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Games

EA Sports replaces Tiger Woods with Rory McIlroy, new golf game coming in June

EA Sports has a new cover athlete for its golf franchise. The gaming company today announced that Rory McIlroy will replace… Read More

Google’s Niantic Labs merges another virtual world with reality in upcoming game

Google will be turning the real world into a battleground thanks to a new mobile game from the company’s Niantic… Read More

PlayStation 4 tops Xbox One in February for U.S. console, software sales

For the second straight month, Sony ousted Microsoft for U.S. console sales. A Sony Computer Entertainment America spokesperson today confirmed… Read More

Xbox app for Windows 10 updated with support for Game Clips, OneGuide and more

The Xbox app for Windows 10 got its monthly update today with a slew of new features for both standalone… Read More

Sony to sell PS4 in China on March 20, joining Xbox One in key market

Following a 2-month delay, Sony announced today that it will sell the PlayStation 4 in China starting on March 20.… Read More

Amazon is bringing its original video games to Apple’s iPad and iPhone

Amazon announced today that several of the original video game titles developed by its in-house gaming studio will be available… Read More

Hands-on: Windows 10’s built-in game recording makes it easy to share awesome moments

SAN FRANCISCO–Aiming to boost Windows 10’s gamer cred, Microsoft will enhance the PC gaming experience with features that have proven… Read More

Insights from a ‘GamerGate’ target: How to protect yourself from harassment online

SAN FRANCISCO – Zoe Quinn knows a thing or two about defending against online harassment. As the first target of… Read More

Intel levels up its gaming chops with new partnerships, processor

SAN FRANCISCO–Intel is upgrading its gaming chops with a set of new partnerships and a new product announced today alongside… Read More

Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality headgear will be coming in the first half of next year

SAN FRANCISCO – It has been a year since Sony first unveiled its Project Morpheus virtual reality headset at the… Read More

Microsoft announces wireless adapter that lets Xbox owners bring their controllers to the PC

SAN FRANCISCO–Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed a new wireless adapter at Microsoft’s keynote session at the Game Developers Conference designed… Read More

Live from GDC: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on Windows 10 and the future of games

Xbox head Phil Spencer will take the stage here at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to talk about… Read More

PlayStation 4 is Sony’s fastest-selling console at 20.2 million units sold

Sony scores another big milestone for the PlayStation 4. Since the PlayStation 4 went on sale less than two years ago, Sony… Read More

Valve targets living room with $50 Steam Link game streaming box

Valve Software’s quest to expand its reach in the living room is gaining steam with a set of new announcements… Read More

Unity Technologies launches new version of its game engine with enhanced graphics and more

Unity Technologies, the company behind, the popular Unity game engine of the same name, unveiled a brand new version of… Read More

Gaming startup PlayFab raises $7.4M from Benchmark, Madrona and others

PlayFab, a Seattle-based company that provides game developers with back-end services for their online games, announced today that it raised… Read More

The next frontier for marketing: Competitive video games

Major competitive gaming events like Valve’s annual Dota 2 tournament grab headlines because of massive prize purses and blockbuster attendance,… Read More

Valve will show off new VR gear and revamped ‘Steam Machines’ next week

Valve Software, the Bellevue-based game developer and operator of the Steam video game marketplace, revealed today that it will be… Read More

Oculus is booming, too: Facebook-owned VR company reaches 100 employees in Seattle area

Facebook is growing quickly in Seattle, announcing this morning that it has topped 500 employees at its existing office next… Read More

Big Fish says ‘unknown criminal’ intercepted gamers’ credit card info

Big Fish, the Seattle-based game company acquired in December for up to $885 million by the owner of the Churchill Downs racetrack, says… Read More

Two former Z2 employees launching mobile games consultancy

Mobile industry veterans Adam Flanders and Kevin Flynn know a thing about developing a break-out hit in mobile gaming. And,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Candy Crush maker arrives in Seattle, Expedia’s big moves, and cutting the cord with Sling TV

This week on the GeekWire Radio Show: The maker of Candy Crush makes a sweet deal in Seattle, acquiring Battle… Read More

Harebrained Schemes has raised nearly $1M on Kickstarter for new Shadowrun game

`Harebrained Schemes seems to have a knack for crushing Kickstarter funding goals. The Seattle-based gaming startup has raised more than… Read More

Sony reclaims U.S. sales crown as PlayStation 4 tops Xbox One in January

Sony is back on top of the U.S. console market. The PlayStation 4 outsold the Xbox One in the U.S. in January,… Read More

Candy Crush maker King buys Seattle gaming startup Z2 for up to $150M, creating first U.S. studio

Battle Nations meet Candy Crush. Z2, the Seattle mobile gaming company known for titles such as Battle Nations and Metalstorm,… Read More

Netflix reportedly developing live action series based on ‘Legend of Zelda’

Many have tried, but thus far, we have yet to see a good adaptation of a video game to TV… Read More

Microsoft cuts price of Xbox Live, and Xbox One with Kinect, after losing holiday battle to PlayStation

Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox One console again. This time, the Redmond company is discounting the Xbox… Read More

Xbox One adds new ‘Game Hubs’ in first major update of 2015

Microsoft is rolling out the first big update of 2015 for the Xbox One today, including a new “Game Hubs” feature… Read More

New stats: Sony PlayStation wins holiday console battle, despite Microsoft’s Xbox One price cut

Sony sold 7.5 million PlayStation consoles worldwide during the peak shopping season, outpacing Microsoft’s Xbox consoles globally for the fourth quarter and… Read More

Former Sony Online Entertainment boss ‘can’t wait to make Xbox One games’ after studio’s sale

Sony Online Entertainment, the studio behind “Everquest,” “Planetside” and a host of other massively multiplayer online games, has been spun… Read More

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