Tag: Vita

Sorcery, Syphon Filter, Vita AR and more

We'll admit it: there were times we thought we'd never get Sorcery, yet that day is finally here. There's also some free Augmented Reality content for Vita and a stack of classic SEGA games, making this a very good day indeed. PlayStation Plus: Full Game Trial: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Full Game...

Difficult reading

Hardware sales continued to decrease in Japan this week. The Vita’s fortunes improved by a measly seven units, as it mustered a disastrous 6k sales for the second week running. In fairness, it was another timid week for all of Japan’s major consoles, with PS3 and PSP's overall totals also dropping. Even the infallible Nintendo...

Music combat

While martial arts and music don’t appear to have much in common, Zen Studios has found a way to connect the two disparate activities. Inspired by the heavily rhythmic choreography of old-school kung-fu movies, the developer has concocted KickBeat, a brand new music title developed exclusively for Vita. The game introduces familiar...

Delicious discounts

Who said Sony doesn’t understand the handheld market? The platform holder has launched an eye-popping sale on the European PlayStation Store this afternoon, plunging a handful of first-party titles into impulse purchase territory. As of this afternoon you’ll be able to nab Everybody’s Golf, ModNation Racers: Road Trip and...

Pesky sea monsters

If you were worried that upcoming PlayStation Vita spin-off Resistance: Burning Skies might sacrifice some of the series' trademark scale in order to fit onto its new portable home, you can stop. Sony's released a selection of brand new screenshots showing off one of the shooter's gigantic boss battles. Looks stunning, doesn’t...

Sorcery, SEGA, Table Top Tanks and a Vita demo

One of the busiest release weeks in recent times as we have no fewer than 11 PSN games for PS3 owners, an AR title for Vita and demos and DLC to boot. Here's what's vying for your pounds, Euro and Aussie dollars this week. PlayStation Plus: Ghost Recon Future Soldier Signature Edition (PS3) – 15%...

Just desserts

Following on from yesterday’s North American release date announcement, SEGA’s confirmed that its upcoming Vita title Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz is set to roll onto European consoles on 26th October. The title boasts a hearty helping of primate puzzling, promising over 100 levels and eight fan favourite mini-games. You’ll...

Blocky

Yes, yes, we know: another LEGO game. But LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is no average block buster, as it introduces an open world setting for the very first time. You’ll be able to scale the streets of Gotham City, solving crime as your favourite DC characters. It looks pretty neat, doesn’t it? We're still not sure about the voice...

T-minus ten...

Sony’s been experimenting with augmented reality for years, and the sum of its investigations are really starting to show on PlayStation Vita. While competing platforms play catch-up, Sony's releasing some really impressive stuff on its new handheld – and that's set to be expanded next month with the release of PulzAR. Terrible...

Tasty treat

SEGA’s confirmed that Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz is set to bounce onto North American PlayStation Vitas on 23rd October. The “most advanced Monkey Ball title yet” includes more than 100 stages and eight mini-games. Yes, that includes fan favourites such as Monkey Target and Monkey Bingo. The game takes full advantage of the...

Stake news

The original Castlevania: Lords of Shadow gave Sony’s monstrous God of War franchise a run for its money at times, so a sequel always seemed like a no-brainer. And that’s exactly what the Paul Gale Network is reporting this morning. The source – who correctly outed

Flux capacitor

Sadly we’re not here to share a release date announcement for the upcoming PS3 and Vita throwback Retro City Rampage, but we do have a new gameplay trailer to sate your raging anticipation. Best of all, this brand new video shows off the title on Sony's new handheld for the very first time. Those of you unsure of which platform to...

Boost your XP

Resistance: Burning Skies may be the first fully featured first-person shooter to grace a handheld console, but the PlayStation Vita is capable of doing so much more. Chatting on the Australian arm of the PlayStation Blog, producer Frank Simon has revealed a little more about the shooter’s Near-based social networking functionality...

A kind of price drop

While the industry screams for a PlayStation Vita price drop, it looks like Sony's considering a different way to stimulate sales of the troubled handheld. The platform holder announced a new batch of European Vita bundles over the weekend. For the standard sum of €249 you’ll be able to grab a Wi-Fi Vita with a 4GB memory...

No stranger

Just Add Water only started work on the PlayStation Vita version of the quirky Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath a few weeks ago, but it already has a rough launch window in mind. As part of a fascinating interview on this week’s Official PlayStation Blogcast, CEO Stewart Gilray explained that the handheld version of the classic shooter was...

Persona leading the charge

It’s no secret that PlayStation Vita has been having a torrid time in Japan of late, but Sony is optimistic about the platform’s fortunes heading into June. Retailers around the country are anticipating strong sales for the upcoming Persona 4: The Golden and the Vita version of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. In...

Mounting evidence

We know résumé rumours are getting a bit tired, but we felt like this was important enough to warrant a post. Following on from Omar Kendall’s tease earlier in the week, the eagle-eyed folks over at TheGamingLiberty.com have uncovered a CV seemingly confirming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale f

A sensational treat

Awesome audio visual collaborators Superbrothers and Jim Guthrie have announced their involvement in Queasy Games’ upcoming Sound Shapes for Vita. The duo – who previously combined for 2011’s brilliant Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP – will contribute an “album” to the upcoming Vita platformer named CORPOREAL...

Vroom vroom

The bigwigs at Sony have clearly being paying close attention to the comments section here at Push Square. We’ve noticed you lot getting fidgety over every new PS3 announcement, and it looks like the platform holder’s starting to respond. It announced Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for Vita this morning and it looks like LittleBigPlanet...