Games – Page 16 of 69

XPRIZE’s Code Games challenge gives kids an opportunity to create games for good

XPRIZE’s latest program to incentivize innovation is going after a new demographic: young people between the ages of 10 and… Read More

Amazon dives deeper into video games, launches first big-budget title Crucible

Amazon took a big step into the gaming industry Wednesday with the launch of Crucible, a free-to-play online shooter and… Read More

Minecraft sales hit 200M, with 126M monthly active players as usage spikes during pandemic

Microsoft revealed updated metrics for Minecraft today, reporting more than 200 million unit sales and 126 million monthly active users.… Read More

Microsoft Xbox legend J Allard gets back in the game, joining Intellivision for new console launch

J Allard is back in the game. The onetime Microsoft executive, who was a co-founder of Xbox and a force… Read More

Review: ‘Lies Beneath’ virtual reality horror game from Drifter feels both new and nostalgic

Lies Beneath feels like a throwback to the early 2000s, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. It’s a… Read More

With physical sites lost to COVID-19, escape room pioneer Puzzle Break turns to new virtual games

When the coronavirus outbreak led to the shuttering of many businesses in Washington state and across the country, Puzzle Break… Read More

NPD data: Nintendo Switch sales double in March and Animal Crossing breaks records

Sales of the Nintendo Switch console doubled year-over-year in March, according to the latest U.S. numbers from The NPD Group.… Read More

Pre-orders start for LEGO and Nintendo ‘Super Mario’ set that interacts with the physical world

A new partnership between LEGO and Nintendo promises to take the colorful bricks to a whole new level as the… Read More

Microsoft will expand xCloud to Europe but takes ‘measured approach’ to conserve internet access

Microsoft is opening up beta registration for its xCloud game streaming service to 11 countries in Western Europe, but it… Read More

Behind the scenes of ‘Half Life: Alyx’: How Valve revived a classic franchise for the VR era

Half-Life: Alyx, Valve Software’s flagship virtual reality game and a long-awaited return to the Half-Life universe, was released recently to… Read More

Review: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is a return to form for Valve, and a must-have for virtual reality fans

If you own a virtual reality headset, you’re going to want to play Half-Life: Alyx at some point. It’s aiming… Read More

Nintendo’s ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ is an island escape for a quarantined world — here’s what the reviews say

There was never a real chance that Animal Crossing: New Horizons wasn’t going to be a hit. The game, for… Read More

Live-streaming traffic spikes amid social distancing as streamers offer community and conversation

With more people staying indoors due to quarantines, lockdowns, and voluntary isolation, livestreamed programming has grown in popularity. Globally, the… Read More

PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: Sony shares technical details for PlayStation 5

The ninth-generation console war is on. Sony on Wednesday presented a deep dive into the development process and hardware of… Read More

Online gaming surge: Steam breaks concurrent user record amid social distancing mandates

Some people are worried about how they’re going to stay sane during a prolonged period of federally-recommended social isolation. Then… Read More

Analysis: Microsoft does a deep dive into the ‘most powerful Xbox ever,’ but price tag still a big question

Microsoft on Monday revealed new details about the hardware that powers its next console. The Xbox Series X is ostensibly… Read More

Review: Xbox vets debut ‘Roundguard,’ an accessible blend of the most addictive games

I called Roundguard dangerous when I saw it at last year’s PAX West, and now that I’ve played the full… Read More

Even Pokémon GO is impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak as Niantic Labs tweaks social AR games

Niantic Labs announced via Twitter on Thursday afternoon that, in response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak, it… Read More

E3 organizers cancel giant video game conference

Update, March 11, 8:50 a.m. PT: ESA has confirmed that E3 is canceled. The organizer is looking into options for an… Read More

With Emerald City Comic Con postponed, community comes together to make up for losses

In the wake of Emerald City Comic Con getting postponed until later in the year, creators and business owners have… Read More

Emerald City Comic Con finally postpones event, relenting to backlash amid coronavirus outbreak

Facing an increasingly vocal public backlash, Emerald City Comic Con says it will postpone the giant Seattle fan convention to… Read More

Sucker Punch sets release date for ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ one of the last big first-party PS4 games

Bellevue, Wash.-based studio Sucker Punch announced today that its open-world samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima will be released June… Read More

Emerald City Comic Con organizers say Seattle convention will go ahead as scheduled

The company behind the Emerald City Comic Con announced that the convention will go ahead as scheduled despite rising fears over… Read More

Valve debuts new searching features for Steam and releases 1.0 version of ‘DOTA Underlords’

Valve Software this week announced the debut of a new set of search features for its popular online storefront Steam,… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X will support 4 generations of games, deliver ‘generational leap in processing’

Microsoft has called the upcoming Xbox Series X its most powerful console yet, and the tech giant wants to back… Read More

Private Division opens Seattle game development studio to create Kerbal Space Program 2

Thanks to ventures like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the Seattle area has been raising its profile in the… Read More

Nintendo reveals new details for hotly anticipated Switch game ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’

Nintendo abruptly broke a long period of uncharacteristic silence on Thursday with an announcement dedicated entirely to the forthcoming Animal… Read More

Analyst: Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 releases could be delayed due to coronavirus outbreak

Nintendo has already reported production delays from the outbreak of coronavirus in China, and a Wall Street firm thinks the… Read More

Nintendo Switch production delayed due to coronavirus

Production of Nintendo Switch consoles and several accessories has been delayed due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, the… Read More

Rainway debuts game streaming for Xbox One, allowing users to play PC games on a console

Update, 1/31/2020: Due to “unexpected circumstances,” Rainway has been removed from the Microsoft Store for the time being. Seattle-based startup… Read More