For the love of gaming: Husband and wife co-founders raise $2.6M for social platform Game Jolt Eight years after they left Zulily to concentrate full time on their social platform for gamers, husband and wife co-founders… Read More
Microsoft sets release date for ‘Halo Infinite,’ plus special-edition hardware to celebrate anniversary Microsoft has announced the release date for its forthcoming first-person shooter Halo Infinite, as well as a lineup of special-edition… Read More
Seattle Kraken in the game as EA Sports’ ‘NHL 22’ features new hockey team and new arena Hockey fans dying for a look inside Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, the soon-to-be home of the Seattle Kraken, can turn… Read More
Building Seattle, brick by video game brick: City rises in Minecraft as part of immense project Rome wasn’t built in a day, the saying goes. But hey, Seattle was built in a month! At least a… Read More
Analysis: Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand? Last month, American consumers spent $5.6 billion on video game hardware, accessories, and assorted content, which marks an 18% increase… Read More
Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother J Allard, the onetime Microsoft executive who was a co-founder of Xbox, left Intellivision Entertainment last year, shortly after joining… 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
He always wanted in the game, and now Shotcall’s Gordon Li is helping fans play alongside creators Gordon Li grew up obsessed with playing video games — maybe a bit too much, in his parents’ opinion, he… Read More
Catching up with NFL great Richard Sherman on his favorite video games, esports ownership, and more Richard Sherman always talked a good game, and backed it up, especially during his years with the Seattle Seahawks. Now… Read More
Microsoft courts ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ stars LeBron James and Bugs Bunny to get kids coding Microsoft is putting together a heck of a team to get kids interested in coding, and the stars are LeBron… Read More
Washington state ranks No. 2 nationwide for annual video game industry economic output at $11.6B Washington state’s video games industry overtook Texas last year and claimed the No. 2 spot for total economic output, as… Read More
With ability to fly anywhere in the world, ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ players choose this special place Paris? New York? Hawaii? Over the Grand Canyon? If you could fly anywhere, even on an imaginary flight via “Microsoft… Read More
Nintendo sells 6.86M more Switch consoles and eclipses lifetime sales of classic NES Nintendo reported another blockbuster quarter for the sale of its Switch video game console, moving 6.86 million units between July… Read More
Snoop Dogg can chill and play games as he unboxes world’s first Xbox Series X Fridge “This is cool, baby.” Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg reacted to the temperature and the birthday gift he received from Microsoft… Read More
Geek of the Week: Artist Chanee Choi’s 3D video game ‘Pandemic’ looks at racism during COVID-19 Chanee Choi’s “Pandemic” is a video game and it is art. And the “art game” is not an escape from… Read More
Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming as part of video game perk for Prime members Amazon rebranded a video game-related benefit for Prime members on Monday, renaming Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming. Prime Gaming will… Read More
Nintendo continues to put up staggering sales numbers for Switch console and ‘Animal Crossing’ Nintendo continues to put up impressive numbers for the Switch video game console as well as its hot game title,… Read More
Photos: LEGO and Nintendo officially show off brick-built NES and retro TV that will sell for $229 A day after leaked images and a short teaser video hinted at a unique expansion of their partnership, LEGO Group… Read More
Company offering $1,000 to one lucky player who logs 50 hours on ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ If you’re already spending countless hours playing video games during the pandemic quarantine, why not get paid for the effort?… Read More
After lackluster launch, Amazon pulls ‘Crucible’ back into closed beta weeks after game’s release Little more than a month after a much-hyped entry into big-budget video games, Amazon is pulling back “Crucible,” its new… Read More
Fernando Reyes Medina fell for gaming through ‘Halo,’ and now he’s a designer for the franchise Growing up in Mexico City, Fernando Reyes Medina’s love for video games and desire to be a game designer was… Read More
Seattle video game convention PAX West falls to COVID-19 and will be part of 9-day online event PAX West, the giant video game convention originally planned for Labor Day weekend in Seattle, is being turned into a… Read More
XPRIZE’s Code Games challenge gives kids an opportunity to create games for good XPRIZE’s latest program to incentivize innovation is going after a new demographic: young people between the ages of 10 and… Read More
A virtual slugfest: Seattle Mariners players take on fans in baseball video game tournament They can’t step on real grass, swing for real fences or hear the cheers of real fans, but Seattle Mariners… 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
E3 organizers cancel giant video game conference Update, March 11, 8:50 a.m. PT: ESA has confirmed that E3 is canceled. The organizer is looking into options for an… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Nintendo president speaks; D&D for a good cause; and more — Nintendo is on a roll. Though its current console, the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t boast the same type of processing… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Stand-up mathematician; healthcare at home; geeky music; and more — Math is one of those subjects that seems to be divisive among students as they grow up. Basically, you… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in Cloud Summit; tech’s influence on democracy; and more — Women can get left behind or overlooked for their abilities to contribute to evolving technologies such as cloud computing.… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Interview with Outlook product chief; comic convention; and more — How did Outlook’s mobile app reach 100 million users since launching in 2015? Hear from Outlook Mobile team leader… Read More
