Global gaming population reaches 217 million.

Software giant promises to 'democratise video game development'.

Players found to have lower levels of stress-hormone, cortisol.

Over two-thirds of US online gamers are women.

Components bring Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3 and Call of Duty 4 to laptops.

Hardware and software makers seek to offset spiralling development costs.

Market value of $48.5bn by 2011 - that's a lot of ring-tones.

But only just.

Analysts predict bumpy ride for personal networking technology.

Graphics giant buys gaming physics firm.

Sony capitalises on Blu-Ray's victory in the high definition disc battle.

We want our web TV.

One year on and Microsoft claims sales of six million consoles.

System p5 595 described as a 64-core 'speed demon'.

Blizzard title achieves one million concurrent users.

Game on for University of Manchester scientists.

Windows malware not the only game in town.

Revenue for leading technologies to double from 2006 to 2012.

Innovation is key to AMD's survival, says In-Stat.

Alcohol-dependent people given therapy in virtual environments.