If you see gamers poking at their forearms to play Angry Birds on the bus in the year 2020, remember when you first heard this would happen. South Korean researchers… Read More
For people who don’t play or watch video games, it can be difficult to conceptualize just how powerful Twitch is. But the streaming site has an average 1.7 million broadcasters streaming… Read More
How’s this for a throwback? Nintendo, which has spent the past week reconnecting with gamers through the Pokémon Go phenomenon, got nostalgic again this morning with the unveiling of a new version of its… Read More
Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the latest craze in mixed-reality smartphone gaming? No-go, says NASA. “It… Read More
The Xbox Live gamertag you’ve always wanted could very well become yours if it’s among the nearly 1 million IDs being released into the wild by Microsoft on Wednesday. The… Read More
Want to buy Grand Theft Auto V for your Playstation 4 from Amazon? You’d better have a Prime membership. The retail giant is restricting purchases of some top video games to Amazon Prime members, who… Read More
It is clear that Sony has run away with the “win” in the current video game console generation in terms of raw console sales numbers, but as it turns out,… Read More
Put down your phone and go volunteer in a national park. Wait! Before you do that, download a new game on your phone designed to encourage you to go volunteer in… Read More
Leonardo DiCaprio has been chasing after an Oscar since 1994 and now the elusive golden statue may finally be within his reach thanks to a new 8-bit video game called… Read More
There are a ton of video games available for the Xbox One, from AAA shoot-em-ups like Halo to titles that are more of an acquired taste like D4. But even the most indie… Read More
Microsoft isn’t going to make fans wait to play the latest games added to the Xbox One backward compatibility list. The company announced today that it’s changing the release schedule for backward compatibility… Read More
Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan will not be remembered as the kicker who most impacted last Sunday’s wildcard playoff game against the Vikings. That extra special special teams distinction falls on… Read More
Microsoft has crafted what is likely the best controller ever made for any video game controller in history. The Xbox One Elite Wireless controller features interchangeable thumbsticks, a set of… Read More
The Forza Motorsport 6 Xbox One Limited Edition Bundle features an Xbox One console with a custom blue paint job, complete with two racing stripes and Forza Motorsport logo. The controller included… Read More
The world of eSports is still growing, but the day is only so long. Taking the time to find the right eSports tournament to compete in eats into the time… Read More
GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices in Seattle recently for a special video series that premiered at last week’s GeekWire Summit. We asked them a… Read More
One of PAX’s central attractions is the Omegathon, a tradition dating back to the very first PAX in 2004. Twenty attendees are randomly selected before the show to compete in… Read More
As the twelfth annual PAX Prime gaming convention kicks off its four-day takeover of downtown Seattle, you might be seeing some strange sights around town. Like a 20-foot tall monster snapping light poles and smashing a police car on Pike. It’s all part of the increasingly extravagant displays that companies are putting together to attract gamers at Seattle’s largest convention…… Read More
Amazon announced today that it has added popular video game characters to its 3-D printing storefront. More than 30 customizable characters are available from Infinity Blade, Primal Carnage and Smite. Each… Read More
For the last week, the video game industry’s largest annual convention and trade fair, E3, has kept the Los Angeles Convention Center full to bursting. Unlike most video game trade… Read More
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo saw some announcements that gamers have been waiting for. And I mean waiting, in some cases for years. All across the board, we saw confirmations… Read More
On Feb. 9, 2012, I backed my first Kickstarter project—an old-school adventure video game known at the time as “Double Fine Adventure.” Although the “estimated delivery” of the game was originally… Read More
Paul Furio had a big job at Amazon, managing teams that built the gaming software development kit, sample games and 3D Toolkit for the Fire Phone, helping the Seattle company make its entrance… Read More
Yesterday, Valve announced an interesting promotion that would allow users of its popular Steam gaming storefront to bid on copies of games and other items with new digital currency they’d… Read More
“To me, under that landfill is actually the burial site of an entire industry, because what affected Atari at the time affected everyone. And everything I thought was going to… Read More
Speaking this morning at the Mobile Games Forum in Seattle, game industry veteran David Bluhm, currently the CEO of DropForge Games, concluded his talk with five predictions for the future of… Read More
In a “final update” posted yesterday to the sword-fighting game Clang’s Kickstarter page, Neal Stephenson officially announced “the termination of CLANG.” A year ago Stephenson said that Subutai Corporation’s development… Read More
Which video-game company from outside the Seattle region is putting down stakes in Redmond? That’s the burning question after real estate firm CBRE announced in a news release Tuesday afternoon that a… Read More
Couldn’t make it to PAX this weekend? While you may not be able to try out all of the games first-hand, you can at least get a feeling for the… Read More
The work week is winding down, which means that it’s a perfect time to find some Friday night fun. Luckily, the Internet Explorer team is here to help. They’ve created a fully… Read More