Truly a group effort, nice work dudes!

Eden is super laid back — until you start clearing out gardens. Lets just say you wouldn't want to be around Bruce Banner when his timer runs down moments away from the final Spectra.

I love this game, it blew me away, probably my favorite this generation, but I can kind of understand the difficulty of seeing its appeal from a business perspective. Putting in two hours only scrapes the surface, and the game is so old school that it might be hard to see past the steep learning curve. Thanks be to Atlus.

Really fun read, Joe. Could it be said that PaRappa was the first anthropomorphic rap game?

Did y'all set your phasers to stunning? Cuz this site looks dope.

Is there a secret handshake yet? There should be a secret handshake.

I love the way this game looks, good to hear it plays well, too!

Heavy Rain is insane. I still have to run through it with the Move patch. Hey, maybe this time Jayden will live!

This is probably the Vita game I am looking forward too most. Nice to hear about the mechanics in detail, Mike!

That asynchronous multiplayer sounds dope. It's like correspondence chess for the digital age.

I loved those Pursuit Force games. Sony should keep these guys in-house in some capacity.

Well, that's a bummer. Sure is a confusing decision.

Actually Magi, though AT&T has offered similar plans on other devices, this is the first confirmation of them coming contract-free to PS Vita.

Super StarDust Delta wasn't listed in the initial press release, but now it seems to be up on the PS Blog. Thanks!

This definitely helps alleviate the sorrow from Vita's lack of video-out

@Cowlauncher James is saying a UMD can only be "owned" by a single account, so you can't endlessly upload your UMD to several accounts.

If you're willing to pay I'm sure you can transfer as many UMDs as you like.

Nice review Mike! DualShock controls are for soulless robotic abominations incapable of feeling.

Straight representin'

@hamispank You clever fox I myself am a sucker for a good, thick instruction booklet.

Anyone hoping Vita gets its very own Final Fantasy? I for one would love a proper sequel to Crisis Core. It had its flaws but I really enjoyed it.

@Rambo-Hamster Sony's Japanese site lists "USB Type A," so I am guessing it'll take one of these:

And plug into something like this:

You get to beat up giant cows? Pre-ordered

Wha? This is awesome! I will miss the cute esthetic though...

Nice! Looks like I cancel those time crystals I ordered online...

I'm just going to wrap up my PSP at Christmas and pretend it's a Vita.

I think Nintendo cutting the price before Vita's launch was super smart. By placing the Wi-Fi Vita at the same price point as the 3DS, Sony really gave Nintendo a reason to worry. Everyone heard the high-priced rumors and such, but I was pretty astounding when the real price came out. In the end, competition like this is awesome, and is a win-win for anyone considering buying either device...or both

I'd bring my Vita to a McDonalds if it scored Drake a Hamburglar outfit.

I know what you mean! I rented that bad boy back in the day, and stayed up all night with my buddy to finish the game. Zipping to a roof in the nick of time, losing your assailants, following their patrols and then dropping in for the kill. So bad.

@Fuzzy Yeah, I don't see a way that MH doesn't come to the Vita. I just hope its in the form of a new game rather than a revamped PSP game.

@mago2k7 Actually, Vita may be getting Move support!

I'm so amped for this game! I'd love to rear-touch some corrupt feudal lord's head in half.

Ah, Movemodo and VitaGamr. Two great tastes that taste great together.

Think of all the taglines in our future. "Velvita Cheese," "Livin La Vita Loca." "Vitameatavegamin." This is going to be wonderful.

Thanks good sir!

I cannot wait for this title, I love George Kamitani's games!

Yeah, bit of an uncanny valley effect going on there, huh?

Awesome preview Corbs, this game looks killer!

@9 &10: I never even thought of that! Good to know.
I guess it makes sense as I broke a couple analog nubs in my day...

I did feel a bit miffed to only hear about the "real deal" concerning the shutdown so long after the intrusion, but I assume it took a while to figure out what the hell happened. It's probably pretty darn hard to reverse engineer an attack like this, and I'm sure they didn't want to send over 70 million users into a panic if they didn't have to. Sadly though, that turned out to be the case.

A lot of this info can be found by using the white pages anyway. Hell before the internet I just looked people up in the phone book. And I bet a lot of the same people complaining about Sony letting others view their adress and name are the same idiots that tweet their phone numbers or post their life to facebook.

Still, having my passwords and possibly my credit info floating around the interweb just makes me feel a bit creeped...I canceled the card linked to my account with the quickness.

I decided to buy this game right when the PSN went down, but luckily the single player campaign is great. Polished off hard mode and going for veteran. Can't wait to get some MP in when the Network is back up!

Happy Christmas and New Years guys and gals! No games for me this year...but I did manage to buy a used NES!

Thanks Chris! Yeah I got the head tracking to work only a few times, but it definitely made dodging easier. Fingers crossed for the patch...

I think the wife will really like this one though. Awesome review dude!

@James
"I just know I prefer Lips."
Well I prefer Eskimo Kisses.

That's not to say Wii Sports isn't boss. It still sets the bar for motion based arcade sport gaming.

There are certainly alot of bowling games out there, but this one makes your earn it. Scoring one strike in this game is like throwing a perfect game in Wii Sports Bowling.

I could see Kinect doing some major things in the casual market, though I just heard their major casual release, Project Milo, might be canceled. I worry mostly about how well Kinect will differentiate between movements. In the demo for "Fighters Uncaged" guys were doing knee kicks and uppercuts, and it seemed kind of jumbled. Also, many of the demos for Kinect Adventures make the thing seem like its still in its beta phase, as sometimes it doesn't register anything. Kinect definitely offers something more than the Wii 2.0 experience given by Move, but that Wii 2.0 experience works...