A chart that takes a look at the earnings of digital CEOs includes Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick and EA’s John Riccitiello. So how much are these guys worth? Read more...

Microsoft's new "Deal of the Week" program for paying members of Xbox Live, won't replace deals for non-paying members, the company told MTV Multiplayer. Read more...

Blizzard doesn't itemize "World of Warcraft," but free-to-play MMO "Perfect World International," a game that's grown to over a million users in North America alone since its open beta last September, had players willing to pay the price of a full retail game for an extremely rare mount. Read more...

NPD Group numbers are in for January 2009, and while the overall narrative remains the same -- Nintendo leading the charge, with "Wii Fit" selling 777,000 copies -- there were signs of growth for everyone, as the industry saw 1.33 billion in sales, up from 1.18 billion in 2008. Read more...

Defying industry trends, "Guitar Hero" publisher Activision Blizzard reported a 20% revenue increase in 2008 during an earnings call this afternoon, and reported zero debt and 3.1 billion dollars in cash at year-end, quite contrary to what we've seen from other publishers like THQ and Electronic Arts.

"We enter 2009 with the finest product slate in our company's history," said Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick in a press release about the earnings results, "and an organization properly sized and resourced to compete alongside the many new entrants and existing competitors in our industry. During the year, we will continue to employ our proven strategies that have worked so well for us over the last decade."

The "Final Fantasy" publisher is in hot water today, reports Bloomberg, after Square Enix stock fell 11% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the lowest for Square Enix in five years, after delaying a report on its earnings results by a week. Read more...

Change is coming to THQ, according to comments by CEO Brian Farrell during an investor call about the publisher's year-end financial results; in addition to cutting hundreds of employees and reducing its studio count, Farrell said THQ would be reducing the number of hardcore games it creates. Read more...

It's not the happiest of days for the PlayStation brand, as Sony reported its third quarter sales this morning and declared a sales decline across their entire hardware line -- PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP -- while Nintendo continued to see profits due to the ongoing worldwide success of Wii and DS. Read more...

If you're wondered why the next few weeks of "Lips" downloadable content has one song oddly priced above the others, you're not alone, but even after we asked, Microsoft's logic remains unclear; the company would not disclose to us how they price songs. Read more...

In news that should shock no one, Nintendo dominated December shopping, according to just released figures from the NPD Group, with the DS selling 3.04 million units and Wii moving 2.15 million units, while Microsoft pushed 1.44 million Xbox 360s and Sony sold 726,000 PlayStation 3s.

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