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Now an anchor for the city’s art week, Frieze returns with more regional galleries and a bigger events programme

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Georgia’s ruling party has withdrawn a draft ‘foreign agent’ bill from parliament after two nights of protests against the proposal, whose critics say marked a slide into Russia-style repression.

His vivid, socially engaged work reflects on Thailand’s repressive politics and complex spirituality

‘Grand Theft Auto’ was no place for kids but newer titles are incorporating them as a way of adding emotional depth.

Whether you like medieval mysteries, robot dinosaurs or gentle ginger cats, there’s something for you here.

The benefits and excesses of political ideologies are a popular theme but honest and intelligent analysis is rare.

Steam Deck and cloud gaming have sparked a comeback for dedicated devices.

Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped into slavery in the 1700s, eventually buying his freedom by selling puncheons of rum. Centuries later, his legacy has inspired Equiano, the world’s first African-Caribbean rum that donates £2 from every bottle sold (plus five per cent of global company profits) to Anti-Slavery International. £49.95 This …

The popularity of farming simulators persists with ‘Stardew Valley’ having sold 20mn copies since 2016.

Mixing illuminated manuscripts and Reformation-era debates, the game is ambitious and profound.

Despite their slower trigger fingers, older people are playing more than ever.

Plus other new action-adventure titles ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ and ‘Bayonetta 3’.

Works sold via the platform Artists Support donate 100 per cent of proceeds to the artist’s chosen charity. Sales have previously been held in New York, London and Los Angeles, and this fourth chapter focuses on Morocco. A photograph from Marrakech-born Hicham Benohoud’s ‘The Classroom’ series (€6,000) – part of …

Digital artist LuYang is typical of a new generation blurring the boundaries between gaming and fine art.

A London exhibition explores the overlaps and surprising similarities between the two forms.

Tom Faber's deep dive on how software that can create almost any image from a few words will change human creativity.

The comedic pirate video game is making a witty, accomplished comeback.

For serene dining in the foothills of Mount Mino, head for chef Atsushi Hirata’s Le Restaurant du Haze, a macrobiotic and vegan restaurant in a traditional Japanese house. The experimental menu combines local produce – garden salads come to life with petals and amazake dressing, wholegrain spelt pastas and vegetable …

Black History Month shines a spotlight on games that reflect diverse experience.

Andrew Marr, Chantal Joffe and Greg Wise auction works to support The National Brain Appeal The National Brain Appeal’s annual art fundraiser is back, this year centred around the theme of movement – be it travelling to faraway places or moving through everyday life. All proceeds from the envelope-based artworks …

Rhythm games have declined since the heyday of Guitar Hero but indie developers are giving them a new twist.

The Imperial War Museum’s show examines the role video games play in helping us understand battle.

Decks of cards are surprisingly ubiquitous in video games and central to Nintendo’s history.

From indie hit ‘Cult of the Lamb’ to the papal punch-up in ‘Assassin’s Creed’, developers tread a careful theological line.