Coronation Street on DS - no joke (CVG 5/2/09)

Publisher Mindscape is to release a DS game based on erm, Coronation Street.

Unfortunately, instead of our brilliant concepts which involve the quick-time events, the T-Virus and a Ken Barlow Half-Life spin-off called 'Half-Pint', the game's said to be "an adventure and task based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street".

It doesn't sound nearly as fun as a dystopian alien faction moving in on the Rovers Return, then.

"Coronation Street is a national institution and was watched by over 78 per cent of the UK television population in 2008," said ITV Global Entertainment's Aysha Kidwai.

"We receive thousands of fan letters enquiring about the series every month. We're responding to this huge demand by developing a range of exciting and innovative family targeted products inspired by the show."

The outfit's previously released (rubbish) games based Deal or No Deal, Golden Balls and Ready Steady Cook, so it's probably going to be nowhere near as good as the Eastenders Well-Hard game. Not that we're soap opera fanboys, or anything...