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Zynga beats Q1 expectations with $168 million in revenue, driven by mobile improvements

For the first time, Zynga said more people are playing its games on phones than they are computers, indicating that the social-gaming leader has… Read More

Zynga shuffles the decks: Xbox’s Alex Garden named president of studios; Pincus steps down from product role

As part of the game company’s first-quarter earnings, Zynga has made a number of executive-level changes, hinting that it needs to… Read More

Titanfall price cut: Amazon selling popular sci-fi shooter for $37 today

Gamers who haven’t bought Titanfall yet may find Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day enticing. The Seattle online retail… Read More

Apple, Google — and now Amazon — offer game publishers top app store placement for exclusivity

Video game publishers are no strangers to signing exclusive deals with platforms, and now that practice is becoming apparent in the… Read More

Playstation 4 sales are up at least 2M on the Xbox One

One day ago, Sony announced that it sold through more than 7 million PlayStation 4 consoles globally as of April 6. Today, Microsoft… Read More

PlayStation 4 sales hit 7M

Sony announced a new milestone for the PlayStation 4 today, as the company has sold through more than 7 million consoles… Read More

How one journalist scraped Valve’s gaming platform to estimate videogame sales

Information about videogames is hard to come by, but an enterprising journalist has come up with a creative way to… Read More

Bungie ‘terminates’ Halo, Destiny music composer Marty O’Donnell

Marty O’Donnell, a longtime music composer for titles like Halo, Destiny, Riven and Myst, was fired by Bungie’s Board of… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Xbox One update with better Kinect, friend improvements

Microsoft began rolling out a new update for the Xbox One on Monday night, and gamers can expect better Kinect… Read More

Xbox sets Atari ‘ET’ video-game excavation for April 26, public welcome

If you live in New Mexico and want to see a bunch of old Atari games dug out of the… Read More

Xbox co-founder: ‘It would be foolish for Microsoft to sell off Xbox’

Despite its popularity with millions of gamers, much has been made about Microsoft potentially spinning off its Xbox business. An… Read More

RealNetworks hires industry vet Atul Bali to lead video game division

RealNetworks today announced that Atul Bali, a 20-year gaming industry vet, will head up the company’s video game division beginning later… Read More

Microsoft enables YouTube uploads for Xbox One clips, debuts GoPro app for Xbox 360

Microsoft already let Xbox One owners upload their favorite in-game highlights, but only to Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud service or Twitch. Starting… Read More

Sev Zero: Hands-on with Amazon’s Halo knock-off

GeekWire’s Amazon Fire TV arrived on Thursday, and we’ve been doing some in-depth product testing at the GeekWire Labs. After… Read More

The rise of eSports: More people watch video game competitions than major sporting events

The popularity of electronic sports — or, eSports for short — is somewhat astounding, and new data from SuperData Research… Read More

A look at Amazon’s first game developed in-house for the Fire TV

Amazon’s relatively obscure games studio unveiled its first game today for the brand-new Fire TV platform. The game can be considered… Read More

Microsoft rolls out SmartGlass remote control technology for Xbox One

Xbox One owners will now be able to control their console with a smartphone or tablet thanks to Microsoft’s SmartGlass… Read More

Former PopCap exec starts PlayFab to help game studios with back-end support

During the eight years he spent working for Seattle-based PopCap Games, James Gwertzman witnessed the company make the transition to… Read More

Phil Spencer promises a ‘New Day at Xbox’ as Microsoft’s games chief

Microsoft has appointed one of its own to become the new head of Xbox, but that doesn’t mean you should… Read More

Oculus poaches another Valve employee, hires Michael Abrash as chief scientist

Oculus VR, the virtual reality headset technology company that was just acquired by Facebook for $2 billion, has hired another… Read More

If new consoles from Microsoft and Sony didn’t save GameStop, then what can?

GameStop’s stock traded lower today after it reported weaker-than-expected results in the fourth quarter despite strong console launches from both… Read More

Atari moves into social casino gaming with FlowPlay partnership

Atari Inc. is entering the fast-growing social casino gaming arena. In its first partnership since cutting a deal to emerge out… Read More

Candy Crash? King Digital slips 10% in IPO debut

King Digital Entertainment, the maker of the hit Candy Crush Saga game, is trading at nearly 10 percent below its… Read More

PopCap boss offers advice to Candy Crush-maker on eve of IPO

PopCap’s John Vechey has some very basic advice for King Digital Entertainment: Make great games. The Candy Crush Saga-maker finally… Read More

Titanfail: Gamers angry as servers for Microsoft’s popular sci-fi shooter go down

Titanfall is having a “Titanfail” moment right now. Servers for the popular online-only sci-fi shooter that debuted on March 11… Read More

Interview: PopCap’s John Vechey says mistakes were made, but selling to EA wasn’t one

Since PopCap was acquired by Electronic Arts nearly three years ago, the Seattle-based game maker has had its fair share… Read More

New job postings show Amazon developing titles for ‘avid video game players’

A few new job postings indicate the direction that Amazon is heading, at least initially, with its new gaming arm.… Read More

Xbox film crew’s excavation of Atari ‘ET’ graveyard gets tangled in red tape

A plan to excavate a suspected mass burial of Atari ET video-game cartridges for a Microsoft Xbox documentary has been… Read More

Cheaper than the PlayStation 4: Retailers drop Xbox One Titanfall bundle to $450

If you’ve been waiting for the price of the Xbox One to drop before purchasing Microsoft’s newest console, well, today… Read More

Oculus VR says next-gen dev kit brings better video, position tracking

Virtual reality company Oculus VR announced today that it’s releasing a new and updated version of its development kit for… Read More