PS Vita News
September2011
News DJ Max Technika Jumps Onto PlayStation Vita
The DJ Max series has always had an appearance on the PSP, so its unsurprising to see the franchise jump onto the PlayStation Vita
A spin-off entitled DJ Max Technika was announced in a press release by Sony Computer Entertainment Korea this week. The game will make use of the PlayStation Vita's front and rear touch panels.
News Ninja Gaiden 3 Leads Tecmo Koei's Tokyo Game Show Line-Up
Tecmo Koei's shared the specifics of its Tokyo Game Show line-up
The publisher's booth is headlined by Ninja Gaiden 3 and a couple of Dynasty Warriors titles for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. We've included the full line-up after the jump. Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (PS3, video & demo) Ninja Gaiden 3 (PS3/X360, video &...
News Sony Preparing 80 PlayStation Vita Kiosks For Tokyo Game Show
As expected, Sony is giving the imminent PlayStation Vita a huge push at this year's Tokyo Game Show
The platform holder has already announced that it will have over 30 titles playable at its booth, and as a result it is bringing over 80 PlayStation Vita units to the show. Insane. The device is expected to release later this year in Japan. [Thanks...
News Sony Reiterates That PlayStation Vita Is All About The Games
While Sony focused heavily on the PlayStation Vita's variety of communication options at GamesCom, new SCEE boss Jim Ryan has reiterated that the company is putting games first with its new handheld system
The core principle is to provide the best portable gaming experience possible. Its as simple as that, SCEEs Jim Ryan told EDGE magazine...
News PlayStation Vita Makes UK Debut At Eurogamer Expo
Eurogamer's announced that it's going to have the first public showing of the PlayStation Vita in the UK at its Eurogamer Expo event later this month
Eurogamer didn't specify which games would be playable, but expected the device to draw "monumental attention" regardless. Duh. Were really excited to have PlayStation Vita playable at...
News Sony's On Fire, Bringing 18 Unannounced PlayStation Vita Titles To TGS
Sure Sony's first-party stuff looked great, but where were the third-party games?
A couple of weeks before GamesCom, everyone was worried that the PlayStation Vita was going to get very weak software support. But since then there's been a tirade of announcements. Starting with Ubisoft's launch window offering, through to the more recent Persona 4:...
August2011
News Here's Your First Look At Persona 4: The Golden On PlayStation Vita
Famitsu's released the first screens of Persona 4: The Golden -- a PlayStation Vita remake of the PS2 classic
The screens themselves are fairly low quality — the game's certainly not showcasing Vita's power like some of Sony's first-party content — but will delight fans of the series. Catch the full set over on Famitsu's official website.
Report Persona 4 Heading To PlayStation Vita
Remember all those teasers Atlus put out hinting at a Persona 4 re-release? Yeah, Famitsu says the PS2 swan-song is making the jump to PlayStation Vita
In an Andriasang report, the website notes that the game will be getting additional content in a massive update for Sony's new portable subtitled 'The Golden'. The report continues that the...
News Shocker: Analysts Predict New Monster Hunter Announcements At TGS
The analysts have been earning their dollars this weekend
In a report picked up by Andriasang, Mizuho Securities has predicted that Capcom will make a couple of new Monster Hunter announcements at next month's Tokyo Game Show. Let's put this into perspective: analysts predict that sequels to the biggest franchise in Japan will be announced at...
News Team Ninja Considering PlayStation Vita Title Once Ninja Gaiden 3 Is Done
Team Ninja has admitted that it is considering developing a PlayStation Vita title -- but only once Ninja Gaiden 3 is complete
"We've received a PlayStation Vita system and are thinking about it," Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi said in a recent PlayStation Q&A. "Having said that, right now we're focused on Ninja Gaiden 3 for PS3,...
News Only In Japan: AR Combat Digi Q Is A Quirky New PlayStation Vita Title From Konami
Don't expect AR Combat Digi Q to leave Japan
The Konami developed PlayStation Vita was announced during the publisher's press conference earlier in the week, and Andriasang's gone live with some juicy details about what the game actually entails. Based on the Japanese publisher's own line of infrared toys, AR Combat Digi Q sees the PlayStation...
