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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 the 1994 video game Apocalypse, about combat helicopter operations, also involves transporting medical personnel and evacuating the wounded?
  • ... that the Roblox video game Grow a Garden once had more than 20 million simultaneous players?
  • ... that Kim Kitsuragi was praised as one of the best video game characters of 2019?
  • ... that Gambit Digital acquired the rights to the 2023 video game Fae Farm five days after the original developer ended online support in September 2025?
  • ... that The Shikoku Shimbun, which published numerous articles about video game addiction, also published an advertisement that says "don't just study, play some games"?
  • ... that the first Sokoban video game featured text-based graphics and only five levels, until a salesman saw it and suggested that it had commercial potential?
  • ... that, near the ending of the 2005 interactive storytelling video game Façade, two characters portrayed through AI chatbots ask the player for relationship advice?
  • ... that one of the bosses of the video game CarnEvil can be replaced with a giant teddy bear?
  • ... that some video game stores removed their adult content under pressure from credit card companies?
  • ... that time limits in the 2025 video game Time Flies are based on the life expectancy of the country selected by the player?
  • ... that a whistled language created for a video game was reused in an episode of The Last of Us?
  • ... that for at least 90 minutes, Mori Calliope livestreamed herself begging video game developer Atlus to allow her to stream their game Persona 3?

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Video game designer Robin Hunicke.
July 6, 2026 – 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs
Microsoft cuts roughly 4,800 jobs, primarily within its Xbox and commercial sales divisions, while divesting game studios Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs. (Reuters) (The Verge)
July 1, 2026 –
Sony says it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical optical discs from January 2028, citing consumer preference for digital media, and will offer new titles through the PlayStation Store and other digital retailers. (AFP via France 24)
March 24, 2026 – 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs
American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees along with more than $500 million in savings from cuts to contracting and marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game Fortnite. (Reuters)

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