Daily Gaming News:
1) Square Enix recently posted a break down of all their restructuring and losses for this fiscal year which included a 1 billion yen loss for shutting down a new US division, a combined 2 billion yen loss from its Japanese studios, and an overall loss of 10 billion yen ($101 million) loss for the year.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=199857
2) 343 Industries states micro-transactions could become a possibility in the future for the Halo series with future updates for Halo 4 as a potential start.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...otransactions/
3) Ken Levine, developer of Bioshock Infinite, recently states the video game industry needs to do a better job closing the gender gap saying its currently at a "terrible" level with a lot of potential being lost because of the lack of female developers. A recent report revealed female workers only make up about 23% of the entire industry but earn between 19-65% less less than male developers depending on the position.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ys-ken-levine/
http://www.destructoid.com/male-game...s-251087.phtml