"You've got to feel sorry for Double Helix Games"

No, I don't, but I do feel sorry for you having to review it, and I'm sorry that I didn't even bother to read the review, but I figure that 3 says it all. Heck I'm not even planning on seeing the movie. I did see the Avengers this past weekend and it actually lived up to the hype (I'm a big Marvel fan from way back in the '70s). I am surprised a big budget superhero movie about 5 years in the making didn't get a proper game.

Not to burst your bubble or anything but I'm pretty sure both the Vita and 3DS could qualify as "new" in that sentence, certainly if the games were innovative enough. I'm really waiting to see more original use of the Vita back touchscreen, all that jumps out at me so far is that deform the ground rolling game. And who knows, maybe they're going to start going after Rovio

Was glad to get the Journey demo - photos don't do that game justice at all. It looks very cartoony and flat in the photos but like a retail PS3 game when you play it. I told my wife - I wish Skyward Sword was HD b/c thats how good it could have looked.
Also played the Batman demo, seemed a lot smoother than the demo for the first game which I didn't like so I never bothered with the game. Think I need to pick up the GotY ed. Which at least answered my wifes question of why I was playing a demo for a 6 month old game. Too bad the new cover is hideous.
Oh, and Sorcery day and date was nice, but I'll wait for the inevitable retail price drop this holiday.

At first I thought this was a 3Dish version of the Wiiware game Gods vs. Humans but it actually looks a bit different. That game was boring b/c you could usually just take out the ground floor to win, this one looks kinda random wrist movements without too much strategy involved at all. Maybe just the trailer is poorly done.

I hope they tighten it up. While overall it was a good game (ok I hated that fire ring timing at the end) the middle was way too drawn out. I know everybody hates a 6 hour game experience (GOW3) but I think this took me 20 hours, I would have been much happier w/ 12. Oh, and the chapter w/in a chapter breakpoints made no sense. And Patrick Stewart would have been better utilzed with 12 speaking parts for the main chapter divisions rather than with 30 for each break. Enough is enough already.
So, will the sequel take place after the regular game ending or the way cool after the credits ending? Which reminds me I still need to play all the DLC to figure out what the heck happened.
Still good news though.

A couple of negatives I had from playing the demo - which I was really looking forward to playing but was quickly deleted:
Lack of a lock-on. After all the criticism Capcom gets for MH not having a lock-on I thought they would put one in here. It almpst works in MH as you are mostly alone w/ your prey but in here with all of the NPC and other foes it was too chaotic.
Too much on screen babble. If this were a real online game then I could see the justification for all the on screen text chatting, but this is a solo game yet so much of the screen real estate is wasted on chat. I've played many a single player party game - going back to the original Kingdom Hearts on the PS2 - so it can work w/o all the chatter. I suppose for those who mostly play online multiplayer the screen looks normal, but after spending the past few months playing the Uncharted series and Binary Domain (another offline party) this screen is TMI.

I only played the demo for about 3 minutes last night but that was enough for me. My initial reaction of - hey these graphics are cool - quickly turned to - hey why is he moving so slow and everything seems so blurry. I never played Ep. 1 but we just finished Colors and Generations so that probably effected my extreme displeasure.

Golden Week sounds like a large wrench in the numbers, maybe they need a "4 week moving average" like the unemployment numbers?
On Vita's behalf, it sold half of the PSP #s both weeks. Maybe Sony needs to kill the PSP, or get the chart makers to combine the two under "Sony handhelds".

What pikmaniac said. If it was a cover letter for his resume while job hunting that would be something. Think I'll go stick the Xbox720 in my resume now, who'll know if it's true or not?

@get2sammyb
After reading that list, and throwing Mortal Combat into the mix, I guess it's a good thing Sony went the Super Smash Brothers route for their mascot fighter. The world doesn't need another mano-a-mano 2D versus game after all.

"You can call out commands, "

Sounds like it doesn't help much, but how do you do this?

Played the heck out of this for about a week, but only 3 maps got boring. Can't understand why their isn't offline vs. Sure 3 vs. 3 is unlikley but 2 vs. 2 or 1 on 1? I also loved the humorous storyline in Romino's other game Swords & Soldiers, can't understand why they couldn't add a few more single player 'tutorial' levels in here as well. I really like what they did - music, colors, graphics and gameplay, but I'm done. In fairness, I'm usually done w/ everything after a few days, only Swords & Soldiers, Mushroom Wars, Castle Crashers and Age of Booty last. And Age of Booty is due to editor mode.

