Articles about Video Games – Page 13 of 19

Microsoft unveils new ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer’ plan

Halo is the franchise that introduced many people to the power of multiplayer gaming, and Microsoft will attempt to make… Read More

Republique tops $500,000 Kickstarter funding goal

A few weeks ago, we told you about Ryan Payton’s effort to get his new game, Republique, bankrolled on Kickstarter. Well,… Read More

PS3 sucks less than Xbox and Wii in tough Q1 for consoles

Sony reported its latest financial results overnight, and the numbers put the PlayStation 3 back atop the worldwide console market… Read More

Microsoft gears up for live-action ‘Halo’ web series

It’s not a movie, yet, but Microsoft is planning to launch a new web series based on its blockbuster Halo… Read More

Shadowrun Returns breaks through $1.5M on Kickstarter

Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Seattle-area game designer Jordan Weisman’s classic franchise, broke through the $1.5 million mark overnight in… Read More

The new shape of Microsoft’s entertainment unit: More diverse, less profitable

Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division has long been synonymous with the Xbox 360 and video games, which have traditionally represented… Read More

Hail to the Master Chief? Halo 4 launching on election day

Microsoft announced plans this week to launch Halo 4 on Nov. 6, kicking off a new era for the blockbuster… Read More

Conan O’Brien visits Microsoft, tries out for Halo 4 role

Microsoft yesterday announced a Nov. 6 release date for “Halo 4,” the next installment in the blockbuster video-game series for… Read More

Sony’s Zipper closure ends an era for Redmond game studio

Sony has decided to close Zipper Interactive, the Redmond-based game development studio founded in 1995 and acquired by the video… Read More

Bungie closes its Halo database with an epic infographic

Just how big are the Halo video games? Well, we’ve spent a combined 235,182 years playing them online — enough time… Read More

Seattle schools to offer digital animation, game courses

Budding digital animators and game programmers will soon have another option for learning those skills — through Seattle Public Schools’… Read More

Angry Birds Space: Mysterious launch event set for Seattle’s Space Needle on Thursday

Maybe they’re going to be slingshotting some birds from the observation deck? Tomorrow is the official launch of the highly… Read More

Meet the geeks who make video games in this documentary film

The critically-acclaimed documentary film Indie Game: The Movie — honored at both the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW — will be… Read More

Dorky’s Arcade: ‘THIS IS NOT CHUCKY CHEESE!!!’

What is the proper role of the arcade in modern society? Should it be a place for boozing adults, or… Read More

Now working for Xbox: Former PlayStation exec Phil Harrison

Here’s a hire that no one would have predicted five years ago. Phil Harrison, the former head of worldwide studios… Read More

Dancing with the Star Wars: Sorry, but this is just wrong

Are you ready to dance your heart out for Jabba the Hutt? It’s not unusual for derivatives of “Star Wars”… Read More

PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world

Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine… Read More

Report: Valve preparing to jump into console business

The Seattle region is already a nexus for the video-game console industry, as the home of both Microsoft’s Xbox division… Read More

Video-game vets offer peek at ‘Techpocalypse,’ based on real-world map data

Indie video-game startup Anomaly Labs is getting close to finishing its first game, “Techpocalypse” — an HTML5-based cooperative game that… Read More

Why this gamer just lost his username on Xbox Live

Christopher Gooche has been a loyal fan of Xbox Live for many years, using his last name of “Gooche” as… Read More

Valve’s hardware ambitions revealed by Penny Arcade’s new ‘PA Report’

In case you missed the news last month, the guys behind the hit Penny Arcade webcomic have hired veteran video-game… Read More

PS Vita: In a world of mobile phones, do handheld gaming devices have a future?

Trying out the game “Escape Plan” from Seattle’s Fun Bits Interactive during a demo this week, I encountered a level… Read More

Boston shows PAX East some love, secures long-term deal

I’ve been covering and attending the Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, since it was a humble curiosity at… Read More

Angry Birds finally lands on Facebook, testing the new economics of video games

Sure, most of us have played Angry Birds in the past, probably on multiple devices, but even if you’ve grown… Read More

Classic PC game by Bill Gates makes comeback on iPhone

It might be hard to believe nowadays, but there was a time when Bill Gates himself was writing the software… Read More

Museum exhibit casts video game art in a new light

It’s a bit hard to believe that an industry which started with something as basic as Pong could now be… Read More

Seattle’s gaming industry: A hidden success story that keeps on growing

Seattle’s gaming industry doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. But the industry is a very big business, and it… Read More

Microsoft ready for ‘Flight’ — calls new PC title ‘a step up’ from efforts of the past

Microsoft is gearing up for the debut of its new “Microsoft Flight” franchise for Windows PCs, announcing a Feb. 29… Read More

Ask Andru: Should I get Kinect if I use my Xbox 360 mostly for watching Netflix?

We’re back with another edition of Ask Andru – this time we’re focusing on the wildly popular Kinect add-on, and… Read More

Nintendo’s rough patch continues with warning of larger loss

Mario has been in plenty of jams in his day, but never before quite like this. Nintendo, which was already… Read More