video games

Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) announced second-quarter financial results after market close Wednesday. Here are the key highlights. What Happened: GameStop reported second-quarter net sales of $1.16 billion, which were up 2.5% year-over-year. The net sales from the company...

Video game retailer GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) will report second-quarter financial results after market close Wednesday, Sept. 6. Here are the key earnings estimates, what analysts are expecting and the important factors to keep an eye on. Earnings Estimates: Analysts expect GameStop to report...

The 2023 National Football League is less than two weeks away and fans of the popular sport will be able to watch regular season matchups beginning Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, with the Detroit Lions taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. A popular NFL video game was used to simulate the season to come up...

Over the years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been known for his love of video games, something he often tweets about. At the age of 12, Musk sold a video game company he created for $500, which might be why he loves video games so much. After tweeting many times about popular game Elden Ring in 2022,...

Since 2016, gamers have been trying to “Catch ‘Em All” on the mobile game “Pokemon Go.” The popular game is one of many ways the Pokemon brand has expanded throughout its 25+ year history of video games, consumer products, trading cards and more. Here’s a look at...

One of the most popular video games in recent years is being turned into an animated series. The game Among Us surged in popularity in 2020, even leading to its inclusion in a popular streaming movie. What Happened: Released in 2018, Among Us saw its popularity increase during the COVID-...

One of the world’s most well-known CEOs, Elon Reeve Musk was born June 28, 1971, in South Africa and is celebrating his 52nd birthday in 2023. Known for his use of memes on social media, including mentions of popular jokes involving 69 and 4/20, it might come as a surprise that with...

A tourist sub set to take passengers to the wreckage of the Titanic in the deep ocean is missing. Here are the details on what we know as of Tuesday morning. What Happened: The Titanic sailed from England to New York in 1912 on its maiden voyage. The boat sank at the hands of an iceberg and its...

Meme stock mania is certainly not the same it was a year ago. On the same day GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) reported its revenue contracted and its loss narrowed YoY in its fiscal first quarter, shares have plummeted more than 20% in extended trading after the gaming company...

Roblox's (NASDAQ: RBLX) Q1 report echoes Electronic Arts's (NASDAQ: EA) news and suggests building strength in gaming stocks. The Q1 results are mixed but come with better-than-expected bookings, which points to above-consensus results in the coming quarters. Assuming that strength carries...

A video game platform that allows consumers to play popular games like “Counter Strike: Global Offensive,” “Dota 2,” “Apex Legends,” “Destiny 2” and “Grand Theft Auto V” has a new use case, and it involves the ongoing war between Russia...

Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) made lots of headlines Wednesday with shares falling in response to an announcement that its pending acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was being blocked by regulators in the United Kingdom. As shares sold off Wednesday,...

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk turned down a $500,000 buyout for a skateboarding video game in the late 1990s. The game ended up generating more than $1 billion in sales and the pro skateboarder raked in royalties for 16 years.  Letting It Ride: Activision, now Activision...

A movie based on one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time has turned in record-breaking results at the box office and may act as a current and future catalyst for its parent company. Here’s the latest. What Happened: The recently released “Super Mario Bros. Movie”...

One of the most watched and awarded streaming series kicked off its third season in March. Here’s a look at how many people may have watched “Ted Lasso” and how the show has become a smash hit for Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). What Happened: The third season of “Ted Lasso...