Games – Page 63 of 71

Feb 13, 2013, 1:02 PM

Report: Valve letting go of several employees as part of “great cleansing”

Valve hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth made news this week when she tweeted that she had been fired, and now it looks like… Read More

Feb 13, 2013, 8:52 AM

Watch J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell talk about making games and movies together

We wrote last week about director J.J. Abrams and Valve co-founder Gabe Newell giving the keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit and… Read More

Feb 12, 2013, 10:26 AM

Not just dudes: 38% of Xbox users female, 51% have kids

Microsoft wants you to know that not all of its users are stereotypical hardcore gamer bros. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice… Read More

Feb 11, 2013, 9:10 AM

Check out Gabe Newell’s insane knife collection

Apparently, Gabe Newell likes to collect knives. Sam Hulick, an award-winning composer for video games, Tweeted out this photo a few days… Read More

Feb 10, 2013, 7:53 AM

It’s official: PlayStation is back atop the console market

PlayStation is once again the king of the worldwide console market. Sony’s latest earnings report, issued Feb. 7, shows unit… Read More

Feb 9, 2013, 8:26 AM

Double Down pulls in $128M in revenue (as real online gambling inches toward reality in NJ)

One of the companies that may be best positioned for the approval of online gambling is Double Down Interactive, the… Read More

Feb 7, 2013, 11:22 AM

Report: New Xbox to feature Siri-esque voice recognition

You wake up in the morning, walk into the living room and say “Xbox on” to activate your gaming console.… Read More

Feb 7, 2013, 10:34 AM

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry”

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just gave a 30-minute keynote at the DICE 2013 Summit in Las Vegas. He didn’t make any… Read More

Feb 7, 2013, 9:56 AM

Ebay user selling 6,850 games and 330 consoles for $550K

Some people proudly tout their video game trove. Maybe you have an Atari 2600 and an NES or two laying… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 1:50 PM

RealNetworks swings to a profit, but Glaser says there’s ‘considerable work to do’

RealNetworks has been beaten and battered over the past year, losing nearly a third of its value and watching a… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 1:19 PM

Gabe Newell, J.J. Abrams discussing plans for ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Portal’ movie

Get excited, people: Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams have plans to work together both on a movie and game. The… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 9:48 AM

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

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More

Feb 6, 2013, 7:00 AM

Watch Barack Obama sing the Pokemon theme song

If you’ve always wanted to see President Barack Obama sing the Pokemon theme song, well, the day has come. The… Read More

Feb 5, 2013, 3:40 PM

PopCap debuts first social hidden object game on Facebook with Hidden Agenda

Seattle-based PopCap Games is back with another game featuring anthropomorphic animals, and this time it’s all about solving mysteries. Hidden… Read More

Feb 1, 2013, 10:33 AM

Ed Fries on the future of the games business: It’s like a ‘slow motion train wreck’

It was all about gaming Thursday afternoon at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue as the sixth annual Power of Play… Read More

Jan 30, 2013, 11:11 AM

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor: “We’ve regrouped and are focused on winning”

We’ve been writing about how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go of his entire staff due to the… Read More

Jan 30, 2013, 9:18 AM

17-BIT’s new ‘Skulls of the Shogun’ bridges Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360

More than three years in the making, the new Skulls of the Shogun video game from Seattle-based indie game developer… Read More

Jan 30, 2013, 1:32 AM

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

Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday… Read More

Jan 23, 2013, 11:24 AM

Mario Kart, Zelda remakes coming to Wii U

Some of Nintendo’s all-time great games are making a comeback. President Satoru Iwata announced today on a Nintendo Direct Webcast that… Read More

Jan 23, 2013, 6:00 AM

WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler

WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More

Jan 22, 2013, 10:30 AM

Gas Powered CEO lays off employees, then nearly breaks down when asking for more money on Kickstarter

Chris Taylor, CEO of Redmond-based Gas Powered Games, starts this video on Kickstarter off like this: “This is the wackiest… Read More

Jan 21, 2013, 9:48 AM

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

While we don’t have exact release dates for next-generation consoles, we now know Sony’s PS4 will be released after Microsoft’s… Read More

Jan 18, 2013, 9:34 AM

Drop the puck: Watch live hockey with new NHL Gamecenter app for Xbox Live

Now that hockey is back after a temporary lockout, Xbox LIVE users can access NHL GameCenter to get all the latest… Read More

Jan 16, 2013, 12:31 PM

Teaming up: Nintendo merging console and handheld divisions to keep up with competitors

For the first time in nearly ten years, there are some big structural changes happening at Nintendo. A report out from Japan-based… Read More

Jan 10, 2013, 4:57 PM

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

The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking… Read More

Jan 8, 2013, 9:12 AM

Valve invests in hardware maker Xi3, partners on ‘Steam Box’

We wrote yesterday that Valve’s “Steam Box,” a PC designed to connect to your TV and take advantage of the Steam’s Big… Read More

Jan 7, 2013, 3:38 PM

Nintendo Wii U sales “not bad,” says president

Sales of Nintendo’s new Wii U game console are doing fine, but just not as impressive as when the original… Read More

Jan 7, 2013, 2:57 PM

Valve unveiling Steam Box this year, will run on Linux

It looks like the Steam Box is coming and will run on Linux. German IT site Golem is reporting that… Read More

Jan 7, 2013, 12:21 PM

Real-life Bejeweled: Hasbro, PopCap bringing video games to the real world

These days, it’s not surprising to see traditional board games like Monopoly and Scrabble move from the physical to the… Read More

Jan 4, 2013, 8:00 AM

Big Fish teaming up with game-friendly Wikipad tablet

This past summer, Big Fish Games co-founder Paul Thelen addressed the crowd at Casual Connect and talked about how his company’s… Read More