Amazon giving away $50K Audi sports car as part of Xbox One sweepstakes If you’re a Forza Motorsport fan and wonder what it’s actually like to race around a track in a speedy sports… Read More
Sony parodies Daft Punk with PS4 unboxing video Daft Punk fans may enjoy Sony’s latest Playstation 4 promo. In “The Official PS4 Unboxing Video,” Sony parodies the video… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Amazon vs. author, Xbox One first take, and favorite iPad apps We’ve assembled the GeekWire news team in the studio for this week’s episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast,… Read More
Xbox One for sale on Ebay for $3,000 after early shipping fiasco If you want to get your hands on the Xbox One before anyone else, you’ll have to pay some extra… Read More
Gamers receive Xbox One two weeks early thanks to Target ‘systems error’ Thanks to a Target shipping error, a few gamers received an early Christmas present in the form of an Xbox… Read More
Here are the entertainment apps coming to Xbox One starting on launch day ESPN, Hulu Plus and Netflix will be among the first wave of apps to debut the Xbox One, part of… Read More
Xbox One first impressions: Up close with Microsoft’s versatile new console The clock is ticking down inside Studio A on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. In the heart of Xbox country, a giant… Read More
Daniel Bernstein’s UpTap raises $160K to fuel development of tablet, mobile games Daniel Bernstein’s newest venture hasn’t quite found the level of success that Sandlot Games sustained during the last decade. But… Read More
You’ll still have to pay for Xbox Music on the Xbox One While Microsoft allows Windows 8.1 and web users to stream tunes for free on Xbox Music, those using the app… Read More
Mobile gaming vet David Bluhm partners with Wargaming for new Seattle game publisher One of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs is jumping back into the gaming industry with some ambitious goals. David Bluhm, co-founder of… Read More
Amazon enables game streaming via AWS with new graphics rendering service Thanks to Amazon, there’s a chance you could be streaming next year’s release of “Call of Duty” to your Kindle.… Read More
New Icominer plugin lets game devs mine Bitcoins with your computer, while you play While game developers like GameHouse are looking for new tweaks to the free-to-play business model that will help increase revenue… Read More
Nintendo brings Wii Mini to the U.S. for $99 A more basic and cheaper version of Nintendo’s original Wii is making its way to the United States. The Wii… Read More
The future of freemium games: How GameHouse sees the model evolving Chances are, if you own a smartphone, you play a freemium or free-to-play game — downloading the app for free,… Read More
Chart: Valve now has more users than Xbox Live, but PlayStation Network still rules Xbox Live, watch out: It’s full Steam ahead for Valve. Bellevue-based Valve says its Steam video-game platform now has 65… Read More
Nintendo posts quarterly loss of $81M as Wii U barely outsells original Wii Nintendo today posted its quarterly earnings report and it’s still not looking good for the Japanese game giant. The company… Read More
Big Fish CEO sees clear line between social casinos and real online gambling MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – It’s a tumultuous time for the social casino market. As real-money gambling heads to the Internet in fits… Read More
Oculus CEO: Gamers will be ‘blown away’ by Rift virtual reality, with help from Valve MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A partnership with one of the Seattle region’s major players in gaming will be a key… Read More
Microsoft’s new Xbox One video shows off dashboard, Kinect functionality With less than a month until the Xbox One goes on sale, Microsoft today posted a new video on the Xbox… Read More
Ex-RealNetworks GM finding success with popular virtual Las Vegas-themed MMORPG There are countless virtual casino games out there, from online poker to slots and everything in between. But what’s less… Read More
This $55, open-sourced controller helps you play games on your phone, tablet or laptop While convenient and often cheaper than console titles, playing video games on smartphones or tablets is certainly limited because you… Read More
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on competition with Amazon and what’s next with game consoles While his company’s stock is still rising in after hours trading, and looks like it may top $400 a share… Read More
New PS4 commercial takes you down PlayStation’s memory lane Those who have owned three generations of PlayStation consoles are going to like Sony’s latest commercial. The video game giant’s… Read More
Halo’s Mister Chief: The story behind a ‘terrible idea that snowballed out of control’ Ten years ago, Mister Chief was a “terrible idea that spun out of control,” but now Frank O’Connor’s creation has… Read More
Goodbye, Wii: Nintendo stops production of original motion-controlled console The Wii’s days are over. NIntendo’s original motion-controlled console that debuted in 2006 will no longer be produced. As first… Read More
The streak is over: Xbox 360 dethroned by PS3 after 32 months atop U.S. market Thirty-two months, or 2-and-a-half years: That’s how long Microsoft’s Xbox 360 held the top spot in the U.S. console market, based… Read More
Ex-Valve employees are obliterating Kickstarter goal for 3D-projection glasses It seems people like the idea of strapping on $189 glasses that can project interactive 3D images right in front… Read More
Here’s what the Xbox One’s friends list will look like To go with the new look of its console, Microsoft has announced a new, way of interacting with your friends,… Read More
Ex-Valve employees raising $400K on Kickstarter for augmented reality, 3D-projection glasses Maybe Valve should have kept these two around. Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson today launched a Kickstarter to raise $400,000 for their… Read More
Here’s what playing a game with Valve’s Steam Controller looks like Valve raised some eyebrows in the gaming world when it announced the new Steam Controller for its upcoming Steam Machine… Read More
