Articles about Seattle – Page 3 of 52

Remembering Jon Strongbow, a mainstay of Seattle’s art scene

Friends and family of the late Seattle artist Jon Strongbow gathered for a memorial panel earlier this month at Emerald… Read More

Lightfox, the Seattle-based mobile game developer behind ‘Knight’s Edge,’ raises $6M

Mobile gaming company Lightfox Games raised $6 million in fresh capital to help fuel development of a new game. CEO… Read More

Despite break-ins, gaming store mainstay Pink Gorilla is growing in Seattle

Pink Gorilla had a lot of issues with burglaries and break-ins last year, but the oldest retro/import games store in… Read More

Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status, Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous… Read More

Is the tech industry doing enough to help fix Seattle’s problems? We asked 5 elected officials

Tech companies have transformed Seattle over the past decade, creating thousands of high-paying jobs and bolstering the region’s economy. But… Read More

Latest vote count shows Seattle approving plan to change voting in primaries

Seattle voters are nearly evenly split on the question of whether to change how the city votes in primary elections,… Read More

22 indie video games from Pacific Northwest garage developers

Washington state hosts one of the largest game development communities in the U.S., second only to California. Portland and Vancouver… Read More

Netflix acquires Seattle game studio Spry Fox

Netflix on Monday announced the acquisition of Seattle-based game development studio Spry Fox, which will become the streaming giant’s sixth… Read More

Elevator Pitch finale: Watch 4 entrepreneurs compete live on the GeekWire Summit stage

The season three finale of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch featured four CEOs who rose to the top of our startup competition… Read More

These volunteers are building cell towers to bring the internet to everyone – and they need help

Internet access became essential after COVID-19 hit. With video-chat apps largely replacing face-to-face interactions, and in-person services and businesses retreating… Read More

Inside Emerald City Comic Con 2022: The giant geek celebration makes its return in Seattle

It was often hard to tell from the inside that 2022’s Emerald City Comic Con was supposed to be a… Read More

Meet the Seattle techie picked to lead a new venture arm at iconic auction house Christie’s

Legendary auction house Christie’s got a front-row seat to the NFT craze. In March 2021, the 256-year-old art merchant facilitated… Read More

Emerald City Comic-Con reverses controversial mask policy for 2022 show in Seattle

The organizers of the Emerald City Comic Con announced Thursday that they will reimplement a face covering requirement for this… Read More

Inside the revived GameWorks Seattle arcade bar that opens this week

Before its closure in late 2021, the GameWorks downtown arcade bar on 7th Ave. was a hallmark of Seattle’s geeky… Read More

Getty Images set to go public Monday after completing SPAC merger

Seattle-based Getty Images will once again be a public company. The 27-year-old digital media provider announced Friday that it completed… Read More

How remote work is changing tech pay: Seattle startup comp equals Silicon Valley, study says

Remote work is equalizing tech startup pay across the country, with Silicon Valley and San Francisco as the benchmark, and… Read More

No going back: Anticipated return to office ‘has failed to materialize’ in Seattle, report says

Offices in Seattle will remain partly empty until 2024. At least, that’s what commercial real estate company Broderick Group predicts… Read More

Emerald City Comic Con takes heat for not requiring masks or vaccination at upcoming event in Seattle

ReedPop, the company behind the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, announced Wednesday that it plans to substantially relax its… Read More

Amazon hosting 15,000 interns this year, its largest class ever, using a mostly hybrid model

Amazon will host more than 15,000 interns from across the world this year, setting the stage for its largest class… Read More

Q&A with Seattle’s new economic development chief on working with the tech industry

In February, Markham McIntyre agreed to leave his job as the vice president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to… Read More

Google now employs more than 7,200 in Washington state — up from 4,500 workers just prior to the pandemic

The pandemic may have disrupted hiring patterns in tech, and pushed some workers out of coastal metro areas. But Google… Read More

67% of Seattle residents have considered moving out of the city, new survey finds

Seattleites remain pessimistic about overall quality of life, with a recent survey indicating that 67% have actively considered moving out… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Testing Starlink; U.S. tech worker migration; GeekWire Awards sneak peek

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about what could be an enduring era of remote work — for… Read More

Amazon’s bizarre bazaar: Strange final chapter for tech giant’s first bricks-and-mortar bookstore

“Best Book Club Ever” read one sign inside Amazon Books at Seattle’s University Village this weekend. On the bookshelves below… Read More

‘Go home tech bro’: Sentiment sticks around in Seattle, but pandemic peels back a new perspective

Within the span of an hour last weekend, I went from holiday shopping at several small businesses in Seattle’s Capitol… Read More

Amazon continues amazing growth spurt, expands presence at Austin, Chicago and Phoenix tech hubs

Three years after choosing Arlington, Va., as the winner of its high-profile HQ2 search, Amazon is speeding forward to build… Read More

Is the internet going to end? Signs around Seattle beg the question ahead of unique date, 12022021

If the internet ends this week, this story and any proof that I bothered to think about this, is going… Read More

Seattle startup AccelByte raises $10M to help developers build multiplayer online games

Seattle-based startup AccelByte has raised $10 million. Founded in 2016, AccelByte is a backend tools provider for “live service” video… Read More

How Endeavor One used an expert swordsman and dogs to create VR game ‘Arashi: Castles of Sin’

Seattle-based VR company Endeavor One plans to release its first game, Arashi: Castles of Sin, as an exclusive for PlayStation… Read More

Seattle leads nation in ‘brain gain,’ adds tech jobs faster than any other big U.S. market over 5 years

The Seattle region added more than 48,000 tech jobs from 2016 to 2020, an increase of more than 35% —… Read More