Michael Hickey

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is bringing back "Guitar Hero," a franchise that once earned $2 billion in a single year. The new game, "Guitar Hero Live," is scheduled for release this fall. The game will go head-to-head with a new chapter in the "Rock Band...

Not all critics are sold on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s first smartwatch, but analysts, experts and fintech entrepreneurs are convinced the device will still be a massive success. Here's why: 1. Notifications Could Do A Lot For Investors "I think notifications are really the backbone of the...

Virtual reality continues to pick up steam – especially now that Valve, the creator of the online game service Steam, has entered the fray. Benchmark analyst Michael Hickey thinks these companies could collectively bring about a revolution in entertainment consumption. "We're...

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced this week that it will close Maxis Emeryville, the creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims." EA purchased the company more than a decade ago and gained control of one of the biggest PC franchises of all time. Well it was a fun 12...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) enjoyed a nice sales boost during June quarter, moving 510,000 units of its latest console. During the year-ago period, Nintendo sold just 160,000 units. Despite the gains, Nintendo has only sold a total of 6.68 million Wii U units since the console was released in...

Benchmark analyst Michael Hickey recently predicted that digital downloads could replace physical game discs within the next five years. That may be good news for publishers that want to sell directly to consumers, but it could be the beginning of the end for GameStop (NYSE: GME). Could new...

GameStop (NYSE: GME) is one of the few specialty retailers that has been able to weather the dot-com storm. It is also the only publicly traded, billion-dollar retailer (with physical stores) that was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded in 1994 as well, but big-box retailers -- online or...

Ubisoft's (OTC: UBSFY) newest game is off to a great start, but can it top the studio's biggest franchise, Assassin's Creed? According to VGChartz, Watch Dogs has been pre-ordered more than 800,000 times across all platforms (PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC) in the United States. Ubisoft...