way back to 1984's "E.T.", while studios started doing the opposite with 1993's...
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Ghostbusters traps more players than games based on new summer movies by Company Town

Gamers have spoken. The hottest summer movie is ... "Ghostbusters"? Atari's new video game based on the '80s film series sold 440,000 units in its first 2 1/2 weeks on sale in the U.S., according to June data from market...
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Breaking news becomes video games for Nickelodeon's AddictingGames by Company Town

Nickelodeon is best known for "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "iCarly," but the kids' cable network is doing something very different on the Web: video games based on breaking news events. These so-called "news games" have...
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Warner Bros. is only bidder for Midway Games by Company Town

Can Warner Bros. find gold in Sumner Redstone's mud? As The Times' tech blog reports, the studio has emerged as the sole bidder for Midway Games, all but guaranteeing its $33 million offer for the bankrupt publisher of titles including...
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