PAX Gallery: The characters of Penny Arcade Expo 2011 Editor’s Note: The annual Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, is in full swing this weekend in downtown Seattle… Read More
PAX: Microsoft on the hunt for the best indie Xbox games [Updated below with winners] Situated in a far corner of the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend is a… Read More
Bungie Aerospace’s first project is an iPad game, will get PAX preview this weekend Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will… Read More
Seattle Sonics make comeback in latest ‘NBA Jam’ remake Here’s a rare bit of good news for Seattle’s jilted NBA fans: The Glove, The Reign Man and even Detlef… Read More
Medio lands Angry Birds maker Rovio as mobile data analytics customer Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has chosen technology from Medio Systems, the Seattle-based mobile predictive analytics company, to analyze and… Read More
Windows Phone games: Details on Microsoft’s ‘Fast Async’ service As part of an update about upcoming Windows Phone gaming features, Microsoft this week offered a teaser about a new service… Read More
Digital Chocolate finds a sweet deal, gobbles up Sandlot Games There’s been quite a bit of M&A activity in recent weeks in the casual gaming industry, highlighted by Electronic Arts’… Read More
Microsoft goes to the matte: Xbox 360 losing its glossy sheen Should home electronics come in glossy or matte? OK, so it’s not exactly the weightiest debate of our time, but… Read More
It’s official: Electronic Arts completes PopCap buyout One of the largest technology acquisitions in the Seattle area is now in the books. On Friday, Electronic Arts completed… Read More
Microsoft’s ‘KinectFusion’ creates real-time, 3D model of an entire room, and more Is this a glimpse of the future of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Windows? During a Microsoft Research demo event… Read More
Games on Google+: PopCap and GameHouse on board Google is escalating its challenge to Facebook by expanding its fledgling Google+ social networking service into games — allowing people… Read More
Microsoft: Xbox 360 on track for biggest year in Xbox history Microsoft’s Xbox 360 landed atop the U.S. console market once again in July, according to a statement just released by… Read More
Nintendo plots comeback, but when will Mario upgrade to a smartphone? Maybe never Nintendo will try to reverse the fortunes of its latest handheld game device, the 3DS, by cutting the price to $170… Read More
Fruit Ninja to give Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect some extra juice Fruit Ninja debuts this week for Microsoft’s Xbox Live — using the Kinect motion sensor to let gamers slice through… Read More
Meet the 15-year-old whose game wowed the crowd at DigiPen’s summer camp For Jeannette Yu, a 15-year old art-loving teen, stepping into a gaming programmer’s shoes for a two-week long summer camp… Read More
New Bungie film goes behind the games (Watch it with us) Bungie, the Seattle-area game studio best known for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, just released a nearly hour-long… Read More
GeekWire at gdgt live Seattle: Which classic arcade game do you want to compete in? GeekWire is gearing up for gdgt live this Friday evening in Seattle — the free, all-ages gadget-fest at the Showbox… Read More
Sony takes a big swing, buys game maker Sucker Punch It probably doesn’t come with a price tag in the billions. But another Seattle area gaming studio has been sold.… Read More
This Seattle woman really, really wants to work at Valve Valve Software is one of the Seattle area’s hottest gaming companies. And Erin Michael Vondrak, a Seattle artist and photographer,… Read More
The dreaded ‘G’ word: Gamification I’ve been spending a portion of the week at the Casual Connect conference in downtown Seattle, a three-day extravaganza which… Read More
Nintendo kicks off symphony concert tour to celebrate 25 years of Zelda How do you mark 25 years of the iconic video game The Legend of Zelda? But, of course, you kick… Read More
Meet the 10-year-old who just released an iPhone game (with some help from PopCap) Remember the story of Owain Weinert? He’s the 10-year-old who dreamed of developing his own iOS game. Well, that dream… Read More
Go to college, buy a Windows PC and get a free Xbox 360? Amazon.com isn’t the only tech giant wooing college students this summer. Microsoft too is offering a special deal, giving away… Read More
Domain purchase fuels speculation of Microsoft-Sony partnership Earlier today, we told you about Microsoft’s leak of the Web site Socl.com, which caused all sorts of chatter about… Read More
Xbox 360 still tromping all over the U.S. console market June was a down month for the U.S. video-game industry overall, but not for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 –which turned in… Read More
List: How EA’s buyout of PopCap ranks Electronic Arts’ buyout of PopCap Games is a whopper by most standards. But just how big is it in relation… Read More
Report: PopCap turned down $1B buyout offer from Zynga PopCap Games must be pretty confident in its ability to post strong financial results over the next couple years. Either… Read More
PopCap to fans: EA buyout is good One of Popcap Games’ defining corporate traits is the irreverent and lighthearted personality it conveys to the outside world. Following… Read More
‘Scene It?’ goes daily with unified trivia game across web, devices The “Scene It?” game franchise is getting broader and more timely today with a new trivia quiz game that works… Read More
Meet the venture capitalist who just made a bundle on PopCap’s sale to EA PopCap Games never really operated by the book. The Seattle game maker eschewed venture capital financing throughout much its history,… Read More
