Geek of the Week: Artist Chanee Choi’s 3D video game ‘Pandemic’ looks at racism during COVID-19 Chanee Choi’s “Pandemic” is a video game and it is art. And the “art game” is not an escape from… Read More
Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming as part of video game perk for Prime members Amazon rebranded a video game-related benefit for Prime members on Monday, renaming Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming. Prime Gaming will… Read More
Nintendo continues to put up staggering sales numbers for Switch console and ‘Animal Crossing’ Nintendo continues to put up impressive numbers for the Switch video game console as well as its hot game title,… Read More
Photos: LEGO and Nintendo officially show off brick-built NES and retro TV that will sell for $229 A day after leaked images and a short teaser video hinted at a unique expansion of their partnership, LEGO Group… Read More
Company offering $1,000 to one lucky player who logs 50 hours on ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ If you’re already spending countless hours playing video games during the pandemic quarantine, why not get paid for the effort?… Read More
After lackluster launch, Amazon pulls ‘Crucible’ back into closed beta weeks after game’s release Little more than a month after a much-hyped entry into big-budget video games, Amazon is pulling back “Crucible,” its new… Read More
Fernando Reyes Medina fell for gaming through ‘Halo,’ and now he’s a designer for the franchise Growing up in Mexico City, Fernando Reyes Medina’s love for video games and desire to be a game designer was… Read More
Seattle video game convention PAX West falls to COVID-19 and will be part of 9-day online event PAX West, the giant video game convention originally planned for Labor Day weekend in Seattle, is being turned into a… Read More
XPRIZE’s Code Games challenge gives kids an opportunity to create games for good XPRIZE’s latest program to incentivize innovation is going after a new demographic: young people between the ages of 10 and… Read More
A virtual slugfest: Seattle Mariners players take on fans in baseball video game tournament They can’t step on real grass, swing for real fences or hear the cheers of real fans, but Seattle Mariners… Read More
Review: Xbox vets debut ‘Roundguard,’ an accessible blend of the most addictive games I called Roundguard dangerous when I saw it at last year’s PAX West, and now that I’ve played the full… Read More
E3 organizers cancel giant video game conference Update, March 11, 8:50 a.m. PT: ESA has confirmed that E3 is canceled. The organizer is looking into options for an… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Nintendo president speaks; D&D for a good cause; and more — Nintendo is on a roll. Though its current console, the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t boast the same type of processing… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Stand-up mathematician; healthcare at home; geeky music; and more — Math is one of those subjects that seems to be divisive among students as they grow up. Basically, you… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in Cloud Summit; tech’s influence on democracy; and more — Women can get left behind or overlooked for their abilities to contribute to evolving technologies such as cloud computing.… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Interview with Outlook product chief; comic convention; and more — How did Outlook’s mobile app reach 100 million users since launching in 2015? Hear from Outlook Mobile team leader… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Snowball fights, beer and board games, Star Wars fondue, and more -There might not be any snow on the ground just yet, but Seattle’s Pacific Science Center will have plenty of… Read More
With women at its heart, GeekGirlCon celebrates geeky minorities and fans of all ages There was a popular Scott Pilgrim discussion going on at the same time. But the room was still packed at… Read More
Inside MoPOP’s ‘Minecraft’: Fans of hit video game will dig the creepers, crafting and more in exhibition In the world of “Minecraft” — the best-selling video game in history — players know that they’re never supposed to… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking for NASA; celebrating Minecraft; and solving a crime — The ability to travel through the stars is something that we all dream of, but in reality, becoming one… 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
Game development camp for girls hopes to tip the scale for women in the video game industry At the end of July, more than 50 Seattle-area girls accomplished something most kids don’t: they completed a working prototype… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Working in video games; the latest findings on sleep; and more — Working in video games is something lots of young (and not so young) people aspire to do. But it… Read More
Can games improve your mental health? PAX panel explores the rise of games as a coping mechanism Video games are surrounded by a stigma that they are inherently bad from a mental health perspective. This negative perception… Read More
Seattle chef to host strategy-based ‘Oregon Trail’ dinner playing off classic 1980s video game The 100-mile diet may be a trendy idea for adventurous foodies looking to only eat stuff sourced from within that… Read More
PAX has lost its luster: Growth of gaming show mutes the voice of independent developers When the doors of the Washington State Convention Center open next Friday, PAX West will be welcoming gamers to its… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: PAX West; LEGO Robotics; chaos engineering; and more — Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Game expos, SharePoint Fest, Dungeons and Dragons storytelling, and more — August plays host to a number of gaming-related events in the Seattle area, with the first ones happening next… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: The science of Star Trek aliens; Global Game Jam; and celebrating startups — Lots of science fiction movies and television series feature alien life that looks, for the most part, like us.… 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
