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Activision’s ‘Black Ops 3’ comes out with guns blazing

Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) military shooter game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” has blasted its way into the history books. Activision announced Wednesday that the latest game in its hugely popular “Call of Duty” franchise racked up more than $550 million sold through to consumers worldwide in its first three days of release. That makes it the biggest entertainment launch of the year in any medium, topping even the blockbuster movie “Jurassic

E-Sports: America’s Next Favorite Pastime?

Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) BlizzCon drew in 25,000 attendees to Anaheim, many of them there to watch the StarCraft II global finals between South Korean pro-gamers SOS and Life. Competitive gaming gets its fair share of criticism, but the industry is expected to reach almost $2 billion by 2018, according to SuperData Research, making it an incredibly attractive market for brands and advertisers. Amazon (AMZN) is in on the action, having acquired

Netease Is IBD 50 Stock To Watch As Gaming Peers Warn

NetEase (NTES) will headline a quiet week of earnings for IBD 50 stocks as the Chinese leader in online gaming follows several eventful days in the gaming sector. NetEase is a leader in multiplayer games including its popular “Westward Journey Online” franchise and the blockbuster “World of Warcraft,” under license from Activision Blizzard (ATVI). When Netease reports Wednesday, analysts expect the IBD 50 stock’s third-quarter EPS to rise 24% to