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Dead or Alive 5+ releases on PS Vita on 22nd March, Tecmo Koei Europe has announced.

Let's face facts - you've got to come up with something phenomenally good to justify charging £70 for an aftermarket Xbox 360 joypad when the standard controller supplied out of the box isn't bad at all, let down only by its miserable digital d-pad. Razer's proposition with its new Sabertooth controller is fairly straightforward - it essentially copies the basic design of the standard Microsoft pad, ramps up the build quality and materials in all areas, and introduces customisable functions designed to appeal to the ultra-competitive first-person shooter crowd.

UPDATE 2: As spotted by Eurogamer reader castertroy, Toys R Us has a good deal on the Disney Infinity Starter Packs. There the price for all versions is £49.99 - £15 cheaper than at GAME.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate releases on 22nd March, Capcom has announced.

Mission objective: Find creature lab.

Microsoft will switch off Halo 2 PC multiplayer next month.

A Tory MP has accused HMV of theft after it made an estimated £100m-worth of vouchers worthless.

A collaboration between revered film animators Studio Ghibli and the games developer Level-5, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is billed as a joint effort by two of the great populists of Japanese entertainment. It's a significant move from Ghibli in particular, whose leading light Hayao Miyazaki has made his mistrust of video games clear in the past, and whose delightful films - from Laputa: Castle in the Sky to Ponyo - usually have strong moral themes: environmentalism, work ethic, the strength of family and the power of imagination.

Sony has settled its dispute with Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert over is appearance in a Bridgestone tyre advert.

Last night Gearbox Software announced that Aliens: Colonial Marines had gone gold on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. But there was no mention of the game on Wii U.

A brace of new cars added to Gran Turismo 5 have afforded us a look at a slew of new tracks that may come to Polyphony's racer - or perhaps have enabled a glimpse at the track list for the inevitable Gran Turismo 6.

Confused as to why Crystal Dynamic's Tomb Raider reboot has felt the need to include a multiplayer mode? Don't worry - you're not alone. "Yeah, that first reaction," reflects Eidos Montreal's Daniel Bisson as he thinks back to the wall of bemusement that met the announcement. "You know, I did the same thing - why do a multiplayer Tomb Raider?"

MSN Messenger is being replaced by Skype and so, it seems, will Xbox Live chat.

US president Barack Obama is calling for congress to spend $10 million so the Center for Disease Control can conduct research on the relationship between video games, "media images" and violence.

Shortly after blaming video games for the Sandy Hook shooting the NRA released an iOS shooting game that bore the disconcerting age rating of 4+. After much hullabaloo, Apple has changed the age rating to 12+ for "frequent/intense realistic violence."

Resident Evil 6 publisher Capcom has announced a second title update to the game. The patch will add a number of new features, and comes just one month after the first.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U supports USB keyboards, Capcom has confirmed.

The final Max Payne 3 DLC pack will release on 22nd January, Rockstar has announced.

The sequel to wildly popular free-running iOS game Temple Run is heading to the App Store today. In fact, it's already up in New Zealand where it's free (thanks, TouchArcade).

Epic Mickey 2 was slated to be massive hit for Disney after Warren Spector's bold rebranding of the franchise in 2010's Epic Mickey was a moderate success. This was not the case, however, as according to an NPD tipster at the LA Times, the sequel only sold a scant 270,000 units in North America in its first month or so.

A UK television ad for the Wii U has been pulled due to being misleading, if only just.

Fallout publisher Bethesda Softworks has registered a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for "an on-going television program set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world."

UPDATE 2: Deloitte Ireland has been appointed receiver of HMV Ireland, it's been confirmed.

Disney Interactive has announced Disney Infinity, an "interactive gaming platform" consisting of several multiplatform games that will coalesce into one big game, sort of.

Borderlands 2 deveoper Gearbox Software is working with Microsoft to solve issues with the game's Compatibility Pack.

PlayStation Vita owners with a Plus subscription can get their skates on and download the excellent Jet Set Radio this week for free.

Video and gaming rental service Blockbuster has become the second UK entertainment establishment to enter administration this week.

UPDATE: Microsoft's quick-fix solution for migrating Xbox Live accounts between regions is now live, the company has announced.

Microsoft will continue dabbling in free-to-play Xbox 360 games with the next instalment of popular card sim Full House Poker.

Square Enix is set to launch a new 2D Final Fantasy game for iOS devices tomorrow, titled Final Fantasy: All The Bravest.