Digital video game sales hit $7.7 billion in April, easing from record high

Digital video game sales pulled back slightly in April after striking a record high in the previous month, as seasonal factors set in and some high-flying titles got their wings clipped. Global revenues from video games downloaded to PCs a…

This week in video games, May 29, 2017: Xbox launches game-subscription service

This week, Tekken 7 gets released, Red Dead Redemption gets delayed, and The Long Dark gets a date for the full-fledged retail launch. But first, Xbox rolls out a game-subscription service. Xbox Game Pass begins this week Microsoft is givi…

Are video games harming your kids?

I have three school-age children. In my view, they spend too much time on screens, most especially video games. I worry about my kids and video games, as do most parents I know. Now look, I've been getting paid to write about video games s…