Articles about Games

‘Amazon Anywhere’ brings shopping experience inside new AR game from makers of ‘Pokèmon Go’

The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.” Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” an immersive shopping… Read More

Chess Club is making all the right moves in Seattle, attracting players to lively venues across the city

Unlike Fight Club, the first rule of Chess Club is apparently to talk about what happens in Chess Club, promote… Read More

Zero Latency opening a free-roam virtual reality gaming venue in Seattle area

Zero Latency VR, the Australia-based virtual reality technology company, is bringing one of its free-roam gaming spaces to the Seattle… Read More

Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal raises red flags in UK despite ‘Call of Duty’ pledge

Regulators in the UK expressed concern about the competitive implications of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision-Blizzard, saying it… Read More

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The pioneering spirit and joyful life of late ‘Cranium’ creator Richard Tait, in his own words

Growing up as a child in Scotland, one of Richard Tait’s heroes was entrepreneur Richard Branson. After Tait co-founded board… Read More

Worth the drive: An inside look at Topgolf’s newest high-tech sports venue — within range of Seattle

A modest tee shot away from Boeing’s airplane assembly factory in Renton, Wash., golf balls are taking flight at a… Read More

Richard Tait, 1964-2022: ‘Cranium’ inventor and serial entrepreneur was ‘the ultimate dreamer’

Richard Tait, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur who co-founded the wildly popular board game “Cranium” after spending 10 years at Microsoft,… Read More

Startup’s ‘Likewise Arcade’ taps into ‘Wordle’-style popularity to gamify streaming TV and movies

The guessing game is coming to Likewise, the Seattle-area startup that offers personalized picks for movies, TV series and other… Read More

Topgolf opening its new tech-enabled sports and entertainment venue south of Seattle this week

FOLLOW-UP: Worth the drive: An inside look at Topgolf’s newest high-tech sports venue — within range of Seattle Topgolf is… Read More

Seattle tech worker creates card game ‘Let’s Get Real Bro’ to tap into real talk on men’s mental health

Weston Karnes talks a good game. Or, more precisely, his new game is good for talking. Karnes is the creator… Read More

Chart: Microsoft’s largest acquisitions, led by the blockbuster deal to buy Activision Blizzard

Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination… Read More

Topgolf is officially bringing one of its high-tech sports and entertainment venues to Seattle area

Sports and entertainment company Topgolf is officially bringing a full-scale, high-tech golf and gaming complex to the Seattle area, with… Read More

Block out the date: Minecraft graduation ceremony will show off UW group’s detailed Seattle build

A college diploma is considered one of the building blocks for a successful future. If the diploma itself is made… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

Seattle-based Rec Room has raised $100 million in new funding. The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 billion… 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

He always wanted in the game, and now Shotcall’s Gordon Li is helping fans play alongside creators

Gordon Li grew up obsessed with playing video games — maybe a bit too much, in his parents’ opinion, he… Read More

With ability to fly anywhere in the world, ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ players choose this special place

Paris? New York? Hawaii? Over the Grand Canyon? If you could fly anywhere, even on an imaginary flight via “Microsoft… Read More

Geek of the Week: Artist Chanee Choi’s 3D video game ‘Pandemic’ looks at racism during COVID-19

Chanee Choi’s “Pandemic” is a video game and it is art. And the “art game” is not an escape from… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s flying security camera, and Microsoft’s $7.5B gaming deal

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and security company, unveiled… Read More

Seattle-based Big Fish Games lays off 250 people — read the memo sent to staff

Big Fish Games on Tuesday laid off approximately 250 people as part of a substantial restructuring at the 18-year-old gaming… Read More

Alexa helps players navigate sci-fi world in first 3 episodes of Amazon audio adventure ‘Starfinder’

Alexa is in the game. Amazon’s voice assistant joins a high-profile voice cast in the release today of the first… Read More

Geeks Gaming for Good: What you need to know for GeekWire’s first-ever Rocket League tournament

We’re just hours away until the kick off of Geeks Gaming for Good, an action-packed Rocket League tournament in which… Read More

Fernando Reyes Medina fell for gaming through ‘Halo,’ and now he’s a designer for the franchise

Growing up in Mexico City, Fernando Reyes Medina’s love for video games and desire to be a game designer was… Read More

Sign up for GeekWire’s first-ever virtual sports competition, raising money for nonprofits

Want to have some fun? And support a good cause? The countdown is on for GeekWire’s first-ever virtual sports competition:… Read More

Fast-growing and profitable social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive files for IPO

DoubleDown Interactive is rolling the dice on an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million on the… Read More

Shut out of bars by the pandemic, Seattle trivia startup Sporcle finds success with games on Zoom

Here’s a trivia question for you: In what year did Seattle startup Sporcle, a trivia games company, figure out that… Read More

CLOAK and swagger: Apparel brand teams with Microsoft for ‘Minecraft Dungeons’ fashion line

Gamers caught up in the release of the new “Minecraft Dungeons” video game on Tuesday probably haven’t given much thought… Read More

Together again, virtually: Inside two worlds where social distancing is irrelevant

Inside the board room at the corporate headquarters for VirBELA, chief strategy officer Glenn Sanford invited me to lean forward… Read More

A protein puzzle game called Foldit turns up 99 promising ways to confound coronavirus

Who would have thought a video game could identify potential treatments for COVID-19? Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute… Read More

Xplore’s Xcraft space probe lands in Xtronaut 2.0 board game — and STEM students are the winners

Seattle-based Xplore isn’t due to launch its first Xcraft space probe until late 2021, but it’s already landed in an… Read More