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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 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 the video game mode Ultimate Team has been criticized for its reliance on loot box packs, considered to be a controversial form of gambling?
  • ... that fighting video game Panza Kick Boxing was endorsed by a French kickboxing champion who also supplied technical advice?
  • ... that the 1987 video game Oriental Hero was panned as "so incredibly bad it's almost worth a look"?
  • ... 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 Rockstar Vienna was the largest video game developer in Austria when it closed in 2006?
  • ... that the team developing the action video game Knights Contract researched European folklore on witches and witch hunts?
  • ... 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 the 1992 video game Otogirisō reinvigorated interest in adventure games in Japan?
  • ... that Through the Darkest of Times was the first video game published in Germany to use swastikas?
  • ... that Goodboy Galaxy was the first commercially released video game for the Game Boy Advance in more than 13 years?
  • ... that the science-fiction video game The Anacrusis is named after a musical term?

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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)
January 16, 2025 –
Nintendo officially reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch. (Nintendo)

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