Articles about Gaming – Page 6 of 11

Gaming gets a bedside boost with donation of 10 Xbox GO Karts to aid patients at Seattle hospital

Hospitalized children often crave any sort of distraction that might help them cope with their surroundings and whatever illness they’re dealing… Read More

Photos: Seahawks host first-ever Madden 17 Championship Tournament in Seattle

Virtual football collided with real football at a first-of-its-kind event on Thursday evening in Seattle. The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)… Read More

Nintendo Switch is out and some people waited in line for it

UPDATE: Seattleites looking to get their hands on the new Nintendo Switch console are in luck. The hybrid console will be… Read More

Now streaming on Twitch: Seattle Police blast aliens and take questions while playing games

Inside the Seattle Police Department, a special three-person unit known as a “fire team” sets out every week on a… Read More

Are video games better than sex for relieving stress? Study says yes, for some men

People are stressed. Unwinding, however, can be as easy as turning on your Xbox. In fact, gaming has become so… Read More

Casual Connect video game conference will return to Seattle after 4 years in San Francisco

The prodigal game conference returns. It has been four years since Casual Connect, the big casual games convention, left Seattle, as… Read More

How Facebook’s Instant Games went from one Seattle engineer’s side project to reality in 6 months

Guilherme Campos has a passion for games. For much of his career, that passion mostly manifested itself in his free… Read More

Apple Watch gets Pokémon Go app — but it can’t catch Pokémon

Pokémon Go has finally arrived on the Apple Watch, with one big catch. Using the app, players can get items… Read More

VR game studio Drifter Entertainment, led by Oculus and HoloLens vets, raises $2.25M

Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle startup founded by veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus, just announced $2.25 million in seed funding… Read More

PlayFab raises another $3M to power back-end services for more than 350 online games

PlayFab is raising more cash to help grow its online gaming support platform. PlayFab CEO James Gwertzman said that the Seattle startup has… Read More

Veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus raise cash for stealthy Seattle VR game studio

Drifter Entertainment, a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to… Read More

‘Twitch Metastream’ lets gamers customize streams with new update to Amazon Lumberyard

Amazon today released Lumberyard Beta 1.6, the newest update to its game engine that runs on Amazon Web Services. The… Read More

Pokémon Go could help you live longer, Microsoft study finds

True to its name, Pokémon Go got Americans moving after a launch almost as explosive as a Blastoise bursting out of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen geek Sonja Marcus finds purpose and pride writing for her gaming blog

The internet can be a big and scary place for just about anyone who spends much time there, but especially… Read More

This gaming device tells you when enemies sneak up behind you

Playing a first person shooter or online multiplayer games, like League of Legends, can be an information overload. Stats on… Read More

In new Minecraft mini-game ‘Tumble,’ players fight to avoid a fiery grave

Anyone who hasn’t completely lost their inner child remembers jumping from rug to chair to coffee table to avoid the… Read More

Microsoft reveals the ‘Xbox Onesie’ and the internet goes nuts

Australia has done it again. The land down under brought us Margot Robbie, the boomerang, Ugg Boots, and now a new… Read More

Lenovo introduces super-charged Windows 10 PCs ready for VR gaming

Lenovo is bringing virtual reality to the desktop PC with the announcement Tuesday of two new high-powered, gaming-oriented computers. Both… Read More

This stretchy touchpad lets you play the piano – or Angry Birds – on your arm

If you see gamers poking at their forearms to play Angry Birds on the bus in the year 2020, remember… Read More

Generation App: Why Twitch is ‘magical’ for millions of streamers and viewers

For people who don’t play or watch video games, it can be difficult to conceptualize just how powerful Twitch is. But… Read More

Video gamer wins college scholarship thanks to ‘League of Legends’ skills

Eddy Su is about to enter his freshman year at the University of Washington with $3,000 in his pocket — and… Read More

Boeing bans Pokémon Go game-playing at work – but don’t take it personally, Pikachu

Mark off the Boeing Co. as one more place where you shouldn’t be playing Pokémon Go, the monster-catching game that’s been… Read More

Generation App: The fascinating Pokémon Go craze, explained

By now, you’ve probably been alerted to the overnight sensation that is Pokémon Go by the internet buzz, strange behavior… Read More

Pokémon Go is no-go for space station, but astronauts can fight aliens with HoloLens

Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the… Read More

Nintendo’s ‘Pokémon Go’ tops iOS charts less than 24 hours after U.S. release

“Pokémon Go,” Nintendo’s new mobile game, is officially available in the U.S. on iOS and Android — and based on the… Read More

Sony confirms plans for new PlayStation 4 with 4K TV support

Sony has confirmed that the rumors are true. According to The Financial Times, a new, beefier PlayStation 4 is on the… Read More

Microsoft’s Minecraft surpasses 100M units sold, second only to Tetris on all-time hit list

Minecraft, the beloved game that Microsoft acquired two years ago, has sold over 100 million copies to date. Microsoft announced… Read More

Microsoft drops Xbox One price by $50 to $299

Microsoft on Tuesday dropped the price of its Xbox One console by $50 to $299. The console, which retailed at $499… Read More

PlayStation 4 console sales surpass 40M; software sales reach 270M

Sony announced today that sales of its PlayStation 4 have eclipsed 40 million, a new milestone for the top-selling console.… Read More

Twitch reaches multi-year deal to stream competitive gaming from new ELeague

ELeague, the competitive gaming venture from Turner Sports and WME | IMG has reached a multi-year deal with the Amazon-owned… Read More