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The video game industry continues to shift huge volumes and to generate high-volume sales. While games have received a lockdown boost, the industry needs to continue to innovate and transform in order to dominate different forms of entertainment media.
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A new study looking at the relative skills of video gamers in different parts of the world finds that players from Finland come out top. In terms of North America, Canadian gamers outpace their U.S. counterparts.
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What does 2020 have in store for gaming? A leading expert predicts that indie developers will be forced to collaborate more with publishers and that more indie developers will enter the market.
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Do video games trigger violent behavior? Scientific studies have found no link. But the persistent theory is back in the headlines following the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday.
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Is it possible for you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds? Perhaps. New technology has led to a method enabling two people to collaborate to help a third person solve a task, via their minds.
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‘Retro Arcades’ are popping up all across the country” and retro gaming devices like New Wave Toys’ mini home arcade are flying off the shelves. What does this signal about the future of gaming for 2019?
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Taehoon Kim, the co-founder and CEO of nWay, provides some gaming industry predictions for 2019 for Digital Journal readers. Expect to see the rise of Games as a Service, more esports, and an increase with virtual streaming.
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It's a recurrent question: Does playing violent video games lead to a person becoming more aggressive and displaying acts of violence in real life? The answer from a new study is 'no'.
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Two Toronto-based lawyers have started Canada’s first law firm dedicated to Esports. Esports are one of the world’s fastest growing industries and it presents several challenges, from streaming rights to contract management.
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New studies looking into how playing video games can affect the brain indicated that regular gaming can trigger changes across several brain regions, boosting efficiency but also fueling addiction.
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Interesting news for fans of classic video games. Atari's retro-style VCS console is now ready for pre-orders. The console may look retro, but it comes packed with some very modern hardware. Get ready to play classics like Pong, Armor Battle and Utopia.
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Ted Dabney, who co-founded video game pioneers Syzygy and Atari, has died from cancer, aged 81. Dabeny also produced produced Computer Space, the first commercially available arcade game.
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A popular genera of computer and video games are ‘brain games’, such as puzzles and quizzes. These are marketed as helping to improve cognition and even to make people ‘smarter’. A major review of these games has found the opposite.
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The strange psychological research story of the week looks into gamers, players of Pokémon Go in particular, and seeks to find out whether the character chasing adventurers are happier and friendlier than the general population.
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Nintendo has officially discontinued production on the NES Classic, its incredibly popular $60 game console — at least in North America.
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Another study on video games and violence has been undertaken, this time looking at whether games with more violent content influence the ability of the gamer to be empathetic towards other individuals. The answer is: no impact.
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It has been an on-going debate since the first home computer consuls: do video games affect behavior, especially in impressionable adolescents? For things like alcohol and smoking the answer seems to be a ‘yes’.
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Should video games continue to be rated in terms of age suitability? Do these categories influence the behavior of kids? The answers are yes, according to Iowa State University.
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A new kind of video game, almost a decade in the making, will allow players to step into the shoes of one of America’s greatest philosophers as he finds food, shelter and arrowheads in the rustic setting of Walden Woods.
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Researchers have used a classic video game console to try to analyse neural networks. Since looking at the networks in the brain is a highly complex process, the researchers hoped studying an old Atari 2600 system would prove simpler. It didn’t.
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The wealthiest man in the video game industry has a name you likely haven't heard; he runs a company you probably haven't heard of; he wears a wild beard and, often, the same black polo.
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While many sociologists raise concerns about the excessive playing of video games, for the visually impaired the active engagement with video game may actually be a good thing, helping vision to improve.
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Royal Seas Cruises is known for their top quality cruises to some of the best destinations in the Caribbean. Royal Seas Cruises also has some of the very best live entertainment available today in the entire cruise industry.
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While video game culture got a real thrill this week with a preview of the new Nintendo Switch and the awe-inspiring new trailer for Zelda: Breath of the Wild, things took a darker turn for voice actors relied upon to help bring video games to life.
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On September 2, 2016, Nintendo issued at least 500 DMCA takedown requests ordering indie companies who developed fan-made games to remove their products. Most of these games were hosted on Game Jolt, where they could be uploaded and shared for free.
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Homefront: The Revolution is a unique followup as the gameplay is an improvement from its predecessor but the story lacks the emotional substance that the original was remembered for.
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In a highly anticipated decision, Microsoft officially confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops is now backwards compatible for the Xbox One.
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The original Doom set the standards for shooters back in the 90s and even though gaming has changed drastically in the last few decades, this re-imagining takes players back to the good old days.
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A Twitch gaming celebrity allegedly verbally and physically assaulted his girlfriend during a livestream. The video quickly went viral in just a few hours after being posted on YouTube.
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Electronic Arts unveiled the first trailer for Battlefield 1 and it confirmed months of rumors that the game will be set during The Great War, World War I.
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Xbox fans attend the Xbox One fan celebration and launch party in Los Angeles, California With permission by Reuters / Gus Ruelas
In game screen shot of Kung Fury: Street Rage.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Activision
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Joey Chiu, 24, holds up his Sony Playstation 4 console, next to Jack Tretton (R), President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, at a special sale event put on by Sony at the Standard Hotel in New York With permission by Reuters
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Video Game Consoles: Sega Dreamcast. Taken at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ryan Somma
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Snake and Quiet take on a fighter jet. In-game screen shot of Metal Gear Solid V for the PS4.
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