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iFixit is at it again, this time with the developer edition of the Oculus Rift head-mounted reality display which raised $2.4 million from its Kickstarter campaign last year. More...

NVIDIA's senior vice president of content and technology has gave reasons why he thinks the chip maker decided not to build its hardware into Sony's PlayStation 4 console. More...

President and CEO of Sony America Jack Tretton hopes that its PlayStation 4 won't cost $599 at launch and claims that the console is still in development in terms of specs and design. More...

Verizon, Time Warner, and AT&T are set to take on traditional consoles by delivering cloud-based gaming services to customers via their television sets sometime in 2013. More...

In the wake of the attacks made within Norway during July 2011, the Australian Christian Lobby has called for the banning of videogames, should they contain "gratuitous or excessive" amounts of violence. Their demands have... More...

The Boy Scouts of America pride themselves on badges and what they represent. There are badges for outdoor activities, disability awareness, good manners, and now, as Gizmodo points out, video games. The video games badge... More...

Today it has been released that members from the EU Commission are proposing to give Games and similar Software a two year guarantee that is currently in place for "tangible movable consumer goods". Meglena Kuneva... More...

In a study published by Nature Neuroscience, it was revealed that playing video games can improve a person's sensitivity to visual contrasts. The authors of the study write, "The contrast sensitivity function (CSF) is routinely... More...

Microsoft has become the first giant to focus on shooter games to explore whether video games can enhance education. Although many studies are in progress to explore the link between education and video games, they... More...

A European Union report on Wednesday concluded that video games can in fact be good for children, and also said that there was no definitive link between violence in video games and violent behaviour. "Video... More...

Academic research at Durham University in the UK has suggested that video games such as Far Cry, Doom and Counter Strike, make better fire drill simulators than traditional virtual reality toolkits. Using the Source engine,... More...

According to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, over half of American adults play video games of some kind. The survey shows that age is the biggest factor,... More...

The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an injunction this Monday against a Minnesota law that targeted at children under 17 who rent or buy violent video games. Despite some discomfort with the decision,... More...

Electronic Arts is to release a free online version of the popular Battlefield game to be supported by adverts and micro payments. The PC game, Battlefield Heroes, will be available only online later this year,... More...

More than good looks are needed to make a great video game, according to Glenn Entis, chief technical officer at games giant Electronic Arts. Mr Entis told the Siggraph conference that games makers had to... More...

Over the recent months, there has been much discussion in the media about what type of negative impact video games have on young gamers, but the average gamer has voiced their opinion too. It can... More...

Of all of the proposals aimed at improving America's failing schools, there's one idea kids will really like: more video games and fewer books. Some educators argue that children would get more excited about school... More...

New research claims that not all games, but action games, mainly shooters, can improve your eyesight. People who started out as non-gamers and then received 30 hours of training on first-person action video games showed... More...

Kansas Republican Senator, Sam Brownback, has reintroduced the Truth in Video Game Rating Act (originally filed August 4, 2006) which ensures that video game rating companies play any game all the way through before assigning... More...

Germany took over the six month rotating presidency of the Union at the beginning of January. The European Commission is pushing to standardize rules for more control over video game violence throughout the 27 countries... More...

Forget cards and gentle aerobics - the best way to keep the elderly sharp is to teach them to play video games, new research suggests. Psychology research at Hamilton's McMaster University shows gamers who spend... More...

Research comissioned by games giant EA has suggested that both students and teachers believe that games can have a positive role in the classroom. Out of a total 1000 teachers and 2000 primary and secondary... More...

A recent publication by Iowa State University researchers titled "The Effects of Video Game Violence on Physiological Desensitization to Real-Life Violence" appears to show a strong empirical link between desensitization to violence and exposure to... More...

The purported problem of violent and sexually explicit video games has resurfaced on politicians' agenda as the November election draws near. A U.S. House of Representatives committee on consumer protection says it will hold a... More...

Acting on a Florida lawyer's suggestion that violent video games may have figured in Tuesday's slaying of a West Feliciana Parish man, sheriff's deputies searched the home of one teenage suspect again on Thursday. West... More...

A mouse, keyboard and/or Xbox controller don't seem like the standard gear of an Olympic athlete, but Ted Owen wants to change that. Owen, who runs the Global Gaming League (GGL), a media company focused... More...

Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency is reporting that the government had announced new bans on certain video games. In total, 50 popular titles will be banned from sale and use in China. Xinhua further... More...

Viacom Inc., which has sold off parts of its video game business, is now taking another look at the potential for advertising in video games, a top executive said on Thursday. Chief Financial... More...

Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable television operator, on Wednesday said it will offer subscribers to its high-speed data service a new bundle of on-demand video games. Comcast said that for a separate monthly fee... More...

Hold on to something long enough, the theory goes -- a car, a tie or even a hairstyle -- and eventually it will be cool again. And so it goes with video games, where today's... More...

It's one thing to see Lara Croft's hot-shorts clad posterior while you play "Tomb Raider." It's another thing entirely to see the sagging, slightly lumpy and entirely unclothed buttocks of Larry Lovage streak across your... More...

The U.S. video game arm of Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it would not update some of its sports titles this year, mirroring a similar move by Microsoft Corp. amid intense competition. Sony Computer Entertainment... More...

America Online on Wednesday unveiled a video game site for high-speed subscribers, a bid to attract more customers toward the broadband service it sees as key to its future growth. AOL, which has faced declines... More...

Video games can make children fat and, in the case of violent games popular among teenage and younger boys, aggressive and even criminal, Swedish experts said on Monday. The games industry, estimated at $200 million... More...

A public interest group had a holiday warning and a new word on Monday for parents of video game users: Beware of "killographic," defined as the "graphic depiction of brutal violence." The National... More...

The Canadian province of Quebec has decided to begin enforcing Quebec's Law 101 on retailers selling video games within the province. Law 101 is the law within Quebec that states that all commercial displays (including... More...

Computer game fanatics should not be labeled addicts, although many players say they are hooked on a hobby that is affecting their social lives, scientists said on Tuesday. Some evidence exists that games... More...

Video gaming's richest tournament has decided to move to Las Vegas and set up show alongside one of the world's largest consumer electronics shows -- and it's adding a women's category too. Cyber... More...

Scared silly of spiders? Horrified by heights? Terrorized by tight spaces? Play a video game -- doctor's orders. Regular, off-the-shelf computer video games are an effective method of treating people's fears, using a... More...

THX, the sound company started by movie director George Lucas to ensure that fans heard his films the way he intended, said Tuesday that it would begin granting its seal of approval to audio produced... More...

Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that it has expanded its relationship with Hip Interactive Corp to license several of Namco's key video-game properties for the PC. Hip Interactive will develop and distribute PC versions of... More...

A federal appeals court gave the video game industry a big boost Tuesday, reversing a controversial lower court decision and ruling that games are protected by the First Amendment. Last April, Senior... More...

All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Counter-Strike" may sharpen your mind. ... More...

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The U.S. Army has found a powerful new weapon in training soldiers for the dirty and dangerous business of urban warfare: video games. For the past year, the... More...

Combat-themed video games dominated the U.S. sales charts in early April as news of the real war in Iraq blanketed the airwaves, according to data released this week. For the week ending April 5,... More...

Prolonged time playing video games could cause people to lose concentration, get angry easily and have trouble associating with others, a Japanese professor's research has suggested. In a survey conducted by Akio Mori,... More...

Streaming media provider RealNetworks plans to launch the final, non-test version of its RealArcade video game software, including a new online game rental section that will serve as the largest test yet of a still-unproven... More...