Report: Mystery buyer acquiring PopCap for more than $1B TechCrunch reports this afternoon that Seattle’s PopCap Games, maker of hit casual games including Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled, is… Read More
Roundup: PopCap, Walk Score, Big Fish, LulzSec and more There’s a lot shaking in tech today, so here’s a roundup of some items that have crossed the GeekWire news… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new… Read More
New York Times casts Microsoft as a relic, but is it really the Kodak of PCs? There’s plenty to criticize Microsoft about these days. The company has fallen behind Apple in mobile phones and tablets. It’s… Read More
This public ‘Angry Birds’ stunt by T-Mobile is incredible You never know where ‘Angry Birds’ is going to show up next. Mobile phones, computers, plush toys .. and now public… Read More
Nintendo unveils Wii U game console, with touch-screen tablet controller Nintendo just unveiled its newest home console, dubbed the Wii U, during a presentation at the E3 video game convention… Read More
Xbox Live plans cloud storage, Facebook friends game matching Looks like Microsoft’s Xbox Live didn’t have room in the company’s E3 media event this morning for all of its… Read More
Microsoft says Halo 4 signals a new trilogy for Xbox 360 Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to extend the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox 360 with a new game, Halo 4,… Read More
Halo 4 in development, and other E3 leaks from Microsoft’s own site Halo 4 is “on the way.” That’s the (inadvertently) official word from Microsoft this morning. The company isn’t taking the stage… Read More
Hacker group hits Nintendo, no consumer data stolen Nintendo of America confirmed today that its computer servers in the U.S. were infiltrated by the hacker group Lulzsec a few… Read More
Name that Tech Tune: What is this classic video game theme song? In honor of next week’s big E3 video-game convention, this week’s Name that Tech Tune contest digs into the archives… Read More
Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More
Geek of the Week: Sendi Widjaja, Avvo CTO Our latest Geek of the Week, Sendi Widjaja, is the CTO at lawyer and doctor ratings site Avvo. He has… Read More
Seattle Symphony’s ode to video games: The music of Halo, Zelda and Mario Forget about Brahms, Beethoven or Bach. The Seattle Symphony is bringing some other classics — with names like Mario, Master… Read More
Seattle Retro Gaming Expo this weekend: ‘The coolest thing since that show Alf’ That console over there and many of those games occupied so many hours of my youth, it’s almost hard to… Read More
How to woo students to Windows PCs: Give them a free Xbox 360? This will either be considered a stroke of marketing genius, or a blight on the educational system as we know… Read More
Nerd Notes: Angry Birds lands late, DealSpringer pumps up, and Hef sidesteps Jobs Twitter, Facebook and other online distractions are costing our economy dearly. Here, go spend some time reading a story about… Read More
Amazon’s new Appstore gets first crack at PopCap’s new Android games PopCap Games this morning announced an agreement that gives Amazon.com a limited-time exclusive deal for the new Android versions of… Read More
Sony to PlayStation users: We’re back, we’re sorry, now please change your password Well, at least they got it back online before E3. After more than three weeks of downtime following an online… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Gamification, Chromebooks, and Microsoft’s Skype deal finally explained This week on the GeekWire Podcast we explore the world of gamification with guest Keith Smith, CEO of BigDoor, a Seattle… Read More
Xbox 360 leads in U.S. again; Microsoft says Kinect games will triple this year Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued its reign atop the U.S. console market in April, according to data from the NPD Group… Read More
How Big Fish knocked Angry Birds off its iPad perch (at least on Mother’s Day) Call it the Mother’s Day mobile blitz. Big Fish Games made a serious push this past weekend with its mobile… Read More
Bungie Aerospace? Halo maker stirs speculation with mysterious filings Is Bungie the new Boeing? Probably not. But the company behind the blockbuster “Halo” games for Microsoft’s Xbox appears to… Read More
How Z2Live accidentally hired a 17-year-old whiz for its new iPhone air combat game In the annals of high-tech, this may be one of the more unusual hiring stories. Z2Live, maker of the popular… Read More
Discovery Bay Games scores $12M to create a new class of iPad accessories Discovery Bay Games CEO Craig Olson didn’t expect to raise $12 million when he set out on the fundraising trail… Read More
Roundup: ID guru leaves Microsoft, Google Maps goes indoors, EA downplays discs A quick rundown of news stories catching our attention this afternoon … Google Maps is going indoors with panoramic photos… Read More
Video game school picks Seattle Center for new campus With companies such as Big Fish, PopCap, Nintendo, Microsoft and Valve, Seattle is a well established center for video game development.… Read More
With eyes on Facebook, RealNetworks’ GameHouse makes ‘Lets Make a Deal’ deal GameHouse, the last big content-producing business inside Seattle’s RealNetworks, is still awaiting its own deal — a long-planned spinoff that… Read More
Mindbloom’s Life Game scores a giant customer: Aetna Seattle startup Mindbloom has reached a multi-year agreement with health insurance giant Aetna, which will offer an enhanced version of… Read More
Redbox getting into video games, like for reals this time Coming soon to the front stoop of your local 7-Eleven: Master Chief and Mario. Redbox, the movie-rental subsidiary of Bellevue-based… Read More
