PS Vita News
November2011
News Sony Teases 'Surprise Announcement' For Jump Festa
It's always exciting when Sony teases the words "surprise announcement"
But it nearly always leads to a bunch of wild and unattainable expectations. So let's keep our hype gauge in check, then. Jump Festa, a Japanese games festival, is set to take place in Tokyo later this year. Awkwardly the event will coincide with the launch of PlayStation Vita,...
October2011
News Frobisher Says! Inspired By PlayStation Vita's Unique Control Interface
Honeyslug's bizarre PlayStation Vita indie title, Frobisher Says, was inspired by the PlayStation Vita's "bewildering" array of touch inputs, the developer has revealed
Earlier this year,? ?we were asked by Sony Europe whether we wanted to submit a proposal for a Playstation Vita showcase app? -? ?something which would highlight the unique...
News Sony's John Koller Dismisses Issues With PlayStation Vita's Non-Christmas Launch
Sony was originally coveting a pre-Christmas worldwide launch for the PlayStation Vita, SCEA's director of hardware marketing John Koller has revealed in an interview with AllThingsDigital
But the company decided that it would be best to delay the launch until next year in order to ensure that there was enough hardware available at launch. Weve...
News Grab PlayStation Vita A Week Early With The First Edition Bundle
While a lot of people choose to get furious at business moves, sometimes you just have to tip your hat and pay respect to a good marketing move when you see one
The PlayStation Vita 'First Edition Bundle' that Sony's announced for North America this afternoon is one of those moments. It's a stroke of genius, and here's why. In North America, those...
News PlayStation Vita Takes Notes From Apple, Won't Support Flash At Launch
By all accounts PlayStation Vita's browser will be much better than us PlayStation users are accustomed to
But one thing it won't support at launch is Flash. Support for Adobe's sometimes irritating animation tool will come post release. Thankfully, the Vita's browser will support Javascript (v1.7 if you're interested) and HTML 5 out of the box...
News Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen Confirmed For PlayStation Vita's Western Launch
Namco Bandai's confirmed that Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen will launch alongside the PlayStation Vita in North America and Europe
The game — developed by Acquire — sees players assume the role of a ninja assassin in a war-torn landscape. With three opposing factions fighting for control, players "must choose which of these forces to support...
News PlayStation Vita Save Discrepancy Down To DLC
Remember the furore surrounding certain PlayStation Vita software's inability to save on cartridge? It's down to DLC, according to various online reports
Gamers were dismayed last week when Sony announced anticipated PlayStation Vita titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Hot Shots Golf 6 would require a memory card, while others such as...
News Let's Take A Moment To Stare Longingly At Wipeout 2048
Wipeout is one of our favourite PlayStation franchises of all time
We love Sony Liverpool's series so much that we get angry if anyone says anything bad about our preferred racing faction. (Assegai for those curious). Needless to say we're hopelessly stoked for the PlayStation Vita's latest Wipeout title — Wipeout 2048. Sony's dropped some new...
News FIFA Vita Could Be The System's Killer App In Europe
The biggest game in Europe right now is not Call Of Duty -- though of course Activision's first-person series still does gangbusters over here -- but instead FIFA
For years EA's soccer simulation lived in the shadows of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer, but that's changed this generation. FIFA is the top-dog. And so when EA says that its planning on...
News Exactly How Does Twitter Work On The PlayStation Vita?
The PlayStation Vita will launch with a variety of on-board applications, including the likes of Twitter and Facebook
But how exactly will the applications work on Sony's new handheld? Well, a lot like a smart-phone actually — as this Engadget video proves. Catch the demonstration after the jump.
News Touch My Katamari: A Short Story
Picture the scene
It's February 22nd and you're going to pick up your PlayStation Vita. You've got a wad of cash bulging in your pocket (most of which is assigned to that over-expensive memory card) and you know which launch games you desire. "Can I help you, sir?" asks the kind, helpful cashier. "Yes," you respond jovially,...
News Some People Are Flipping Out About The PlayStation Vita Requiring A Memory Card
We remember purchasing our first PlayStation 2 many years ago
For some reason we did so without a memory card. We picked up a Sony branded stick the very next day. In this new age of hard-drives and on-board memory, those memory card worries have become something of a side concern. You get plenty of storage space on a new PS3 to save your games,...
