Modern video game competition has become a huge money maker, with pro players and teams battling in different e-sports and leagues and attracting giant audiences. On Thursday night at Living… Read More
I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it out at the Seattle Indies Expo over Labor Day weekend,… Read More
This morning’s launch of Nintendo’s latest retro mini-console, the Super NES Classic Edition, was a lot less frustrating for gamers than last year’s NES Classic Edition launch. By most accounts,… Read More
Now that I’ve had plenty of time to recover from four solid days of PAX West over Labor Day weekend (my twelfth PAX West in a row!), I’d like to… Read More
Top eSports stars may not end their battles with the same bumps, bruises and breaks as other top-level athletes do, but the games still take a toll on even the… Read More
The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild sounds like an organization where scientists might gather to stare into telescopes. In fact, Quantum is a 6-year-old Seattle video game company — a shining star,… Read More
Rumors that Nintendo would release a Super NES follow-up to its successful NES Classic Edition have been circulating for months, but Nintendo still managed to surprise everyone with the bombshell… Read More
The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of community outreach, after a backlash over a broadcast this week… Read More
Many parents have serious trepidation when it comes to video games, fearing that the content will lead to violent impulses, inactivity and anti-social behavior for their kids. Meanwhile, traditional sports like… Read More
Perhaps the most intriguing thing revealed in Nintendo’s E3 presentation on Tuesday was Mario’s new possession ability in the upcoming Switch title Super Mario Odyssey. In the game, Mario can… Read More
What’s the key to the gaming crown, pushing more pixels or enabling unique experiences? With Sunday’s unveiling of the Xbox One X, Microsoft is placing its bet on intense graphics.… Read More
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is in full swing this week. It’s as one of the biggest events in the world for the video game industry, and… Read More
The World Video Game Hall of Fame announced a new class of inductees on Thursday, and the titles are sure to strike a nostalgic chord with millions of gamers who have… Read More
A game called Mozak is turning thousands of Internet users into “tracers” who help neuroscientists map out the tangled circuitry of brain cells. The citizen-science project was created by the University of… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court is planning to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Xbox 360 users against Microsoft over scratched video game discs. SCOTUS isn’t reviewing the case for nostalgia’s… Read More
Twitch is continuing its push into social media, announcing Thursday that it will rebrand the Curse app, a communication hub for the gaming community, as an extension of Twitch. The… Read More
Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool called Pulse. The feature allows users to post messages, photo… Read More
For Mark DeLoura, returning to Seattle after two years working for the White House was a blast from the past. “There’s the Pacific Science Center,” he recalls thinking, “I met… Read More
The European Commission is targeting Bellevue, Wash.-based video game company Valve in a new antitrust probe, officials announced Thursday. The commission is investigating an agreement by game publishers using Valve’s… Read More
People are stressed. Unwinding, however, can be as easy as turning on your Xbox. In fact, gaming has become so popular that for some men, it’s better than sex as a… Read More
If all you’ve dreamed about since plugging in your first N64 cartridge is attending an IRL Mario Party or smoking Yoshi in a real-life drag race, this could be your… Read More
I thought my video gaming days were over. Most of the arcades were gone, and those that still existed were often broken and sad. I kept promising myself I would… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday morning in San… Read More
It’s going to be tough for the organizers of PAX to out-do themselves after this. For the big finale of the thirteenth annual PAX West (and twenty-fifth PAX overall) Penny… Read More
Even with four days to take it all in, it’s impossible to experience everything that PAX West has to offer. That’s especially true if you spend hours at a time… Read More
Seahawks defenders Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner were on hand at PAX West this weekend. In between their time spent crushing helmets with tanks, GeekWire caught up with the athletes to talk… Read More
Virtual reality has officially arrived, if the convention floor at PAX West is any indication. VR experiences are seemingly around every corner at the gaming extravaganza, which began today in Seattle. Game… Read More
Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman have been making games for a long time. But in a rapidly changing landscape, the co-founders of Kirkland, Wash.-based Harebrained Schemes have emerged as premiere players… Read More
If you see gamers poking at their forearms to play Angry Birds on the bus in the year 2020, remember when you first heard this would happen. South Korean researchers… Read More