Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans… Read More
PAX: ‘Pitch Your Game Idea’ 2012 (Full Video) One of my favorite sessions each year at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is the “Pitch Your Game Idea”… Read More
It’s official: Mobile gamers outnumber the console ‘core’ It’s no secret that the rise of the iPhone, Android and other mobile devices have shifted the attention of gamers… Read More
Windows 8 Sneak Peek: Microsoft’s ‘Adera’ game aims to redefine Xbox Live It’s Myst meets Lost meets Lara Croft on Windows 8 — with a virtual reality twist. That’s one way to… Read More
Post-PAX tradition: Selling all that ‘free’ stuff online The annual Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is a fascinating study in the laws of supply and demand. Passes to… Read More
PAX: Pirates, ninjas and what’s really happening in video games these days Did you know that Nintendo Wii games are 22 percent more likely to include ninjas than games on Sony’s PlayStation… Read More
Stunt: Nintendo to honor Kirby with bubble gum record try Believe it or not, Nintendo’s little Kirby character is 20 years old this year. (He doesn’t look a day over… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Duxter is a LinkedIn for your gamer life Hard-core gamers are a different breed. So, it makes some sense that they need their own social network. Duxter, which… Read More
PopCap Games cuts 50 staffers as it grapples with ‘completely different world’ Just over a year after Electronic Arts agreed to pay up to $1.3 billion for PopCap Games, the maker of… Read More
PopCap: Plants vs. Zombies sequel in the works for 2013 A sequel to the hit Plants vs. Zombies game will be released by late spring 2013, PopCap Games announced this… Read More
GameKlip: Android meets PS3 with new video game accessory from UW student The idea of using a PlayStation 3 controller to play games on an Android device isn’t new. For some gamers… Read More
Facebook tests UK gambling in possible preview for US The characters are cuddly, but don’t let those wobbly eyes fool you — the stakes in this Facebook game are… Read More
Put on the camo: Big Buck Hunter is back, in 1080p Up until two nights ago, the name “Big Buck Hunter Pro” didn’t hold much meaning to me. It was just… Read More
Microsoft ends work on ‘Flight’ in blow to games group Well, that didn’t last long. Microsoft confirmed today that it has ended development of Microsoft Flight, the “freemium” PC title… Read More
Video: Double Down rains cash on Casual Connect crowd Lots of speakers aim to give their audience valuable takeaways, but Double Down Interactive’s Glenn Walcott took that concept very… Read More
Apple TV outsells Xbox 360 in latest quarter, still a ‘hobby’ Apple sold 1.3 million Apple TV devices during the June quarter, an increase of 170 percent over the same quarter… Read More
Facebook expects to see more ‘core’ video games Facebook may be known for Zynga’s FarmVille and other laid-back games, but there’s a big opportunity for third-party developers to… Read More
Photos: Geek burlesque reveals the sexy side of video games What says “Seattle” better than videogame-themed burlesque? Not much. Friday night at the Theatre Off Jackson, Seattlelites were treated to… Read More
Seattle game firm says rival stole its monsters, and more Runic Games, an independent Seattle game studio that makes the Torchlight action role-playing games, says a company in China has… Read More
Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the… Read More
Victory for swordsmanship: Clang gets $525k on Kickstarter Clang, the sword-fighting video game project led by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson, surpassed its $500,000 goal on Kickstarter over the… Read More
Ask Andru: Is Wii U really a next-generation console? Today we received a question about Nintendo’s upcoming console release, Wii U, with GeekWire reader Alex wondering why the company… Read More
Video-game maker Valve: ‘An economist’s paradise’ Here’s a great weekend read. It’s the opening blog post in a new weekly series from noted economist Yanis Varoufakis, the… Read More
DigiPen students launch Touch Tactics gaming project If you ever wanted to visit the industrial-design aesthetic of 18th-century Europe and command some artillery and battleships, then some… Read More
Man vs. machine: Valve game designer looks to defend world pinball title Update, 6/11: The results are in, and Cayle came in second in this weekend’s world championship. Not too shabby. “It… Read More
PopCap goes native in Japan with new ‘Bejeweled Legend’ Seattle’s PopCap Games this morning released a new installment in its classic Bejeweled franchise, but this one comes with a… Read More
E3: PlayStation gets a lift from Harry Potter and HTC Sony surprised the audience at the E3 video-game show tonight with the announcement of Wonderbook, physical books that use augmented… Read More
Book Excerpt: Why a car crash couldn’t stop Zynga from revolutionizing gaming [Editor’s Note: Seattle-area journalist Carol Tice is the co-author, with serial entrepreneur David Lester, of the new book How They Started:… Read More
Solitaire, anyone? Classic PC games fare well vs. social apps, but user base is aging Grandma is still playing Solitaire on the computer, research confirms. A report from the Nielsen research firm says classic PC… Read More
Big Fish adds Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee to board Silicon Valley investor Bill Lee, a backer of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Hootsuite and Zaarly, has joined the board… Read More