News Sony Discusses The Origins Of PlayStation Vita
In a new video documentary posted on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has discussed the origins of its new platform, the PlayStation Vita
In the video, SCEA marketing suit John Koller claims that Sony had much bigger ambitions for PS Vita than simply creating a "PSP2", and so it banned discussion of alternative mobile devices and portable gaming...
News Namco Bandai Preparing Itself For Western Vita Launch With Trio Of Titles
Namco Bandai's pledged support behind Sony's February 22nd Western release for PlayStation Vita
The publisher's planning a trio of games in Europe and North America, including: Ridge Racer, Shinobido 2: Revenge Of Zen and the brilliantly named Touch My Katamari. As with all PlayStation Vita games, the titles will be available digitally or at retail...
News PlayStation Vita Scores February 22nd Western Release Date
Man
We didn't really expect to wake up to a release date for PlayStation Vita this morning. But that's exactly what's happened. Let's get the hard details out of the way before we start all the rampant cheering and jubilation: PlayStation Vita will launch in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia and Canada on February 22nd,...
Feature PlayStation Vita Release Date Announced
Better start saving those pennies
It seems the wait for Sony's upcoming PlayStation Vita won't be quite as long as once expected. Sony has just announced at the Web 2.0 conference that it will be launching Vita in North America, Europe and Australia on 22nd February 2012. The PlayStation Vita will be sold in two configurations: a 3G/Wi-Fi model for...
Report PlayStation Network Trophy Cap Level Raised
Trophy whores rejoice
According to an IGN report, Sony has raised the level cap of the PlayStation Network's Trophy system. Readers will remember we posted about legendary Trophy whore Hakoom's feat earlier in the year when he hit the level cap. But — presumably responding to the news — Sony has now updated the Trophy system allowing players to...
News PlayStation Access Magazine To Launch Across The UK This Week
PlayStation Access is slowly becoming a big deal in the UK
What started as a series of relatively low-key community events across the country now boasts a weekly digital video series and a magazine. The first issue of the magazine is set to be distributed across "retailers, bars, restaurants, students unions, gigs and events across the country...
News Check Out A Full Level Of LittleBigPlanet Vita From The EB Games Expo
Sony dropped by at the EB Games Expo in Australia over the weekend to showcase an entire level from LittleBigPlanet Vita
The demo — presented by XDev Europe producer Jon McLaughlin — demonstrated a variety of the PlayStation Vita's input options, with the device being tilted and touched in order to solve a variety of puzzles and help Sackboy...
News PlayStation Vita Pre-Orders Scooping Up Huge Sums On eBay
The PlayStation Vita is officially in short supply
After selling out at every online Japanese retailer, and then prompting queues of up to 1,000 people outside popular gaming stores, Sony's new handheld is in hot demand. And this is just the pre-order phase. There are still a couple of months to go until the PlayStation Vita's actually released onto...
Report Japanese Gamers Opting For 3G PlayStation Vita Over The Vanilla System
Here's a turn up for the books: according to retailer Sinobi, more Japanese gamers are plumping up pre-orders for the 3G version of the PlayStation Vita ahead of the vanilla Wi-Fi SKU
The retailer reports that 65 percent of reservations for Sony's new handheld were for the 3G version, while just 35 percent were for the standard model. The retailer...
News ModNation Racers Takes A Road Trip On PlayStation Vita Next Year
Beyond the shock and awe of Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Daze on PlayStation Vita, one first-party title has always looked like the perfect fit: ModNation Racers
Boasting a full showcase of the PlayStation Vita's multiple input options, as well as being delightfully suited to portable play, United Front's latest customisable kart racer is...
News Japan Waits In Line For PlayStation Vita Pre-Orders
Sony opened pre-orders for the PlayStation Vita overnight, with many Japanese gamers forming lines outside of popular stores in order to register their interest in the device ahead of its December 17th release date
According to Famitsu more than 200 people were in line at the famous Akihabara Yodobashi Camera by midnight, with the queue up to about...
Feature Gamers Are Far Too Influenced By Sales Figures -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
A game is only as good as its sales figures
At least, that appears to be the mentality of some forum posters, unevenly illustrating their opinion in forums across the Internet. The NPD group released sales figures for the North American market this week, ranking Resistance 3 in seventh position for the month of September. "Reasonable," I...
