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Epic Games’ layoffs hit its Seattle-area office, affecting 39 employees

The recent round of layoffs at Epic Games impacted its office in Bellevue, Wash., with 39 employees affected, according to… Read More

Microsoft and Epic partner to put ‘Fortnite’ on Xbox Cloud Gaming in surprising collaboration

Microsoft’s Xbox division is collaborating with Epic Games to put the popular free-to-play online game Fortnite up on its cloud… Read More

Both sides win and lose in judge’s Epic Games vs. Apple ruling around App Store payments

A federal judge ruled Friday that Apple can no longer prohibit individual developers from offering their own independent payment options… Read More

Lawyer who helped Netscape in Microsoft antitrust lawsuit is representing Epic in its battle with Apple

Kicking off in federal court today, the closely watched battle between the makers of Fortnite and Apple will include an… Read More

Seattle Sounders among 23 teams around the world getting in on special ‘Fortnite’ celebration of soccer

The Seattle Sounders FC are getting in on a different sort of “beautiful game” as the club is one of… Read More

Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, has acquired the game development toolset creator RAD Game Tools,… Read More

Microsoft’s Mixer grows audience, but Amazon’s Twitch continues to dominate streaming market

Users watched more than twice as many hours on Mixer in 2019 as they did the year before, but despite… Read More

State of streaming: Twitch’s new growth category; the Ninja effect on Mixer; ‘Fortnite’ viewership down

Amazon-owned Twitch still dominates the streaming space; Ninja’s move to Mixer hasn’t helped Microsoft with user growth; Fortnite viewership is… Read More

Streaming star Ninja hits 1 million subscribers on Microsoft’s Mixer just days after Twitch switch

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins said he wanted to “get back to his streaming roots” when he announced he was jumping from… Read More

U.S. video game sales climb 18% in past year; Washington state third with 242 active studios

Video games generated $43.4 billion in overall sales in 2018 in the United States, growth of 18 percent over the… Read More

Xbox One gets its own keyboard and mouse: First look at Razer’s new peripheral for Microsoft console

In advance of next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Singaporean hardware manufacturer Razer has shared images of… Read More

‘Fresh Prince’ star suing makers of ‘Fortnite’ for stealing his ‘Carlton Dance’ moves for video game

Alfonso Ribeiro clearly isn’t amused by all those kids who are dancing during and after playing “Fortnite.” The former star… Read More

Xbox head Phil Spencer foresees expanded cloud gaming, and more game monetization options

The cloud will increasingly enable you to play the game of your choice on any device of your choice. So… Read More

Epic Games uses its ‘Fortnite’ cash to challenge Steam in the digital-storefront ring

Epic Games, the video game developer behind Gears of War, the Unreal Engine, and the Fortnite franchise, announced on Tuesday morning with a… Read More

Vulcan Capital invests in Fortnite creator Epic Games as part of epic $1.25B round

Epic Games, creator of the wildly popular battle royale game Fortnite, has raised a massive $1.25 billion funding round, and… Read More

Funko lands another huge partner and will produce ‘Fortnite’ toys and collectibles

Make room, Marvel and Star Wars and many more. Funko, the pop culture consumer products company with a stable of… 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

Signs point to Fortnite heading to Nintendo Switch in potential match of gaming crazes

The hottest game in the world and trendiest console appear to be on a collision course. There’s mounting evidence that… Read More

Drake plays Fortnite, breaks Twitch streaming record with 600K concurrent viewers

Drake helped create a moment of game streaming history on Wednesday night. The world famous rapper joined top streamer Ninja… Read More