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Video game giant Electronic Arts said today that it expects its quarterly and fiscal year revenues and earnings to be below its previous financial guidance.

Discusses how X-Box Live has been transitioning from merely a subscription gaming service to a media portal that can access many different forms of entertainment.

Ubisoft recently detailed the specifics of their new DRM scheme, which requires a constant internet connection to merely be able to play the games.

Electronic Arts will be moving away from distributing externally-developed games to focus more on its internal titles, which can generate higher margins, the company said Monday, and it plans to keep its headcount steady through its upcoming fiscal year.

Jack Tretton, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, discusses how Sony is reorganizing, the motion-control competition with Microsoft, and how Sony ignored naysayers and found gaming success.

EA's current strategy to bundle codes for free downloadable content with new copies of its games has been dubbed "project ten dollar" and put by some critics on the list of Very Bad Things That Will Hurt Consumers.

All-Star Racing won't be the last non-Rare game in which creations will appear, studio tells CVG.

Great stats on media industries (TV, phones, internet, video games)

With manufacturers rolling out 3-D television sets, the promise of videogames that transport players into deeply immersive 3-D worlds is inching closer to reality.

Erik Estavillo, the litigious gamer who has gone after Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and Activision Blizzard (among others), has turned his sights on the gaming press.

Super Bowl advertisers are using social media like Facebook and Twitter to build hype for their advertisements (not necessarily the game itself, although a larger audience for the game would also mean a larger audience for the commercials during the game).

COO John Schappert says digital revenue will still be tied to shiny discs for years to come, expresses regret that Modern Warfare 2 developers will be spending time making court cases instead of games.

I love Steam. How could I not? Browsing Steam for games often feels like browsing a buffet full of my favorite dishes, all made especially for me and ready to eat at a moment's notice.

A Rhode Island Bill that proposes fines and possible jail time for retail employees that sell Mature(M) or Adults Only (AO) rated games to underage consumers has drawn backing from the Parents Television Council (PTC).

As part of her Let's Move campaign to end childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama is on the hunt for games that encourage kids to be more physically active and to make better choices about what they eat.

Video games are becoming more like movies every day, so it's not surprising to see publishers facing the same kinds of idea theft lawsuits that frequently irritate Hollywood.

The "OFFICIAL Zoo World PLAYERS UNION" is an unofficial group according to RockYou, yet it appears true that Jason McDonald has been meeting with RockYou execs on behalf of players to negotiate changes.