Unless Pachter is right. Hey, it's gotta happen eventually.
The 4gb card sounds like a good idea. And besides the price cut the Nintendo 3DS was being sold w/ a $50 GC at every major retailer in the US over the holidays, it's why I bought 3. Maybe Sony can have the retailors give away a 1 yr. PSN card w/ each Vita purchase. And, you know, support Vita on the PSN a little better.

PS4? This and BG&E2 would make a really impressive launch 8-)

@James
If they were charging for online passes on NEW games then actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with it - as it relates to this story. I wouldn't be surprised if the PS4 allows used games to be played, but every game comes w/ a code that needs to be entered, so every used game owner would need to pay extra. That would probably be a lot easier to implement than somehow magically having your PS4 know if the game was "used" or not. How does the PS4 know if the game is bought "used", or borrowed from a friend, or rented from Redbox?
Though I suppose anybody who isn't signed in online would be ok playing used games. Sony probably doesn't care too much about offline players as they aren't taking up any bandwidth or spending any $ on PSN anyway.
So no, Sony won't BAN used games, they'll just make everybody pay extra to play them. They could call it the "cost conscious gamers tax".

I don't think it matters what he says, though it is nice to hear somebody w/ some sanity. Sony may not be worse than anybody else in industry, who knows maybe they are the best in the industry, but they spent SO much time promoting BC w/ the PS3, and then stopped selling it, and then they pulled OtherOS, and now some online games are charging $10 for online pass. What Sony says today doesn't mean anything for tomorrow.

If an American tv company was doing this everybody who lived in London would be blacked out.

My son and I played this non-stop for a few days but we've had enough. We would play a lot more w/ either split screen vs or a story mode like they made in Swords & Soldiers.

From everything I've read software seems to be the least of the Vitas problems. A bunch of issues off the top of my head are: EXPENSIVE PROPRITARY memory (that's 2 issues right there which Sony could have very easily avoided w/ SD), prior price drops on iPhone, 3DS making people wait a bit before purchase, economy in general sucks, releasing AFTER the holiday season (see 3ds sales), the near universal lack of support for PSPgo leaving a bad taste in people's mouths for another new Sony portable, as usual Sony not delivering on things they advertise, probably still some residual backlash over OtherOS removal and PSN hack and downtime. And that's all just off the top of my head. And it doesn't include software - just a lot of general stuff Sony has no control over but also a lot of stuff Sony did wrong in general that anybody w/ any videogames knowledge in general could have helped them avoid.

Ok, I'm impressed. After a day watching Diablo 3 CGI and cartoons it was really nice to see some in-game footage of something.

Question is, can I play this without any of the others? Nothing against the renaissance or stealth games but all the previous games just look so ... brown.
I have followed the story line, which all seems very MGS to me from the outside looking in w/ some time travel thrown in for good measure. Can anybody tell if the guy in this game is a time traveler? From what I've read he's a half-breed native American so I was kind of hoping this was AC in name only. Not that I mind sci-fi time travel world dominating behind the scenes forces intruding in over-arching world conquest, I just don't want to be TOO lost and confused.

Anybody else watch this and think of The Outlaw Josie Wales? Endeavor to persevere.

I don't read a lick of Japanese, but are the 3 games ,1200 each and Deadlocked 1000? That would be a nice discount at least. I'm guessing due to no HD or 3D in Deadlocked. I have the Deadlocked demo (from some unkonwn disc waaaay back when) and I hated it. Hated it alot. I tried and I tried and I tried but I could never like it. But that was then. I think I could like it now though, and co-op is always fun. What do ya think about a free pre-order code? Announced at E3?

I was kinda done w/ the Lego games, but yeah, I'll have to get this. And also the "I'm starting the rumor right now" Hobbit sequel next Christmas (to coincide w/ the release of the 2nd Hobbit movie). I'm glad to see "Return of the King" on the cover so 1 game for the 3 LotR movies. Though I have to admit this never crossed my mind before, but it seems such a natural fit now.
Just saw all the toys, and besides the Wringwraith looking very Darth Vaderish they're very cool for Lego characters. Skylanders popped into my head when I saw them but I think my wallet is safe.
Sorry no time for quotes, need to go start my Christmas wish list.

