Vita News - Page 8

News: What If Infographics Formed the World of a Puzzle Platformer?

What If Infographics Formed the World of a Puzzle Platformer?

Hopping through stats and shapes

Metrico, a brand new PlayStation Vita exclusive from Digital Dreams, understands that infographics are awesome. As such, it’s a full puzzle platform game built around the art of such statistics sheets. While specific gameplay details are being kept under wraps, you can expect to clamber your way through a series of...

News: Japanese Sales Charts: One Piece Propels PlayStation Vita

Japanese Sales Charts: One Piece Propels PlayStation Vita

Sony's system is sailing away

Strong sales for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 boosted the PlayStation Vita back up the Japanese hardware charts this week. While the system was still handily outsold by the Nintendo 3DS, the portable’s tally surged from 36,028 units to 41,073 units. The aforementioned Namco Bandai brawler sold 60,315 units on the...

Review: Hungry Giraffe (PlayStation Network - Vita)

Hungry Giraffe (PlayStation Network - Vita)

Head and shoulders above the rest

Originally launching over a year ago as a free PlayStation Mini with PlayStation Plus, Hungry Giraffe is the latest game to make the jump from watered-down budget piece to fully-fledged PlayStation Vita title. But while we enjoyed Mr. Giraffe’s original outing, do the new features in this upgraded version warrant...

News: Divekick Targets PlayStation 3 and Vita This Summer

Divekick Targets PlayStation 3 and Vita This Summer

Like a bird

Divekick is inspired by those tense fighting game encounters where you’re too nervous to make a move. With one hit leading to an instant knock-out, the PlayStation 3 and Vita title sees you using two buttons to, well, dive and kick your opponent. It sounds basic, but the high tension gameplay promises an addictive experience. “The...

News: Indie Hit Limbo Lurches onto PlayStation Vita

Indie Hit Limbo Lurches onto PlayStation Vita

Bump in the night

Arachnophobes beware: Playdead’s macabre puzzle platformer Limbo is creepy-crawling its way onto the PlayStation Vita soon. IGN scored the scoop, though it failed to shed any more light on the re-release. It’s unclear whether the game will be a direct port of the PSN version, or if it will ship with additional features...

News: Dragon's Crown Reigns on PS3 and Vita This Summer

Dragon's Crown Reigns on PS3 and Vita This Summer

Atlus attaches window to the beautiful brawler

Vanillaware’s slick PlayStation 3 and Vita brawler Dragon’s Crown will stroll onto North American store shelves and the PlayStation Network this summer, publisher Atlus has announced. The game will set you back $49.99 for the console version, and $39.99 for the handheld release. There’s no word...

News: Watch Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster's First Trailer

Watch Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster's First Trailer

It may be your last chance

After teasing the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster’s first trailer last week, we expected publisher Square Enix to provide a little more footage than what’s on offer here. This agonisingly brief 60 second short spends more time trying to explain the title’s weird platform arrangement than showing any actual...

News: Could Terraria Be Tunnelling onto PlayStation Vita?

Could Terraria Be Tunnelling onto PlayStation Vita?

Question will be addressed next week

Popular indie sandbox title Terraria is digging onto the PlayStation 3 next week. The conversion of Re-Logic’s cult PC smash-hit will ship with a smattering of new features, including overhauled controls, new boss battles, and split-screen support. But while publisher 505 Games readies itself for the port's PS3...

News: BioShock Infinite Looks Way Better in Burlap

BioShock Infinite Looks Way Better in Burlap

Sackboy flexes his cross-marketing muscle

In order to celebrate the impending release of BioShock Infinite, platform holder Sony is launching a custom collection of LittleBigPlanet costumes based on the characters from the game. Outfits include heroine Elizabeth, protagonist Booker DeWitt, and weird mechanical flying thing, Songbird. The add-on...

News: Jak & Daxter Collection Doubling Down on PlayStation Vita

Jak & Daxter Collection Doubling Down on PlayStation Vita

PlayStation 2 platformers heading to Sony's portable

It looks like Sony’s second best double act – the first being Ratchet & Clank, obviously – are hopping onto the PlayStation Vita, as the North American ratings board the ESRB has filed a registration for the Jak & Daxter Collection on the handheld. The compilation – which launched...

News: Sony: Interesting and Innovative Titles Coming to PlayStation Vita

Sony: Interesting and Innovative Titles Coming to PlayStation Vita

More than 100 games due out this year

It may be going through a bit of a dry spell, but Sony’s director of product planning and platform software innovation (phew) Don Mesa has insisted that there’s plenty of interesting software on the horizon for the PlayStation Vita. In an extensive interview with IGN, the executive said that there are more...

News: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Travelling to Europe and North America

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Travelling to Europe and North America

Classics will be bundled on PS3, available separately on Vita

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will march onto European and North American store shelves later this year, publisher Square Enix has announced. The titles will be bundled on the PlayStation 3, but will be available separately on the PlayStation Vita. Sadly, there’s no word on a...