PS Vita - Timeline
Wednesday11th Jan 2012
News Japanese Sales Charts: PlayStation Vita Holds Steady As 3DS Dominates
At this point in time, there's no chance of any system catching up to the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, so there's no point in even discussing it
Nintendo might have seemed "doomed" after a disappointing 3DS launch last year, but it's now conjured up a triple threat of unstoppable software releases. There's nothing anyone can do. As a result, a...
News CES 2012: Nyko Reveals Battery Enhancing Grip For PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Vita's battery life is actually much better than expected
Pundits feared the worst when Sony initially revealed a three hour run-time, but now that the system is out in the wild, reports actually put the system's life somewhere closer to the region of five hours — even when all of its features are turned on. While five hours is...
Tuesday10th Jan 2012
News Bad Day UK: Sony Closes BigBig Studios, Restructures Cambridge Studio
Sony's closed down Little Deviants developer BigBig Studios, a Develop report has revealed
The announcement comes alongside news of a major shake-up for the platform holder's Cambridge division. The Leamington Spa-based BigBig Studios recently finished worked on the PlayStation Vita launch title, Little Deviants, after spending the past several...
News CES 2012: PlayStation Vita Sells 500,000 Units, Getting Netflix At Launch
Speaking during Sony's CES 2012 press conference last night, not-quite-president Kaz Hirai revealed that the PlayStation Vita has sold a respectable 500,000 units since its launch in Japan just 20 days ago
The numbers look great when stacked up like that, but it's hard to forget that the system sold just over half of that tally within its opening...
Monday9th Jan 2012
The 3G version of the PlayStation Vita will not require a contract in North America
The service will come in two flavours, with $15 bagging you 250MB of data and $25 netting you 2GB. Unsurprisingly, the prices are near identical to those offered for the iPad in the US. Players will be able to purchase data on a month-to-month basis, making the 3G...
News Sony's Planning Its Biggest Marketing Campaign Ever For PlayStation Vita's UK Launch
It's still a little bit too early to start wondering where the PlayStation Vita billboards and TV commercials are; it's only January after all
The good news is that the marketing campaign is coming, and, in the UK at least, Sony's aiming big. Speaking with MCV, SCE UK's marketing manager, Mark Bowles, revealed that the platform holder is planning...
Sunday8th Jan 2012
News US Retailer Lists Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Final Fantasy X & Lord Of Apocalypse For PS Vita
It's unclear whether this story is based on legitimate inside information, or simply too much time spent on the NeoGAF message boards; but a pamphlet released by a US retailer has hinted at the release of a "Monster Hunter Portable 3" (presumably Monster Hunter Portable 3rd) for the PlayStation Vita
The listing is joined by two previously announced,...
Saturday7th Jan 2012
News Media Molecule Splashes Out On 'New, Risky Innovations'
Media Molecule spent the best part of last year ploughing cash into new, innovative products, a report has revealed
In an annual director's report, uncovered by Develop, the company indicated that its main business risks came "largely as a result of the company's heavy reliance on the one LittleBigPlanet brand name". As such, the company...
Friday6th Jan 2012
Icon Games has earned our respect as a developer
The indie outfit is behind some of the better PlayStation Minis available on the PlayStation Store — but it's not just the studio's chops as a developer that's won us over. For months now, the studio has been extremely candid, discussing its success — or lack thereof — on the various console...
News Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus Slashes Its Way Onto PS Vita In Time For Western Launch
Ok, now it's getting ridiculous; the PlayStation Vita's launch line-up just won't stop growing
Tecmo Koei's the latest publisher to pledge support to the bulging offering of games, with Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus confirmed for the system's Western launch. The portable update of the PlayStation 3 favourite incorporates touch and gryo control mechanics,...
News Japanese Games Market Declines In 2011 Despite New Hardware
The Japanese games market declined in 2011, according to reports published by Enterbrain via Famitsu
That was despite a 2.4 percent increase in hardware sales — up to ¥179,740 million ($2.3 billion) — spurred by the releases of the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. Indeed, while the hardware bump was significant, it wasn't enough to stave off...
First Impressions Reality Fighters on PlayStation Vita
Novarama's one of the few developers that's actively pushed the potential of augmented reality
Alongside Sony Studio London, the Spanish developer has been instrumental in driving camera-based experiences on the PlayStation Portable — conjuring up the inspired, but flawed, Invizimals series. While the Pokemon inspired franchise has struggled to...
Thursday5th Jan 2012
News Warner Bros Confirms LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
After a slew of rumours, Warner Bros has finally lifted the lid on LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
The confirmation came via the company's Twitter account, with development once again being handled by TT Games. Despite the confirmation, the publisher's yet to actually send out a press release, so details about the game remain pretty scarce. However...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS Vita Sells 42K, 3DS Unstoppable
Considering all the doom and gloom around the Internet regarding the PlayStation Vita's unspectacular second week sales, the system actually held relatively well in its third week
Given some armchair analysts were expecting the sytem to drop as low as 10k units, its actual sell through of 42k units looks mightily impressive in comparison. Of course,...
News Sumioni Demo Hits Japanese PlayStation Vitas On January 25th
Acquire's quirky ink-based PS Vita platformer, Sumioni, is to get a demo in Japan on January 25th
The contents of the demo are unknown at this point, but expect enough content to get a taste for the game's mix of touch and platforming mechanics ahead of its domestic release on February 9th. The game was confirmed for Western release late last year,...
News Just To Clarify: No, The 3G Edition Of The PlayStation Vita Is Not Cancelled In North America
Sigh
The media's smear campaign against the PlayStation Vita hit a new high last night, when a batch of US media outlets jumped on an erroneous Amazon listing that claimed the 3G SKU of Sony's new portable system had been cancelled before release in North America. Of course, those with an ounce of common sense would have realised this was a mistake...
