Sports-entertainment company offers publisher until Dec. 31 to settle dispute with toy firm over joint wrestling-game venture; analysts believe THQ will strike indpendent deal. Today, the World Wrestling Entertainment extended a deadline for THQ and Jakks Pacific to agree on renewing their joint venture’s licensing dea…

Japanese publisher establishes new company to “maximize the IP value” of cross-media card-battling game; six-month revenues fall 23 percent to $1.7 billion. Sega Sammy’s finances have been hammered recently on a number of fronts, ranging from dwindling demand in the Japanese arcade market to currency valuat…

Gwen Stefani and co. claim Activision had no contractual right to allow group’s in-game avatars to be used to perform other artists’ songs. Activision’s decision to include the late Kurt Cobain as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5 was considered by some to be tasteless. However, the situation turned int…

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The SELL (French Trade union of the Entertainment Software Publishers) has published the latest console software sales figures: October 26th~November 1st, 2009 (Week 44-2009) #1: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PS3…

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu reports on the latest breaking business news and top stories in today’s Business Briefs. (Source: Bloomberg)

Capcom and Udon Entertainment spent years redrawing and re-balancing Super Street Fighter II Turbo for its HD Remix version. Later, Capcom announced and released a port of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 over the course of a few months, with filters on the original sprites. Guess which one sold better? “We have three titles that h…