News Valkyria Chronicles News To Arrive Prior To TGS
Stay tuned for some Valkyria Chronicles news, is the message on the game's official blog
Outside of promising information prior to next month's Tokyo Game Show, the blog post itself was alarmingly scarce. One should probably expect a new announcement in the series — is it too early to say "PlayStation Vita"? [Thanks Andriasang]
News EA: PlayStation Vita Has A 'Better Chance' Than 3DS, Still Hesitant
We know EA is working on a PlayStation Vita conversion of FIFA, but outside of that the publisher has been very quiet about its support for Sony's new handheld
Seemingly now favouring mobile development, top EA executive Frank Gibeau was cautious in his discussion about Vita with CVG. "We're going to publish a few games on it and see how it...
News Drinkbox Announces Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack For PlayStation Vita
The stream of PlayStation Vita software announcements won't stop flowing
Developer Drinkbox Studios is the latest to sign up for Sony's new platform, announcing Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack. The game will make its debut at the Penny Arcade Expo later in the month. Mutant Blobs Attack is a follow-up to the popular puzzle platformer Tales...
News Atlus Teases Persona Announcement
Let's play a little game: the Tokyo Game Show is coming
Atlus is teasing a Persona announcement. Said Persona announcement adopts the style of Persona 4. Atlus previously released all three of its Persona titles on PSP. We'll leave you to do the maths. We suppose the big discussion here is not what Atlus is about to announce — Persona 4 Portable...
News Konami Confirms Four PlayStation Vita Titles For Tokyo Game Show
Konami's bringing a strong line-up of PlayStation Vita titles to this year's Tokyo Game Show
According to Andriasang, the publisher has four titles to showcase at the Japanese convention: Asphalt Injection, AR Combat Digi Q, New Little King's Story and Mahjong Fight Club (yay!). In addition to the four PlayStation Vita titles, Konami also has a...
News Playstation Vita Gets Malicious
Developer Alvion has announced a possible Western PlayStation Vita port of its downloadable PS3 title Malicious
In a story originating in Famitsu, the Vita release of Malicious will see a similar downloadable release to its original product (naturally), though it will contain plenty of new content. Malicious concerns a hero with a shape-shifting...
News 999 Team Working On New PlayStation Vita Title
ChunSoft has confirmed to Famitsu that the team behind the hugely popular Nintendo DS title, 999, is working on a successor for the PlayStation Vita
Very little was said about the game itself, other than its existence. In addition to the 999 follow-up, ChunSoft also confirmed that a successor to Night of the Kamaitachi, entitled True Night of the...
News Sony Planning To Bundle Compatible PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita Titles Together
One of the biggest features of the PlayStation Vita is its ability to connect with PS3 titles
Games such as Ruin will allow you to make progress on the PS3, save data to the cloud, and then continue progress on the PlayStation Vita. In prospect it's an amazing concept. But many players have cited concern about the cost of such a practice. For...
Sony's Worldwide Studios' gaffer (and general down-to-earth exec) Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that the platform holder is committed to supplying the PlayStation Vita with a "continuous" stream of content
Many feel that the PlayStation Portable didn't reach its maximum potential because Sony shifted its attention to PS3 development. But Yoshida...
News Little King's Story Sequel In Development For PlayStation Vita
As promised, this week's Famitsu has revealed a brand new PlayStation Vita game
The magazine has confirmed that Marvelous is working on a sequel to the popular (but under-appreciated) Nintendo Wii series, Little King's Story, for Sony's new uber-powerful handheld platform. According to Andriasang, the game's Japanese title is The King, The Demon...
News Famitsu To Reveal New PlayStation Vita Titles Each Week In The Build Up To Tokyo Game Show
It's funny, hop on any video game message board and you'll note posts berating the PlayStation Vita's third-party software offering
The concern — as we understand it — stems from a lack of title announcements in one deft stroke. At E3 Sony focused on it's first-party content, at GamesCom it focused on very specific brands. There's a perception...
News Analysts Don't Think PS3's New Price-Point Will Have An Impact On Vita
Last week Sony reduced the price of the PlayStation 3 to $249
The entry-model PlayStation Vita will also cost $249. This has driven some speculation that the two devices might cannibalize each other's sales, but industry analysts disagree. I dont believe the PlayStation 3 price drop will impact the perceived value of the $249 Vita, EEDARs...
