The United States Supreme Court has decided to review a California law which bans the sale or rental of violent video games to minors - teenagers aged under 18.
Supporters of the ban insist that just as the sale of pornographic materials to minors is banned, video games that contain gory, graphic violence should be too.
The Court of Appeals threw the ban out last year, saying there was no conclusive research and findings on violent video games leading to aggression and addiction.
'None of the research establishes or suggests a causal link between minors playing violent video games and actual psychological or neurological harm,' said Judge Consuelo Callahan in the ruling.
It was also concluded that the ban would violate the constitutional rights of minors.
The ban was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005.