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3 ETFs For Investors To Watch In February: Value Stocks, Video Games And Semiconductors
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 - 8:20pm | 725Read More...A new month is here and with it comes events and news items that can drive the direction of stocks and certain sectors. Here’s a look at some ETFs that should be on investors’ radars for the month of February. Roundhill BITKRAFT Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF (NYSE: NERD...
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Sony Strikes Back In Gaming Wars With Acquisition Of Former Microsoft Game Developer Bungie
Monday, January 31, 2022 - 4:56pm | 631Read More...Sony Group Corp (NYSE: SONY) subsidiary Sony Interactive Entertainment on Monday announced plans to acquire independent video game developer Bungie for $3.6 billion. What To Know: Sony aims to gain access to Bungie’s approach to live game services and...
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Nasty Reviews Unlikely To Hurt Activision's 'Destiny'
Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 4:26pm | 855Read More...Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced Wednesday that "Destiny" set a new record after having the "most successful new video game franchise launch" of all time. The publisher -- which is famous for the "Call of Duty" franchise -- secured the "...
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Activision's $58 Million TV Promo Budget Could Double In 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 12:25pm | 502Read More...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...
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Bungie Looks Like The Pixar Of Game Development
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:17am | 552Read More...Is Bungie, the creator of the Halo franchise, on par with Pixar? The two companies may not appear to be related, but they are similar in a handful of ways. Both studios have produced a billion-dollar franchise (Pixar's Toy Story and Bungie's Halo). Both studios were once owned by massive...
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Will Destiny Be The Biggest Game Launch In History?
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 4:54pm | 538Read More...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...
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Why Is Activision Spending $500 Million On One Game?
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 12:32pm | 591Read More...Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) is planning to spend a colossal amount of money on just one video game. According to Reuters, the company -- which is famous for producing the Call of Duty franchise -- could spend as much as $500 million on Destiny. Set for release on September 9, 2014, Destiny is...
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Four Ways Apple Could Spend $80 Billion
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 5:17pm | 1540Read More...With nearly $80 billion in cash, the Mac maker has plenty of spending money. But how should it be used? Around the offices at Benzinga, some have said (perhaps jokingly) that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should attempt to cure cancer to keep Steve Jobs alive. Obviously that's not going to happen. I don't...








