COVID-19 pandemic boosts variety of video games

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BRUSSELS: You're stuck in lockdown but that doesn't mean you can't visit a tropical island, a space station or have games night with your friends ...

Playing Nintendo's Animal Crossing was a lockdown diversion for many people last year. BRUSSELS: You're stuck in lockdown but that doesn't mean you can't visit a tropical island, a space station or have games night with your friends - certain video games have filled the need of the world's confined for a bit of distraction, adventure and socialising and achieved unexpected success during the pandemic.

"But we were happy to have helped confined people feel less lonely and to escape mentally," he told the French newspaper Le Figaro.The success of Among Us in 2020 was a big surprise for the industry as the title drew little attention when was originally released in 2018. The game's popularity has even seen US lawmakers join in matches broadcast on Twitch in an effort to reach young voters last year.

"That didn't exist before ... This underlying trend has accelerated with confinement," said Vignolles.If working out and playing video games are usually two contradictory activities, Ring Fit Adventure brings them together.

 

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