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It's a "Pikachu Illustrator" card, a promo given out to winners of a comic contest that was held in Japan in 1997-98. While there were 39 of these cards awarded, it's believed only 10 are left today, making each one of them insanely valuable.

Chung "Blitzchung" Ng Wai, a pro "Hearthstone" player from Hong Kong, ended a stream earlier this week with a statement of support for those engaged in months-long protests against local police and government.

I lost hours of my youth playing online StarCraft matches, nearly lost entire friendships to the scourge of World of Warcraft. In all that time, it never occurred to me why Blizzard uses that -craft suffix on those games, or what it could possibly mean. At last, I have the answer.

If all you're looking for from the Nintendo Switch is personal and portable play, it's perfect. But is that all you're looking for?

The game developer and publisher that has grown big in the independent scene thanks to a few smash hits — but also has cultivated a reputation for mistreating employees and outside developers.

I've been coming to the Tokyo Game Show since 2004, but this is the first year I remember seeing bikes of any sort at the booths. While they're not road-ready, they are prime for picture taking.

GameStop was reaching ubiquity across American suburbia by the late 2000s, and you could often find me outside the store in my local strip mall.

An independent game developer and a vocalist, on Monday night accused Jeremy Soule, best known for his musical work on games like "Guild Wars" and "Skyrim," of sexually predatory behavior and, according to the game developer, rape.

You know how there's a warning on Pokemon Go not to play the game while driving? This guy never got the memo, and when he is eventually sent it, needs it sent another seven times, just to be sure.

Reno man Scott Amos was going through some possessions from the attic of his childhood home the other day when he came across something: an unopened copy of "Kid Icarus" for the Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with receipt from 1988.

Over the course of a month and a half, "Kova," real name Rana Mahal, convinced at least 25 people to join a game studio that was not a registered company, and develop a video game to which he did not own the rights, in exchange for no pay.

How much bigger can video games get? Video games are only getting more costly, in more ways than one. And it doesn't seem like they're sustainable.

At Treyarch, many contract employees, especially the testers, say they feel like second-class citizens.

Today, police confirmed the death of Desmond "Etika" Amofah, a well-known gaming YouTuber, after discovering him in Manhattan's East River yesterday evening.

Solid Snake's story is full of betrayal, blood and isolation. Being a hero sucks, and yet, players couldn't get enough.

When Colin Bundschu first started at Rockstar Games in November of 2014, he says his new colleagues offered a warning: Don't cross Jeronimo Barrera.

The esports industry is held together with wax and string, which, sources say, hasn't stopped it from flying too close to the sun.

It may sound strange to eulogize a digital shotgun, but in a cultural phenomenon like Fortnite things often take on larger meaning.

The people who make "Mortal Kombat" live with the series' over-the-top violence for much longer than players do.

Going to Disney World for the first time as an adult, I can't experience it from the perspective of a child. So, instead, I enjoyed it by analyzing how that magic works.