The first couple of times I tried to play Six Days in Fallujah, I wasn’t sure what I was doing wrong. I’d take on a mission, head forth into a… Read More
After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or roll back many of the changes it had planned… Read More
In a major leak, Microsoft has accidentally disclosed many of its past, present, and future plans for its gaming division, such as details about its next-generation Xbox, planned acquisitions, and… Read More
ProbablyMonsters, the Bellevue, Wash.-based studio collective that raised a $200 million Series A funding round in 2021, has laid off an undisclosed number of employees. “Today, we are making the… Read More
In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity, dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon… Read More
Earlier this month, PAX West 2023 was well attended by an international cast of game developers and publishers. And as usual, the show was a big draw for the Pacific… Read More
To some extent, the Penny Arcade Expo, as a video game show, was defined by who wasn’t there. Nintendo was at PAX, technically, running its separate Live show in a… Read More
I’ve spent roughly 20 hours on Starfield at the time of this review, which is nowhere near enough to feel like I’ve got a proper handle on it. With a… Read More
It’s the end of an era. Seven years after it discontinued production for the Xbox 360 video game console, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will shut down the system’s digital… Read More
Stephen Kick is having a decent year so far. In May, Kick’s company Nightdive Studios, headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., finally completed a 7-year journey by releasing a new version of… Read More
Recognizing that nothing goes better together than pizza and video games, Xbox has designed a pizza-scented wireless video game controller to promote the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”… Read More
A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. are out of print, which leaves a significant amount of the medium’s… Read More
The next big Marvel Comics video game is being made in Seattle. Electronic Arts (EA) revealed Monday that it’s opened a new Seattle-based studio called Cliffhanger Games. Cliffhanger’s first project… Read More
In its latest Nintendo Direct virtual presentation on Wednesday morning, Nintendo announced a number of upcoming video games, including the surprise debut of a new entry in the long-running Super… Read More
In Ironwood Studios’ debut video game Pacific Drive, an unknown phenomena has transformed a big part of the Pacific Northwest into what’s now known as the Olympic Exclusion Zone. Players… Read More
The next release from Amazon Games’ publishing arm is a new massively-multiplayer online title from the developer behind Lineage, AION, and Guild Wars. Throne and Liberty debuted during the Summer… Read More
Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard passes regulatory… Read More
A new Lord of the Rings massively-multiplayer online game is in production at Amazon Games, made in partnership with Swedish firm Embracer Group. Amazon has begun development on the new… Read More
Chinese technology company NetEase announced this week that it plans to open a new game development studio in Seattle called Anchor Point Studios. Anchor Point is a remote company that’s… Read More
A lot of Web3 video games have built their systems around the sale and trade of NFTs. Castaways, on the other hand, simply gives them away, and it’s rapidly grown… Read More
After the production delays and supply disruptions of the last few years, 2023 is where the games industry is set to really start picking up speed. The Pacific Northwest is… Read More
Early on the morning of Jan. 14, two thieves hit four separate retail outlets in Kent, Wash., by backing a stolen Audi SUV through their front doors. This included GameBound,… Read More
Pink Gorilla had a lot of issues with burglaries and break-ins last year, but the oldest retro/import games store in the Pacific Northwest is actually expanding its footprint in the… Read More
Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast has canceled at least five unnamed video game projects, according to a report from Bloomberg. The cancellations are said to affect fewer than 15… Read More
This year started slow in the video game industry, due to a combination of pandemic slowdowns and highly-anticipated titles such as Elden Ring, but it ended with a tidal wave… Read More
If you use video games to relax or relieve stress, a new collaboration between Microsoft Xbox and Calm, a leading sleep and meditation app, is looking to extend those benefits.… Read More
Microsoft plans to increase the base price for some of its first-party, internally-produced video games in 2023. Xbox’s first three big releases of the year —Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield—will… Read More
Washington state hosts one of the largest game development communities in the U.S., second only to California. Portland and Vancouver both have their own massive gaming scenes, which typically means… Read More
Netflix on Monday announced the acquisition of Seattle-based game development studio Spry Fox, which will become the streaming giant’s sixth internal video game studio. Financial terms were not disclosed. The… Read More
Wizards of the Coast has opened a new video game development studio in Montreal, which is already working on a new Dungeons & Dragons title. The new company, Invoke Studios,… Read More
