GameStop At A Crossroads The game industry is entering a digital future. To maintain a place in it, retail chain GameStop has scaled the used game buy-back model that first made it a success--now it's buying used companies, too.
Updated Fri May 18, 2012
She Built Her Business On Rock And Roll: How Michelle You's Songkick Strikes A Chord With Music Lovers While going to school in Beijing, Michelle You missed attending live concerts. So she did something about it. Now she and her cofounders hope to be "the definitive brand for live music."
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
What "Wizard101" Gave Up To Break Into China: Exposed Bones, Points, Gold The family-friendly online game "Wizard101" is bigger than "World of Warcraft" and poised to grow even quicker as it spreads to China. But creators KingsIsle are making quite a few changes and installing esoteric systems so the Chinese government will let them play there.
Updated Fri Feb 17, 2012
"Words With Friends" Board Game Coming From The Makers Of Scrabble? Hasbro and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a global partnership. With this license, Hasbro will be making a variety of toys and board games using Zynga's brands, with the first products expected to be released in the coming Fall.
Updated Thu Feb 9, 2012
Hasbro Is No Has-Been: Board Games Surge In The Digital Age Risk has come to Facebook. Scrabble is one of the top iPhone apps. And several board games are enjoying a long life on game consoles. In the digital age, you better be ready to Hasbro-down.
Updated Wed Jan 25, 2012
DC Comics Relaunch Leads To Best-Selling Comic Books Of 2011 [Video] With "Justice League" No. 1 selling 361,138 copies, it's on top during a year of growth for the comic book industry. DC Comics copublishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee talked to Fast Company about what was then considered a risky relaunch.
Updated Tue Jan 17, 2012
Three Men And A Basement: How Carrot Creative Grew How three college grads worked in a basement and lived off of ramen as they built "the best and brightest social media agency on the planet."
Updated Mon Jan 16, 2012
The Leadership Hall of Fame We have spent a year looking at the most influential business books and authors. Here is a complete syllabus for an education in being a leader. Which are your favorites? And which leadership classics did we miss?
Updated Wed Jan 4, 2012
Photo Issue 2011: Entrepreneur Bill Nguyen, Shot By Mark Mann A portrait of entrepreneur Bill Nguyen, the founder of Color Labs, and previously, Onebox, Seven Networks, and Lala.
Updated Thu Dec 29, 2011
Leadership Hall Of Fame: Jim Collins, Author Of "Good To Great" With the economic downturn, can companies still become great? We continue our examination of the business book "Good to Great" with an interview of author Jim Collins.
Updated Thu Dec 22, 2011
Leadership Hall Of Fame: Marcus Buckingham, Author Of "First, Break All The Rules" We continue our examination of the business book "First, Break All the Rules" with an interview of author Marcus Buckingham. Why did he write the book, and why are managers more important than leaders?
Updated Thu Dec 22, 2011
Sony's Quest To Conquer Mobile Continues With PlayStation Vita With the Japanese launch of Sony's new handheld gaming device PlayStation Vita this weekend, the company is hoping to outplay not only the Nintendo 3DS, but also smartphones and tablets. We spoke with Sony's director of hardware marketing John Koller about how Vita can compete in the brave new portable world.
Updated Mon Dec 19, 2011
Malcolm Gladwell Has No Idea Why "The Tipping Point" Was A Hit As part of our Leadership Hall of Fame series, we continue our fresh look at "The Tipping Point" with an interview of author Malcolm Gladwell.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
Google+ And Kabam Bring Families Together For New "Godfather" Game Can Google really put a hit on the Facebook mob? Perhaps so, with games. Google and Kabam hope to do just that with the exclusively-for-Google+ "The Godfather: Five Families."
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
For Video Game Makers, Playing The Competition Is A Heroic Task Industry execs reveal their strategies for powering through the stack overflow of this year's AAA holiday games.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
Call Of Duty: How Top Video Game Makers Are Innovating For The Crowded Holiday Season For video game buyers, it's the most wonderful time of the year: A plethora of top-notch titles beg for you bottom dollar--every game from "Modern Warfare 3" to "Super Mario 3D Land." Among game makers, there's an epic battle raging that would rival any on-screen action.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
How To Create A World: Skyrim's Director On Building A Never-Ending Fantasy The fantasy world of "Skyrim" is notable for its scale and level of realism. Game director Todd Howard explains how his team at Bethesda Game Studios approaches the creation of a world.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
The Creative Voices Behind "Bioshock Infinite" [Video] How do you follow up a critically acclaimed, blockbuster game? If you're "Bioshock" writer/director Ken Levine, you let someone else handle the sequel while you re-imagine the series. Here, Fast Company talks "Bioshock Infinite" with Levine, and the lead actors, Courtnee Draper and Troy Baker.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
BlizzCon And Beyond: Why Companies Promote Games Through Huge Events It's not enough for video game makers to hype new franchises and titles with a sleek ad campaign and a trailer, these days. They're running huge events--like BlizzCon, which kicked off Friday--sometimes at a loss, to keep fans engaged. Does it work, and how well?
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
Sony Brings PlayStation Characters To A Live Action Spot Game characters from Kratos to Sweet Tooth come to life in the latest Sony campaign.
Updated Tue Dec 13, 2011
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