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Nintendo is to bankroll its own TV show on UK channel Five – as games’ growing fiscal dominance of other media hits a new milestone. The platform holder has struck an Advertiser-Funded Programming (AFP) deal with the channel for Britain’s Best Brain. MCV understands the partnership, which Nintendo will use …

It’s news that will be greeted with nothing less than total delight from its hords of fans – 505 Games has captured the rights to publish a video game based on cherished film licence Grease. The game, which is being developed by UK outfit Zoe Mode, is being produced in …

The latest adventure in the digital life of the bad-tempered Ryu Hayabusa, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, will be released for PS3 in Japan on October 1st, it has been confirmed. NGS2 is a reworked version of Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden II and includes a host of new additions such …

The UK still has a few weeks left before what could potentially be the biggest ever Wii title arrives at retail, but Wii Sports Resort is out in Japan right now and has already been selling in big numbers. Kotaku reports that Nintendo’s Motion Plus enhanced title sold 353,827 copies …

Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay as we know it is no longer. Swedish software firm and internet caf network Global Gaming Factory X is reported …

Sony's online community in numbers

Studio responds to Sony's request for original IP

Having first been revealed over four years ago, Namco Bandai has at last named a release date of October 27th for Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Tekken 6, according to GameSpot. That’s for North America, of course – though no European date has been confirmed, an October 30th arrival now …

Highly praised low selling title redesigned for PSP and PSPgo owners

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