Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard passes regulatory… Read More
A new Lord of the Rings massively-multiplayer online game is in production at Amazon Games, made in partnership with Swedish firm Embracer Group. Amazon has begun development on the new… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based video game developer Bungie won $6.7 million in a lawsuit against a company that sold cheat programs for its flagship title, Destiny 2. The lawsuit, originally filed in… Read More
One of the big system exclusives for Microsoft’s Xbox video game system was met with poor critical reception on Monday, shortly ahead of its wide release. Arkane Studios’ Redfall was… Read More
Chinese technology company NetEase announced this week that it plans to open a new game development studio in Seattle called Anchor Point Studios. Anchor Point is a remote company that’s… Read More
Fifteen months after Microsoft started its journey to join forces with Activision Blizzard, another boss is now standing in its way. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a… Read More
Sony announced Thursday that it will acquire Firewalk Studios from Bellevue, Wash.-based ProbablyMonsters. Financial terms were not disclosed. Firewalk is one of three teams built under ProbablyMonsters’ umbrella, and was… Read More
Nintendo of America announced on Tuesday that it will bring its “Nintendo Live” stage show to Seattle in September. Billed as an “all-ages celebration of Nintendo fun,” the show will… Read More
The most Dungeons & Dragons thing about Honor Among Thieves is that its protagonists are all complete screw-ups. One of the things you have to get used to in a… Read More
A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons, can be used to help children and… Read More
Seattle studio Polyarc Games announced an open playtest for its next project, a new multiplayer VR game set in the same universe as its award-winning VR adventures Moss and Moss:… Read More
One of the most popular games on Steam is getting an official sequel this summer, as Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve Software has officially announced the release of Counter-Strike 2. This is… Read More
Amazon’s livestreaming platform Twitch is still the uncontested leader in its field, with millions of hours watched so far in 2023, but it’s taken a distinct audience hit year-over-year following… Read More
Seattle-based game developer Harebrained Schemes (Battletech, Shadowrun: Dragonfall) just announced its next project, The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World. LL is a turn-based strategy… Read More
Turning players into creators represents the biggest market opportunity in video games in 2023. That was one takeaway from a discussion last week about mobile gaming and the gaming industry.… Read More
A new report from PitchBook indicates that the international video game industry entered a period of contraction in 2022, but new opportunities for investment are opening in fields such as… Read More
Microsoft’s deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems — if Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through — is now official. Microsoft… Read More
A lot of Web3 video games have built their systems around the sale and trade of NFTs. Castaways, on the other hand, simply gives them away, and it’s rapidly grown… Read More
Mobile gaming company Lightfox Games raised $6 million in fresh capital to help fuel development of a new game. CEO Ryan Hanft-Murphy confirmed the new funding but declined to provide… Read More
After the production delays and supply disruptions of the last few years, 2023 is where the games industry is set to really start picking up speed. The Pacific Northwest is… Read More
A new report indicates that Microsoft’s layoffs earlier this month have forced significant changes at its subsidiary 343 Industries, the company behind the Halo series of video games. Bloomberg’s Jason… Read More
Wizards of the Coast is officially leaving its old rules in place to govern independently-published material for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game. As previously reported, a leak earlier… Read More
Microsoft aired a 44-minute pre-recorded presentation Wednesday to announce several release dates for upcoming games on the Xbox platform, as well as a surprise drop of a brand new game.… Read More
A recent update targeted at lowering power consumption on Xbox consoles has drawn fire from some surprising quarters, including Sen. Ted Cruz and the morning show “Fox & Friends.” On… Read More
Dungeons & Dragons is, by most standards, the tabletop roleplaying game. There are hundreds of other pen-and-paper RPGs, but D&D was the first to hit store shelves and has by… Read More
Early on the morning of Jan. 14, two thieves hit four separate retail outlets in Kent, Wash., by backing a stolen Audi SUV through their front doors. This included GameBound,… Read More
Amazon has laid off employees at its Comixology service, according to reports from former workers. News spread via social media Wednesday that much of the Comixology team had been let… Read More
Wizards of the Coast issued a press release Friday to clarify that it doesn’t intend to implement a series of controversial policies that would have reportedly changed how it handles… Read More
Pink Gorilla had a lot of issues with burglaries and break-ins last year, but the oldest retro/import games store in the Pacific Northwest is actually expanding its footprint in the… Read More
American football fans who use the Rec Room social gaming app can now grab their favorite team’s gear for their in-app avatars, just in time for the NFL playoffs. Rec… Read More