News Street Fighter X Tekken Confirmed For March Release
We're Tekken fanboys, so obviously the idea of being able to kick Ryu's head-in with our much-loved Kazuya is appealing on its own
But from what we've played of Street Fighter X Tekken, it's actually a genuinely brilliant versus brawler. And thus we've been hotly anticipating a release date for some time. Capcom's finally lifted the lid, revealing a...
News Army Corps Of Hell Assembling For PlayStation Vita's Launch In North America
We already know Square Enix's bonkers Pikmin-esque PlayStation Vita exclusive, Army Corps Of Hell, will be prepared in time for both the PlayStation Vita's European and Japanese launches, but now the publisher has confirmed it will be joining the party in North America too
Developed by Entersphere, Army Corps Of Hell is being steered by Nintendo...
News PlayStation Vita Sells Out At Multiple Japanese Online Retailers
If you're in Japan and you're looking to pick up a PlayStation Vita at launch, it looks like you're about to be embroiled in something of a bloodbath
Two major online retailers appear to have sold through their launch allocation of Sony's new system almost immediately after going on sale, suggesting that there's likely to be heavy shortages come...
Rumour PlayStation Vita Unable To Play Downloadable PSone Titles?
No publication's mentioned PSone support on the PlayStation Vita because it was pretty much presumed up until this point
The PSP can play PSone games. The PS3 can play PSone games. Why wouldn't the PlayStation Vita? But in a Japanese FAQ uploaded onto the official PlayStation website this afternoon, Sony has cast doubt over legacy game support. The...
News Sony Confirms 20MB PlayStation Vita 3G Download Limit
Like most smartphones, PlayStation Vita downloads taking place over a 3G network will be capped at 20MB
SCEA's senior staff developer support engineer Chris Norden confirmed the information at a GDC Online session overnight. The limit means you won't be able to download the likes of Uncharted: Golden Abyss while sitting on a park bench, but you will...
News Sony Describes PlayStation Vita As 'Super Oval'
What shape is the PlayStation Vita? Well according to SCEA's Chris Norden, it's a "super oval"
Norden revealed the fascinating snippet during a panel at a GDC Online panel watched by Joystiq, continuing that both the Vita's touch panels run at a "higher resolution than the screen itself" — meaning the system is capable of sub-pixel...
News Level-5's Time Travelers Heading To PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Level-5's one-time Nintendo 3DS exclusive Time Travelers is also coming ot PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable, the developer has announced
The news was revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, translated by Andriasang. Little is known about the game at the moment, but we expect more to be shown at Level-5's Japanese keynote over the...
News Limited Beta Of PlayStation Suite SDK To Launch Next Month
We're a little bit concerned at the time it's taking Sony to get its PlayStation Suite strategy up and running
Make no mistake, we think the philosophy of the platform is a strong one, but with the program only set to go into "limited beta" next month, it's taking a long time to get off the ground. SCE's Shigeru Sugimoto outlined the...
News Sony To Offer UMD Titles At A Discount For PlayStation Vita Owners
Backwards compatibility
It's a discussion constantly on the minds of people upgrading to a new system. But it's an odd one really. The ability to play legacy titles is always welcome of course, but who actually upgrades their hardware to play old games? Still, it might not be an important issue to us, but it is to a lot of others. And so Sony's got...
News Prices Attached To A Number Of PlayStation Vita's Launch Titles
Up until today only one publisher had announced the price of their PlayStation Vita software; Square Enix attached a price to Army Corps Of Hell late last month
But the latest issue of Famitsu magazine has published the prices for a variety of PlayStation Vita's most-wanted, including Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Ridge Racer. Nathan Drake's latest...
News Sony Aiming To Neutralise Smartphone Gaming With PlayStation Suite
Enter any PlayStation Vita thread and at least one smartphone warrior will emerge
"Yeah Uncharted: Golden Abyss looks great, but I can get hundreds of cheap games for my mobile phone for the same price." It frustrates us unlike anything else, but as time goes on we've come to the realisation that this is something we're going to have to...
News Marvelous AQL Has Three New Games In Development For PlayStation Vita
Marvelous AQL might have spent its press conference announcing smartphone and 3DS games yesterday, but it's not forgotten about Sony's PlayStation Vita
The company has three games in development for the system, including a "fantasy RPG", a "fantasy action RPG" and a new "action adventure game". As Joystiq points out,...
News Level 5 To Stream Japanese Press Conference
Level 5 is too big for the Tokyo Game Show these days
Instead it's holding its own press conference in a couple of weeks time. The main event will be open to the Japanese public, but only press will get entry to the company's keynote. Thankfully, said conference will be streamed online. The focus of the event is expected to be on Level 5's announced...
