Video games

Researchers use some video games to learn about spending behavior and how players respond to economic crises.

The video game industry has a diversity problem. This Bay Area mentorship program has solutions.

A quarter of video gamers in the U.S. are over 50, according to the AARP.

At the Oakland-based nonprofit Gameheads, people go from playing video games to making them, drawing from lived experience.

"You go out there right now in our store and there's a community," said Jamie York, owner of Game Underground.

Some experts say the decision is rooted in the U.K.'s efforts to develop its own tech industry.

Want to balance the federal budget? A video game lets you do it. Elizabeth Newbury of the Federal Games Guild and Wilson Center explains.

Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will retail for $69.99. Several video game publishers have been embracing the $70 price tag as the new standard for major releases.

However, the slowdown in growth could also lead to a friendlier supply chain.

Microsoft plans to spend nearly $70 billion for the video game maker, whose problematic workplace culture will present challenges.