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Children that play lots of video games are more likely to be fat teenagers, study finds

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Five-year-olds playing three or more hours of video games a day are MORE likely to be overweight as teenagers – and late nights and sugary drinks are also to blame, study claims Study of more than 16,000 children looked at what influenced weight gain    Found those that play lots of  video games are more likely … Read more

Source code for Xbox Series X games console has been stolen and is being ransomed for $1million 

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Source code for the upcoming Xbox Series X video game console has been stolen by a hacker and is being ransomed for $100million A hacker claims to have found unsecure files for the next Xbox console’s GPU The hacker is asking for $100million for access to files, which also include source code for AMD’s new … Read more

Britain’s top Olympians face financial crisis with Tokyo 2020 Games postponed

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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Games Workshop shuts down all stores and warns of coronavirus impact on its sales

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Games Workshop shuts down all stores and warns of coronavirus impact on its sales as UK goes into lockdown Retailer warns performance has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic  It has closed down all of its stores and warehouses with immediate effect Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? By Camilla … Read more

People spent 75 PERCENT more time playing video games than usual  during the coronavirus pandemic

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Fortnite is a game that originally launched as a disk back in July 2017 and was then turned into a free-to-download game by its developer, Epic Games, in September.  There are three forms of the game: ‘Battle Royale’, ‘Save The World’ and ‘Playground’. Save the world is the original form of the game and is … Read more