Casual game maker DoubleDown Interactive this week laid off 55 employees at its Seattle office. The company said the cuts mostly affected engineering and product development functions. They were made… Read More
DoubleDown Interactive is rolling the dice on an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million on the Nasdaq stock market. The company, which has longtime roots in… Read More
Finding the inspiration to start a company can happen anywhere, at any time. For Cooper DuBois, it was inside and underneath abandoned haciendas across the rural valleys of Mexico, where… Read More
International Game Technology, the Las Vegas-based casino game maker, is looking for a buyer, according to a report today in Reuters. The company, which in early 2012 paid up to… Read More
The man who brought the Seattle tech community raining dollar bills, “Gangnam Style” dances and Chewbacca impressions is saying goodbye to the Emerald City and hello to sunny California. DoubleDown Interactive president Glenn… Read More
Former Mexico president Vicente Fox paid a visit to Zillow’s offices earlier this week and the first thing he wanted to talk about was … the Seahawks. Fox, who was… Read More
Who plays social casino games? Where are they from? And when do they play? These are some of the questions answered by the U.S. Social Casino Index study done by DoubleDown… Read More
First, Uber partnered with Cheezeburger to deliver kittens to your doorstep on National Cat Day in October. Now, the on-demand transportation service is teaming up with another Seattle company, only… Read More
Monopoly is making its way to DoubleDown Casino. The Seattle maker of casino-style social games that was gobbled up by Las Vegas-based International Game Technology for as much as $500 million last year… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO–At the casino track of this week’s Casual Connect conference, real-money gambling is one of the big questions hanging over the burgeoning social gambling industry. With Nevada, New Jersey… Read More
When former Microsoft Xbox boss Don Mattrick takes over as CEO of Zynga next week, he’ll be at the helm of a company that just fell from atop the $1.2… Read More
The Seattle region may be known for operating systems, airplanes and coffee, but video games play a huge role in the technology scene, and today we’re pleased to present a… Read More
Today is the day to celebrate the lush green Earth and do what we can to keep it fresh. How does Earth Day relate to Seattle’s startups? The kind folks… Read More
It’s been a long week, so we’re ready to have a little fun. And today’s category in the GeekWire Awards voting should prove to be one of the more entertaining… Read More
The characters are cuddly, but don’t let those wobbly eyes fool you — the stakes in this Facebook game are very real. It’s called Bingo Friendzy, and it’s the first… Read More
Updated with confirmation and details. International Game Technology, which makes real-world casino games and gambling systems, has agreed to pay as much as $500 million to buy Seattle-based Double Down… Read More
DoubleDown Interactive now says that more than one million people are playing its social-based casino games on Facebook every day. The 52-person company, which just announced earlier this month that… Read More
DoubleDown Interactive is well, doubling down, on Seattle. The company, maker of one of the top casino games on Facebook, announced today that it is moving its headquarters to Vulcan’s… Read More