Now a new study suggests virtual violence in these games may make kids more aggressive in real life. Kids in both the U.S. and Japan who reported playing lots of violent video games had more ...

Here's what we know. Can playing a lot of violent video games make you more aggressive? Maybe. Some researchers link this habit to higher odds of aggressive behavior, angry feelings, and less ...

Longitudinal studies investigating the relationship of aggression and violent video games are still scarce. Most of the previous studies focused on children or younger adolescents and relied on ...

The GamePolitics blog has received excerpts from a new meta-analysis of the various studies attempting to link video game play with aggressive behavior. The study’s researcher, Christopher Ferguson ...

Violent video games are often blamed for making young people more aggressive. However, a recent study conducted in the Czech Republic challenges this preconception. According to this research ...

A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and ...