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Gaming

From little kid to president of the company, Wizards of the Coast leader stays in the ever-evolving game

RENTON, Wash. — There’s something special about a workplace where you meet with the president of the company, ask to… Read More

First startups, then goblins! Tech CEOs unite around Dungeons & Dragons, embrace their inner geek

Intriguing and quirky characters flock to the tech industry. But how many of them would happily classify themselves as a… Read More

Inside Niantic’s Seattle-area engineering office, the future of Pokémon Go is taking shape

When throngs of Pokémon Go fanatics took over Downtown Bellevue Park two summers ago during the height of the augmented… Read More

Amazon creates ‘Grand Tour Game’ to bring driving fans in on the action of popular TV series

If you’re a fan of Amazon’s Prime Original television series “The Grand Tour,” the stars want you to go straight… Read More

‘Plants vs. Zombies’ creator PopCap and parent EA put down new roots in Seattle, and tease next game

When Ken Moss started at the video game company Electronic Arts a little more than four years ago, he was one… Read More

HBO vets raise cash from top VCs for immersive augmented reality startup Leaftail Labs

Top venture capital firms are making an early bet on a new Seattle startup that is pushing the envelope with… Read More

Microsoft will launch testing of Project xCloud game streaming service in 2019, powered by custom servers built from Xbox components

Starting next year, gamers across consoles, PCs, and mobile devices will be able to access a new service from Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft adds Xbox One keyboard and mouse support, partners with hardware maker Razer

Microsoft is enabling keyboard and mouse support for Xbox One, adding a new way for gamers to play and more… Read More

Geek of the Week: Yi Yang’s love for video games taught him English, so he wrote a book about it

Students in China who wish to study in the U.S. can often find the advanced vocabulary English tests to be… Read More

Steam adds new tools to help users find games they want — and avoid ones they don’t — in its store

It’s been a strange summer for Steam. Since the implementation of the Steam Direct program last year, the service has… Read More

Geek of the Week: 30 years later, DigiPen and Jason Chu still in the game with unique education model

Thirty years ago, Jason Chu was there when the DigiPen Institute of Technology started with the idea of using video… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Is the Xbox All Access subscription actually a good deal?

Microsoft announced a strange new subscription-style plan for Xbox this week, called All Access. It basically bundles existing gaming subscriptions… Read More

Microsoft unveils Xbox All Access, a new hardware/software subscription plan with no upfront cost

Microsoft today unveiled a new Xbox subscription plan that lets gamers pay for a console and play games for a… Read More

TLDR: T-Mobile & Nokia’s $3.5B 5G alliance, Ofo shuts down in Seattle, Magic: The Gathering

Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting… Read More

TLDR: New Xbox consoles, how to save money on housing, Nest doorbell cam captures unwelcome visitor

Today’s featured stories Microsoft reportedly building two new Xbox consoles, including a lower-priced streaming device Zillow analysis finds Seattle among… Read More

How Microsoft’s record-setting $10B gaming year compares to rivals Sony and Nintendo

In a fiscal year littered with firsts, Microsoft’s gaming division hit a new high water mark. RELATED: Microsoft closes record year… Read More

Starman game

Control Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘Starman’ in quest to blow up Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos in video game

It’s the Friday before a three-day weekend, and your head is probably already in the clouds, so here’s something to… Read More

Shay Kivlen

Geek of the Week: Playing video games pays off big time for Madden Bowl champion Shay Kivlen

Stop telling your kid that playing video games will never pay off — or, maybe don’t let them see this… Read More

Destiny 2

Ready to return to Mars? Bungie reveals ‘Warmind,’ the new expansion for ‘Destiny 2’

Kirkland, Wash.-based video game developer Bungie took to its official Twitch channel Tuesday to reveal details about the forthcoming expansion… Read More

Seattle-based 8 Circuit Studios wants to build the Metaverse with the blockchain

Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash” was set, in part, in a massive multiplayer virtual reality called the Metaverse, where people… Read More

Amazon starts revealing secret formula behind influential ‘Amazon’s Choice’ selections

Amazon is disclosing new details about the previously mysterious criteria behind the “Amazon’s Choice” designation given to selected products on… Read More

tinyBuild

Indie game developer tinyBuild bulks up with $3.75M backing from new Makers Fund

tinyBuild, the Bothell, Wash.-based independent developer and publisher behind such truly weird games as “No Time to Explain,” “Party Hard,” and… Read More

Pokemon Go

Big ‘Pokémon Go’ update this week includes research quests and mythical monster Mew

Game developer Niantic gave “Pokémon Go” fans reason to celebrate on Monday morning, with word that a major update is… Read More

Evie Powell

Geek of the Week: Evie Powell’s epic gaming adventure has taken her from PhD to CEO

When Evie Powell enters the world of a video game, she doesn’t just lose herself in the experience for the… Read More

Microsoft aims to woo game developers with new cloud gaming division

Microsoft has established a new gaming cloud division, giving the tech giant another way to stand out in its quest… Read More

Jason Flick

Geek of the Week: Jason Flick has his gamer face on as official eMLS player for the Seattle Sounders

Jason Flick isn’t a player on the pitch for the Seattle Sounders FC. But he will be representing the team… Read More

Into the Breach

Review: Constant hard choices as time-traveling mechs take on giant insects in ‘Into the Breach’

There are a lot of games on the market that, as part of their narrative, present you with hard choices.… Read More

The Fall, Part 2: Underground

Ponder identity, search for meaning, and fight karate robots in ‘The Fall, Part 2: Unbound’

When someone says “adventure game,” it can cover a lot of ground. There’s probably no other genre that’s evolved as… Read More

Cerebrawl: The inside story of Seattle’s own hyperkinetic, tag-match fighting game

For the last twenty years, the Marvel vs. Capcom series has been (in)famous among fighting-game fans. It’s a franchise that… Read More

Preview: ‘Slay the Spire’ is a painful mashup of genres — and that’s not a bad thing

“Slay the Spire” is a game for masochists. That isn’t a criticism or complaint. It’s just the nature of the… Read More

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