Play Episode Podcast Geared Up: The insane Apple Mac Pro, 8K Xbox, and xCloud game streaming Play E3 2019 is in the books, and Microsoft Xbox came out swinging. In this episode of Geared Up, we talk… Read More
Changing seasons create new driving challenges around the world in Microsoft’s ‘Forza Horizon 4’ The Forza series of racing games goes back to 2005 and the original Xbox, where the original Forza Motorsport served… Read More
TLDR: Seattle repeals ‘Amazon Tax,’ AT&T and Time Warner deal approved, the biggest games at E3 [Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More
Fortnite arrives on the Nintendo Switch today; Super Mario Party and Super Smash Bros later this year Fortnite has arrived on Nintendo Switch. The mega-popular battle royale game is launching on Nintendo’s newest console today at 10… Read More
Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote Master Chief is back. Microsoft teased a new Halo game at the beginning of its keynote at E3, the big… Read More
Hats off: Nintendo unveils new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey for Switch, with Oct. 27 release date The latest edition of the Super Mario franchise is coming to Nintendo Switch later this year, and it’s a blend… Read More
Podcast Geared Up: Microsoft’s Xbox One X is powerful, but is it worth the big price tag? The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is in full swing this week. It’s as one of the biggest… Read More
Polyarc, led by ex-Bungie developers, debuts first game for PlayStation VR at E3 Polyarc made its debut on one of gaming’s biggest stages. At Sony’s press conference from the big E3 video game… Read More
Top 5 cool things from E3 2016, despite a smaller feel and fewer exhibitors While this year’s announced attendance was up at the E3 game convention, the number of exhibitors was significantly smaller, and many… Read More
Leak reveals white ‘Xbox One S’ in advance of Microsoft’s E3 briefing An image posted on a popular video game forum today is providing what appears to be the first glimpse of… Read More
Microsoft drops Xbox One price by $50 to $299 Microsoft on Tuesday dropped the price of its Xbox One console by $50 to $299. The console, which retailed at $499… Read More
Amazon’s Twitch attracts monster audience at E3, with 21M viewers tuning in online Amazon may not have had a huge presence at E3, the annual videogame conference in Los Angeles, but its video… Read More
Lessons learned from walking the edges of E3 The big screens have been returned to their boxes. The echo of rumbling soundtracks have ceased commingling, their echoes faded… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: E3 highlights, U.S. Open tech report, and using the Pebble Time smartwatch This week on the GeekWire radio show: Big news from Microsoft’s Xbox group, highlights from the E3 video-game convention, a… Read More
Geek on the Street: Does Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo have the edge? For the last week, the video game industry’s largest annual convention and trade fair, E3, has kept the Los Angeles… Read More
All the rumors are true: The long wait for the games of E3 2015 This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo saw some announcements that gamers have been waiting for. And I mean waiting, in some… Read More
Lego gets virtual, launches ‘Lego Dimensions’ at E3 Your favorite Lego figures will soon be able to visit the virtual world. At E3, Lego unveiled its plans for… Read More
Play Nintendo’s new ‘Mario Maker’ on the Wii U at select Best Buys this week Nintendo is having one heck of a week and wants to let you in on some of the fun. Tomorrow… Read More
Microsoft is making a Minecraft game for its HoloLens blended reality headset Minecraft, meet HoloLens. At the big E3 video game conference today, Microsoft showed off a neat demo of a Minecraft… Read More
Nintendo’s World Championships returning to E3 After a 25-year hiatus, Nintendo announced that it is bringing back its World Championships to E3 in June. Not held since… Read More
Playing with your emotions: EA shows off new touchy-feely features for The Sims, FIFA Amazing new graphics and head-splitting soundtracks are usually the focus at E3, the annual game conference in Los Angeles, where… Read More
Xbox Live dumping Microsoft Points, ending 100-friend limit, adding Gold account sharing Microsoft confirmed this morning that it will be shifting away from its Microsoft Points virtual currency for purchasing games and… Read More
Ask Andru: Is Wii U really a next-generation console? Today we received a question about Nintendo’s upcoming console release, Wii U, with GeekWire reader Alex wondering why the company… Read More
Microsoft exec: Xbox 360 has ‘a lot more than two years’ left In an interview with GameSpot down at the E3 video-game convention in Los Angeles this week, a Microsoft Xbox executive… Read More
E3: Microsoft ‘SmartGlass’ trademark filing hints at bigger ambitions for Xbox [Follow-up: Microsoft unveils Xbox SmartGlass, Xbox Music, IE for Xbox, and Nike+ Kinect] It’s going to be a big week for… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More
Sony’s new PS Vita handheld: $249 WiFi, $299 3G, on AT&T Sony this evening unveiled the official name for the successor to its PlayStation Portable. Dubbed the PlayStation Vita, the new… Read More
Xbox plans Live TV, YouTube, Bing search, hints at DVR Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to offer a live television service to users of its Xbox Live service, and hinted… Read More
Video: Kinect goes Star Wars One of the E3 leaks from Microsoft’s website this morning was a new Star Wars game for the Kinect motion-sensor,… Read More
Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More
