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A video game, computer game, or simply game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with audio complement delivered through speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for in-game chatting and livestreaming.
Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and computer games (which includes LAN games, online games, and browser games). More recently, the video game industry has expanded onto mobile gaming through mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablet computers), virtual and augmented reality systems, and remote cloud gaming. Video games are also classified into a wide range of genres based on their style of gameplay and target audience. (Full article...)
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- ... that Rawson Stovall became the first nationally syndicated video game journalist in the United States when he was only eleven years old?
- ... that the 2005 video game Bokura no Kazoku was inspired in part by the birth of its creator's first child?
- ... that the world's largest video game studio is headquartered in a former textile factory?
- ... that the first video game developed in independent Ukraine, Admiral Sea Battles, was released in 1996?
- ... that the team developing the action video game Knights Contract researched European folklore on witches and witch hunts?
- ... that a whistled language created for a video game was reused in an episode of The Last of Us?
- ... that players of the simulation video game Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up need to manage everything from the construction of train stations to dumping trash cans?
- ... that Goodboy Galaxy was the first commercially released video game for the Game Boy Advance in more than 13 years?
- ... that Kim Kitsuragi was praised as one of the best video game characters of 2019?
- ... that a reviewer thought that the video game Robbery Bob contained cringeworthy dialogue?
- ... that Elena from the video game series Street Fighter uses a capoeira fighting style, for which the development team used travel videos as reference material as they had no experience with the style?
- ... that the video game Baldur's Gate 3 won so many awards that its creators collected them in rotating teams to avoid impacting development?
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- September 29, 2025 –
- American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) agrees to be acquired by a group of private investors, including Silver Lake, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion. The transaction, which will take EA private, constitutes the largest leveraged buyout on record. (Bloomberg News)
- June 5, 2025 –
- Nintendo's Switch 2 video game console is released in most regions. (BBC News) (The Verge)
- April 4, 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- Multiple companies, including Klarna, StubHub, Nintendo, and Professional Sports Authenticator, pause price-sensitive business actions in the U.S. to evaluate the impact of the recent tariff announcements. (The Wall Street Journal) (IGN) (The Verge)
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