PS Vita - Timeline

Wednesday22nd Nov 2023

Thursday9th Mar 2023

Saturday12th Nov 2022

  • Random Kendrick Lamar Fan Goes Viral for Recording Concert on PS Vita

    Vita means life

    American rapper Kendrick Lamar is in London for a three night headline show at the O2 arena, but while the gig is attracting rave reviews, one fan is attracting all the limelight. A photograph showing someone in the crowd filming the concert on a PS Vita has gone viral, and it’s certainly an amusing sight to see the handheld being...

Friday7th Oct 2022

Friday12th Aug 2022

Friday22nd Jul 2022

Monday4th Jul 2022

  • News This Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to a PS3 Devkit

    Early PS Vita devkit also showcased

    Here’s a fascinating video from Linus Tech Tips: a PS3 development kit pulled apart and showcased in all of its enormous glory. The giant 2ft behemoth was used by developers to create games for Sony’s last-last-gen console, and the clip even includes development build footage of titles like Life Is Strange,...

Wednesday1st Jun 2022

  • News Do You Really Love the PS Vita? Now You Can Get One Framed

    Or a PSP, if you're old-school

    The PS Vita was dealt a pretty unfair hand. Launched at a time when the handheld market was facing stiff competition from smartphones, Sony's last portable had power, ability, and some great games – but it simply couldn't find the mass market penetration it needed to succeed against Nintendo's 3DS (and even that...

Tuesday24th May 2022

Tuesday10th May 2022

Friday29th Apr 2022

  • News PS Vita's Worrying PS Store Issues All Resolved

    Working as intended again

    Update: Sony has promptly solved problems with the PS Vita’s PS Store, which worryingly suggested that content was “no longer for sale”. As of the time of reporting, service has been resumed, and is operating as intended again. Original Story: PS Vita’s built-in PS Store is busted, and there’s been no word from...

Friday22nd Apr 2022

Monday11th Apr 2022

  • News Classic Games Including PS1 Curiously Expiring on PS3, PS Vita

    Seems to be a bug

    It looks like Sony has yet another bug to plug. Fans returning to the PS1 Classic re-release of Chrono Cross on PS3 and PS Vita this week – presumably propelled by the recent PS4 re-release – have discovered that a PlayStation Network bug is rendering the legendary RPG unplayable. And it’s not an isolated incident: while...

Tuesday29th Mar 2022

Wednesday16th Feb 2022

Tuesday1st Feb 2022

Saturday29th Jan 2022

  • Poll We Want You to Rate Your Favourite PS Vita Games

    Help us build a definitive list

    Can you believe that the PS Vita is almost ten years old? Next month, Sony’s impossibly pretty handheld platform will double its digits, and we’re hoping to mark the occasion with a list of the Best PS Vita Games – as decided by you! We had a lot of fun polling you on the PS3 recently, and now we’re eager to...

Monday17th Jan 2022

  • Poll What's the Best Uncharted Game?

    Drake decider

    Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which remasters Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for PlayStation 5 and eventually PC, is now less than two weeks away. Maybe you can't wait to return to the adventures of Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer, or maybe you're planning to experience them for the first time...

Friday17th Dec 2021

  • News The PS Vita Is Now 10 Years Old

    Initial Japanese release was a decade ago

    Ah, the PlayStation Vita. A beautiful handheld gaming device with oodles of potential, Sony's successor to the PSP was — and still is — a cracking little machine. While most of us didn't get our hands on one until February 2012, it was originally released in Japan on 17th December, 2011 — 10 whole...

Thursday16th Dec 2021

  • News PS5, PS4 Users Are Still the Biggest W*nkers in Gaming

    PS Vita usage drops massively

    PornHub has today shared its 2021 Year in Review stats, revealing that PlayStation users are once again the ones using their systems the most to beat it. In fact, traffic to the site actually increased by 17.6 per cent compared to 2020 from PS5, PS4 consoles. Overall, PlayStation makes up 60.6 per cent of overall...

Saturday27th Nov 2021

Thursday25th Nov 2021

Monday15th Nov 2021

  • News PS Store on PS Vita Facing Wide-Spread Issues Around the World

    NP-2244-2 error ongoing for almost a week

    Sony has agreed to keep the PS Store online on the PS Vita, after previously announcing plans to discontinue it – but make no mistake, maintenance for the system’s storefront is at the very bottom of its list of priorities. Perhaps that would explain why error code NP-2244-2 is persisting after almost a...

Sunday14th Nov 2021

Monday8th Nov 2021

Thursday4th Nov 2021

Wednesday3rd Nov 2021

  • Video PS Plus Games Not Working on PS Vita? Try This

    Fix up

    While PS Vita support may now have ended almost 10 years after the console originally released, we're convinced that there’s still life in the portable yet. That’s why it came as a bit of a shock recently to be greeted by two error codes when trying to play PS Plus games on the device. Both of which may prevent a certain sect of players...

Thursday14th Oct 2021

  • Video 5 Ways PS Vita Was Ahead of Its Time

    Sony's handheld system switched it up

    With developers working tirelessly to take advantage of its unique feature-set, the PS Vita should have been a portable primed to succeed. Looking back, though, Sony’s second handheld never felt like it realised its full potential. It all started with that beautifully bright OLED screen, of course, presenting...

Wednesday6th Oct 2021

  • News PS3, PS Vita to Remove PS Store Payment Methods

    You'll need to top-up your wallet elsewhere

    Sony will keep the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita storefronts open, as previously promised, but it seems that the compromise is that it will remove most funding methods from the devices natively. What does this mean, then? Well, from 27th October you won’t be able to purchase games using a credit or debit...

Monday19th Jul 2021

  • News New PS Vita Releases Pegged for 20th July as Sony Ceases Submissions

    One last hurrah

    While the PS Vita storefront will remain open for the foreseeable future – following a dramatic U-turn from the Japanese giant – Sony is sticking to its original plan of ceasing to accept submissions for the handheld’s PS Store from 20th July, meaning a final batch of new releases will deploy tomorrow. A couple of indie...