<p>Violent computer games are to be regulated by a film-style classification system that will warn parents about graphic sex or horrific images. </p>
<p>Review of the year and Christmas charts</p>
<p><strong>Christopher Middleton</strong> discovers alternative board games without a ruthless streak.</p>
<p><strong>December 17</strong>: The Sims, the hit computer game that lets you dictate the destiny of a virtual community, arrives online for the first time today. <strong>Alistair Alexander</strong> reports on the long-awaited release of The Sims Online.</p>
<p>We may yet see the mobile gaming equivalent of Grand Theft Auto emerge from a small company buried in the British countryside, writes <strong>Victor Keegan</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>November 13:</strong> Games writer <strong>Steven Poole</strong> says the latest incarnation of Grand Theft Auto is one of the most violent games around - but it proves that digital entertainment is now an adult industry</p>
<p><strong>November 13:</strong> Games writer <strong>Steven Poole</strong> says the latest incarnation of Grand Theft Auto is one of the most violent games around - but it proves that digital entertainment is now an adult industry</p>
<p>Sega, the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, expects profits to be squashed this year after the slow release of new titles and poor returns from the Tokyo stock market. </p>
<p>Is it a TV programme? Is it a computer game? No, it's what the BBC hopes will be its first true cross-platform offering. <strong>Dominic Timms</strong> on Fightbox.</p>
<p>The worry behind a UK success story.</p>