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PlayFab raises another $3M to power back-end services for more than 350 online games

PlayFab is raising more cash to help grow its online gaming support platform. PlayFab CEO James Gwertzman said that the Seattle startup has… Read More

Microsoft’s ever-popular Solitaire game now available on iOS and Android

Microsoft’s infinitely popular time-killer Solitaire, which has distracted millions on Windows for more than 25 years, is available on iOS… Read More

Stitches Creators Doug Brinbury and Jason Rankin

‘Stitches’ card game features monsters, an abomination, and … vocabulary?

Q: What do robots, polar bears, lobsters, tigers, a giant monster abomination, and vocabulary have in common? A: The new… Read More

Podcast

Can’t get the new NES Classic Edition? Don’t worry, your kids don’t really want it anyway

Gamers were frustrated Friday when Nintendo’s cute little NES Classic Edition console sold out almost instantly on its first day. The $59.99… Read More

Nintendo’s new NES Classic mini-console sells out instantly everywhere

Hoping to get your hands on Nintendo’s latest “new” gaming system, the NES Classic Edition? Good luck.

This morning the system was released to retail and sold out nearly instantly everywhere… Read More

Game designers back Clinton, urge voters to play ‘the only game in town’ Tuesday

There’s no game with higher stakes than the U.S. presidential election. That’s why game designers have banded together to throw… Read More

Veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus raise cash for stealthy Seattle VR game studio

Drifter Entertainment, a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to… Read More

Microsoft launches ‘Minecraft: Education Edition’ for $5/user per year

For most students, spending the school day exploring an alien planet in their favorite video game would be a dream come… Read More

Xbox Live monthly usage drops from June to September, raising stakes for the holidays

As part of its quarterly earnings report last week, Microsoft said Xbox Live monthly active users reached 47 million — up 21… Read More

Microsoft takes on Amazon-owned Twitch with new game streaming tech for Windows 10, Xbox One

Microsoft today unveiled new game streaming technology that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and shows the fruits of… Read More

Pokémon Go could help you live longer, Microsoft study finds

True to its name, Pokémon Go got Americans moving after a launch almost as explosive as a Blastoise bursting out of… Read More

Gamemakers behind Exploding Kittens raise $1M in 24 hours for ‘Bears vs. Babies’

The guys who brought you “Exploding Kittens” have set their sights on a new target: Babies. Elan Lee, the former… Read More

Why Nintendo ‘desperately’ needs its hybrid Switch console to be a hit

The first look at Nintendo’s new hybrid Switch console generated plenty of buzz, but one report suggests disappointing sales could… Read More

First Look: Nintendo’s new hybrid Switch console makes its debut

Nintendo has released the first trailer for its new console, and now we know its name, Nintendo Switch. The trailer… Read More

This gaming device tells you when enemies sneak up behind you

Playing a first person shooter or online multiplayer games, like League of Legends, can be an information overload. Stats on… Read More

GeekGirlCon: What the rest of the tech industry can learn from women in games

Diversity, and particularly gender diversity, seems to be a constant struggle for most areas of technology and science. “I always… Read More

Washington regulators tell Valve to halt facilitation of ‘Counter Strike’ online gambling

The Washington State Gambling Commission has ordered Bellevue-based gaming company Valve to halt unregulated gambling taking place within its Counter Strike:… Read More

Reflections of a 50-ish gamer: How I rediscovered video games, and what I learned in the process

I thought my video gaming days were over. Most of the arcades were gone, and those that still existed were… Read More

Disney closes Seattle-area game studio behind ‘Marvel: Avengers Alliance’, cuts 61 jobs

The Walt Disney Co. is closing the Bellevue, Wash., game studio that was responsible for developing video games in the… Read More

Twitch will soon announce its ‘first deep product integration’ with Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett… Read More

Microsoft releases first ‘Play Anywhere’ cross-platform game for Xbox One and Windows 10

Gaming consoles are notorious for their vertical integration: only in-house games, services, and controllers will work on them, and occasionally… Read More

Geek of the Week: Super Evil Megacorp CEO Bo Daly is bringing eSports to touchscreens

Bo Daly was trained as an engineer, with early experience in databases and technology consulting, and an internship at Microsoft’s Redmond campus.… Read More

PAX panelists: It won’t be long before people have virtual reality in their homes

Virtual reality games and experiences were everywhere at PAX West this year, but we’ve only scratched the surface of what… Read More

Nintendo bringing new Mario game to Apple’s iOS, Pokémon Go coming to Apple Watch

Nintendo is finally bringing Mario to smartphones, developing a new game for Apple’s iOS, called Super Mario Run, the companies said this… Read More

Seattle Indies Expo highlights big divisions in the video-game world

If you’re like me and don’t like crowded spaces, the 100,000-plus square feet of PAX West’s expo hall can feel like… Read More

4 Days of Virtual Reality: Takeaways from a total immersion in the future of video games

Over the past four days, I transformed from Bruce Wayne into Batman, used clairvoyance to see through another person’s eyes, played high-tech… Read More

PAX West concludes with a real-life version of ‘The Wizard’ in Seattle

It’s going to be tough for the organizers of PAX to out-do themselves after this. For the big finale of… Read More

Great indie games you missed while standing in line at PAX West 2016

Even with four days to take it all in, it’s impossible to experience everything that PAX West has to offer.… Read More

Seahawks Richard Sherman & Bobby Wagner talk video games, geekiness and trash at PAX

Seahawks defenders Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner were on hand at PAX West this weekend. In between their time spent… Read More

Who would be the tougher video-game boss to defeat: Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?

With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, and PAX West 2016 underway in Seattle, we decided to bridge the… Read More