Disney game division loses $54 million
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House of Mouse's Interactive sector the only division to lose money in latest quarter.
Disney's game division was the company's only unprofitable business during the media giant's latest quarter.
The company reported earnings for its second quarter ended March 30 this week, revealing its Interactive business posted a loss of $54. This is $16 million better than last year's $70 million hit.
Improved performance in the Interactive division was attributed to revenues rising 8 percent to $194 million due to growth in Disney's Japanese mobile business and lower accounting expenses at its social game studios.
Looking ahead, Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo said Interactive expects to see a comparable operating loss in the current quarter due to the from Q3 (April-June) to Q4 (July-September).
Earlier this week, Disney and Electronic Arts signed a that will see EA become the exclusive developer of "core" Star Wars games. New projects are already in development at Battlefield studio DICE and Dead Space outfit Visceral Games.
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| News: John Carpenter would love to make a Dead Space film
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Also admits to stupidly buying Aliens: Colonial Marines.
"You know it's great," Carpenter told Game Informer in relation to the Dead Space franchise. "The first game was more - I guess it was like Alien - but not quite. It was a little different than that.
"I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something's on board. It's just great stuff.
"I would love to make Dead Space [into a film], I'll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made."
The future of Dead Space remains uncertain after...
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| News: Dead Space 3 sales not what EA wanted
Added: 08.05.2013 10:10 | 5 views | 0 comments
Crysis 3 also came in below expectations.
In a brief statement on the game and Crysis 3, chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said: "Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3 came in below our forecast."
EA made no further mention of either franchise during the call.
VideoGamer.com Analysis
The future of the Dead Space franchise remains uncertain. Back in March VideoGamer.com learned that EA had canned the series, although a publisher statement claimed Dead Space remained "an important IP to EA".
Developer Visceral has also been confirmed as a studio working on the recently acquired Star War license,...
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| EA Addresses Troubled SimCity Launch
Added: 08.05.2013 1:20 | 14 views | 0 comments
EA reports “solid results” for Star Wars: The Old Republic and SimCity, while Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 come in “below forecast.”
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| EA Addresses Troubled SimCity Launch
Added: 08.05.2013 1:20 | 4 views | 0 comments
EA reports “solid results” for Star Wars: The Old Republic and SimCity, while Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 come in “below forecast.”
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