What does 🎮 Video Game mean?
A handheld video game controller with buttons and a D-pad. It is used for gaming of all kinds: console sessions, online matches, new releases, streams and late-night co-op with friends. It also signals a gamer identity in bios and usernames. Compared with 🕹️, which feels retro and arcade-like, 🎮 is the modern, everyday gaming emoji.
🎮 Video Game is an emoji from the Activities category (games & toys), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about controller and entertainment.
Example messages
🎮 Video Game on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Video Game looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Video Game emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎮 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :video_game:.
When was the Video Game emoji added?
🎮 Video Game was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎮 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Video Game. The underlying code (U+1F3AE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.