August2011
News Little Big Planet Vita Trailer Showcases Robot Dinosaurs
Built from scrap
The newest trailer for LittleBigPlanet on PS Vita is all about radical prehistoric creatures. Not only does it have a dinosaur riding a skateboard, but one created out of a speaker, clothes pins, a tentacle and a coffee cup. Using the Vita's camera, the trailer shows how you can snap photos from the real world and then bring them...
News PS Vita Will Have Cross-Game Voice Chat
Via Party app
Sony Europe's R&D Manager Phil Rogers has confirmed that the PlayStation Vita will allow users to text and voice chat with friends via the system's Party app, even if they are playing different games or using different applications. Cross-game voice chat, it's there and it's on Vita. Party lets up to four users band together to...
News Escape Plan Trailer Can't Escape the Internet
Captured for your pleasure
Sony has got an all-new game for the PS Vita straight out of Gamescom, and by the looks of it, Escape Plan is one of the more stylised and puzzling titles making its way to the system. The game has players guiding two differently proportioned protagonists, Lil and Laarg, through a variety of dangerous rooms. Players use...
News Sony Spraypaints 'Tag' Trailer Into Real World
Time to start a gang
Sony already introduced us to Reality Fighter, its first-party augmented reality game for PS Vita, but now they are taking to the streets to give us Tag, a graffiti-sim title that lets you "tag" real world environments using the system's camera. Basically you design a tag using the touch screen, save it, and then go around the...
News PS Vita RAM Confirmed at 512MB
More RAM than PS3!
Shooting down previous rumours that the PS Vita RAM was reduced to 256MB to accommodate a lower launch price, Sony has confirmed that the system will indeed sport 512MB of RAM. These were the original numbers thought to be packed into the system back when it was called the NGP, and places the handheld above PlayStation 3's 256MB...
News Sony Slashes Global PS3 Prices
Now just €249 or $249
We reported earlier about a rumoured price cut, and now it looks like those rumours have mostly come to pass. Sony has just announced at Gamescom that it's dropping the pricetag on the PS3, effective immediately. That's €249/ $249 for the 160 GB model and €299/ $299 for the 320 GB version. CEO Jack Tretton commented on...
Talking Point Why Push PlayStation Vita to 2012?
Part one: Wii are watching U
The sound of thousands of shattered Christmas wishes echoed across the globe last week, as Sony revealed that PS Vita won't reach North America and Europe until 2012. The company maintained all along that the system would launch in the "global market" by the end of 2011, technically exonerating as PS Vita will release in...
July2011
News Watch the PSVita Do Face Recognition and Giant Dinosaurs
Quite the capable camera
One of the PSVita's most alluring new features is it dual cameras, capable of creating some pretty impressive augmented reality. We've already seen how games like Reality Fighters can project street brawls into backyards, tabletops and looming cityscapes, and a video posted by Sony a while back gave us a brief glimpse of an...
June2011
First Impressions PlayStation Vita
We take Vita for a spin
After staring at photos of Sony's upcoming Playstation Vita system for the past few months, there was a certain level of excited anticipation at the prospect of actually getting some hands-on time with the unit at this year's E3 show in Los Angeles. And while I had a wealth of questions about how the unit would feel and...
News Sony's New Uncharted: Golden Abyss Trailer is Short
But sweet
The Uncharted series has cemented itself as one of the most successful new franchises for Sony, known for its epic storyline, quality voice acting and lovable characters. But forget all that. You play them for the action, right? Well Sony certainly hopes so, because in their latest trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, there isn't a speck...
News Sony Pushing PSVita at Games Media Awards
Resistance and Uncharted in tow
The Games Media Awards won't be kicking off until October, but Sony is already gearing up for the event in an effort to promote the launch of the PlayStation Vita. Sony will be sponsoring the GMAs as a "Gold Partner," and sees the event as the ample opportunity to officially introduce the Vita to the gaming...
News Vita Rear Touch Pad Almost Didn't Happen
Added cost and fun factor a concern
One of the most talked-about features of Sony's upcoming Playstation Vita handheld system has been its rather unique rear touch pad. But in an effort to keep production costs down, this feature was very nearly cut out completely. In a recent Famitsu interview, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studio's Shuhei...
