Nintendo and Capcom's big bosses are headlining this year's CEDEC over in Japan. At the developer conference, Shigeru Miyamoto will talk about how to start game development while Inafune will be lecturing people on an area yet to be revealed. More in the full article.

 Michael Pachter is at it again, analyzing and giving his thoughts on matters concerning the game industry. This time, he laments how much money could have been made if a timely game tie-in to the blockbuster The Dark Knight was released. He says Warner Bros. and EA may have missed out on US$ 100 million. More after the jump.

Electronic Arts hasn't always been viewed as a publisher that puts out the greatest licensed games. Its CEO, however, took exception to that. John Riccitiello says their titles are innovative and Metacritic may just be inaccurate in some instances. More after the jump.

Midway has opened the fiscal year with some pretty big losses, and some shuffling has been done in hopes of turning the company's fortunes around. Three top executives have had their resignations confirmed, while a few more could be made public in the coming days. More in the full article.

Sega may not be the console manufacturing giant that it was in the early to mid-90's, but it's pretty happy where it's at right now. The publisher says it's in a good position to succeed and it's looking at companies like THQ to compete with. The game maker, however, said that it doesn't aim to compete with industry giants just yet. More in the full article.

Square Enix has released its Q1 financial numbers and sales took a significant dip from last year. Sales in two out of three major markets dropped, while business in all of its portfolios also dipped. Strangely enough, the company showed an increase in profits compared to the same period last year. Details after the jump.

THQ has unveiled its financial scorecard for this fiscal year's opening quarter and though it looked pretty at first, things quickly went south as we checked out how much it lost. Apparently, bigger revenues don't necessarily translate into bigger profits as you'll find out in the full article up ahead.

It was a bit of a letdown when Activision Blizzard didn't include Ghostbusters: the video game (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PC) in its list of releases for the remainder of 2008. Vivendi, however, indicated that all is not lost as they will be exploring other options on how to release it. The game will have to come in 2009, but someone has to pick up the publishing reins first.

Electronic Arts, the biggest game publisher in North America, has released the numbers and highlights for fiscal 2008's opening quarter. Amazingly, the PlayStation 3 is leading the pack in EA's portfolios with a very sharp spike in sales from last year. More after the jump.

We've got new screenshots for Lego Batman: The Videogame (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, DS, PC). This time, we're featuring more of the villains than ever, including the now very cute Man-Bat. If the last Batman movie didn't quite fill your craving for superhero action, maybe these assets will help stuff that void. Images after the jump.