News Square Enix Confirms Army Corps Of Hell For Europe
Square Enix has confirmed that it's bringing Entersphere's Army Corps Of Hell to Europe
The game — "packed with dark vicious combat, dark humour and lightning quick action" — sees players take control of an army of a hundred goblins in a gameplay mechanic that's reminiscent of Nintendo's classic series, Pikmin. The title's exclusive to...
Rumour Syphon Filter Returning On PlayStation Vita?
Syphon Filter's been out of the spot-light for some time
Once a mega franchise in the original PlayStation's arsenal, the series trundled through the PSP and PS2 era with some impressive but overlooked releases. But according to Official PlayStation Magazine, franchise creator Sony Bend is lining up a new entry in the series once it's done with...
News Sony Reveals PlayStation Vita's Box
Drink it up readers
This is the packaging your shiny new PlayStation Vita will be contained within when you pick up the hardware next year. Sony's European PlayStation Vita product manager, Adam Grant, unveiled the boxart on the PlayStation Blog this morning. In addition, Grant's outlined each of the PlayStation Vita's on-board apps. The post...
September2011
Square Enix has attached a ¥4,980 ($64) price-point to one of its PlayStation Vita launch titles: Army Corps Of Hell
That price is associated with the game's boxed retail release. Those picking up the downloadable version will save cash, with the PSN release priced at ¥3,990 ($51.90). It's important to note that Japan's variable pricing structure...
Report PlayStation Vita Downloads Locked At 20MB Over 3G
According to ASCII magazine , PlayStation Vita downloads will be locked at 20MB over 3G connections at launch
The publication cites an unnamed Sony representative as the source of the information. Of course, a cap like that really limits the potential for 'on-the-go' downloads. Asynchronous gameplay data, save files and (potentially) Minis would be...
News Nihon Falcom Updating Legend Of Heroes For PlayStation Vita
Japanese developer Nihon Falcom already has a game in development for the PlayStation Vita: a remake of Ys IV
But that's not the only title the legendary studio has in development for Sony's new platform, confirming an update of the PSP's Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki (the second title in the series that started with Trails In The Sky). Zero no...
News PlayStation Vita's Japanese Launch Originally Planned For Earlier In December
Our biggest complaint with Sony's handling of the PlayStation Vita thus far is just how long it's taken Sony to get from announcement to store shelves
It feels like the platform holder has been 'umming and ahhing' for an eternity, with the system only just meeting its 2011 release domestically, and no date here in the West. Speaking in the latest...
News I Gotta Believe: Parappa The Rapper Could Return On PlayStation Vita
Parappa The Rapper hasn't been in the spotlight since the PlayStation 2
But series creator Masaya Matsuura has told Joystiq that the hipster puppy could return on the PlayStation Vita. "We always think about the possibility of remaking or rebuilding or making sequels," he told the website at TGS. Matsuura continued that he prefers making...
News The Final PlayStation Vita Looks Like This
We probably should have tagged this story with a prominent 'not safe for work' heading as the PlayStation Vita feels almost pornographic at times
This is a render of the final piece of hardware, released by Sony overnight. That's it — there will be no more tweaks or changes. This is the system going into production. While it might look like the...
News Ruin On PlayStation Vita Is About Much More Than Cross-Platform Compatibility
Much of what we've seen of Sony San Diego and Idol Minds' PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita title, Ruin, has emphasised on the game's cross-platform compatibility
But as senior social media strategist Sid Shuman admits, there's much more to the game than that. "Ruins developers are quietly building a wide, deep social network designed to...
News PlayStation Vita And PSP Are Able To Communicate In Ad-Hoc Mode
The PlayStation Vita will be able to communicate with the PSP in Ad-Hoc mode, a compatibility report released by Sony has confirmed
That means those with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd installed on their PlayStation Vita will have no issues setting up a game with vanilla PSP owners and vice versa. The feature's also a positive for the newly announced...
News Deadly Premonition Developer Directing Lord Of Apocalypse On PlayStation Vita
The man behind cult-favourite, Deadly Premonition, is working on Lord Of Apocalypse for PlayStation Vita
The title — which is the successor to PSP title Lord Of Arcana — is in development at Access Games where <span style="border-collapse: collapse; clear: none; cursor: auto; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;...