Wednesday4th Jan 2012
Rumour Monster Hunter Heading To PlayStation Vita In 2012
Put those white flags away: the PlayStation Vita is saved
A report on Nikkei Trendy [not really safe for work that site - Ed] quotes an "industry insider" as confirming that Monster Hunter is coming to the PlayStation Vita after all — and apparently it's coming this year. There's little elaboration other than the combination of the words...
News Wave The White Flag: Japanese Retailer Cuts The Price Of 3G PlayStation Vita
When we saw headlines popping up around the web this afternoon regarding the price of the 3G PlayStation Vita, we wondered for a split-second if Sony had done the unthinkable -- prematurely slashed the price of the PlayStation Vita
After all, there's a lot of headlines filling our Twitter feed right now that run with the words, "Japanese...
News Crazy Levitating WipEout Scalectrix Video Is Amazing, Almost Certainly Fake
Looks like Sony's just released the viral ad of the year -- and it's only January 4th
A YouTube video uploaded by the "Japan Institute Of Science And Technology" shows a WipEout themed model car track that operates using, erm, superconductivity and magnetic fields to send two levitating model crafts sprinting around a circuit. According to...
Tuesday3rd Jan 2012
News Former Irem Developer Working On New Title For PlayStation 3 And PlayStation Vita
The man behind Disaster report, Kazuma Kujo, has opened 2012 by confirming that his studio, Granzella, is hard at work on a new game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
Kujo's comments came in response to a fan on Twitter who asked if Granzella's next title would be on PlayStation 3 or PSP. Kujo responded that PS3 and PS Vita were a lock, but...
Monday2nd Jan 2012
News Leaked GameStop Document Outs PlayStation Vita's North American Launch Line-Up And Prices
Destructoid's managed to get hold of a GameStop document that outlines Sony's plans for the PlayStation Vita's North American launch in February
The super secret list includes date and pricing details for all of the PS Vita's hottest upcoming games — and confirms Gravity Rush and Lumines: Electronic Symphony for launch. Sony already confirmed a...
Feature Push Square's PlayStation Predictions For 2012
It's 2012; the future is upon us
You didn't notice? Seriously, stop reading this article right now and find your nearest window — don't worry, we'll wait. Good, you're back. Did you notice the flying cars and newly built steel sky-scrapers on the horizon? Yeah, exactly. The future, huh? Unfortunately the future isn't quite as exciting as late 70s...
Sunday1st Jan 2012
News PS3 & PS Vita Bound Final Fantasy X HD To Be A Full Scale 'Remake'
Fleetingly announced at last year's Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix has been pretty quiet about its upcoming Final Fantasy X HD re-release for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
But breaking the silence, producer Yoshinori Kitase has told German magazine M! Games that the title will not be a simple HD repaint, more a full scale remake. Don't expect the...
Saturday31st Dec 2011
News Studio Liverpool Sheds Light On The Futuristic Zombie Apocalypse That Never Was
WipEout's always played host to some pretty inventive gameplay types
Unsatisfied with simply delivering an awesome racer, developer Studio Liverpool's introduced a number of popular modes over the years — including the excellent Zones and trippy Eliminator. All of WipEout's modes share a common enthusiasm for speed, but turn the bog-standard...
Friday30th Dec 2011
News Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Mainstream Media Says PlayStation Vita Is In Trouble
Anyone else got a sense of deja-vu? Those of you that follow the wider video games media in detail will recall hearing the death knells for Nintendo's 3DS earlier in the year
The agenda-pushing mainstream media informed us that dedicated handheld games devices are in decline, and that the market Nintendo once dominated was lost. Of course, no amount...
News Don't Worry: There Were PlayStation Vita Titles In The Media Create Top 50
The PlayStation Vita didn't enjoy the best second week at retail
The system only managed to sell 70,000 units, and had no software releases in the top 20. Nor did it have any software releases in the top 30. But the top 50 — worry not, valued reader, because the PlayStation Vita was out in force. According to Andriasang, launch titles Hot Shots...
Thursday29th Dec 2011
News Wipeout 2048 Demo Races Onto Japanese PlayStation Store On January 17th
The PlayStation Vita may not have sold too hot during its second week on sale in Japan, but there's still lots for Japan to get excited about
Well, perhaps — we always felt like the PS Vita's software line-up was very Western oriented so we're not sure; do Japanese gamers get excited about Wipeout? If they don't, then they absolutely should. And...
News Nippon Ichi Planning Another PlayStation Vita Title For Next Year
Nippon Ichi was one of the first developers to jump on board Sony's new handheld platform, preparing Disgaea 3 Return in time for the PlayStation Vita's Japanese launch earlier in the month
Now the publisher has announced plans to release another title on the handheld platform as early as next year. Speaking during a Q&A session at the Akihbara...
Wednesday28th Dec 2011
News Japan Sales Charts: PlayStation Vita's Second Week Sales Disappoint
The PlayStation Vita got off to a reasonable, if unspectacular, debut in Japan -- but its second week sales paint a troubling picture for the platform in the near future
The well equipped handheld was outsold by the 3DS, PSP, Wii and PS3 during its first full week on the market, recording sales of just over 70,000 units. For comparison, Nintendo's...
News Sony Bumps PlayStation Vita's Firmware Up A Notch
Staying true to PlayStation's irritating penchant for frequent firmware updates, Sony's bumped up the PlayStation Vita's official firmware for the second time since its Japanese release earlier in the month
A tiny update released in Japan overnight ups the system's on-board software to version 1.51, which aims to alleviate any crashing and freezing...
