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A video game or computer 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 Terra Invicta's development company is a group of former volunteer video game modders that decided to release their own game after the success of their mod?
  • ... that Rawson Stovall became the first nationally syndicated video game journalist in the United States when he was only eleven years old?
  • ... that the 1979 video game Superman was one of the first console games with a pause feature?
  • ... that before Sarah Elmaleh voiced the player character in the video game Anthem, developed by BioWare, she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game?
  • ... that a reviewer thought that the video game Robbery Bob contained cringeworthy dialogue?
  • ... that the concept of adding strippers to the extreme sports video game BMX XXX was initially proposed in jest?
  • ... that the 2005 video game Bokura no Kazoku was inspired in part by the birth of its creator's first child?
  • ... that Justin Yu, the current Classic Tetris World Champion, is also a cellist in MIT's video game orchestra?
  • ... that the urban legend Herobrine was ranked on a Guinness World Records poll of the best video game villains, despite never existing?
  • ... that the video game Manor Lords was wishlisted more than three million times on Steam after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
  • ... that Rockstar Vienna was the largest video game developer in Austria when it closed in 2006?
  • ... that Kainé from the video game series Nier was created in response to a female staff member's vague wish for a "male heroine"?

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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)
January 16, 2025 –
Nintendo officially reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch. (Nintendo)
September 12, 2024 – 2023–2024 video game industry layoffs
Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce. (Variety)

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