News Shuhei Yoshida Clarifies PlayStation Vita Remote Play Potential
When Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated Killzone 3 running on a PlayStation Vita via Remote Play at last week's Tokyo Game Show, we got a bit ahead of ourselves
We just assumed that the updated Remote Play feature-set would provide the potential to play all PS3 games via the Vita. Unfortunately, that's not the case, as only games designed with the feature...
News Shuhei Yoshida Surprised By 3DS Circle-Pad Extension
Sony Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has said he was surprised by Nintendo's decision to include an additional circle-pad on the Nintendo 3DS
In an interview with GameInformer, the boss speculated that the peripheral was probably produced at the request of Capcom in order to support the controls of the system's upcoming Monster Hunter title...
News Sony Drops More Details On Gravity Rush For PlayStation Vita
You're going to have bear with us while we decide on a universal name for Gravity Rush (also known as Gravity Daze in other regions)
Perhaps we're making more of a to-do out of this issue than it deserves, but regional naming conventions really are the very bane of our existence. Shakes fist. We'll forgive Gravity Rush that minor irritation, as the...
News Backwards Compatible PlayStation Portable Games To Get Improved Controls On PlayStation Vita
Sony Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed that the platform holder is aiming to make a "high" number of PlayStation Portable games compatible with the PlayStation Vita
The executive stressed that the company can't yet "confirm 100 percent compatibility" as the system is still undergoing testing. That said, those...
News Shuhei Yoshida On Learning The Lessons Of PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable was a success
The system's sold more than 70 million units to date, so regardless of your stance it's unarguably achieved much more than any other portable gaming device not manufactured by Nintendo. But mistakes were made during Sony's first foray into portable gaming, and Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is keen...
News TGS 11: Catch A Glimpse Of Cole McGrath In Street Fighter X Tekken On PlayStation Vita
A rougue Youtuber has uploaded a fresh gameplay video of inFamous protagonist Cole McGrath duking it out with Ryu and co in Capcom's upcoming crossover brawler, Street Fighter X Tekken
It's running on a PS Vita. The game looks a bit slower than its console counterpart, but we're not ruling out shoddy video encoding. Either way, fighting aficionados...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita The Top Attraction At Tokyo Game Show
Unfortunately we weren't at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but chatting to the people that were indicates an exciting amount of anticipation for Sony's new handheld system
Lines for titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss were multiple hours long according to reports from various parts of the media, and that's just one game in Sony's huge showing...
News TGS 11: Wide Area Augmented Reality On PlayStation Vita Looks Nuts
During this week's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida held a keynote to demonstrate some of the PlayStation Vita's features
One of those features was augmented reality. Vita will provide augmented reality in three different ways: without a marker, with a marker and with multiple markers. It's the latter of these...
News TGS 11: What Is Lord Of Apocalypse?
Square Enix has released the first assets for its upcoming PlayStation Vita RPG, Lord Of Apocalypse
From what we can tell the title's pretty standard fare. But then we can't read Japanese. Perhaps it's about a cybernetic race of mutated kittens instead. We just don't know.
News TGS 11: Catch A Glimpse Of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 On PlayStation Vita After The Jump
There's some footage of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on PlayStation Vita after the jump
But we didn't pay too much attention to the game. Make no mistake, it looks great — comparable to the home system version — but look at the hardware. It's so sleek, sexy and expensive. We want it now — we need it now. Japan gets the system December 17th.
News TGS 11: Shuhei Yoshida Confirms PlayStation Vita Is Region Free
While we've known that the PlayStation is probably region-free for some time, we've yet to get an official confirmation of kind
Until today anyway, when SCE Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to confirm the platform's region free status. Quizzed on Twitter about the feature, Yoshida simply responded, "Yes it is"...
News TGS 11: Uncharted: Golden Abyss Blows Minds In Just Over Ten Minutes
Sony's released footage of its entire Uncharted: Golden Abyss TGS demonstration
Needless to say the game looks absolutely cream-crackers. Miserable critics will probably be able to find ways to put the portable title down — the lighting is certainly a bit softer than in the PS3 versions of Uncharted — but otherwise we'd argue that Golden Abyss...
News TGS 11: Street Fighter X Tekken To Share DLC Across PlayStation Vita, PS3
Capcom doesn't always get DLC right
Overpriced costumes and on-disc content are just some of the controversies in the publisher's recent history. But it's doing right by Street Fighter X Tekken, announcing that any DLC purchased across the game's home console and portable SKUs will be cross compatible. "With the PS3 and the Vita, yes, they're...
