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With over 160 million units sold worldwide since it launched back in 2000, the PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling games console of all time. This success isn’t down to hardware alone, of course — the PS2 boasts a huge library of games that includes dozens of all-time greats. From established franchises to new properties making their…

PLAYING video games is associated with small but consistent improvements in cognitive ability, a large meta-analysis of 133 studies concludes, with gains spanning memory, attention, and reasoning, that held regardless of age, sex, or the type of game played

The dawn of the 21st century proved to be a pivotal time for the gaming industry on multiple fronts. The year saw the launch of the Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance as the new console generation took shape. Meanwhile, Sony continued its support for its latest console, the PlayStation 2, while Sega quietly stopped…

Gaming can act as a tool for analysing complex issues and educating participants. This CORDIS Results Pack highlights 10 EU-funded projects developing serious games for researchers, students, patients and members of the public. These projects generate recommendations for EU policies and push forward research on videogames, helping to set the EU videogame sector on a…

One of the most beloved shared universes is the superhero-laden Marvel Universe, which includes everyone from the X-Men to the Avengers. Ever since the Atari 2600 era, these heroes and villains have been adapted into the video game medium. All these decades later, whenever a Marvel game is set to be released, it still feels…