Bobby Kotick

Shares of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) ticked higher in after-hours trading despite a soft outlook for coming-year sales as it announced staff reductions. The company's earnings report was mixed, hitting estimates of $1.29 per share for the fourth...

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) hit a new 52-week high before reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings after the close on Thursday. Activision reported Q2 adjusted EPS of 43 cents, beating estimates by 13 cents. Sales came in at $1.63 billion, an increase of 4 percent year...

Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) President Satoru Iwata passed away last weekend from bile duct cancer. Numerous individuals, including Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime, have taken a moment to reflect on the life of one of the video game industry's most prominent...

Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) plans to spend $500 million on its newest franchise, Destiny. This budget includes any and all aspects of the game, from development and distribution to packaging and global promotions. When Activision announced its budget, no one knew how much of it would be spent on...

Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) could set a new industry record by teaming up with Bungie, the creator of the Halo franchise. Bungie is one of the most respected developers within the video game industry. The company was once owned by Microsoft, which used the Halo franchise to launch and promote the...

Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) is up more than seven percent in after hours trading after the company announced its fourth quarter results. The Call of Duty publisher reported a Q4 EPS of $0.79 versus the Street estimate of $0.73. Earnings per share were up one percent from the year-ago period....

Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) Call of Duty: Ghosts has provided the company with another billion dollars in revenue. This news came just before Activision announced its "better-than-expected" third-quarter results. The firm, which is best known for the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises -- and...

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the company behind Call of Duty, Skylanders and the ill-fated Guitar Hero franchise, is seeking independence from Vivendi (OTC: VIVHY). The company had hoped to buy back roughly 429 million shares -- worth $5.83 billion -- from Vivendi earlier this year....

Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console is off to a rocky start, selling only 3.19 million units since it was released last November. According to The New York Times, Nintendo expects that it will have sold no more than four million units through March -- nearly 30 percent less than the company's...

It might shock some readers, but 2012 is rapidly drawing to a close. With only a few weeks left in the year, it might be time to start looking ahead to 2013. It has been an interesting year for investors, a year which has been fairly kind to the bulls: the S&P 500 has rallied nearly eight...