News Latest F1 2011 Trailer Recaps The 'Season So Far'
If you've not been keeping up with the F1 this year, Codemasters has got your back
Its latest trailer for the upcoming F1 2011 handily kills two birds with one stone, replaying all the major events from this year's season in addition to showing off a variety of new gameplay features in the upcoming game. Did someone say "safety car"?
News Dwango Developing Nico Nico Video Service For PlayStation Vita
At last week's GamesCom press conference, Sony announced it was bringing Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare applications to the PlayStation Vita
But what about applications designed for Japan? Well, according to a report on Andriasang, Dwango is developing a version of its popular Nico Nico video service (a kind of Japanese YouTube) for Sony's new...
News Sony To Host PlayStation Vita Lounge At Tokyo Game Show
Japan gets all the luck
Not only is it getting Sony's spanking new handheld, the PlayStation Vita, later this year, but it's also getting the opportunity to test out the portable device in a luxury lounge adjacent to this year's Tokyo Game Show. The invite-only event will be open to one-hundred PlayStation Plus subscribers, and a further fifty...
News How Microtransactions Will Work In PS3 Exclusive Dust 514
CCP Games' upcoming PS3 exclusive, Dust 514, is so ambitious that we're not quite sure we understand the value proposition just yet
The developer clearly has its work cut-out explaining to average users just how the game's constant interaction with PC MMO Eve Online will actually work. But before it can do that, the developer also needs to...
Feature Sony Bullish After Another Promising GamesCom -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
Each year, the hardcore video game community ignites with debates over which platform holder 'won' E3
It's a topic that's been adopted by industry analysts and high-profile journalists, with fictional grades awarded to the manufacturers with the most surprises and best content. But GamesCom — now the world's largest video game event — has a very...
News Super Street Fighter IV's Multiplayer Features Upgraded For Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Street Fighter IV's multiplayer features were pretty comprehensive
Unfortunately, Marvel Vs Capcom 3 felt like a huge step backwards. So it's exciting to see Capcom tout that Street Fighter X Tekken will boast the entirety of SSFIV's multiplayer features in addition to "totally upgraded online functionality and some new surprises"...
News Asphalt Injection On PlayStation Vita Actually Looks Pretty Good
Ubisoft's announced some heavy support for the PlayStation Vita
In addition to new entries in the Lumines and Assassin's Creed franchise, the publisher is also bringing over some of Gameloft's more popular portable franchises. Asphalt Injection is one of those games, bringing traditional arcade racing to the PlayStation Vita's launch line-up. The...
News Sports Interactive Not Planning A PlayStation Vita Version Of Football Manager... Yet
Sports Interactive has said that it currently has no plans to bring Football Manager to the PlayStation Vita, despite a PSP version of the game being in development
Studio boss Miles Jacobson told Eurogamer that a decision about Sony's new platform would made after the system had launched. "At the moment, there aren't any plans for [a Vita...
News Fawn Over PlayStation Vita's Operating System And Apps
It's at this stage of a platform launch build-up that everybody gets a bit crazy, desperately looking for screenshots and video footage of said system in action
With the PlayStation Vita launch still some way away, anticipation is transforming into desperation. The crazy (and super smart) people at NeoGAF have collected together a massive library of...
News Nihilistic Finding PlayStation Vita Development Similar To PS3
Nihilistic is currently developing PlayStation Vita spin-off Resistance: Burning Skies, but has previously worked on PlayStation 3 titles such as PlayStation Move Heroes
Making the jump between home console and handheld hasn't been too difficult for the studio however, as it told the PlayStation Blog that it "really hasn't been that big of a...
News Sony: There Is A Market For Rich Portable Gaming
Sony's done its research, and concluded that there is a market for rich portable gaming, despite the opinion of numerous online armchair analysts stating the opposite
When you look at the type of consumer thats playing cell phone games currently, its someone that enjoys smaller kill time gaming and has not gravitated to the larger,...
News Sony Laughed Off PlayStation Vita RAM Rumours
Just a few months ago the Internet was reeling over the "revelation" that Sony had cut the on-board RAM in the PlayStation Vita
The speculation at the time suggested that the system's capabilities had been slashed in order to meet a mass-market price. Of course, those rumours weren't true, and Sony has said that it laughed off such claims when they...
