February 27, 2023 A Plus With Pikachu 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
November 18, 2022 Awards 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
July 27, 2021 Angry Anaerobics 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
June 17, 2020 Medicinal Gaming 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
September 12, 2019 Fitness Games Nintendo positions Switch as home exercise product with accessory-led Ring Fit Adventure Strap on your joy-con and squeeze
May 28, 2019 Health World Health Organisation officially recognises “Gaming Disorder” as illness Motion was passed even with opposition from industry bodies and academics
May 20, 2019 Gaming Disorder 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
May 15, 2019 New Update PUBG Mobile adds new gameplay management tool to help promote “healthy gaming” Aimed at young users under the age of 18
May 1, 2019 Great 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
March 7, 2019 Jobs Former Atari COO Todd Shallbetter goes medical with Level Ex Shallbetter will help the surgical training company's drive into VR and AR technologies
February 26, 2019 Stretch Those Shoulders OliveX raises $1 million to turn getting fit into a game Funding comes from the likes of Alabaster and Antanas Guoga
January 7, 2019 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
October 11, 2018 Health & Science Small mobile games start up and healthcare company join forces to raise vaccine awareness
May 10, 2018 Witness The Fitness Animoca Brands nabs investment to create AI-based exercise app Animoca Brands’ subsidiary OliveX to lead the development
September 1, 2017 Exercise Machine "The fitness ecosystem offers new, unique ways to monetise": Inside the Fitness Village A Finnish gym has released its own mobile game which is part fitness tracker, part patented customer reward scheme, part location-based explore-'em-up
April 4, 2017 Health Through Play Therapeutic mobile game developer Tilak Healthcare raises $2.7 million French digital healthcare startup get big investment
December 15, 2016 Pokemon Sit Pokemon GO players walk more than non-players but only for the first six weeks after downloading it Says a study from the British Medical Journal
January 19, 2015 Weak Pulse Zombies, Run! dev treating future of wearable gaming with a healthy dose of skepticism Adrian Hon is not convinced
December 3, 2014 Why OEMs, game devs and health companies should combine to make wearables a success Businesses might need to pay for our wearables if they want to make money from them
November 13, 2014 Samsung announces Gear S and Simband at SDC 2014 Two new wearables for developers to get their hands on
October 27, 2014 Beyond geeky: Nike and Apple promise more integrated, stylish wearable tech Plans are revealed for new collaboration