Galvanic Games, the independent Seattle-based developer behind video games such as Some Distant Memory, Rapture Rejects, and last fall’s Wizard With a Gun, is closing its doors. Studio head and… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based game publisher tinyBuild has sold the rights to Totally Reliable Delivery Service to the French corporation Atari, which intends to use the acquisition to revive a legacy brand.… Read More
ProbablyMonsters, a game studio collective headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., announced Tuesday that it’s founded a new internal development team called Hidden Grove. The team at Hidden Grove is headed by… Read More
A new waterfront attraction in Seattle will bring the popular video game and film franchise “Tomb Raider” and its protagonist Lara Croft to life in an immersive, escape-room-style entertainment experience.… Read More
The console wars aren’t over, but they’ve mutated into a new phase. That’s my takeaway after Microsoft revealed a new chapter for its Xbox business, where it both competes with… Read More
Seattle’s Threshold Games, a remote-first independent game developer, has shut down due to “extenuating circumstances.” The announcement was made via Threshold’s LinkedIn page on Feb. 9. The 12-person company was… Read More
Hidden Path Entertainment, an independent game studio based in Bellevue, Wash., has laid off 44 employees. The layoffs were confirmed Wednesday afternoon in a post on LinkedIn by CEO Jeff… Read More
Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It may soon be applied to actual gameplay. A recent example came earlier… Read More
If there’s a single good window for would-be gaming investors at the moment, it may come from the necessity for next-generation data analytics, according to a new gaming sector report… Read More
2023 has been one of the best years in recent memory if you’re a fan of video games. The release schedule has been huge since January, from the Resident Evil… Read More
Every fall in Washington state, hobby designers, garage developers, and eccentric tinkerers get together to show off their independently-produced video games at a two-part event, the Seattle Indies Expo. The… Read More
Seattle-based game studio Harebrained Schemes has entered into a “mutual agreement” to separate from its owner Paradox Interactive. On Jan. 1, Harebrained will once again become an independent studio. Headquartered… Read More
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