@3Above To follow up w/ what James already wrote - Did you happen to peruse the software sales chart before you posted? #'s 3,4,5,6,7,8 thats THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN and EIGHT are ALL 3DS games.

@Savino - yeah, that's what I was thinking also, new system needs time.

But what I couldn't understand is why the PSP doubled Vita sales, but then I saw this at #9 stopping the 3DS train: Conception: Please Have My Children!. I'm guessing that won't be released in the west

Too bad it's WRONG!! Seriously, if you are going to do this at least make it have the right time. I'm on Eastern time but the countdown clock is for Pacific time - probably for the whole US, so unless you live on the West coast the clock is going to be wrong for you. Which is probably why most count downs just go by "days".

Glad to hear it's somewhat difficult, my kid was having a hard time with the unrelenting tutorials - why do you have to do a defensive combo 3x in a row?. We only have the demo so he'll probably tire of it eventually anyway.
Oh, and I really liked the art decco menus and style. Though I'ld say more Bayonetta meets Darkstalkers than Scot Pilgrim. All in all always glad to see another PSN winner.

BG&E2 - the first announced big game that the WiiU won't be able to handle, thus sealing the system's fate as "2 Wiis duct taped together".

Whenever this comes out, on whatever system it comes out on, I'm looking forward to playing it.

Last Guardian? I'm guessing that's just wishful thinking.

I have to admit I'm more curious about the non-games than the games. I'm guessing WiiU is the odds on favorite to steal the show unless there is some Xbox720 or PS4 out of the blue announce. And if the $99 Xbox Kinect bundle is true MS is making a hard push into the living room to beat Apple's iTV and Siri domination. W/ all the money MS wasted on WebTV way back when I think that they think now is really the time to own the living room, games be damned. So what does Sony have? They've already shown Sony Brawl and God of War 4 so they better have something left to unveil. Vita PS3 interaction is my best bet, maybe for both Sony Brawl and GOW4?

Oh what the heck, I want a true Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy sequel. Maybe a prequel? Jak can talk, but no guns. Or GTA like missions. A platform gamers platfomer. I know Sackboy is the new platform mascot but the guy can't even properly double jump or grab a ledge. I'ld settle for Crash.

I've already commented about this on here somewhere during the week but it really was a great surprise. This game looks and plays like a PSN game more than a mini (and it's WAY better looking than Zuma - $9.99, really?). Also, this game is less true SHMUP and more puzzle. True I've only played to level 10 - Awesome, Awesome, Awesomenauts!! has been keeping me very busy - but I can already tell no matter how fast you are, thinking and strategy are going to play a big part. And I'ld really like to thank futurlab for letting me skip levels, I can't beat #4 or 10. Oh, and there are 50 levels in the game, each running only a couple of minutes, which I prefer i these types of games.

And comparing this game to Coconut Dodge is insane. The Nick Jr. website has an entire section of free flash games that are better than that. I recommend anything wow wow Wubbzy, though Kickety Kick ball and ring catch are most similar.
http://www.nickjr.com/kids-games/wow-wow-wubbzy/

From where I'm standing the Vita needs a price drop more than games to re-energize sales. Not right now, but maybe this time next year. That's the world we now live in. Even the unstoppable Apple machine needed an iPhone price cut soon after launch. Hardware sales always pick up after price cuts. And if Sony has nothing else at E3 to combat the WiiU and $99 Xbox hype they may need a holiday price cut to remain relevant.

Ok, so it can't be LBP2 DLC, how about MNR DLC? Or better yet why doesn't UFG just make MNR2 and throw some skins on that? I don't know, it just seems weird. Maybe if MM were making it I wouldn't care, but why UFG? It's like theyre admitting MNR didn't do well b/c of the load times and harsh difficulty so rather than risking $ on MNR2 they're stealing Sackboy to sell more copies of MNR2 by calling it LBP Karting. Ya know what I'm saying?

I still don't get it.

UFG makes MNR, a game which kinda looks like LBP to begin with, and Sony advertises w/ it's "Play Create Share" mantra, but with racing. Then Mm makes LBP2, a platforming game which lets you do just about anything your heart and talent can muster up. And NOW UFG is basically re-making MNR but w/ LBP2 skins?

