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It’s official: Sony is the king of the consoles again

It took eight years, but Sony is once again king of the consoles. The company sold 18.7 million consoles worldwide in its last… Read More

Hulu Plus “Remote Control” brings Chromecast-style features to Xbox One, PS4

Hulu Plus subscribers are getting a little bit more control over their streaming experience on game consoles with a new… Read More

Microsoft wants to buy your PlayStation 3 for $100

Have an old PS3 or Xbox 360 sitting around? Microsoft wants to take that off your hands. The company is… Read More

Yes, you can: How to play Xbox 360 games on Xbox One

Update, June 15, 2015: At the annual E3 video game conference, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will be able to… Read More

Study: Those who play Xbox are better in bed than other gamers

Here’s another feather Xbox gamers can add to their caps: Apparently they’re better in bed than those on who play… Read More

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features… Read More

A gamer’s dream: ‘The Art of Video Games’ exhibit debuts Friday at the EMP (PHOTOS)

If you’ve ever wanted to jump in a time machine and relive the 40-year history of video games, well, Seattle’s… Read More

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More

Struggling Nintendo sells 3 million Wii U consoles, lowers forecasts again

Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday… Read More

Report: Chinese government could lift 12-year-old ban on video game hardware

Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from… Read More

Sony boss: We’ll let Microsoft unveil its console first, then make ours better

While we don’t have exact release dates for next-generation consoles, we now know Sony’s PS4 will be released after Microsoft’s… Read More

Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market

The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking… Read More

Yo, Sounders fan in that Xbox shirt! Be honest, what’s your favorite game console?

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is the title sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team — which means that fans show… Read More

Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans

The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans… Read More

GameKlip: Android meets PS3 with new video game accessory from UW student

The idea of using a PlayStation 3 controller to play games on an Android device isn’t new. For some gamers… Read More

Sony hides PlayStation 3 sales data as profits fall

Maybe I’m a nerd, but one of the things I look forward to each quarter is the release of Sony’s… Read More

Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the… Read More

PS3 sucks less than Xbox and Wii in tough Q1 for consoles

Sony reported its latest financial results overnight, and the numbers put the PlayStation 3 back atop the worldwide console market… Read More

PS3 gets Amazon video app, Xbox 360 still stuck with workaround, for now

If you own a PlayStation 3 and subscribe to Amazon Prime, it’s your lucky day. Amazon today announced the availability… Read More

Chart: Kinect surpasses 25% of Xbox 360 installed base

One piece of news disclosed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer here at the Consumer Electronics Show last night was that… Read More

Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles

Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again

In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new… Read More

Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world

It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks… Read More

Xbox 360 leads in U.S. again; Microsoft says Kinect games will triple this year

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued its reign atop the U.S. console market in April, according to data from the NPD Group… Read More

Redbox getting into video games, like for reals this time

Coming soon to the front stoop of your local 7-Eleven: Master Chief and Mario. Redbox, the movie-rental subsidiary of Bellevue-based… Read More

Wii sequel in 2012: Can Nintendo top PS3, Xbox 360?

In the process of announcing its latest financial results this morning, Nintendo confirmed that it plans to release the successor… Read More

‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ atop the heap in February (List)

There’s a new king in the U.S. video game market, and it’s not exactly good news for the industry’s efforts… Read More

Xbox 3D? Job listings tip Microsoft’s hand

Nice catch by PC World this morning, digging up a series of job posts on LinkedIn that show Microsoft staffing… Read More

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