18 game companies have launched the #PlayApartTogether campaign. Under the initiative, 18 gaming brands will work with the World Health Organization to disseminate the WHO’s health guidelines through games.

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on people who are stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown to play active video games.

On May 21, a new clinic opened in Beijing for those suffering from gaming addiction. It might look like China anticipated that several days later the WHO would recognize gaming disorder as a disease.

The 194 members of the World Health Organization voted to classify “gaming disorder” as a disease. The decision was made this Saturday, at the 72nd World Health Assembly.