🎮 Video Game emoji

The Video Game emoji 🎮 was approved under Unicode 6.0 in 2010. On most major platforms, the emoji resembles a black video game controller with a directional pad on the left, two thumbsticks (also known as analog sticks or joysticks), and four buttons of various colors on the right. The Facebook version of the emoji is colored white and lacks the thumbsticks. The Microsoft version of the emoji depicts a wireless controller used for their Xbox game consoles.

Video games are very popular worldwide, so the Video Game emoji 🎮 sees common use every day. People who enjoy video games will often use the Video Game emoji 🎮 in their username on social media sites like Twitter. Because it resembles a controller used for modern gaming, the Video Game emoji 🎮 is generally used to refer to newer games and game consoles. Generally speaking, the Joystick emoji 🕹️ is typically used more often to refer to older games.