Sweden's government has turned its eyes to the portrayal of women in games and gender issues. Swedish news site, The Local, reports that the Nordic country has issued a $36,672 (272,000 kronor) grant to research gender issues in Swedish games.

Blizzard announced Overwatch today, it's first new franchise in more than 17 years. Children born when Starcraft came out (yeah Starcraft was their last new game) will graduating high school soon. If that wasn't enough for you, here are 17 big things in the world/gaming that have happened since 1997.

"I don't need another military space marine game." Whoa. Okay.

As a child of the 90s, the Nintendo 64 was the console I remember. It had some of my all-time favorites, ranging from great-but-weird titles like Blast Corps and Pokemon Snap, to works of absolute genius like Paper Mario and Majora's Mask.

WipEout games have been synonymous with PlayStation platforms ever since the PS1. When Sony closed the studio responsible for the futuristic racing series in 2012, it looked like the PS4 wouldn't be getting a WipEout game. But it—and the Xbox One—might be. Sort of.

Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold in Just Three days

(Announced) Games Slated To Appear At The Tokyo Game Show This Week

Games in The Final Fantasy Series

Amazing Things I Saw While Playing the Best God Game Ever Made

Number Of Different Teams Possible in Pokémon

Of Game Developers Are Women

So, the Xbox One's going to launch in China. Big whoop right? From Microsoft's press briefings, the system will launch in China with a fair amount of Western games, such as NBA 2K14 and Titanfall. But apart from these, the Windows company has got its hands on a few China exclusives as well!

If you'd told me a while back that the best part of Mario Kart 8 would be Luigi's cold, unyielding stare, I wouldn't have believed you. But here we are, and there's Luigi's icy death gaze, and the truth is it is actually my favorite part of the game.

Artist Luke Jerram wants to build a 300-foot-long slip-and-slide right down the middle of a street in Bristol, England. That is God's work you are doing, Luke.

There’s been a lot of anger creeping into my corner of the internet: Anger about the unequal or insensitive treatment of women and minorities, specifically within the game industry.

I have this problem having what humans call "fun" at E3.

I end up watching a lot of news in my line of work, and one thing that is frequently hammered home is this: mainstream American media doesn't know what they're doing with games.

It's a valid question. I mean, as the guy says, we don't need to. We just...do it. And make it harder of our own free will, by adding rules and stuff. Games are weird.

Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza maintained a spreadsheet filled with information from mass killings from the past and further alleges that it's a major sign of how video games influenced the mindset and planning of Lanza's terrible act of lethal violence, according to a front page story in today's New York Daily News.