Abstract: This article reviewed the recent empirical findings concerning the effects of violent video games on aggression and the measurement method, discussed its psychological mechanism and features, and summarized the past theoretical discussion of the psychological mechanism as four stages. The meta analysis indicated that the violent video games increased the aggressive behavior, cognition, affection and the physiological arousal. Finally the limitations of the past studies and the possible research directions were discussed

Key words: violent video games, aggression, aggressive behaviors