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Sony to acquire Seattle-area game development firm Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters

Sony announced Thursday that it will acquire Firewalk Studios from Bellevue, Wash.-based ProbablyMonsters. Financial terms were not disclosed. Firewalk is… 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

Bungie officially joins PlayStation as $3.6B deal closes

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based development studio behind the Destiny franchise of video games, has officially been acquired by PlayStation makers… Read More

Sony will shift bulk of PlayStation Studios budget to live service games after $3.6B Bungie deal

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s acquisition of Destiny maker Bungie for $3.6 billion is the linchpin of a larger plan to bet… Read More

Revamped ‘PlayStation Plus’ shows how Sony and Microsoft are no longer traditional competitors

Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a… Read More

Analysis: Sony’s ‘Spartacus’ starts a battle of the gaming subscription services with Xbox, others

Next week, Sony reportedly intends to announce a service to compete with Microsoft’s Game Pass, which has the potential to… Read More

Sony to buy Bungie, former Microsoft studio, for $3.6B in latest blockbuster video-game deal

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer that originally developed the platform-defining Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, has agreed to be… Read More

Microsoft Gaming head confirms Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ will keep coming to PlayStation

New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to… Read More

Viral sensation ‘Among Us’ is coming to PlayStation 4 & 5 later this year

Last year’s viral hit Among Us is planned to debut on PlayStation 4 & 5 later this year. Announced during… Read More

Report on game console energy consumption dings Microsoft for failure to tweak power-saving settings

Energy consumption by the new Xbox gaming console could cost new owners of the Microsoft device more than $500 million… Read More

Xbox users who bought ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ can get a full refund after disastrous launch for popular game

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action… Read More

Nintendo Switch was the best selling console last month, despite PlayStation and Xbox launches

Even in a month that saw record-breaking worldwide launches for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the Nintendo Switch… Read More

Sony reveals PS5 details, slated for holiday 2020 debut — in time for battle with Microsoft’s new Xbox

Sony has been conspicuously quiet for much of 2019. It’s teased a handful of major first-party video game releases –… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: The best games from E3

E3, the biggest gaming convention in the U.S., started with a bang this week. Geared Up co-host Andru Edwards is… 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

Microsoft reportedly testing Spotify app for Xbox

Streaming music service Spotify is coming to the Xbox One more than two years after it debuted on rival PlayStation… 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

Nintendo Switch online service coming in 2018, with $20 annual membership cost

Nintendo will launch a paid, online gaming service for the  popular Switch hybrid console next year. Right now, Switch players… Read More

Xbox Live monthly usage drops from June to September, raising stakes for the holidays

As part of its quarterly earnings report last week, Microsoft said Xbox Live monthly active users reached 47 million — up 21… Read More

Why Nintendo ‘desperately’ needs its hybrid Switch console to be a hit

The first look at Nintendo’s new hybrid Switch console generated plenty of buzz, but one report suggests disappointing sales could… Read More

Virtual reality abounds at PAX as giant game event opens in Seattle

Virtual reality has officially arrived, if the convention floor at PAX West is any indication. VR experiences are seemingly around every… Read More

Xbox One beats PS4 for U.S. console sales last month in rare win for Microsoft

For the first time since this past October, Microsoft’s Xbox One outpaced Sony’s Playstation 4 for U.S. console sales in… Read More

NFL inks deal with Sony to stream NFL Network and RedZone via PlayStation Vue

Cord-cutting football fans have a new way to watch NFL Network and NFL RedZone. The league today announced a deal… Read More

Sony confirms plans for new PlayStation 4 with 4K TV support

Sony has confirmed that the rumors are true. According to The Financial Times, a new, beefier PlayStation 4 is on the… Read More

PlayStation 4 console sales surpass 40M; software sales reach 270M

Sony announced today that sales of its PlayStation 4 have eclipsed 40 million, a new milestone for the top-selling console.… Read More

Sony to launch Playstation VR for $399 right before 2016 holiday season

Sony’s virtual reality headset may be coming to the VR party a little late, but it’s going to be a lot… Read More

Xbox One, Playstation 4 U.S. sales reach record highs as Sony ousts Microsoft in December

U.S. sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 hit record-highs last month. The NPD Group reported its monthly console sales… Read More

Microsoft stops reporting Xbox console unit sales, shifting focus to Xbox Live active users

Microsoft is making a major change to the way it reports results for its Xbox business — ending its longstanding practice… Read More

Sony PS4 tops Microsoft Xbox One in U.S. console sales for 5th straight month

Sony topped Microsoft again for U.S. current-generation hardware sales in September as its PlayStation 4 trumped the Xbox One for the… Read More

Apple just unveiled its own game console, inside the new Apple TV

Apple is finally getting serious about video games in the living room. Today, at a special event, Apple unveiled an all-new Apple… Read More

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