A reader argues that people are overstating the downsides of buying video games digitally and that there’s good reason it’s become so popular. I feel like all the benefits of digital gaming are ...

A digital gaming asset is any cosmetic or collectible that lives only inside a title—an animated gun finish, a rare outfit, a virtual trading card, even a token stored on a public blockchain. Players ...

“In terms of software, PC gaming is now overwhelmingly digital, and physical versions are largely obsolete,” says Manu Rosier, market intelligence director at Newzoo. “We do not expect tariffs to ...

It's 2026, and so much media has gone the way of digital downloads and subscribing to multiple portals and services. And that's if you even own the content, rather than just streaming it with a ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

Here are the new rules for digital storefronts. Video games as a whole have evolved greatly from the earliest days of computers and hardware. The biggest example of this isn’t how they look or how ...

Starting Jan. 30, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) will be opening its digital archives to the public. Still a work-in-progress, these archives will be one of the largest repositories ...

The Situation: The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) recently ruled that the principle of exhaustion of rights, which allows consumers to resell physical copies of video games without the ...

Some players claim a new DRM system for digital PlayStation purchases is locking them out of games after 30 days ...

A recent study exploring how political extremists use video games to find new members suggests that while recruitment ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...