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Video Game Maker Blame-Game Starts in Earnest (TTWO) (ATVI)

December 19, 2012 11:32 AM EST

As StreetInsider.com warned investors on Monday, the backlash against makers of violent video games, in light of Friday's Sandy Hook shootings, has... More

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Investors on Alert as Violent Video Games Being Partly Blamed for Connecticut Shooting

December 17, 2012 1:46 PM EST

Shareholders of Call of Duty video game maker Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) and other video game makers are nervous Monday related to fears about a potential backlash from Friday's horrible Sandy Hook school shootings, which left 26 dead, including 20 children.

There have been reports from the Hartford Courant that alleged gunman Adam Lanza played "violent video game in which life-like characters engage in graphic battle scenes."

This has investors worried that not only will there be backlash against gun makers, including Smith & Wesson Holding (Nasdaq:... More