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Mattel Inc. (MAT) recently inked a licensing agreement with THQ Inc. (THQI) to develop video games based on its top brands including Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. The companies are targeting to release the new games by the next holiday season...

Mattel Inc. (MAT) recently inked a licensing agreement with THQ Inc. (THQI) to develop video games based on its top brands including Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. The companies are targeting to release the new games by the next holiday season...

Opexa Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: OPXA) shares surged 79.49% to $2.80 by 10:05 am. OPXA reported that its has successfully completed two separate meetings with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its multiple sclerosis pill study path. Qiao Xing Universal Resources Inc (NASDAQ: XING)...

Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) rose 12.17% to $2.49 in the pre-market session. GLUU reported a strategic partnership with NVIDIA at CES 2010. Microvision Inc (NASDAQ: MVIS) added 2.33% to $2.20 in the pre-market session. MVIS shares have dipped 36.20% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500...

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) will open the vast toy chest of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), to develop and publish video games under a new, multi-year alliance that both companies announced today.

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies raised his price target on shares of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) to $14 from $13. Sozzi has a Buy rating on shares. In the research report, Sozzi writes, "We are reiterating our Buy recommendation on Take-Two Interactive (TTWO). The...

It's time to talk about the spread with three names and two personalities. Calendar spreads, a strategy constructed with a short shorter-term option and a long longer-term option with the same strike price (and the same underlying, both calls or puts), are also referred to as time spreads....

Piper Jaffray expects video game publishers and retailers will report material upside to December quarter sales and earnings relative to consensus. “Management teams took advantage of modest investor expectations and provided exceptionally low guidance for the holiday quarter, in our opinion,”...

EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced an agreement with Valve to distribute Portal 2 in retail channels.

A federal judge certified a national class-action lawsuit against Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) based on allegations that video game consumers overpaid for popular sports titles including Madden NFL. The decision, ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker on December 21, 2010,...

Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) rose 5.97% to $12.96 in the pre-market session. ATVI is seeking damages worth $400 million from Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) in a complaint filed with California Superior Court associated to its "Call of Duty" video game franchise. Arena Pharmaceuticals...

James Altucher has written an article on Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA), and has called it the cheapest stock in China, based off financial metrics. Altucher is long GA and gives reasons why he thinks it's a double from here, and why he is long the stock. Altucher notes that the company has $860...

Shares of Giant Interactive Group Inc (NYSE: GA) just started popping, up almost 8% on heavy volume. There is no news on the stock, but the volume is coming in very heavy. It's traded more than 400,000 shares already, more than 130% of its daily average volume. Giant Interactive Group, Inc....