Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer Bungie has made a reputation for itself over the last couple of decades by, well, taking over the known universe once every couple of years. Its… Read More
It’s one of the biggest weeks in Bungie history. This Wednesday, Sept. 6, the Bellevue, Wash.-based gaming company will launch Destiny 2, the second iteration of its latest flagship series. Destiny… Read More
MLB star Aaron Judge is taking “Player’s Weekend” to a geeky level. Pro baseball players are sporting unique uniforms and equipment this weekend as part of a special celebration that… Read More
Amperity — a stealth-mode, AI-fueled marketing startup led by two Seattle startup veterans — has piqued the curiosity of many since GeekWire first reported on its $9 million seed round last year. The company… Read More
Polyarc made its debut on one of gaming’s biggest stages. At Sony’s press conference from the big E3 video game show in Los Angeles on Monday, Seattle-based Polyarc lifted the hood… Read More
Luke Smith is all about community and connecting with people, whether it’s the friends he chats with in Slack or the ones who join him to defeat alien beings in the… Read More
Inside the Seattle Police Department, a special three-person unit known as a “fire team” sets out every week on a mission to protect civilization from alien threats. The workings of… Read More
Limitless, a virtual reality startup created by a former Pixar and Bungie character designer, has closed its first round of seed funding from investors including music and film producer Jay… Read More
Less than a week after gaming-news blog Kotaku outlined numerous troubles plaguing Destiny, the popular, first-person shooter game, comes word that the game’s developer has replaced its chief executive. CEO Harold Ryan… Read More
Ex-Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell, who created music for epic games like Halo and Destiny, has won a legal fight against his former employer. VentureBeat has the details of a ruling, issued Friday in Seattle, that gives… Read More
After 12 years designing warthogs and battle rifles for Bungie’s Halo series, former art lead Tom Doyle quit his job last April to join what he calls the “VR circus.”… Read More
The best technology office spaces are not just about kegerators and ping pong tables. A true geeky office space reflects the culture and style of the company, and we’ve seen plenty… Read More
An executive at Bungie got a rude awakening at 3 a.m. yesterday after the Sammamish Police descended on his residential home following a fake report that he had killed his… Read More
Microsoft can try giving away free games, and cutting the price of the Xbox One, but the PlayStation 4 remains at the top of the U.S. sales charts. Sony announced… Read More
We already knew that Destiny, the first-person shooter developed by Bellevue-based Bungie, was off to a hot start with retailers spending $500 million to stock store shelves. But now we know… Read More
Inside the EMP Museum on Monday evening, tailored suits and cocktail dresses filled the massive building as high-powered executives brushed shoulders with award-winning rappers and Super Bowl champions. A short drive… Read More
As a part of Sony’s press conference at Gamescom today, Bungie unveiled some new details about content for “Destiny,” its forthcoming first-person shooter. First off, the company released a new… Read More
To say that gamers everywhere are eagerly awaiting “Destiny,” the new sci-fi shooter from Bellevue-based Bungie, is an understatement. And now, it’s clear that Activision, which is publishing the game,… Read More
As Bungie gears up to release its highly-anticipated Destiny game, the Bellevue-based company today posted a 7-minute video clip showing footage from its new title. Destiny is Bungie’s first new game since it spun… Read More
Marty O’Donnell, a longtime music composer for titles like Halo, Destiny, Riven and Myst, was fired by Bungie’s Board of Directors last week. O’Donnell revealed the news on his Twitter… Read More
Joseph Staten, a design director who worked on several Halo titles, is coming back to Microsoft. Staten spent the past 15 years with Bungie, the Bellevue-based studio that Microsoft acquired… Read More
Ten years ago, Mister Chief was a “terrible idea that spun out of control,” but now Frank O’Connor’s creation has found its way to an Xbox Live avatar costume this… Read More
Bungie today released details about its new game Destiny, including beta information and a new game trailer. The Destiny beta will be available in early 2014 and those interested in… Read More
Bungie design director Joseph Staten, who was the lead writer for the company’s huge ‘Destiny’ game, is leaving the company after 15 years. Staten wrote a farewell note on Bungie’s… Read More
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,… Read More
At the annual GDC, Bungie today unveiled some more artwork and video from its new game Destiny. We’ve seen trailers and some screenshots already, but the concept artwork released today and… Read More
It was a big month for video games on the GeekWire 200, our monthly startup index tracking the Seattle region’s technology companies. Exhibit A: Bungie, which unveiled its new game… Read More
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.… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More