News LittleBigPlanet Vita Detailed in New Trailer
Tilt and touch controls in the works
LittleBigPlanet is one of Sony's strongest new franchises, garnering critical acclaim and healthy sales numbers, as well as housing an unrivaled, thriving online community. It should come as no surprise, then, that the series would be coming to the PlayStation Vita, but with all the new fancy features available...
News Social Action RPG Ruin Coming to PlayStation Vita
Fully integrates with PS3
One of the most interesting features of the PlayStation Vita is its ability to offer a seamless gaming experience across platforms with the help of cloud saving. Ruin, a new action RPG titles announced by Sony today at E3, takes full advantage of this feature, allowing players to connect to the game's online world from...
News PS Vita Releases Globally 2011, Priced $249 and $299
3G and Wifi, respectively
Sony announced at their E3 presentation today that the PlayStation Vita will release globally by the end of 2011, and will be priced at $249/€249 and $299/€299 for the Wifi and 3G versions of the handheld. In Japan, the two separate SKUs will be priced at ¥24,980 and ¥29,980. The pricing falls mostly in line with...
News PlayStation Vita's "Near" and "Party" Apps Explained
Can you say cross-game voice chat?
The PlayStation Vita will house an array of new social gaming features not currently available on the PS3 or PSP thanks to two Vita apps titles "Near" and "Party." Party works with your friends list to display all your currently connected pals, what games they're playing, and even allows you to...
News AT&T Providing Vita's 3G Service in North America
Exclusive partnership confirmed
AT&T was the only North American service provider to offer the iPhone when it launched in 2007 thanks to an exclusive partnership with Apple, and now the wireless company is doing it again with PlayStation Vita. The news same during Sony's E3 presentation, and when the exclusive partnership with AT&T was...
News PlayStation NGP Officially Renamed PS Vita
Rebrand complete
Sony has officially renamed the PlayStation NGP the PS Vita, confirming earlier rumours that Sony's upcoming handheld was due for a rebranding. Sony announced the official name during their E3 press conference today. Sony noted that the proper pronunciation of the new name is "Vee-tah," and that the name was chosen because...
News NGP Gameplay Video Round-up
Uncharted, Sound Shapes and WipEout
Sony updated the PS Blog with tons of content yesterday, detailing the online gaming features of WipEout 2048, releasing a bunch of screenshots for Uncharted: Golden Abyss and debuting the new game
News NGP Can Play All PSP Games on PSN
Smoothing and dual analog supported
The NGP may not be able to play the soon-to-be-defunct UMDs powering the physical media of the PSP, but it will be able to play all the PSP games currently available for download on the PSN. Also, players will not be locked into the original control scheme of their title of choice, as the games will be able to...
News Uncharted: Golden Abyss Officially Revealed, New Screens
And a video!
Sony released a lot of details surrounding its portable Uncharted game today, including its official name, unique control schemes and some fresh in-game screenshots. Now known as Uncharted: Golden Abyss, this latest installment in the franchise retains the same heavy focus on platforming and gunplay while adding new gameplay elements...
March2011
News Movin' Up the Sales Charts
We like to Move it, Move it
PlayStation Move is only a few days away from being on the market for 6 full months. It’s no secret that PlayStation Move has been widely accepted from a technical standpoint, and the software supporting the peripheral has also been quite impressive in such a short span of time with great titles such as Killzone 3, MAG,...
January2011
News Sony Announces Its Next Generation Portable
Available towards the end of 2011
Today Sony announced the successor to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) console, currently codenamed NGP (Next Generation Portable.) SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ITS NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMUltimate Portable Entertainment System Makes Its Debut This Year, Further Expanding the...
News These Are the NGP's Technical Specifications
Sony lifts the lid
Plenty of gamers will be curious about the hardware powering NGP games, so Sony has released the impressive statistics for what's inside the console. Headlining is the quad-core ARM Cortex CPU, a hugely powerful processor that should provide developers with plenty of scope for realising their visions. CPU ARM® Cortex™-A9 core...
December2010
News Be Part of MLB 11 The Show with a PlayStation Move Minigame
Sony comes out swinging
Sony's MLB The Show series is without a doubt the greatest recreation of baseball ever committed to playable form, so the news that next year's entry MLB 11 The Show will support PlayStation Move is a welcome update to baseball fans everywhere. At the time of writing, it's believed only the home run derby mode will support...