OK, here's what I don't get - remember the big uproar when LBP2 was announced about how it just should have been an add-on DL pack? Well shouldn't LBP Karting be an add-on for either MNR or LBP2? Maybe LBP3? I know Ninty does this all the time w/ their Kart games - I swear Mario Kart DS and 7 are practically the same game, which is why they named it "MK 7" rather than "MK 3DS" - but at least those games are on different systems. i.e. if this was a PS4 launch game w/ really realistic graphics then I'm ok w/ it.

This looks fun, but it just seems unnecessary. Maybe when it's $30 GH I'll look into it, I can't see it being $60. Maybe $40 like a "Move" game.

Just clicked on the Facebook page and it does say on top "For UK/EU Only". Or maybe it was EU/UK. Whatever.
Going to go try my code now on my long established London account, which I set up for my son London years ago. Seemed appropriate, and since I was going to the trouble of setting up another account for him anyway I figured "why not". My other son has a Hong Kong account and my wife a Tokyo account for no particular reasons. They all live in Marriott hotels

The code did work and the games did play (in the US) after DL from the UK account.
Don't bother settign up an account for these though. The Match 3 game is broken on the 2nd level. I've been playing match 3 games for the last 10 years and that isn't how they work. I even read the manual. And urbanix - the cut up the big square into little squares game - shouldn't have such a limited field of vision, it's guesswork. The game is about racing your enemy, not guessing. Most people will spend more time setting up an account and redeeming the code and DL the games than actually playing them. The Velocity and Cloud god minis are practically full retail PS3 games compared to these 2. Free is free I know, just don't think these are worth the time and effort for my US brethren.

Yeah it was a great week for +. I've already put in a ton of hours on Trine 2, Awesomenauts and Velocity (and I would've played Cloud god more if I could past level 2 w/ more than 3 pilgrims). Still haven't even DL the Castlevania games and I've always wanted to play SotN. Which reminds me I also DL the Skullgirls demo from your side of the pond and I haven't touch that yet either. busy busy busy

I don't think it's been good over the past 12 months, but certainly the past 4 or 5. Which does coincide w/ them stopping giving away the same set of Sega games over and over and over again. In fact I don't think they've had any duplicates for a few months now so a lot of that complaining has stopped. So yes it is definitely improving and money well spent. This week/month alone I got Trine 2, Awesomenauts, Cloud Pilgrim God, Velocity and 2 Castlevania games. They really don't need to improve that at all for me to be happy.

I hate SHUMPS, mostly b/c I suck at them, and they tend to be short and repetitive. Imagine my surprise when I actually had fun playing this game. It's not really a SHMUP, it's a puzzle platformer. Who knew?
And thanks to the developers for letting me skip levels that were too hard for me, namely 4 and 10. That was a very pleasant surprise.

Sorry for posting on a month old story, ti was the newest available, and I rarely have anything good to say.

Heard it straighr from the source, Ronimo. Well a reply on their Facebook page anyway. Does a Facebook page reply count as straight from the horses mouth?
I asked it it was still coming out today and they replied "yep".

I would have much rather played this than the DMC "reboot". (I know it's different companies and 1 has nothing to do w/ the other, just saying.)

"The action looks fast, fluid and familiar. What do you think?"

I think if Sony Super Brawler Buster played like this people wouldn't be saying how much it looks like a Nintendo game Well maybe a little less bloodshed. Make that a lot less, that mouth cutting was gross. Point is, you can make a Power Stone like multiplayer fighter. Well at least they hope you can.

Thanks James for doing all the Time Zone math.

Sony Superstars Brawler Buster

I'm still not convinced its all that different - you can play Brawl with some cool backgrounds, MGS, Pikmin and Pitt, and you can play w/ health or coins or hit points and a few others, there are so many customIzaations in that game Sony would be hard pressed to come up w/ anything original. This game will sell, and sell big, but I feel like they should put a big "inspired by Nintendo" on the box.

OH! MY! FREAKIN! GOD! They made a Smash Brothers game w/ Sony characters. Not "like" or "sort of" or "similar to", it IS Smash Brothers. I can't believe it.
That said, playing thru the end of Asura's Wrath last night (well not the real real end, or the DL end, just the "I've been cheated end") I was thinking I really want to see Asura fight Kratos. Well minus the godly power able to kill an invivnclble planet anyway. My wife didn't think the tv could hold that much anger though. Maybe some Asura DL character later on?
I still can't believe what a blanant rip-off this is, I watched the video thinking it was a "fan" film. Unbeleivable.
My 7 year old said it was too dark and couldn't tell who anybody was, but he still wants it of course. Maybe as Sammy said they'll tweak it a bit.
So, what's the release date for the game everyone will be calling "Sony Smash Brothers"?

