Study: Those who play Xbox are better in bed than other gamers

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Here’s another feather Xbox gamers can add to their caps: Apparently they’re better in bed than those on who play on other consoles. A study, performed in the UK by a voucher code website, asked people which console their partners played, then followed up with another question about how they rate their significant other in… Read More…

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

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Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features and a sleek new touchpad controller. But we didn’t see the actual console. We didn’t hear a price. And we didn’t learn about a release date. Xbox’s Larry Hryb, a.k.a. Major Nelson, put it nicely:… Read More…

A gamer’s dream: ‘The Art of Video Games’ exhibit debuts Friday at the EMP (PHOTOS)

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If you’ve ever wanted to jump in a time machine and relive the 40-year history of video games, well, Seattle’s EMP museum is the place to do it. Opening this Friday is a kickass exhibit called The Art of Video Games. From the Atari VCS to Myst to the Nintendo Wii, the exhibit takes you through… Read More…

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

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Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital and away from physical forms of content. The NPD Group is out with its latest video game stats and total sales of physical video and PC software in the U.S. dropped 21 percent from 2011…. Read More…

Struggling Nintendo sells 3 million Wii U consoles, lowers forecasts again

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Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday quarter, following the launch of the new console in November. Combined sales of the Wii and Wii U were about 5.3 million units in the quarter — together coming up short of Microsoft’s Xbox 360,… Read More…

Report: Chinese government could lift 12-year-old ban on video game hardware

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Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from China. China Daily is reporting that the Chinese government is in discussions to “opening up the game console market” to out-of-country companies. Since 2000, China has had a ban on the manufacture, sale and import… Read More…

Sony boss: We’ll let Microsoft unveil its console first, then make ours better

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While we don’t have exact release dates for next-generation consoles, we now know Sony’s PS4 will be released after Microsoft’s new Xbox. That’s at least according to Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai. IGN spotted the company’s boss in an article from The Times saying that “Why go first, when your competitors can look at your specifications… Read More…

Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market

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The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking 24 consecutive months atop the video game market. NPD research firm released its monthly December’s statistics and the Xbox 360 sold 1.4 million units last month. Even though that led all consoles, it’s an 18… Read More…

Yo, Sounders fan in that Xbox shirt! Be honest, what’s your favorite game console?

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is the title sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team — which means that fans show up at games with the Xbox 360 brand across their jerseys. But where do their loyalties really lie? Team GeekWire spoke with some Sounders fans before Sunday’s 3-1 win and asked fans what their favorite game console… Read More…

Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans

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The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans packed a rented space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Friday night for their first official date with Wii U, the next big thing from the iconic game company. The main attraction: Wii U’s motion-sensitive, touch-screen,… Read More…