While plenty of people out there turn to video games when bored or anxious or otherwise unhappy, there is only—according to reports—one video game out there that has been clinically proven to fight ...

SPARX — a fantasy role-playing game designed by the University of Auckland to teach young people with depression how to manage and overcome their condition — has found a publisher and distributor, it ...

Although depression hits youth of all ages, a large percentage of young people are left untreated, CEO of LinkedWellness David Burt said during a talk at the Games For Health event in Boston this week ...

A University of Auckland-developed game which aims to help treat depression through play has been picked up for publication. Polygon reports US organisation LinkedWellness has signed on to publish ...

Playing a 3D computer game could be just as effective at treating young people with depression as face-to-face counselling, new research has suggested. The study, published on British Medical Journal ...

SPARX, a free e-therapy game that helps New Zealand youth with mild to moderate depression, has a new website that improves user experience Around the world, unprecedented numbers of young people are ...

A role-playing game out of New Zealand that promises to help teens with anxiety and depression is being reimagined by Nunavut youth. I-SPARX is a project to bring Inuit culture to a redesign of SPARX, ...

Production service Virtuos, who recently provided 3D models for the film Rango, has snapped up the Sparx 3D animation studio. "Our origins in HD game production have afforded us the talents to create ...

In isolated or remote places, mental health support can be difficult to find. That's why the University of Auckland designed SPARX, an online therapy tool, to help Maori youth in New Zealand deal with ...