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Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has traditionally been known as the maker of the deepest sports games. But among the company's portfolio of football, basketball, hockey and soccer simulators, EA has also released a handful of arcade-style games that ushered in new eras of sports entertainment. From...

Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL) shares are higher this morning, gaining almost 7% on almost 100,000 shares. Benzinga readers were first alerted on Friday about the move in Majesco Entertainment shares. At last check, shares were up 21 cents to $3.28.

Shares of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) are higher on the session by 4.50%, trading at $4.84. Overall call volume is now running at 3.37x the daily average, with 89% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,350 contracts have traded on the session so far. THQ Inc. is a worldwide developer...

Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL) shares are skyrocketing today, gaining more than 17% on heavy volume. The company has traded over 3 million shares, which is more than five times its average daily volume. At last check, shares were up 42 cents to $2.79, a gain of 17.4%. Majesco...

Shares of Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) are higher on the session by 0.54%, currently trading at $7.48. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Shares of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: SNDA) are lower on the session by 3.75%, trading at $41.63. Overall put volume is now running at 3.00x the daily average, with 50% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,949 contracts have traded on the session so far....

Shares of Giant Interactive Group (NYSE: GA) are higher on the session by 0.27%, currently trading at $7.47. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today...

For years, sports game developers have slowly attempted to prove that it was possible to tell a story within the confines of a basketball, football, baseball, or hockey environment. Whether or not this trend started with Sony's (NYSE: SNE) “The Life” (a short-lived story mode that Sony designed for...

Sanmina-SCI Corporation (NASDAQ: SANM) dipped 16.94% to $11.13 in the pre-market session. SANM issued weaker-than-expected Q2 projections. THQ Inc (NASDAQ: THQI) fell 4.97% to $4.40 in the pre-market session. THQI sold 375,000 copies of its new video game, "Homefront" on the 1st day in North...

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that first day sales of Homefront approximated 375,000 units in North America. The game is scheduled to ship in Europe and Asia Pacific throughout this week.

Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) dipped 11.44% to $3.02 in the pre-market session. GLUU's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -104.96%. Star Scientific Inc (NASDAQ: CIGX) fell 10.92% to $3.10 in the pre-market session. The US Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the validity of two of CIGX's patents....

Cusick's Corner The market is down, but the total impact of Japan is far from over or able to be priced into the market. The market could look to establish a base right around the 1275 level on the S&Ps. What is known is that is volatility is on the move in both names related to Japan and the...

Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) dipped 4.40% to $3.26 in the pre-market session. GLUU's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -104.96%. NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) fell 4.01% to $26.36 in the pre-market session. NXPI's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -39.63%. Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) moved...

Below are the top mid-cap multimedia & graphic software stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) had $1.97 billion in total cash and no debt for the latest quarter. Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd (NASDAQ: SNDA) had $1.19 billion in total...

By Stephanie Taylor Christensen The high-tech gaming market used to be dominated by a few major players: Nintendo, Sony (SNE), and Microsoft (MSFT). Thanks to the uprise in smartphones (Nielsen estimates by the end of 2011, one in two Americans will have one), mobile gaming on a smartphone has...