Violent anti-social behaviour. Terrifying withdrawal symptoms. Forced into rehab by desperate parents. No, not a junkie, but one of a terrifying new breed of teen addicts whose lives are being ...

Video games have become a global phenomenon, offering immersive entertainment and fostering vibrant online communities. However, for some individuals, gaming can evolve from a fun pastime into an ...

Editor's take: In 2019, the World Health Organization finally acknowledged that video game addiction is real. Although they intentionally avoid calling it that, opting for the more politically correct ...

Two lawsuits against some of the industry's leading companies, accused of enabling video game addiction, have been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. In a review of court records by Game File ...

LEEDS, England, July 19 (Reuters) - When you think of addiction, the first things that come to mind are gambling, alcohol and drug abuse. Footballers down the ages have not been immune to falling into ...

Son Si Woo, once scolded by his mother for his gaming addiction, now earns hundreds of thousands of dollars as a professional ...

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, ...

Earlier this year, I was interviewed about the addictiveness of the computerized card game solitaire (also known as Klondike and Patience). The "hook" for the article (no pun intended) was that May 22 ...