News TGS 11: SCEJ Gaffer Not Concerned About 3DS Nor Smartphones
SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano has told Reuters that he doesn't believe the Nintendo 3DS nor burgeoning gaming compatible smartphones are a threat to the PlayStation Vita
Kawano considers that the devices are different. Kawano believes that the Nintendo 3DS has a different look, target audience and price-point. All true. Moreover Kawano believes that...
News TGS 11: Wipeout 2048 Trailer Outlines Features, Gets Us Hot Under The Collar
Oh Wipeout, how we love thee so
Take Wipeout 2048 on PlayStation Vita — not content with being a crazy collection of high octane racing, it also boasts AR rewards, Near support, cross-platform play and a new online campaign. If only all franchise's were as good as thee.
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita To Get External Battery Add-On
Disappointed with the PlayStation Vita's 3-5 hour battery cap? Sony has revealed an optional external battery add-on, that could extend the Vita's life to anywhere from 9 to 15 hours
The battery has a capacity of 5000mAh, which when added to the 2200mAh already included on board with the Vita should provide enough juice to keep the system powered...
News TGS 11: Namco Teases Ridge Racer Vita
Namco's maintaining a tradition by getting a new Ridge Racer title ready in time for the PlayStation Vita's launch
The problem is, the publisher doesn't have much time left — and we're still yet to really see anything of its new racer. Fair enough there's a teaser trailer after the jump but we'd have expected a good few minutes of gameplay footage...
News TGS 11: Katamari Damacy Rolls Onto PlayStation Vita
Katamari Damacy was once a truly original delight
It's been overplayed since, but even though the concept's not so quirky anymore, the series feels like a natural fit for PlayStation Vita. Namco Bandai was keen to share the news about the Vita version of the title on the PlayStation Blog, where the system's rear touch-pad will be used to squeeze and...
News TGS 11: BlazBlue's Noel Vermillion Pops Up In PlayStation Vita Visualiser
Here's a quirky one for you to ponder over your lunch
Arc System Works has announced a music visualiser for the PlayStation Vita. Available as a free download, the application promises to infuse rhythm action with traditional visualisation. The app even includes BlazBlue cover star — Noel Vermillion. [Thanks Andriasang]
News TGS 11: Sony Releases Brand New Gravity Daze Footage
Nothing annoys us more than regional name discrepancies
But Gravity Daze or Gravity Rush — it's all the same to us. Team Siren's debut PlayStation Vita platformer thing looks incredible. Don't believe us? Catch the latest trailer after the jump.
News TGS 11: Michael Jackson: The Experience Revealed For PlayStation Vita
We wished Michael Jackson: The Experience on PlayStation Vita was a spiritual successor to Moonwalker on Mega Drive
Alas, we'll have to make do with another rhythm action game. There's a trailer after the jump.</em>
News TGS 11: Lumines Returns To PlayStation Vita
One of the standout releases in the PlayStation Portable's original catalogue was Lumines
A brand new puzzler — heralded as one of the best since Tetris — Lumines combined fantastic music with a quirky, but addictive, mechanic. And now the series is back to redefine the PlayStation Vita. Originally announced at GamesCom and blown out at the...
News Sony: Ask Capcom About Monster Hunter 4 On PS Vita
The shock announcement of Monster Hunter 4 as a 3DS title took the wind out of many sails this week
Capcom's curiously popular franchise transformed the PlayStation Portable into the system to beat in Japan — and while Capcom has frequently maintained the series multiplatform status, many expected the next Monster Hunter to be announced for...
News Codemasters Releases Debut F1 2011 Trailer For PlayStation Vita
Codemasters has released the first trailer for F1 2011 running on PlayStation Vita
It's pretty much what you'd expect — showing F1 cars racing around a track from first-person. The trailer is keen on pointing out that the game's a work in progress, and it certainly shows. The game, honestly, looks a bit disappointing in the visual department. But...
