Video games 8 and gameplay are pervasive in the lives of most American teens – and for boys in particular, video games serve as a major venue for the creation and maintenance of friendships. Fully 72% ...

This cartoonish new video game is driving NYC teens looney tunes. The “Hunger Games”-style survival game — called “Fortnite: Battle Royale”— has already racked up a staggering 40 ...

U.S. researchers have found a surprising cultural influence on some boys' drive for muscularity: video gaming magazines.

Researchers have found a surprising cultural influence on some boys' drive for muscularity. In a new study researchers discovered that exposure to video gaming magazines has a stronger influence ...

Boys age 18 or younger make up just 17 percent of gamers. In fact, female gamers of all ages have been gaining on males and now make up nearly half of the gaming population -- 48 percent, compared ...

The recent rise of cross-platform games such as Epic Games' sandbox survival game, 'Fortnite' – which can be played across PCs, consoles, and mobile devices – is attracting more female gamers.

There was a point in the not-too-recent past where gaming was considered a hobby mostly targeted at teenage boys. Back when Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft became a major magazine centerfold and E3 ...

Scantily-clad women are still a common sight in games, largely to attract a target demographic of excitable teenage boys - but that exact group are tired of seeing women presented as sex objects ...