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The 11 video game companies struck by SAG-AFTRA have launched a website – sagaftravideogames.com – to give their side of the actors' strike, which is now entering its second week. "This is a strike that did not have to happen," the site says. "SAG-AFTRA never communicated to its membership what was on the table when…

SAG-AFTRA said tonight that it "remains committed" to a negotiated settlement of the four-day-old actors strike against the video game industry but insists that the companies must take its demand for residuals – or "secondary payments" – seriously. "The union remains committed to reaching an equitable solution while…

On the first day of the actors' strike against the video game industry, the companies' chief negotiator is calling on the leadership of SAG-AFTRA to put their final contract proposal to a vote of the union's members "rather than continue to strike over terminology." Dissatisfaction among actors working in the gaming…

Unable to get video game producers to meet their demands at the bargaining table – and unwilling to carry through with their threat to call a strike – SAG-AFTRA instead has "promulgated" a new low-budget contract and is hoping that some video game producers will sign it. Few are expected to, however. The union's old…

You almost never hear anyone talk about a disappointment in a discussion of the revival of the Star Wars franchise. But retailer GameStop did today, telling analysts that there’s been no sign of the Force behind sales of Electronic Arts’ video game Star Wars Battlefront, which was released on November 17. “We had high…

Now that Activision Blizzard has announced its plan to launch a movie and TV studio, Hollywood might want to pay more attention to its hits — including today’s news regarding Call Of Duty: Black Ops III. In its first three days, the tentpole title generated $550 million in worldwide sales, the company says. That makes…

Hollywood already generates a lot of movies and TV shows based on video games. Now one of the biggest companies in the field will become more directly involved: Activision Blizzard just unveiled its own operation — Activision Blizzard Studios — that will develop films and TV shows based on its hit games including Call…

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s new president won’t need an introduction to the business. The company promoted David Haddad, who in January was named WBIE’s EVP and GM. He joined the company as SVP Digital Publishing in 2013. In his 25 years in online, entertainment, and games he was COO of…

Welcoming the giant E3 video game conference back to Los Angeles today, Mayor Eric Garcetti said it may make sense to include the booming game industry in production incentives designed to get and keep film and television production in the state. “There’s a collision of content in Los Angeles,” said Garcetti, who has…

Shares of online game company Zynga dropped almost 15 percent today before recovering modestly after its CEO was less than enthusiastic, or clear, about the company’s revenues and long-term outlook, and news surfaced of three more executive departures. The company ended the day down 33 cents, or just over 10 percent…

Tuesday’s debut of the much-anticipated video game Titanfall likely will be a pivotal early moment for Microsoft’s newest console, the Xbox One, which has struggled to keep up with Sony’s cheaper PlayStation 4 since both launched in November. Almost four months in, Sony has sold 6 million PS4s, compared to 4 million…

It probably is following the last year’s long-awaited introduction of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles — and growing interest in downloaded games — researchers at The NPD Group conclude in a new report on 2013 Games Market Dynamics: U.S. The firm says that total spending on video game content increased 1% to…