The average U.S. household owns at least one dedicated game console, PC or smartphone Average game player age: 30 Average game buyer age: 35 Amount consumers spent on video games, hardware and ...

When a team of researchers in the U.K. recently formulated a basic research question—Does playing violent video games cause young people to become more aggressive?—like many of us, they speculated ...

Much to the annoyance of many gamers, whether video game violence causes real-world violence is a frequently studied topic in psychology. A definitive answer to this question, though, is still missing ...

Psychologists at the University of Montreal have discovered that action video games can cause the grey matter in your hippocampus to atrophy—the neurological version of going catabolic—and that ...

In a series of experiments in which video games were matched on competitiveness, difficulty, and pace of action, researchers found video game violence alone did not elevate aggressive behavior.

With gore in video games becoming more enticing to consumers, the demand for it is growing. This, like any new trend, makes people wonder: what effect does this have on our youth? According to ...

Every game and series approaches combat a little differently. Sometimes, stealthy takedowns are the only recourse available. In other cases, out-and-out blasting through waves of enemies, it is. Still ...