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FIFA 12 becomes best selling sports game ever

Top football videogame FIFA 12 has become the highest grossing sports title of all time.

Canada proves lure for staff from axed game developer

Up to a third of staff at an axed British videogame developer left the United Kingdom for jobs abroad, it has been claimed.

Game warns on profits again

Game Group's shares nearly halved to an all-time low yesterday after the chain posted another profit warning and admitted it is likely to breach banking covenant tests next month.

Government urged to help videogames industry

The UK government has been urged to help nurture the videogames industry over the next 12 months to halt a decline in the gaming development sector.

The names, addresses, emails, birth dates and phone numbers for PC games customers were stolen from servers

We have learned from PlayStation Network issues, says Sony's Michael Denny

Gamers have not been deterred from downloading games via Sony's PlayStation 3 despite the hacking issues suffered by users of the console earlier this year.

Long-time gamer: Alec Baldwin

More than just a game: Celebrities addicted to their screens

As Alec Baldwin is kicked off a flight for refusing a request to stop playing iPhone Scrabble, Tim Walker reveals other A-listers with electronic addictions

Ezio Auditore da Firenze: Renaissance nobleman who leads an ancient society of assassins

Who's coming for Christmas?

If you don't know them now, you soon will. They're the stars of the season's hit games

Lara group chooses Canada over UK

The UK video games lobby has again called for industry tax breaks after Square Enix, which publishes the Lara Croft series, chose to open a new studio in Canada rather than Britain.

Children in Need inspired videogame developed

Three schoolchildren have seen their idea for a new videogame spring to life in just 48 hours as part of a fund-raising effort for Children in Need.

The 10 best-selling games

The 10 best-selling games

The 10 best-selling games

Independent title - yet to be released - wins GameCity Prize

An independent game which has yet to even be officially released has scooped the top award at gaming's equivalent of the Man Booker Prize.

Gaming: the birth of an art form?

A new prize aims to move games from computer screen to cultural arena

The 10 best-selling games

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Should we let children run wild?

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Get fit the Djokovic way (it is as hard as it sounds)

The unlikely secrets of the Serb's extraordinary stamina that helped him to victory in an epic Australian Open final
The safe ski guide

The safe ski guide

The death of Sarah Burke has made snow-lovers concerned about safety. But a sensible approach can reduce risks
Theatreland packs them in with record takings

Theatreland packs them in with record takings

Musicals performed strongly but the play's the thing that attracted London audiences
Rebel hero who has 'betrayed' the last of Aceh's orang-utans

'Betrayed' by rebel hero: the last of Aceh's orang-utans

Governor has dismayed supporters by allowing the destruction of a Sumatran forest where the apes live
More sex, please – it's British history! How the BBC plans to take on Downton

More sex, please – it's British history! How the BBC plans to take on Downton

Upstairs Downstairs revival offers heady mix of class, politics, snobbery ... and lesbian affairs
Japan's population to fall by third in 50 years

Japan's population to fall by third in 50 years

Unprecedented threat to economy, healthcare and culture as numbers plummet by 41 million
Tinnitus: When the music stops

Tinnitus: When the music stops

Nick Coleman explains how he learned to listen again
The 10 Best fountain pens

The 10 Best fountain pens

A finer way of making your mark
The Help receives Oscar boost at Screen Actors Guild Awards

And the winner is...

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Tough Guy Challenge: fire, mud and skirts

Fire, mud and skirts

Tough Guy Challenge 2012 in pictures
'Bloody Sunday was poison. Finally our city is moving on'

'Bloody Sunday was poison. Finally our city is moving on'

On the 40th anniversary, the shootings still divide Londonderry
Tourism gold? Olympics set to lose Britain billions

Tourism gold? Olympics set to lose Britain billions

Organisers accused of scaring off visitors by creating damaging spike in hotel rates
Argentina's 'Disappeared', the mothers and the money

Argentina's 'Disappeared', the mothers and the money

Parents leading a campaign for Argentina's 'Disappeared' have been hit by a huge corruption scandal