FIFA, Call of Duty, GTA, Mario, Need for Speed: What's the best-selling video game franchise?

Video games remain just as popular as live sports for millions around the world.

Other than live sports, video games are one other thing that gets people together.

Whether it’s interactive, board or just computer games, somewhere or other families and friends have had laughs and at times a few tears over the results and outcomes of games no doubt.

Here, we look at the top 23 best-selling video game franchises of all time, with a little help from Wikipedia. It's worth noting, all 23 of them have sold over 100 million copies!

Mario: 767.61 million

First created 41 years ago by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, this is a game that whether you are an adult or child you will be aware of. From Mario Kart to Mario Sports and Super Mario, everyone has battled their way through the games one way or another.

Tetris: 495 million copies

The falling blocks puzzle was created by Soviet game designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 and is the most successful video game franchise to originate from Russia and the former Soviet Union, becoming the best-selling puzzle video game series and the best-selling video game franchise that is not owned by Nintendo.

Call of Duty: 400 million

This has been around for 19 years and is a series of first-person shooter video games. The series was published by Activision and was developed by Infinity Ward, Gray Matter Interactive, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, Neversoft and High Moon Studios.

Super Mario: 388.92 million

Super Mario is a series of platform games that has been around since 1985 and features the iconic character Mario, who goes on a wide range of adventures.

Pokémon: 380 million

This game franchise has been around for 26 years and was created by Satoshi Tajiri, who is