From a retro-futuristic driving game to a healthy shopping and eating app, more than six months of stealth startup work going on at the Washington Interactive Network (WIN) accelerator was shown off at a demo day on Thursday afternoon. It’s been nearly two years since WIN was awarded a $1.2 million grant for what’s now called the WIN Reactor, also known… Read More…
Just days before we get our first look at the next-generation Xbox, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continues to dominate the U.S. video game industry. The latest numbers from NPD market research firm are out and the Xbox 360 was the top-selling console in April, marking the 28th straight month atop the U.S. console market. Microsoft sold… Read More…
Lots of news flowing from the Google camp as the tech giant is holding its annual I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The conference runs throughout Friday and lots of the announcements are geared toward developers, but here are some of the more newsworthy bits so far today: Google debuted a subscription-based streaming music service… Read More…
The move away from Microsoft Points has been rumored for some time now, but now it looks like Microsoft may be officially ditching its virtual currency system and instead allow Xbox users to make purchases with gift and credit cards. That’s what sources are telling The Verge this morning. As it is now, people can purchase games and… Read More…
Tayloe Washburn gets excited when talking about Seattle as a gaming hub. He also knows how many people play video games — 170 million — and what that could mean for the education and healthcare spaces. So it comes as no surprise that Northeastern University’s Seattle branch is introducing a new program that focuses on gaming…. Read More…
If you’re tired of moving your thumbs around after hours of gaming on the Xbox but still need your fix, the newly-released Twitch app may be the answer. Debuting today for Xbox Live Gold members, one of the “most-asked for apps” has arrived to Microsoft’s console. Every month, more than 34 million people watch nearly… Read More…
The United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of Nintendo, upholding a previous decision that video game giant did not infringe upon motion-tracking patents held by Ohio-based Motiva LLC. Back to 2008, Motiva accused Nintendo of infringing on two patents it held for “Human Movement Measurement System,” and it claimed that importing the… Read More…
There’s a little more than a week to go until Microsoft unveils the next generation of the Xbox, at a special event May 21 on the the company’s Redmond campus. And here’s an early indication of how big the event will be. The photo above was posted by Aaron Greenberg, the Xbox chief of staff,… Read More…
While we don’t have many more details about the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies, PopCap did just release a new video on YouTube featuring several people from all ages begging the company to release Plants vs Zombies 2, including Microsoft’s “Major Nelson” Larry Hryb. “It’s about time,” the video states. PopCap also offered a more concrete release date of… Read More…
Imagine yourself playing a first-person shooter. As the gameplay gets intense, your heart starts racing. The game detects your pulse and the beads of sweat dripping down your face and in response, speeds up the action and gives you less time to complete a mission. But, if you’re calm and not perspiring, everything remains normal…. Read More…
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