News TGS 11: Torne Application For PlayStation Vita Allows For Remote TV Recording, Viewing
Sony's Japanese-only Torne TV hardware product is coming to PlayStation Vita in application form
Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated the tool during a keynote overnight, showing how the Vita can be used to navigate TV listings, remotely set-up recordings, and stream television. Yoshida didn't set a date, but implied the application would launch alongside...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Suite SDK To Launch In November
Sony's been curiously quiet about PlayStation Suite since the PlayStation Vita's announcement, but at a keynote overnight the company announced plans to release a new PlayStation SDK (software development kit) -- allowing developers to create PlayStation Vita compatible Android games
Sony Japan's Kissei Matsumoto briefly demonstrated the system,...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Box Art Looks Like This
Kotaku's sneakily got its eyes on one of PlayStation Vita's boxes -- which is always one of the most exciting things about a new platform launch
Wrapped in a shocking blue colour — that Vita appears to have adopted as its branding style — and similar in layout to the current PS3 boxes, these should fit comfortably next to your current collection...
News TGS 11: Sony Steps Up Remote Play With PlayStation Vita
Remote Play has, for a long time, been untapped potential
The ability to play PlayStation 3 games via your PSP was a brilliant one, but so little software took advantage of the feature that it quickly became worthless. With PlayStation Vita, Sony's planning on stepping up its Remote Play functionality. Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Demoed As PlayStation 3 Controller
When Sony said that PlayStation Vita could work as a PlayStation 3 controller, we figured it was a reactionary comment to the announcement of the Wii U
We certainly didn't think the platform holder would get the technology up and running so promptly. But it seems the technicians in the Sony labs have been hard at work, concocting a demo with...
News TGS 11: Sony Promises To Revolutionise Augmented Reality With PlayStation Vita
No Nintendo fans, augmented reality is not a new concept invented by your favourite company
Sony has been experimenting with augmented reality in games for years — so it's really no surprise to see Sony double down on the technology for PlayStation Vita. During its Tokyo Game Show keynote, Sony confirmed that PlayStation Vita will not need a...
Feature Tokyo Game Show 2011: The PlayStation Headlines So Far
The Tokyo Game Show is go, with Sony already holding its big coming out party
The general consensus from the video game community was one of disappointment — while Sony's been announcing PlayStation Vita titles left right and centre for the past couple of months, the lack of any real megatons was a real blow. Many were expecting Monster Hunter,...
News TGS 11: Here's Your First Look At Ridge Racer On PlayStation Vita
Namco Bandai's released the first screenshot of Ridge Racer on PlayStation Vita
The game will be released in time for the system's launch, maintaining an age-old PlayStation tradition. The game promises a new visual style in addition to online multiplayer. The screenshot looks a bit rough, but we're looking forward to seeing the game in motion...
News TGS 11: We Think We're Falling In Love With Street Fighter X Tekken
Just a screenshot to confirm the inclusion of Toro the Sony Cat in Street Fighter X Tekken
Game of the forever? We think so.</em> [Thanks Andriasang]
News TGS 11: Cave Bringing Content To PlayStation Vita
Legendary cult developer Cave has announced two new titles for the PlayStation Vita as part of this week's TGS
Its first title will be a traditional shooter, drawing on the company's bread-and-butter. Despite not having a name, Cave has confirmed that the title will take advantage of the Vita's various touch inputs. Cave didn't share many details...
News TGS 11: Namco Bandai Confirms Tales Of Innocence R For PlayStation Vita
As previously anticipated, Namco Bandai has confirmed Tales Of Innocence R for the PlayStation Vita
The title's (presumably) a sequel to Nintendo DS Tales Of Innocence title, promising full support for PlayStation Vita's multitude of input options. The game's not due out until 2012, but will be playable on Sony's booth during this weekend's Tokyo...
News TGS 11: Sony Reveals Full Suite Of PlayStation Vita Accessories
The PlayStation Vita will not launch with a memory stick
If you want to download (or even save) games, you'll need to buy some extra storage. It's the most disappointing PlayStation Vita announcement thus far — even an included 1GB card would have been welcome. Memory sticks will range from 4GB to 32GB iterations, costing from ¥2,200 ($28)...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita's Battery Life To Last 3-5 Hours
Battery life was always going to be a concern for a device as powerful as the PlayStation Vita, and it looks like Sony's just about managed to deliver on its promise of a similar running time to the PSP
In an updated technical fact-sheet, the company has confirmed that Vita will give you 3-5 hours of gameplay at full pelt. That will extend to five...
News TGS 11: What Else Is In Development For PlayStation Vita?
Sony has dropped an enormous list of "in-development" titles for PlayStation Vita
The list of 74-strong titles compliments the system's 26 launch titles we detailed earlier this morning. Sony anticipates that 100 titles will have launched for the PlayStation Vita come March 2012, but that seems like a stretched promise given that a number of titles...
