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The Seattle sound? Napster and Amazon both partner with Sony on immersive ‘360 Reality Audio’

Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based… Read More

Sony reveals PS5 details, slated for holiday 2020 debut — in time for battle with Microsoft’s new Xbox

Sony has been conspicuously quiet for much of 2019. It’s teased a handful of major first-party video game releases –… Read More

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony commit to new rules on loot boxes and other in-game microtransactions

The Entertainment Software Association, a U.S. video game industry trade group, announced today that multiple game publishers and developers will… Read More

Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony team up to argue against Trump’s tariff on video game consoles

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have co-signed a letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, arguing against the… Read More

Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO, Sony Corporation (left), and Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

Microsoft and Sony vow to “explore” ways to collaborate on cloud gaming and AI in new partnership

Microsoft and Sony are going exploring. The two longtime gaming console rivals announced Thursday that they have struck a multiyear… Read More

Review: Sony’s new ‘Days Gone’ PS4 game brings a zombie apocalypse to the Pacific Northwest

The best moments in Days Gone are also its most intense. The game’s not-zombies, “Freakers,” aren’t much of a threat… Read More

Seattle-area game studio behind ‘Republique’ flies ‘Iron Man VR’ onto PlayStation VR in 2019

For the last few years, Camouflaj, maker of the 2013 episodic adventure game Republique, has been quietly working on a… Read More

Profits soar for Nintendo and Sony despite slight console sales slowdown

Sony and Nintendo both reported their quarterly financials Tuesday, and the gaming giants brought in sizable profits despite a slight… 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

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Geared Up Podcast: The best games from E3

E3, the biggest gaming convention in the U.S., started with a bang this week. Geared Up co-host Andru Edwards is… Read More

E3 2018: Sony gets out of the way and lets the games do the talking

LOS ANGELES ― If you’d told me last week that one of the big moments of this year’s E3 would… Read More

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Geared Up: Rumors hint at mysterious new phones from Sony and Samsung

Sony and Samsung both hinted at — or had leaks about — upcoming smartphone releases this week. What are they up to?… Read More

Sony sells 5.9M PS4 consoles worldwide during holidays, tops 73M units to date

Sony says it sold 5.9 million PlayStation 4 game consoles during the holiday shopping season, bringing the total installed base… Read More

Tech news sites quietly rely on this word to create drama in headlines, analysis reveals

GeekWire has quietly performed a detailed analysis of one of the most overused words in tech news. See if you… Read More

Xbox One X vs. Nintendo Switch: 2017’s new gaming consoles couldn’t be more different

What’s the key to the gaming crown, pushing more pixels or enabling unique experiences? With Sunday’s unveiling of the Xbox… Read More

Meet President Obama’s former video game guru, now helping shape Seattle’s tech education efforts

For Mark DeLoura, returning to Seattle after two years working for the White House was a blast from the past.… Read More

Netflix bags Jerry Seinfeld and Amazon lands … the Grateful Dead

The latest projects from Hollywood icons Martin Scorsese and Jerry Seinfeld will find homes on Amazon Video and Netflix. Today,… Read More

Xbox One tops PlayStation 4 for U.S. sales in second half of 2016

More than three years after debuting, Microsoft’s Xbox One console still continues to rack up the sales. The Redmond company… Read More

Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits 53.4M in lifetime console sales, including 6.2M this holiday season

Sony has sold 53.4 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide in a little more than three years. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai said… Read More

Sony PlayStation announces more powerful, slimmed down versions of PS4

Sony on Wednesday announced a pair of new models of the PlayStation 4; one that is slimmed down and another that is… Read More

How to watch the big Apple and Sony events online today

It’s a big day for Apple and Sony. Apple will unveil its newest iPhones, likely called the iPhone 7 and… Read More

Virtual reality abounds at PAX as giant game event opens in Seattle

Virtual reality has officially arrived, if the convention floor at PAX West is any indication. VR experiences are seemingly around every… Read More

Xbox One beats PS4 for U.S. console sales last month in rare win for Microsoft

For the first time since this past October, Microsoft’s Xbox One outpaced Sony’s Playstation 4 for U.S. console sales in… Read More

NFL inks deal with Sony to stream NFL Network and RedZone via PlayStation Vue

Cord-cutting football fans have a new way to watch NFL Network and NFL RedZone. The league today announced a deal… Read More

Top 5 cool things from E3 2016, despite a smaller feel and fewer exhibitors

While this year’s announced attendance was up at the E3 game convention, the number of exhibitors was significantly smaller, and many… 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

Sony to launch Playstation VR for $399 right before 2016 holiday season

Sony’s virtual reality headset may be coming to the VR party a little late, but it’s going to be a lot… Read More

Sony PS4 tops Microsoft Xbox One again for U.S. console sales in February

Playstation 4 topped the Xbox One for U.S. console sales in February, as Sony ousted rival Microsoft for the ninth time in 10 months.… Read More

PlayStation 4 continues to outsell Xbox One in January, but hardware sales slow across the board

Consoles sales are slowing after a record-breaking holiday season, down 15 percent year-over-year to $157 million in January, according to the latest data from… Read More

Xbox One, Playstation 4 U.S. sales reach record highs as Sony ousts Microsoft in December

U.S. sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 hit record-highs last month. The NPD Group reported its monthly console sales… Read More