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Review: Sony’s new ‘Days Gone’ PS4 game brings a zombie apocalypse to the Pacific Northwest

The best moments in Days Gone are also its most intense. The game’s not-zombies, “Freakers,” aren’t much of a threat… Read More

Ex-Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor reveals new solo indie project ‘Intergalactic Space Empire’

Today at the annual GamesBeat Summit in Los Angeles, veteran Seattle-area games developer Chris Taylor made a long-awaited announcement about… Read More

Nintendo stock spikes after Tencent gets key approval to sell Switch console in China

Chinese tech giant Tencent has received key regulatory approvals in its home country that pave the way for it to… Read More

Microsoft unveils $250 Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, its first console without a disc drive

Microsoft today unveiled the new Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, confirming rumors of the long-awaited console without a disc drive.… Read More

Microsoft bundling Game Pass subscription service with Xbox Live for $15/month

Microsoft is bundling its Game Pass subscription service with its Xbox Live Gold membership, the latest move in the company’s… Read More

Commentary: Sony’s next-generation PlayStation console feels like a victory lap

Sony lifted the hood on its next PlayStation console in a Wired story today featuring an interview with Mark Cerny,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global

— “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s… Read More

How a Seattle VR studio helped bring Epic Games’ ‘Robo Recall’ to the new Oculus Quest headset

A big story in the virtual reality market is the upcoming Oculus Quest, an all-in-one portable headset that lets users… Read More

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Geared Up podcast: Here’s why Apple canceled AirPower, and our Top 5 HomeKit smart devices

Apple has cancelled the long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat. For our newest Geared Up podcast, I go over what went… Read More

Seattle-area game studio behind ‘Republique’ flies ‘Iron Man VR’ onto PlayStation VR in 2019

For the last few years, Camouflaj, maker of the 2013 episodic adventure game Republique, has been quietly working on a… Read More

Amazon’s newest Twitch Prime perk: Up to a year of free Nintendo Switch Online access

Amazon added another goodie to Twitch Prime, a series of benefits for gamers, up to a free year of the… Read More

Paul Allen’s immersive Holodome gets interactive with new zombie-hunting game that founder tested

In the months since Vulcan, Inc., placed its Holodome inside Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, 38,000 people have stepped into… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch launches Squad Stream feature to let up to 4 streamers play together

Up to four game streamers on Twitch can now broadcast their points of view within the same window thanks to a… Read More

Game studio behind ‘Myst’ launches crowdfunding campaign for VR-enabled adventure ‘Firmament’

Cyan, the Spokane, Wash-based studio behind the Myst franchise and its spiritual successor, Obduction, began a new crowdfunding campaign today… Read More

Nintendo will launch 2 new Switch consoles as soon as this summer, report says

The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo is working on two new versions of its Switch console: a souped up… Read More

Walmart reportedly eyes game streaming service to rival offerings from Google and Microsoft

First it was Microsoft planning a cloud-powered game streaming service. Then Google, and now … Walmart? According to a report… Read More

Set and developed in Seattle, new sequel to cult classic ‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines’ will debut in 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvWfDxhm_s&t=3s Paradox Interactive announced late Thursday that it will publish a long-awaited sequel to the cult-favorite PC game, 2004’s Vampire:… Read More

Valve unveils new features and a new look for Steam in business update at GDC

Valve announced big changes coming for its widely used Steam video game platform, including a new feature, Events; a new… Read More

New Oculus VR headset unveiled to tepid reviews, but survey finds optimism for immersive tech

Facebook-owned Oculus today unveiled its next-generation virtual reality headset that will reportedly some day replace its flagship Oculus Rift. The… Read More

Nintendo reveals surprising new Switch game ‘Cadence of Hyrule,’ a Zelda-themed sequel to recent indie hit

Nintendo made a surprise announcement Wednesday morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, unveiling a crossover between one… Read More

‘We did get there first’: Seattle game streaming startup CEO laments Google’s video game unveiling

Google today jumpstarted the ninth generation of gaming hardware with the announcement of its Stadia project at the Game Developer’s Conference… Read More

Game over for game consoles? Google leaves key question of price unanswered in Stadia unveiling

Google’s new game platform, Stadia, promises to eliminate the need to buy a console by making games playable through streaming… Read More

Google’s Stadia leverages tech advances to bring the lucrative video-game market into the cloud

After spending billions over the last few years to upgrade its cloud computing infrastructure, Google thinks it is ready to… Read More

A console in the cloud: Google unveils ‘Stadia’ streaming service, looks to shake up video games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HikAuH40fHc Google unveiled a new gaming streaming service called Stadia on Tuesday morning, looking to shake up the video game… Read More

Valve veteran and Riot Games developer launch Stray Bombay, a new game studio in Seattle

Even if you don’t know Chet Faliszek‘s name, you’ve likely heard of his work. As one of the writers at… Read More

Washington-based brothers behind ‘Dwarf Fortress’ to unexpectedly launch cult indie game on Steam

The cult indie hit Dwarf Fortress is unexpectedly coming to Steam. Silverlake, Wash.-based designer Tarn Adams, the primary creator of Dwarf… Read More

Facebook aims to unite 700M gamers on its platform with new gaming section

Facebook says it has more than 700 million gamers and fans of games on its platform, and it wants to… Read More

Microsoft to extend Xbox Live to Android and iOS, but company stays mum on Switch and PS4 compatibility

Microsoft plans to drastically expand the reach of Xbox Live, bringing the online community to iOS and Android devices. Hints… Read More

Microsoft adds new back-end game developer tools, unites services under ‘Game Stack’ program

Microsoft is doubling down on gaming inside its cloud division, bringing together several developer tools and services under one umbrella… Read More

Seattle becomes official stop on Tekken World Tour, elevating its status in the world of fighting games

Every April, fighting-game fans from all over the world come to Washington for the Northwest Majors tournament. Serious players of… Read More

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