An ‘unrecognizable’ Seattle: One MIT geek’s take on the ‘rainy’ city Having grown up in Portland, I didn’t really think anything would come as much of a surprise during my career… 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
Tech Moves: aQuantive co-founder Galgon joins Real’s board; Madrona hires PR vet; Expedia changes; etc. Rob Glaser continues to overhaul the board of directors at RealNetworks, today announcing that aQuantive co-founder Mike Galgon has joined… Read More
Big Fish now a whale in mobile casino land, launches real-money gambling app in the UK Seattle may not be Vegas (no offense, Tulalip Casino), but a new gaming app that allows players to use real… Read More
Podcast Podcast: What’s new in games, phones, Mac OS X and more We’ve got a lot to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, starting with our thoughts on the… Read More
Big Fish unveils $7.99 per month cloud gaming service, streaming titles across tablets, PCs and smartphones Seattle’s Big Fish Games today unveiled a new cloud-based gaming service called Big Fish Unlimited that allows game players to… Read More
Big Fish adds Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee to board Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee, a backer of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Hootsuite and Zaarly, has joined the board… Read More
Memo: Jeremy Lewis on his departure as Big Fish CEO As we reported earlier today, Big Fish Games announced that its founder, Paul Thelen, would be returning to the role… Read More
Update: Big Fish pays up to $15M for casino game maker Seattle casual games powerhouse Big Fish Games is paying up to $15 million to purchase an undisclosed privately-held corporation. An… Read More
Big Fish bets on casino game maker, buys Self Aware Games There’s been a flurry of activity in recent weeks in the category of casino-style social media games, highlighted by IGT’s… Read More
Here are 5 tech companies from Seattle that could take the IPO plunge in 2012 The world may be waiting on a Facebook IPO. And while there’s some chatter about whether the $5 billion public… Read More
Big Fish hooks an Angry Bird: Wibe Wagemans to head game company’s mobile unit Wibe Wagemans — who flew the coop at Angry Birds maker Rovio three months ago — just landed at Big Fish… Read More
The ‘secret sauce’ behind Zynga’s first hidden object game Zynga is best known for social games such as FarmVille and CityVille in which players interact with one another on… Read More
Morning Radar: Steve Jobs is ‘most fascinating’ of 2011; Cheezburger’s latest; Big Fish; Wetpaint and more A quick rundown of stories and offbeat tidbits catching our attention this morning … Pet and animal lovers can now get… Read More
Apple pulls subscription service from Big Fish Games, removes Play Instantly from the app store Earlier this week, Big Fish Games announced a new subscription gaming app that allowed iPhone users to pay a monthly… Read More
Big Fish pioneers new subscription game service for the iPad For years, here’s how things worked in Apple’s app store. You discovered a mobile app you liked, and then you… Read More
Welcome to Geek-O-Ween: Double rainbows, superheroes and the super rockers of KISS We’ve seen double rainbows. We’ve seen superheroes. And the executive team at Big Fish Games is dressed up as members… Read More
Maker of free Facebook casino game doubles down on Seattle DoubleDown Interactive is well, doubling down, on Seattle. The company, maker of one of the top casino games on Facebook,… Read More
Big Fish hooks Amazon vet as CFO Big Fish Games, the Seattle-based casual game distributor, has named David Stephenson as chief financial officer. The veteran of Amazon.com… Read More
Big Fish brings ‘Hidden Expedition: Amazon’ to Kindle The Kindle isn’t really known as a gaming device. But that’s not stopping developers from expanding onto Amazon’s popular electronic… Read More
The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider) We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But… Read More
How Big Fish knocked Angry Birds off its iPad perch (at least on Mother’s Day) Call it the Mother’s Day mobile blitz. Big Fish Games made a serious push this past weekend with its mobile… Read More
Zulily lands a Big Fish, hooks Michael Vernon as finance chief Zulily just hooked one of Seattle’s best known high-tech CFOs, a possible sign of big things to come at the… Read More
