Teen Sounders FC supporter to play for shot in FIFA Interactive World Cup A Tacoma, Wash., high school junior will be among those competing for the final spot in FIFA Interactive World Cup… Read More
‘Gigantic’ game developer Motiga lays off ‘significant percentage’ of studio Motiga, a Bellevue-based game developer behind the yet-to-be-released Xbox One and Windows 10 game Gigantic, laid off a “significant percentage” of employees today. In… Read More
Conan O’Brien pairs Carolina, Denver players in ‘Clueless Gamer’ skit, with a Marshawn Lynch cameo Conan O’Brien returned to a “cheap Marriott conference room” for a Super Bowl 50 edition of “Clueless Gamer,” his popular late-night skit… Read More
First Nintendo’s ‘Vitality’ disappears, now its sleep tracker ‘Quality of Life’ fades away Maybe Nintendo would be wise to test products a little more thoroughly before whetting the public’s appetite. Nintendo, one of the… Read More
App of the Week: Tame your cat craving with Neko Atsume, aka Kitty Collector If you like cats, or own a cat, or aren’t sure how you feel about cats but still appreciate how… Read More
Microsoft adds more backward compatible games to Xbox One, updates release schedule for new games Microsoft isn’t going to make fans wait to play the latest games added to the Xbox One backward compatibility list. The company… Read More
Microsoft acquires MinecraftEdu, plans new ‘Education Edition’ of blockbuster game More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it’s buying MinecraftEdu — a version of the… Read More
Xbox 360 scratched discs: Why the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case, a decade later The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the… Read More
Xbox One, Playstation 4 U.S. sales reach record highs as Sony ousts Microsoft in December U.S. sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 hit record-highs last month. The NPD Group reported its monthly console sales… Read More
Seahawks punter describes broken play and broken nose: ‘This isn’t Madden’ Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan will not be remembered as the kicker who most impacted last Sunday’s wildcard playoff game… Read More
Warning! New ‘Minecraft 2’ app is fake, will probably crash your iPhone Today’s nominee for “worst thing” is certainly the fake Minecraft 2 app that managed to make it into Apple’s App Store.… Read More
Sony worldwide PS4 sales reach 35.9M; holiday sales hit 5.7M in 2015 LAS VEGAS — Worldwide sales of Sony’s Playstation 4 have reached nearly 36 million. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai announced today at… Read More
Video Review: Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller impressions Microsoft has crafted what is likely the best controller ever made for any video game controller in history. The Xbox… Read More
Forza 6 Xbox One Limited Edition Console Unboxing & Impressions The Forza Motorsport 6 Xbox One Limited Edition Bundle features an Xbox One console with a custom blue paint job, complete with… Read More
The Year in Tech: The most important Seattle tech stories of 2015, as picked by GeekWire’s editors When it comes to the Seattle tech stories that mattered in 2015 — major developments that will have a lasting… Read More
Valve fixes glitch that exposed Steam account information to other gamers It was a scary Christmas Day for Steam, the popular gaming platform operated by Bellevue-based Valve. Users of the service… Read More
Microsoft brings 16 more Xbox 360 games to Xbox One, including Deus Ex and Halo: Reach Last month, Microsoft released a killer feature for the Xbox One: backward compatibility for Xbox 360 games. While many welcomed the news,… Read More
Sony tops Microsoft for U.S. console sales in November Sony topped Microsoft for U.S. consoles sales during a busy shopping month in November. One month after Microsoft sold more… Read More
Facebook announces its picks for best games of 2015 As 2015 wraps up, Facebook has published a list of its favorite games of the year. Here are the titles that made… Read More
How kids (and parents) can get started on Minecraft: Advice from Xbox Live’s Major Nelson GeekWire’s John Cook has a problem, and it might sound familiar to a lot of parents out there: His 6-year-old son… Read More
Minecraft coming to the Wii U on Dec. 17, marking the last major platform to get the game Minecraft is coming to Wii U on Dec. 17, checking off one of the last remaining gaming platforms without the title. The Microsoft-owned… Read More
Halo on the Microsoft HoloLens runs fast and looks awesome HoloLens project manager Varun Mani uploaded a video of himself playing Halo with the augmented reality device this past week.… Read More
Microsoft teases Xbox One streaming to the HoloLens in new set of first-person videos The HoloLens has yet to land in developers’ hands, but Microsoft is already teasing how the tech may look when… Read More
Video game gambling startup Unikrn creates pro eSports team of all-female gamers Unikrn has been making a name for itself in the world of professional video games with a pioneering platform that… Read More
Here are the 104 Xbox 360 games you’ll be able to play on Xbox One with backward compatibility Microsoft delivered on its promise to make more than 100 Xbox 360 games playable on the Xbox One this holiday… Read More
Microsoft’s Halo 5 racks up $400M in first week, becomes biggest Halo launch ever Halo 5: Guardians seems to have lived up to all the hype, tallying $400 million in first-week sales and becoming… Read More
Activision Blizzard buying Candy Crush maker King Digital for $5.9B, along with Seattle gaming studio Z2 In one of the biggest acquisitions in the gaming industry this year, Activision Blizzard announced today that it is buying… Read More
Sony sells 4M PS4 consoles in latest quarter, building momentum as holiday approaches Sony sold 4 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the September quarter, an increase of more than 21 percent from the… Read More
Sour reaction as Nintendo unveils first mobile game called Miitomo, delays launch until 2016 View image | gettyimages.com Nintendo’s first mobile game wasn’t met with the reaction the company was hoping for when it… Read More
Third Life? Second Life founder holds out hope for a VR revival Deep down, Second Life founder Philip Rosedale knew that the controls for the virtual world he was building in the… Read More
