Games – Page 38 of 71

Nov 4, 2015, 9:22 AM

Microsoft’s Halo 5 racks up $400M in first week, becomes biggest Halo launch ever

Halo 5: Guardians seems to have lived up to all the hype, tallying $400 million in first-week sales and becoming… Read More

Nov 3, 2015, 7:25 AM

Activision Blizzard buying Candy Crush maker King Digital for $5.9B, along with Seattle gaming studio Z2

In one of the biggest acquisitions in the gaming industry this year, Activision Blizzard announced today that it is buying… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 10:07 AM

Sony sells 4M PS4 consoles in latest quarter, building momentum as holiday approaches

Sony sold 4 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the September quarter, an increase of more than 21 percent from the… Read More

Oct 29, 2015, 9:33 AM

Sour reaction as Nintendo unveils first mobile game called Miitomo, delays launch until 2016

View image | gettyimages.com Nintendo’s first mobile game wasn’t met with the reaction the company was hoping for when it… Read More

Oct 28, 2015, 4:43 PM

Third Life? Second Life founder holds out hope for a VR revival

Deep down, Second Life founder Philip Rosedale knew that the controls for the virtual world he was building in the… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 10:27 AM

Photos: Master Chief, 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross help celebrate Halo 5 launch in Seattle

A new era of Halo officially kicked off on Monday night. From Seattle to New York City to Hong Kong to… Read More

Oct 26, 2015, 4:24 PM

Halo 5 review: Multiplayer restrictions aside, this is another epic game from Microsoft

Halo fans will not be disappointed with the latest installment in the epic franchise — that is, unless, you are expecting… Read More

Oct 26, 2015, 10:57 AM

The business of Halo: Why the Halo 5 launch matters so much to Xbox

Xbox chief Phil Spencer really wasn’t overstating anything when he told a GeekWire Summit audience this month that “Halo is Xbox.” “It’s… Read More

Oct 26, 2015, 10:44 AM

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admits he’s not a big Halo player, but he’s excited about future of gaming

Steve Ballmer isn’t really into Halo, but he’s still excited about Microsoft’s impact on the future of gaming. Just days before… Read More

Oct 24, 2015, 10:35 AM

Amazon’s surprise, Snapchat’s secret, and the best video-game controller ever made

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon posts record job growth and a surprise profit, and bites back… Read More

Oct 23, 2015, 10:28 AM

Microsoft stops reporting Xbox console unit sales, shifting focus to Xbox Live active users

Microsoft is making a major change to the way it reports results for its Xbox business — ending its longstanding practice… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 9:24 AM

Om Nom is back, and still hungry: New ‘Cut the Rope’ set for December

Earlier in the era of touchscreen phones, game developers were the one making the platform compelling. Just like Solitaire taught people… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 9:32 AM

Seattle’s DropForge Games absorbed into gaming giant Wargaming, forms new mobile division WG Cells

Seattle-based mobile gaming company DropForge Games is now officially part of Wargaming, creating a new division called WG Cells. The team will… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 3:37 PM

Sony PS4 tops Microsoft Xbox One in U.S. console sales for 5th straight month

Sony topped Microsoft again for U.S. current-generation hardware sales in September as its PlayStation 4 trumped the Xbox One for the… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 2:56 PM

Watch: Microsoft debuts Halo 5 launch trailer two weeks before release date

If you want to get excited for the newest Halo installment, the trailer above should do the job. Microsoft today… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 9:17 AM

Sony slashes PlayStation 4 price, matching the price of the baseline Xbox One

Sony is gearing up for the holiday season with a price cut to the PlayStation 4, the first across-the-board price cut… Read More

Oct 7, 2015, 3:30 PM

Xbox leader Phil Spencer on Minecraft’s future, the PS4, Microsoft’s eSports plans, and more

Has Microsoft recovered from its early missteps with the Xbox One? What will be the impact of Xbox One backward compatibility?… Read More

Oct 6, 2015, 4:17 PM

Akin to the stock market, daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings need regulation

Hard-charging daily fantasy sports sites are suddenly embroiled in controversy that includes discussion of something akin to insider trading. While there… Read More

Oct 2, 2015, 12:47 PM

Superfan who threw Pokémon-themed party needs to raise $4K to settle trademark lawsuit

A longtime Pokémon superfan who is being sued by the company for organizing a themed party during the PAX Prime gaming conference in… Read More

Sep 29, 2015, 3:00 PM

Geek of the Week: eSports lawyer Bryce Blum is getting in on the ground floor of a booming industry

Bryce Blum recently left his comfortable job at a Seattle law firm to launch his own legal practice and a… Read More

Sep 29, 2015, 1:00 PM

Inventor of the cell phone: iPhone 6s is ‘boring’ and VR is the birth of a new industry

It been more than 40 years since Marty Cooper stood on a Manhattan sidewalk and placed the first ever cell phone… Read More

Sep 29, 2015, 10:59 AM

Shadowrun Returns creator Jordan Weisman raises $250K in one hour for new BattleTech game

Jordan Weisman is well on his way to yet another Kickstarter success. The Seattle-based veteran entrepreneur and CEO of Harebrained Schemes… Read More

Sep 24, 2015, 10:50 AM

GeekWire Summit is one week away! Check out the agenda for our biggest event ever

We’re one week away from the GeekWire Summit, our biggest event ever and a must-attend conference for anyone interested in… Read More

Sep 23, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Innervate helps game developers monetize their most ‘obsessed’ players

Adam Lieb knows games. The 28-year-old Seattle native built his first online gaming community at age 11 and later sold it to… Read More

Sep 18, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Matcherino lets eSports fans crowdfund matches between professionals

Over the past three years, video game streaming has exploded into a young but powerful industry. Tech giants competed over Twitch… Read More

Sep 18, 2015, 7:36 AM

EA Sports removes athletes from FIFA 16 over NCAA eligibility concerns

Due to conflicts between EA Sports and the NCAA, 13 players have been removed from the upcoming game FIFA 16.… Read More

Sep 14, 2015, 7:34 AM

Nintendo names former U.S. chief Tatsumi Kimishima as new president

View image | gettyimages.com Nintendo has named Tatsumi Kimishima as the company’s new president, taking over for Satoru Iwata, who died… Read More

Sep 10, 2015, 4:33 PM

Sony trumps Microsoft again as PS4 outsells Xbox One for U.S. console sales in August

Sony topped Microsoft again for U.S. current-generation hardware sales in August as its PlayStation 4 trumped the Xbox One for… Read More

Sep 9, 2015, 10:23 AM

ESports wagering estimated to hit $23.5B by 2020, generating revenues of $1.81B worldwide

Videogames have become a huge spectator sport, but it also has the potential to add up to a real business thanks to… Read More

Sep 6, 2015, 1:58 PM

Halo, Destiny composer Marty O’Donnell wins legal fight with ex-employer Bungie

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… Read More