Games – Page 61 of 69

Double Down pulls in $128M in revenue (as real online gambling inches toward reality in NJ)

One of the companies that may be best positioned for the approval of online gambling is Double Down Interactive, the… Read More

Report: New Xbox to feature Siri-esque voice recognition

You wake up in the morning, walk into the living room and say “Xbox on” to activate your gaming console.… Read More

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry”

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More

Ebay user selling 6,850 games and 330 consoles for $550K

Some people proudly tout their video game trove. Maybe you have an Atari 2600 and an NES or two laying… Read More

RealNetworks swings to a profit, but Glaser says there’s ‘considerable work to do’

RealNetworks has been beaten and battered over the past year, losing nearly a third of its value and watching a… Read More

Gabe Newell, J.J. Abrams discussing plans for ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Portal’ movie

Get excited, people: Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams have plans to work together both on a movie and game. The… Read More

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More

Watch Barack Obama sing the Pokemon theme song

If you’ve always wanted to see President Barack Obama sing the Pokemon theme song, well, the day has come. The… Read More

PopCap debuts first social hidden object game on Facebook with Hidden Agenda

Seattle-based PopCap Games is back with another game featuring anthropomorphic animals, and this time it’s all about solving mysteries. Hidden… Read More

Ed Fries on the future of the games business: It’s like a ‘slow motion train wreck’

It was all about gaming Thursday afternoon at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue as the sixth annual Power of Play… Read More

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor: “We’ve regrouped and are focused on winning”

We’ve been writing about how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go of his entire staff due to the… Read More

17-BIT’s new ‘Skulls of the Shogun’ bridges Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360

More than three years in the making, the new Skulls of the Shogun video game from Seattle-based indie game developer… Read More

Struggling Nintendo sells 3 million Wii U consoles, lowers forecasts again

Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday… Read More

Mario Kart, Zelda remakes coming to Wii U

Some of Nintendo’s all-time great games are making a comeback. President Satoru Iwata announced today on a Nintendo Direct Webcast that… Read More

WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler

WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More

Gas Powered CEO lays off employees, then nearly breaks down when asking for more money on Kickstarter

Chris Taylor, CEO of Redmond-based Gas Powered Games, starts this video on Kickstarter off like this: “This is the wackiest… Read More

Sony boss: We’ll let Microsoft unveil its console first, then make ours better

While we don’t have exact release dates for next-generation consoles, we now know Sony’s PS4 will be released after Microsoft’s… Read More

Drop the puck: Watch live hockey with new NHL Gamecenter app for Xbox Live

Now that hockey is back after a temporary lockout, Xbox LIVE users can access NHL GameCenter to get all the latest… Read More

Teaming up: Nintendo merging console and handheld divisions to keep up with competitors

For the first time in nearly ten years, there are some big structural changes happening at Nintendo. A report out from Japan-based… Read More

Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market

The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking… Read More

Valve invests in hardware maker Xi3, partners on ‘Steam Box’

We wrote yesterday that Valve’s “Steam Box,” a PC designed to connect to your TV and take advantage of the Steam’s Big… Read More

Nintendo Wii U sales “not bad,” says president

Sales of Nintendo’s new Wii U game console are doing fine, but just not as impressive as when the original… Read More

Valve unveiling Steam Box this year, will run on Linux

It looks like the Steam Box is coming and will run on Linux. German IT site Golem is reporting that… Read More

Real-life Bejeweled: Hasbro, PopCap bringing video games to the real world

These days, it’s not surprising to see traditional board games like Monopoly and Scrabble move from the physical to the… Read More

Big Fish teaming up with game-friendly Wikipad tablet

This past summer, Big Fish Games co-founder Paul Thelen addressed the crowd at Casual Connect and talked about how his company’s… Read More

Xbox Live apologizes for outage, offers free month of service

Xbox Live users who suffered through a weekend outage are being treated with a post-Christmas gift. Xbox Live offers a… Read More

Microsoft brings first game with Xbox Live achievements to iOS with Wordament

While rumors continue to swirl about Microsoft Office coming to iOS devices, another Windows product just entered into Apple land.… Read More

Dennis Rodman returns to the court, helps promote Hothead mobile basketball game

The Worm is making a basketball comeback. Well, at least virtually. Dennis Rodman, a former NBA star rebounder known for… Read More

Valve opens Steam for Linux beta to everyone

After opening the doors to a limited beta of Steam for Linux to just 1,000 people last month, Valve is now… Read More

After month-long delay, Nintendo debuts TVii service

After a one month delay, Nintendo’s TVii for the Wii U is finally ready to debut today. The TVii service… Read More