Video game giant Activision Blizzard will start laying off employees at its Irvine and Santa Monica locations next month as parent company Microsoft Corp. looks to cut costs in its gaming division.

“It’s time to go to war.” That’s how Mark Jacobs opened a recent meeting with analysts at Electronic Arts as he talked about his new online game, “Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.” Jacobs started ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It is the end of an era for game developer Vicarious Visions. The Albany, New York-based studio, best known for its work on the Tony Hawk and Guitar ...

The blocking of Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. by U.K. regulators has thrown cold water on any potential large deals in the videogame space, prompting one analyst to ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. World of Warcraft subscription numbers have long been shrouded in mystery, but thanks to a recent Blizzard GDC talk and some clever number-crunching ...

Electronic Arts is eager to prove it can beat Activision Blizzard in the first-person shooter business, which has become one of the most competitive markets in all of video games with a punishing ...