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When you’re really into video games, it can sometimes be hard to see the forest for the trees. Take a look around The Escapist or any other comparable gaming website, YouTube channel, or podcast, and...

Chinese Internet giant Tencent startled users — and stockholders —when it set new age requirements for several of its online games, including King of Glory.Tencent’s new policy restricts players under...

Media companies are a huge part of the modern entertainment landscape. As they are responsible for mass media productions on platforms like television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet, mos...

(Photo by Ben Hoskins - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)Nothing brings gamers together like a bit of competition. Whether its World of Warcraft or the latest release of Mario Kart, these games engender ama...

Photo: Christian Petersen / Kotaku (Getty Images)God, this year sucked. Video games were supposed to be a reprieve from that, and in many ways they were. But in other ways they were just as messy, ill...

Many action-oriented video games are defined by the massive battles that take place against particularly superpowered foes known as "Bosses." This loose term somehow stuck and became official over the...

Lots of massive announcements and bombshells took place in video game-land in 2014, but which stories were the biggest of the big? Which games did IGN readers want to read about more than anything els...

Inside Gaming published this video item, entitled “The Biggest Video Game News Stories of 2020” – below is their description.Go to http://stamps.com and click the microphone at the top of the homepage...

Another week, another major delay. It's evident that the pandemic has had a huge impact on game development, so it doesn't come as much of a surprise these days when a major game gets delayed. It's no...

2020 was a year to remember, both in and out of gaming, but the year was especially filled with games wonderful, beautiful, tranquil, and just plain fun. And perhaps more than ever, video games were a...

Video games are a common form of entertainment for both teens and adults. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a national sample of parents of teens 13-18 years a...

The popularity of this sandbox shooter's multiplayer mode eclipsed the strategy-focused story, but no matter which you play, it's fast-paced and will keep you coming back for more. Fortnite: Battle Ro...

Video games provide a diverse set of experiences and related activities and are part of the lives of almost all teens in America. To date, most video game research has focused on how games impact acad...

Video games are a major part of most teens’ lives. As many as 90 percent of U.S. teens play them. Boys are more likely to play than girls. And more violent games, such as Call of Duty or Grand Theft A...

A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Center for Mental Health and Media dispels some myths and uncovers some surprises about young teens and violent video and compu...