Articles about Gaming – Page 8 of 11

Sony’s updated PlayStation 4 will be available with 1TB hard drive

Sony is rolling out an update to the PlayStation 4, with an option for a 1TB model. The improved console… Read More

Geek on the Street: Does Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo have the edge?

For the last week, the video game industry’s largest annual convention and trade fair, E3, has kept the Los Angeles… Read More

With latest moves, Amazon gets serious about game development

Amazon Game Studios is working on a computer game. Kim Swift, Senior Designer at Amazon, posted a hiring call a… Read More

Geek of the Week: ‘Loot & Legends’ designer Jonathon Loucks is living a gamer’s dream

Jonathon Loucks’ world is full of wizards, warriors, alchemy, and enchanted weapons. That’s because he’s the lead game designer of Loot… Read More

Geek of the Week: Colin Walker is a technical evangelist by day, gamer by night

Colin Walker got his first PC at age six, his first custom gaming rig at 12, and by high school he was… Read More

Minecraft has a new competitor: LEGO Worlds

LEGO is stepping up its game. The company has just launched a sandbox game through Valve’s Steam platform (Windows only, so… Read More

How to choose the best headphones for playing video games

A couple of weeks ago someone asked me what the best gaming headphones are, and I realized he probably wasn’t… Read More

Game-developing couple’s work was a crash course in parenting

Richard Flanagan and Quynh Nguyen are a couple and game development team that had to face a very difficult obstacle… Read More

Why Xbox One’s Kinect sensor is worth the extra money for families

If you’re looking to buy an Xbox One, you’ve got two choices: with Kinect or without. Buying the system without… Read More

Commentary: Why parents need to participate in kids’ online gaming

It was a startling and bizarre thing to see early in the morning. I was checking my guild’s website while… Read More

Gaming powerhouse Valve reportedly considering move to Seattle

Valve Software, the gaming titan known for popular titles such as Half-Life and the Steam gaming platform, is considering leaving… Read More

Scenes from Emerald City Comicon: Big crowds, amazing cosplay

Thousands of superheroes, space travelers, elves, fairies, trolls, and the occasional Norse god packed into the Washington State Convention Center… Read More

Geek of the Week: Former Amazon manager Paul Furio envisions games as weekly episodes

Paul Furio had a big job at Amazon, managing teams that built the gaming software development kit, sample games and 3D… Read More

Amazon is bringing its original video games to Apple’s iPad and iPhone

Amazon announced today that several of the original video game titles developed by its in-house gaming studio will be available… Read More

Intel levels up its gaming chops with new partnerships, processor

SAN FRANCISCO–Intel is upgrading its gaming chops with a set of new partnerships and a new product announced today alongside… Read More

Startup vet Rahul Sood’s advice for entrepreneurs: Stay in Seattle, find the right people, and marry rich

When Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood took the stage at GeekWire Startup Day, he opened with the time he told Michael… Read More

Nintendo finally allows YouTube creators to make money off videos of its games

Nintendo will finally allow YouTube creators the chance to make money off videos that contain content from its games, after years… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Infinut builds mobile games to teach kids reading, math concepts

When University of Washington instructor Ana Redmond noticed her daughter struggling with basic math in school, she decided to take matters… Read More

Xbox One will stream games to Windows 10

Gamers who want to stay connected to their Xbox One at home when they’re not on the couch will have… Read More

Xbox One vs. PS4: Can Microsoft sustain its new momentum against Sony in the console market?

Microsoft finally dethroned Sony in the U.S. console war during November. But is this a temporary blip or the start of… Read More

Boardgames: The latest analog craze

In our increasingly digital lives old, analog touchstones can be more than nostalgic — they can help ground us and remind… Read More

Study: Game and app developers helped generate $36.3B of revenue in Washington last year

To say that the interactive media industry has an impact on the Washington economy would be an understatement. According to a new… Read More

Xbox One sales triple after $50 price cut

Microsoft announced today that Xbox One sales tripled week-over-week after the company implemented a $50 price cut on Nov. 2.… Read More

Unity CEO: Minecraft deal shows how small teams can make it big in games

SAN FRANCISCO – When asked what he took away from Microsoft’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Unity CEO David Helgason jokingly… Read More

Twitch CEO says they sold to Amazon to maintain independence

SAN FRANCISCO – When the rumor mill heated up about a potential acquisition of online video game streaming website Twitch,… Read More

Everything I know about Twitch I learned from my live-streaming husband

When New York Times media critic David Carr turned his attention to Twitch this week after Amazon’s $970 million cash… Read More

Photos: The Spectacle of PAX

Couldn’t make it to PAX this weekend? While you may not be able to try out all of the games… Read More

Here are Amazon’s top 5 biggest acquisitions of all time

Amazon.com is betting big on video streaming platform for gaming geeks Twitch, announcing today that it is paying $970 million… Read More

Mario Kart 8 helps Nintendo’s Wii U turn a corner, lifting console sales more than Titanfall or Second Son

Could great first-party games be enough to save the Wii U and Nintendo’s bottom line? If the early sales data… Read More

Nintendo at E3: Great games are coming … eventually

Great games are coming to the Wii U … but we’re going to have to wait. That’s the main takeaway… Read More