Hideo Kojima has confirmed that both the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Zone Of The Enders HD Collection will launch on the PlayStation Vita next year
Kojima also confirmed that he's working on a brand new, original title for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. "It will take a while" for us to learn more about the title though,...
News TGS 11: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Confirmed For PlayStation Vita's Launch
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will launch alongside PlayStation Vita's December 17th Japanese launch date, Capcom has confirmed
The title — which was previously only confirmed for PlayStation 3 — will include all of the content from its parent home system version, in addition to online play at a silky smooth 60 frames-per-second. The game will...
News TGS 11: Square Enix Reveals Two New IPs For PlayStation Vita
The video game industry might be reeling over what blockbuster franchises the PlayStation Vita does (and does not) have right now, but new IP is always important around the launch of any new system
In addition to its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita re-release of Final Fantasy X, Square Enix also confirmed it has two new titles in development for...
News TGS 11: Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy X HD For PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3
Square Enix has announced an HD re-release of Final Fantasy X HD is coming to the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3
The game is being developed in order to celebrate the original release of the game nearly a decade ago on PlayStation 2 (the game launched in 2002 in North America). Very few details about the title were shared, other than that the...
News TGS 11: Toro & Kuro Join Street Fighter X Tekken
If you though Street Fighter X Tekken was already pushing it with the inclusion of inFamous 2's Cole McGrath, Sony's has announced the inclusion of another of its mascots -- Toro (aka the Sony Cat) will enter the fray as a playable character, in addition to his neighbour, Kuro
Best news of TGS? We think so. [Thanks Joystiq]
News TGS 11: Enormous PlayStation Vita Japanese Launch Line-Up Revealed
A whopping 26 titles will make up PlayStation Vita's launch line-up when it releases December 17th in Japan
That's a lot of content. Titles include: Ridge Racer, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Hot Shots Golf Next and (obviously) lots, lots more. Sony's announced that a number of the launch titles will be download only. That includes: Little Deviants,...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Launches December 17th In Japan
The consensus is that Sony had a terrible press conference in Japan overnight, but at least it's finally attached a release date to its (still) heavily anticipated piece of portable hardware
The PlayStation Vita will launch on December 17th domestically. Sony reiterated that the Wi-Fi version of the device will retail for ¥24,980, while the 3G...
News Ragnarok Odyssey On PlayStation Vita Looks Like This
GameArts has released the first screenshots of its upcoming PlayStation Vita RPG, Ragnarok Odyssey
They look purrdy. (And colourful). Catch the full set courtesy of Andriasang.</em>
After this morning's screenshot blunder, SEGA has officially confirmed Super Monkey Ball for PlayStation Vita
The title will launch alongside Sony's new handheld platform early next year, and will take advantage of the device's suite of input options. SEGA's promising plenty of new worlds, mini-games and even four-player multiplayer. The fan...
News Next Tales Title Teased, Probably Coming To PlayStation Vita
Namco's opened up a teaser website for the next title in the Tales series, which is almost certainly coming to the PlayStation Vita after the franchise's series producer hinted as much last week
The site mentions a "new Tales Of" title is coming soon. Japan's currently going nuts.
Rumour Sonic Generations, Yakuza 5 Coming To PlayStation Vita
We predicted some time ago that SEGA's celebration of its blue-spined mascot would make the jump to PlayStation Vita, and if current rumours are to be believed it sounds like we were correct
TSSZ cite an anonymous source that notes the existence of a Vita version of Sonic Generations. The website predicts that the game will launch alongside the...
Rumour Super Monkey Ball Rolling Onto The PlayStation Vita
It's a shame that SEGA's excellent Super Monkey Ball series has dropped in importance in recent years, but we still hold a torch for the quirky platforming series and are excited to see a new title get teased for PlayStation Vita today
The game was accidentally revealed on the company's website, with a batch of new Super Monkey Ball screenshots...
News Famitsu Unloads Bevy Of PlayStation Vita Content
Famitsu's dropped the bomb on another pool of PlayStation Vita content earlier this week
New games include Luminous Electric Symphony (presumably the Vita's previously announced Lumines title) and a few unannounced games. The unannounced titles include GameArts' hunting action game Ragnarok Odyssey and D3's Dream Club Zero — the latter being a...
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