Articles about Gaming – Page 5 of 10

Seattle Police end use of Twitch video game channel after controversy over shooting discussion

The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of… Read More

Riot Games co-founder Brandon Beck and NBA champ Rick Fox hope more women join male-dominated world of eSports

In a stadium built for a nearly 100-year-old sports league, Brandon Beck and Rick Fox talked about eSports and what the… Read More

Deluxe gaming furniture maker Geek Chic, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down

Geek Chic, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of high-end furniture aimed at geeks who love board games, has shut down according… Read More

Can’t wait for Super Mario Odyssey? Play 5 games that let you possess enemies and other characters

Perhaps the most intriguing thing revealed in Nintendo’s E3 presentation on Tuesday was Mario’s new possession ability in the upcoming… Read More

Fasten your seatbelt for Mario Kart in VR

Nintendo’s beloved racing game, Mario Kart, will soon be available in virtual reality. The Japanese gaming giant, which has its… 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

Geek of the Week: Game director Luke Smith finds his ‘Destiny’ with sequel to popular franchise

Luke Smith is all about community and connecting with people, whether it’s the friends he chats with in Slack or the… Read More

Techstars grad Innervate raises more cash for platform that helps developers reach gamers

Innervate, a Seattle startup offering a suite of tools to help gaming companies market their products, has raised an undisclosed… Read More

Walk the plank, Pokèmon! New AR game ‘Captain Blimey’ promises huge digital treasure hunt

A new augmented reality mobile game from Redmond, Wash.-based 9Logic Technologies could have users — and those who witness them… Read More

Labor filing shows that layoffs at Seattle game studio PopCap will affect 45 employees

When game developer PopCap announced last week that it was cutting staff at its Seattle headquarters, the company didn’t say… Read More

Microsoft launching ‘Minecraft Marketplace’ so third-party developers can sell items in the blockbuster game

Minecraft, the wildly popular game that lets players create infinite worlds, will soon allow community developers to sell storylines, games within… Read More

Milking this for all it’s worth: Nintendo gamers take on real dairy farmers in ‘1-2-Switch’ contest

We could watch this until the cows come home! A dairy farm in Vermont was so confident in the milking… Read More

Gaming gets a bedside boost with donation of 10 Xbox GO Karts to aid patients at Seattle hospital

Hospitalized children often crave any sort of distraction that might help them cope with their surroundings and whatever illness they’re dealing… Read More

Photos: Seahawks host first-ever Madden 17 Championship Tournament in Seattle

Virtual football collided with real football at a first-of-its-kind event on Thursday evening in Seattle. The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)… Read More

Nintendo Switch is out and some people waited in line for it

UPDATE: Seattleites looking to get their hands on the new Nintendo Switch console are in luck. The hybrid console will be… Read More

Now streaming on Twitch: Seattle Police blast aliens and take questions while playing games

Inside the Seattle Police Department, a special three-person unit known as a “fire team” sets out every week on a… Read More

Are video games better than sex for relieving stress? Study says yes, for some men

People are stressed. Unwinding, however, can be as easy as turning on your Xbox. In fact, gaming has become so… Read More

Casual Connect video game conference will return to Seattle after 4 years in San Francisco

The prodigal game conference returns. It has been four years since Casual Connect, the big casual games convention, left Seattle, as… Read More

How Facebook’s Instant Games went from one Seattle engineer’s side project to reality in 6 months

Guilherme Campos has a passion for games. For much of his career, that passion mostly manifested itself in his free… Read More

Apple Watch gets Pokémon Go app — but it can’t catch Pokémon

Pokémon Go has finally arrived on the Apple Watch, with one big catch. Using the app, players can get items… Read More

VR game studio Drifter Entertainment, led by Oculus and HoloLens vets, raises $2.25M

Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle startup founded by veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus, just announced $2.25 million in seed funding… Read More

PlayFab raises another $3M to power back-end services for more than 350 online games

PlayFab is raising more cash to help grow its online gaming support platform. PlayFab CEO James Gwertzman said that the Seattle startup has… Read More

Veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus raise cash for stealthy Seattle VR game studio

Drifter Entertainment, a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to… Read More

‘Twitch Metastream’ lets gamers customize streams with new update to Amazon Lumberyard

Amazon today released Lumberyard Beta 1.6, the newest update to its game engine that runs on Amazon Web Services. The… Read More

Pokémon Go could help you live longer, Microsoft study finds

True to its name, Pokémon Go got Americans moving after a launch almost as explosive as a Blastoise bursting out of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen geek Sonja Marcus finds purpose and pride writing for her gaming blog

The internet can be a big and scary place for just about anyone who spends much time there, but especially… Read More

This gaming device tells you when enemies sneak up behind you

Playing a first person shooter or online multiplayer games, like League of Legends, can be an information overload. Stats on… Read More

In new Minecraft mini-game ‘Tumble,’ players fight to avoid a fiery grave

Anyone who hasn’t completely lost their inner child remembers jumping from rug to chair to coffee table to avoid the… Read More

Microsoft reveals the ‘Xbox Onesie’ and the internet goes nuts

Australia has done it again. The land down under brought us Margot Robbie, the boomerang, Ugg Boots, and now a new… Read More

Lenovo introduces super-charged Windows 10 PCs ready for VR gaming

Lenovo is bringing virtual reality to the desktop PC with the announcement Tuesday of two new high-powered, gaming-oriented computers. Both… Read More