VIDEO: What makes Seattle such an awesome gaming city

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The list of game development companies in the Seattle area, from Valve to PopCap to 343, is certainly impressive. And to show how awesome the Emerald City’s gaming scene is, GameSpot just put out a really well-done video showcasing the talent here. They spoke with several of the city’s leading game devs, from Pete Parsons… Read More…

GeekWire 200 Update: Bungie, U4iA, other game companies make a move

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It was a big month for video games on the GeekWire 200, our monthly startup index tracking the Seattle region’s technology companies, sponsored by Fresh Consulting. Exhibit A: Bungie, which unveiled its new game “Destiny” in February, saw its Twitter follower count increase by more than 15,000 people, to 156,000 followers, and also saw a… Read More…

New era for Bungie: First glimpse of Destiny, the next big thing from Halo’s creator

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It would be hard for Bungie to top the success that Halo brought to the Bellevue-based video game company, but a new first-person shooter could have the ingredients to do just that. Bungie finally lifted the curtains on its online multiplayer game called Destiny, the first title under Bungie’s name since the company spun off from Microsoft… Read More…

The best Halo ever? Halo 4 breaks record, brings in $220 million on first day

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It was a record-setting launch day for Microsoft, as the company announced today that Halo 4 brought in $220 million last Tuesday alone. It’s the biggest launch, money-wise, in the 10-year history of the Halo franchise and a nice chunk more than the $200 million Halo: Reach brought in two years ago. Microsoft added that… Read More…

Halo’s success by the numbers: 46 million games, $3 billion in revenue

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You already knew that Halo was a popular series and here are the numbers to prove it. Just days before Halo 4 debuts next Tuesday (also Election Day), Microsoft announced that since the 2001 debut of the Halo: Combat Evolved, the franchise has sold more than 46 million games bringing in more than $3 billion… Read More…

Bungie closes its Halo database with an epic infographic

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Just how big are the Halo video games? Well, we’ve spent a combined 235,182 years playing them online — enough time to travel across the Milky Way, and back, at the speed of light. Halo gamers have killed each other more than 136 billion times, assisted each other 43 billion times, and collected more than 79… Read More…

Bungie’s Crimson sets sail, reaches top of the iPad charts

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Some people go camping on Labor Day Weekend, while others fire up the BBQ. But an awful lot of folks seem to have chosen to command a fleet full of steampunks. That’s the premise behind the new iPad game Crimson: Steam Pirates, published on Sept. 1 by Bungie Aerospace. The highly-anticipated title, developed by gaming veteran… Read More…

Bungie Aerospace’s first project is an iPad game, will get PAX preview this weekend

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Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will preview the first fruits of that initiative at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend — giving attendees a chance to play selected missions from the iPad game Crimson: Steam Pirates, from Seattle-based game… Read More…

New Bungie film goes behind the games (Watch it with us)

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Bungie, the Seattle-area game studio best known for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, just released a nearly hour-long documentary, “O Brave New World,” to mark its 20th anniversary. We’re watching it for the first time right now, and you can watch it, too, above. Right off the bat, we see the Penny Arcade… Read More…