Study what makes games addictive

Daniel King; Ernst Koster; Joël Billieux

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02776-1

Study what makes games addictive

Daniel King, Ernst Koster, Joël Billieux

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Abstract

The World Health Organization now includes ‘Gaming disorder’ in the 11th revision of its International Classification of Diseases. We need more independent research into design features that can contribute to addictive and harmful gaming, particularly with respect to technological innovations such as machine learning and in-game purchasing (‘microtransactions’).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	573
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02776-1
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Human behaviour
games
addictive gaming
gaming disorder

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