Pokémon reawakens Pokémon Sleep and mobile updates

Pokémon Presents 2023 covered a variety of new announcements for the franchise

• Analytics
• Health
• apps
• Health Tracking
• Sleep Tracking

Pokémon Go Plus + hardware works with your favourite Pokémon apps

The dedicated Pokémon accessory is back, powering up your Pokémon Go and Pokémon Sleep experiences this summer

• Health
• Pokémon GO
• Pokemon
• Pokemon Sleep
• Pokemon Go
• Peripherals

ADHD awareness game “Full ADHD” wins Reuters Pharma Award

The game, chronicling the life of a character with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, has received multiple awards and benefited from its mobile form

• Finland
• Health
• ADHD
• Reuters

Rovio and the World Health Organisation are encouraging healthy living via Angry Birds

The game will host a week long in-game event to promote healthy living

• Angry Birds
• Partnership
• Health
• Angry Birds Friends

US's FDA approves mobile game to be marketed as ADHD treatment

EndeavorRx is the first title to be given the nod for medical use

• Health
• ADHD

Nintendo positions Switch as home exercise product with accessory-led Ring Fit Adventure

Strap on your joy-con and squeeze

• Health
• Nintendo Switch

World Health Organisation officially recognises “Gaming Disorder” as illness

Motion was passed even with opposition from industry bodies and academics

• Health
• World Health Organisation
• Addiction

World Health Organisation set to judge whether "gaming disorder" will become a recognised illness this week

The ESA continues to push back on the perceived risk of listing obsessive gaming as a disorder

• Health
• World Health Organisation
• Addiction

PUBG Mobile adds new gameplay management tool to help promote “healthy gaming”

Aimed at young users under the age of 18

• Asia
• Updates
• Health
• PUBG

Sea Hero Quest is a mobile VR game that can identify a player’s risk of Alzheimer’s

Glitchers' game uses spatial navigation challenges to detect early warning signs of the disease

• Research
• Health

Former Atari COO Todd Shallbetter goes medical with Level Ex

Shallbetter will help the surgical training company's drive into VR and AR technologies

• Jobs
• Education
• Health

OliveX raises $1 million to turn getting fit into a game

Funding comes from the likes of Alabaster and Antanas Guoga

• Investment
• Funding
• Fitness
• Health

"No consistent evidence” that screen time is harmful to children

But that doesn't mean parents should be giving kids free rein over phone time

• Kids
• Britain
• Health

Small mobile games start up and healthcare company join forces to raise vaccine awareness

• Health

Animoca Brands nabs investment to create AI-based exercise app

Animoca Brands’ subsidiary OliveX to lead the development

• Investment
• Health
• Artificial Intelligence