As several others have already mentioned, Road Trip needed online if only b/c Mario Kart 7 had online. The 3DS really seems like a toy to me, and the Vita a far superior system, and you just can't allow yourself to look bad COMPARED TO THE COMPETITION when you are releasing a new product. The 3DS has Heroes of Ruin coming out soon w/ online multplayer. If I'm Sony I'm making online multiplayer a requirement for Vita games where it seems a natural fit. That's one area Sony should never be behind Nintendo.

Having just played all 3 over the past 2 months (single player only) I have to say the second really does stand out not only from the other 2 but from just about anything else I've ever played. It really is a 10 hour long action movie and I can't think of anything I would add or change. The first 1 was too difficult - even on easy there were hard parts - and the middle too long and drawn out. The 3rd 1 had the misfortune of following the 2nd. Gameplay wise I really wish the 3rd was 2nd. It starts out kind of slow and the difficulty is more in line w/ the first, and the characters aren't as interesting. The 2nd half of the game flips a switch and gets better, which would be a great lead in for the pedal to the metal 2nd game.
I wonder if Sony will release a trilogy pack since the first 2 already have a dual pack? hmmm

I was really looking forward to the Dragon's Dogma demo but it wasn't for me. Too much chaos with everybody talking to me at once (I've never played an MMO before) and the lack of a lock-on wasn't any better now than in Monster Hunter Tri. Actually it was worse with all the screen clutter. Oh well.
I'm also 2/3 thru Asura's Wrath and really enjoying it but I can't pay $6.99 for the game ending when I rented the game for $1. Plus those other 2 half chapters are $1.49 each? The game just came out. Maybe I can find them all on Youtube. Oh, and I don't mind all the watching and lack of playing - it's actually better than MGS4 - but the fighting itself seems repetitive. And did I really need to fight a giant turtle in back-to-back chapters? Maybe the sequel will add combos and more diversity. Maybe for $30 I'll buy a GH version that includes all the DL.
Oh, and the free Rune Raiders Qore Arqade game is better than almost all minis I've ever played. The other games killed an hour but I wouldn't go back to them. Well maybe Hack for Veronica to ridicule me some more.

"And that’s really all you need to know."

The price would have been nice. (I know it wasn't on the PS Blog.)

Firejonie - had I known Feeding Frenzy 2 was in that pack I would have picked it up, I'm not a fan of Zuma at all though. And I prefer discs over DL, my HDD is full (and I dont' feel like swapping it out until HDD prices return to last years levels.)

I hope it turns out MUCH better than their last attempt to put these people together - Move Heroes. And I doubt very much this is going to be a SSB clone, I just don't see Sony going the 2D route. But if they did go the 2D route it would be more Capcom vs. Marvel (or whatever the flavor of the day is). I really can't imagine characters hitting each other while coins pop out of them that you have to gather.

I don't see bike handlebars, I'm thinking "Last Starfighter" flight and firing controls. I guess it could also be an airplane yoke but where's the fun in that?
I have to admit some of my favorite Wii mini-games are the jetski ones using the Wiimote and nunchuck to steer. Thanks to Sony's cheapskate Nav controller we don't get those on the PS3, maybe this is a way to rectify that?
I want to see a video w/ everybody's favorite VP using this - zip, zing, boom!

I'm really surprised you guys are only getting this now. Seems like it's been out forever over here. At least long enough for several sales - $500. $400. $300. $300 w/ another pair of glasses and games thrown in.

Just finished GOW 3 finally, right after playing the 2 PSP HD remakes, and have to say those PSP games weren't all that great. The first 1 was hardly even a good game, much less a good GOW game. That said, I'm not impressed by this trailer either way. Is the whole game going to take place weirdly inside his head? Guess I was happy w/ the end of the trilogy and was ready to move on. (Though my wife wants a movie starring Vin Deisel, she's a big fan.) I'm sure I'ld play it, but my anticipation is nil at the moment.

Speaking of delays - no, not Last Guardian this time - what's the latest on the BGE sequel?