Articles about Video Games – Page 14 of 19

Chart: Kinect surpasses 25% of Xbox 360 installed base

One piece of news disclosed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer here at the Consumer Electronics Show last night was that… Read More

Tickets on sale for Seattle stop of ‘Legend of Zelda’ symphony tour

Know the “Legend of Zelda” theme? Play it in your head. Right now. “Da, daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa!” Feels good, right? Hearing… Read More

Steam on a roll as Valve targets bigger screens for games

The Steam video-game platform for Macs and Windows PCs grew substantially in 2011 — with unit sales of games rising… Read More

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal… Read More

‘Microsoft Flight’ will be free to play, takeoff set for spring

Microsoft Flight, the successor to the company’s discontinued Flight Simulator franchise, will be distributed starting this spring as a free… Read More

Nintendo: 3DS outpaces Wii launch in first 9 months in U.S.

It was a tough year for Nintendo, including a rocky start for the Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming machine, but the big… Read More

Follow-up: Why Microsoft is keeping virtual guns away from Xbox Live avatars

Over the weekend, an Epic Games forum post broke the news of a Microsoft policy change for virtual “gun-like” accessories… Read More

Oblivious game-accessory marketer turns unhappy customer into PR disaster

Today’s lesson in customer relations — as in, what not to do — comes from this painfully entertaining email thread… Read More

A right to bear virtual arms? Xbox Live removing guns from Avatar Marketplace

Follow-up: Why Microsoft is keeping virtual guns away from Xbox Live avatars Looks like there’s no such thing as a… Read More

Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles

Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up… Read More

GameHouse expands in Canada, plans to double size of social games studio

GameHouse says it will open a larger office for its games studio in Victoria, B.C., and plans to more than double its… Read More

Zynga is having another rough day on Wall Street

Zynga’s first day as a publicly-traded company was more of a flop, than a big pop. And now the second… Read More

Generation Gamer: NWCN takes an inside look at the booming video game industry

Valve Software co-founder Gabe Newell, DoubleDown Interactive CEO Greg Enell, ZipLine Games co-founder Todd Hooper and many others from Seattle’s… Read More

Podcast

PopCap’s secret? A willingness to kill games if they’re not fun

We had a great time talking with John Vechey, one of the co-founders of PopCap Games, on this weekend’s GeekWire… Read More

Microsoft sells record 1.7M Xbox 360s in U.S. in November

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 registered another month atop the U.S. console market in November, posting record sales as the peak holiday… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon Price Check, Twitter revamp, and guest John Vechey, PopCap co-founder

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the controversy over Amazon’s new Price Check app, the… Read More

How Steve Jobs reacted to Microsoft’s Bungie acquisition

Microsoft recently marked the 10th anniversary of Halo, bringing back lots of fond memories of the blockbuster Xbox franchise. And… Read More

Ready to talk to your TV? Microsoft’s Xbox Live revamp bets big on voice navigation

Six years after the original Xbox 360’s debut, Microsoft this week is overhauling its video-game console, again, with a big… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Inside stories from former Microsoft games chief Ed Fries

Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast is Ed Fries, the video-game guru and startup adviser who… Read More

New game degree: DigiPen creates MFA in Digital Arts

DigiPen Institute of Technology, the Redmond-based school specializing in interactive entertainment and video-game technology, has created a new Master of… Read More

FlowPlay brings virtual goods, avatars to Yahoo Messenger

Why just chat with someone, when you can chat in a virtual condo or apartment? Seattle startup FlowPlay, maker of… Read More

Microsoft: Xbox 360 registers biggest week in its history

Microsoft says its Xbox 360 sold more than 960,000 units in the U.S. during the past week, setting a new… Read More

Is Zynga’s culture really rotten at the core? Hear how Mark Pincus described the mission in April

The New York Times published an unflattering story this past weekend about the hard-charging culture of game maker Zynga, noting… Read More

GameHouse: Women who play online games have more sex

A new survey commissioned by GameHouse, the RealNetworks video-game division, finds that women who play online games are more social… Read More

Xbox 360 extends U.S. streak, global console race still tight

The video-game console business can be extremely fickle (just ask Nintendo) but the Xbox 360 continues to rack up victories… Read More

Valve says intruders accessed Steam customer database

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell just sent a message to users of the company’s Steam video-game platform disclosing that online intruders… Read More

Warner Brothers cuts staff at Seattle-area gaming studios

Warner Brothers Games has cut staffing at game studios throughout the Seattle area, according to a report on Joystiq. The… Read More

Look out, Mario: Nintendo projects first-ever annual loss

Here’s a reminder of just how fickle the video-game business can be. Nintendo this morning released a revised financial forecast… Read More

Valve’s Newell predicts Apple will shake up game consoles

Over the weekend we posted Valve co-founder Gabe Newell’s recent comments about the pricing experiments that the company conducts using its Steam… Read More

GameHouse first to pilot Facebook Credits outside Facebook

Facebook is beginning to expand its Facebook Credits system beyond its own social networking site with a new initiative called… Read More