Games – Page 42 of 69

Twitch beefs up Xbox One app with new homepage, filtering options, videos on demand

The Twitch game-streaming app on Xbox One underwent a mini-makeover today with an array of new features now available for users.… Read More

Valve takes shot at Amazon’s Twitch with streaming feature for Steam

Valve announced today that users of its Steam gaming platform will now be able to easily stream their game content… Read More

Xbox One trumps PlayStation 4 on Black Friday

It appears that Microsoft had a nice Thanksgiving holiday — at least in terms of Xbox One sales numbers. Retail… Read More

Satya Nadella’s bold bet at Microsoft; Amazon reshapes Seattle; and other top posts of the month

November was a big month for GeekWire. We kept our growing community of geeks well fed on tech news, breaking… Read More

Boardgames: The latest analog craze

In our increasingly digital lives old, analog touchstones can be more than nostalgic — they can help ground us and remind… Read More

Super Smash Bros. sells almost 500K copies in first weekend, breaking sales record for Wii U

The Wii U may not be selling well compared to its competition, but that may not matter to Nintendo’s faithful.… Read More

Ex-Microsoft GM Rahul Sood’s stealthy gaming startup raises $2.5M in a flash

As a former general manager of Microsoft Ventures, Rahul Sood met a lot of angel investors and venture capitalists. So, it… Read More

Space puzzles, ahoy! Amazon’s new game ‘Tales from Deep Space’ hits Fire tablets

Amazon Game Studios just launched “Tales from Deep Space,” a new puzzle game for the company’s Fire tablets. Players are… Read More

Movie Review: ‘Atari: Game Over’ digs up a great story in a mass grave of game cartridges

“To me, under that landfill is actually the burial site of an entire industry, because what affected Atari at the… Read More

Sony ships 13.5M PS4 consoles in one year, Microsoft sells 10M Xbox Ones

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Sony’s Playstation 4, and to celebrate, the gaming giant released some statistics on Friday.… Read More

Playstation 4 outsells Xbox One in U.S. for 10th consecutive month

Microsoft may be seeing better Xbox One sales as of late, but Sony still has the U.S. sales crown. Sony… Read More

Why the Kentucky Derby’s owner is sprinting into the games business with a huge $885M buy of Big Fish

Churchill Downs is an iconic part of American culture, best known for the running of the Kentucky Derby. So, why… Read More

Big Fish Games to be acquired for $885 million by racetrack operator Churchill Downs

Seattle-based Big Fish Games, one of the largest privately-held tech companies in the Northwest, has agreed to be be acquired by… Read More

Xbox One sales triple after $50 price cut

Microsoft announced today that Xbox One sales tripled week-over-week after the company implemented a $50 price cut on Nov. 2.… Read More

Halo is back: Here’s how to meet real-life Cortana at Microsoft’s launch party

Tuesday is a big day for Halo fans with an Xbox One. Halo: The Master Chief Collection debuts at midnight tonight,… Read More

Police descend on Bungie exec’s home in ‘swatting’ hoax, suspect unknown

An executive at Bungie got a rude awakening at 3 a.m. yesterday after the Sammamish Police descended on his residential… Read More

Former Xbox manager opens Canadian games studio for Japan’s Gumi

Tokyo-based Gumi, known for developing the Japanese mobile gaming hit Brave Frontier, has opened up a studio in Canada to build games for the North… Read More

How to buy an Xbox One for less than $250

If you’ve been waiting for the Xbox One price to drop before upgrading to a next-generation console, well, it looks… Read More

Activision crushes Q3 expectations thanks to Destiny, which sold 9.5M copies

Thanks in large part to the success of Destiny, Activision this afternoon crushed Wall Street’s expectations with an impressive Q3… Read More

Here’s how to watch the Halo 2 documentary

Heads up, Halo fans: There’s a new documentary out today that you’ll definitely want to watch. Remaking the Legend —Halo… Read More

Gamergate: The Internet as a weapon of mass destruction

What is Gamergate? Most folks outside the games industry are understandably confused by what appears to be an internal dispute… Read More

After selling out to Amazon, Twitch has a hilarious new nudity rule

Videogames are exciting, but please folks, keep your clothes on! That’s the gist of a new rule Twitch has implemented roughly… Read More

Mario Kart 8 drives Wii U sales as Nintendo returns to quarterly profit

Nintendo posted a quarterly profit of 24.2 billion yen, or $224 million, and expressed confidence about the 2014 holiday shopping… Read More

Electronic Arts beats Q2 expectations, fueled by both console and digital sales

Electronic Arts, the publisher of Titanfall and Plants vs. Zombies, reported earnings today that blew away Wall Street expectations. The… Read More

Microsoft slashes Xbox One price by $50 for holidays, now cheaper than PS4

The Xbox One just got cheaper. Microsoft on Nov. 2 will slash the price of its Xbox One without the Kinect… Read More

Nintendo’s new 3DS coming to the U.S. after the holidays

Nintendo will be missing out on the crucial holiday shopping season, choosing instead to release new hardware next year in the U.S. It’s been three… Read More

Future of video games: 5 crazy predictions from an industry veteran

Speaking this morning at the Mobile Games Forum in Seattle, game industry veteran David Bluhm, currently the CEO of DropForge Games,… Read More

News Brief

Microsoft debuts ESL competitive gaming app for Xbox One

Xbox One owners can now participate in some of the largest online gaming competitions globally from the comfort of their living… Read More

It was ‘Destiny’: PS4 sales top Xbox One for 9th month running

Microsoft can try giving away free games, and cutting the price of the Xbox One, but the PlayStation 4 remains… Read More

News Brief

Xbox One October update: New Snap features, improved TV viewing, and more

Microsoft is starting to roll out its monthly update to the Xbox One. There are changes coming to the console’s… Read More