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Seattle indie game studio Galvanic Games is shutting down

Galvanic Games, the independent Seattle-based developer behind video games such as Some Distant Memory, Rapture Rejects, and last fall’s Wizard… Read More

Seattle studio Mega Crit reveals sequel to surprise indie-game hit ‘Slay the Spire’

Slay the Spire 2, a sequel to the hit 2019 video game, is planned for release next year via Steam… Read More

New game ‘Pacific Drive’ from Seattle studio Ironwood is the last road trip at the end of the world

Pacific Drive is a survival game where your car’s survival is more important than yours. You’ve ended up stuck in… Read More

Latest round of Unity layoffs impacts 50 Seattle-area employees

Update, Feb. 6: A new filing with the Washington state employment security department shows an additional 70 workers cut from… Read More

A list of 20 interesting and weird indie games developed in the Pacific Northwest

Every fall in Washington state, hobby designers, garage developers, and eccentric tinkerers get together to show off their independently-produced video… Read More

Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity, dozens of small independent video game studios… Read More

23 video games debuting this year with ties to the Pacific Northwest

After the production delays and supply disruptions of the last few years, 2023 is where the games industry is set… Read More

22 indie video games from Pacific Northwest garage developers

Washington state hosts one of the largest game development communities in the U.S., second only to California. Portland and Vancouver… Read More

A list of 20 video games developed in the Pacific Northwest and featured at PAX

The Penny Arcade Expo has traditionally been a big event for the Pacific Northwest’s game development community, but 2022’s show… Read More

Seattle-area publisher tinyBuild buys IP rights to indie releases, acquires Russian developer Konfa

In a rare sort of deal for the video game industry, Bellevue, Wash.-based indie game publisher tinyBuild announced Friday that… Read More

This 12-year-old indie developer is bringing his retro-style game to Emerald City Comic Con

At 12 years old, Max Trest is already an established independent video game developer who has even created a game… Read More

Microsoft debuts new cloud-based tools targeting indie game developers

Microsoft wants more indie game developers to use its cloud services with the debut of a new suite of cloud-based… Read More

Veteran video game developers, visual effects experts launch new Vancouver B.C. studio Blinkmoon

An Emmy-winning visual effects artist has joined an industry colleague and a veteran video game producer to found a new… Read More

‘Journey,’ ‘Blaseball,’ ‘Spider-Man’ developers team up to launch new game studio Gardens

Several of the creators behind games such as Marvel’s Spider-Man, What Remains of Edith Finch, Ashen, Journey, Ratchet & Clank,… Read More

PAX in Seattle: A rundown of games developed in the Pacific Northwest at this year’s show

The indies ran the floor at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, showing off everything from classic role-playing experiences… Read More

Fred Wood at PAX West 2021

How a scaled-down PAX West in Seattle was still a success for some indie developers

Although PAX West was dramatically scaled-back this year in Seattle due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, indie game developers that… Read More

Preview: ‘Magic’ pros and ‘Hearthstone’ vets team up for card-game auto-battler ‘Storybook Brawl’

If you’ve ever wanted to recruit a who’s-who of characters from folklore, mythology, and the public domain, then send them… Read More

‘Rivals of Aether’ creator unveils ‘genre-defining’ Aether Studios in Seattle

The makers of the hit indie game Rivals of Aether announced Monday that they’ve founded a new studio in Seattle… Read More

Follow-up: After AOC’s Twitch stream, ‘Among Us’ hit with massive pro-Trump spam attack

Among Us, the viral hit PC and mobile murder mystery game, has come under attack from a particularly vicious spambot.… Read More

Review: Xbox vets debut ‘Roundguard,’ an accessible blend of the most addictive games

I called Roundguard dangerous when I saw it at last year’s PAX West, and now that I’ve played the full… Read More

Hands-on review: Panic’s Playdate device pairs old-school games with new-school content delivery

The most impressive thing about the Playdate is that it’s being made at all. Portland, Ore.-based Panic announced its new… Read More

Review: The gig economy collides with psychiatry, AI, and tech industry burnout in Seattle-set visual novel ‘Eliza’

It’s tough to make a traditional recommendation for Zachtronics’s Eliza. It’s a thoughtful, short visual novel – an interactive, illustrated… Read More

Q&A: Ex-Bungie CEO Harold Ryan reveals his latest project as a ‘new category of gaming company’

Harold Ryan has had a long career in the video game industry. His first job was as a tester for… Read More

Honk: Why ‘Untitled Goose Game’ has become one of the most unexpected success stories in gaming

In a month that was riddled with big video game releases, the most unexpected success story of September turned out… Read More

Wiki giant Fandom makes video game publishing debut with dungeon crawler ‘UnderMine’

Fandom is probably best-known for its network of fan wikis. The San Francisco-based entertainment platform was originally founded in 2004… Read More

A rundown of all 19 Pacific Northwest indie games in the spotlight at PAX

The depth and breadth of projects coming out of the Pacific Northwest indie gaming community was in the spotlight earlier… Read More

Game review: ‘Rebel Galaxy Outlaw’ is a great space Western — once you figure out what you’re doing

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw ($29.99 on the Epic Games Store) is a sprawling, open-ended game of space trading and combat that… Read More

Seattle publisher and developer tinyBuild unveils new games and a release date for ‘Secret Neighbor’

tinyBuild, notably weird indie video game publisher based in Bellevue, Wash., kicked off its Penny Arcade Expo on Thursday evening… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: PAX West; LEGO Robotics; chaos engineering; and more

  — Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the… Read More

Review: ‘The Church in the Darkness’ game is a creepy, difficult trip through a South American jungle

The Church in the Darkness, a game from Seattle-based Paranoid Productions that took nearly five years to develop, is a… Read More

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