GamesCom 2011 Silent Hill Book Of Memories Has An Interesting Premise, But Still Has A Lot To Prove
Silent Hill: Book Of Memories is not exactly what we expected when the game was first announced
Designed specifically for PlayStation Vita, the WayForward developed co-operative title adopts an isometric viewpoint and has players working together in order to solve puzzles and fend off enemies. While the game is a massive departure from the...
GamesCom 2011 Mad Blocker HD Jumps Onto PlayStation Vita & PlayStation 3
Those with keen memories will recall us reviewing a Columns-esque puzzle game for PlayStation Minis called Mad Blocker Alpha earlier in the year
Irish studio Open Emotion has announced that the game is set to get an HD update, and will launch on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in the near future. The PlayStation 3 version of the game will include...
Talking Point Could Vita's Delay Have Beneficial Results?
Part three: The Plus Points
We’ve been discussing Vita’s delay here at VitaGamr with our previous Talking Points: Why PlayStation Push Vita to 2012? and How Much Will Missing Christmas Hurt Vita? articles, but there's another side of this debate: could there be any benefits to Vita being delayed to 2012? It’s quite obvious that Vita will miss...
GamesCom 2011 F1 2011 Looks Pretty Tidy Running On The PlayStation Vita
In terms of traditional gameplay experiences, we're really excited about the potential for racing games on the PlayStation Vita
With Sony's new handheld packing some serious power, there's no need for any compromise in physics or visuals anymore, and thus we imagine the system will play host to some great racing experiences in the coming years. F1...
GamesCom 2011 Frobisher Says! For The PlayStation Vita Is Nuts, Amazing
Frobisher Says
.. What the heck? Kahoots developer Honeyslug has announced a brand new title for the PlayStation Vita over night entitled Frobisher Says!. The game appears to be a nuts blend of WarioWare and Rhythm Heaven, taking advantage of each of the PlayStation Vita's unique input properties. For example, Frobisher might ask you to scratch his...
GamesCom 2011 Gravity Daze Renamed Gravity Rush In Europe, New Trailer Proves It
Looks like Team Siren's Gravity Daze has gone through a name-change in Europe
The aerobic-based PlayStation Vita exclusive is irritatingly book-ended by the name Gravity Rush in its official GamesCom trailer. Perhaps we're being petty, but we can't stand it when games have different names across multiple regions. Given that this website gets an...
GamesCom 2011 SEGA Demonstrates Virtua Tennis 4's Unique Features On PlayStation Vita
Virtua Tennis 4 on the PlayStation Vita might be primarily a port of the PlayStation 3 title that launched earlier in the year, but it's still packing enough additional features to make tennis fanatics like ourselves double-dip
The big headline comes in the form of touch controls, allowing you to swipe across the touch-screen to play shots as...
It's been a few months since we heard anything new from Polyphony Digital
The studio released the long anticipated Gran Turismo 5 late last year, and gobbled up the time of many car enthusiasts in the process. But with the project now seemingly in the past, many are starting to wonder what's next for Sony's premium racing game developer. According...
GamesCom 2011 The Latest Rayman Origins Trailer Is Surprisingly Musical, Stupidly Awesome
We're not sure a game could possibly be more French than Rayman Origins
While the game's GamesCom trailer is surprisingly devoid of gameplay, the latest snippet — presumably taken from a cut-scene or intro movie — does focus on the game's humour, as Rayman and company concoct a surprisingly catchy melody in their sleep. The game's nothing if not...
GamesCom 2011 Resistance Burning Skies To Side-Step Loading Times
The PlayStation Portable was famous for its crunching loading times
Partly the fault of Sony's conspicuous portable UMD format, loading completely broke the pace of a number of PSP titles. But if Nihilistic Software's upcoming PlayStation Vita FPS, Resistance: Burning Skies, is indicative of future releases on Sony's new handheld platform, loading...
GamesCom 2011 Silent Hill Book Of Memories Is Not Exactly What We Anticipated
When we learned that WayForward was working on a brand-new Silent Hill title for the PlayStation Vita we were extremely excited
WayForward has a terrific pedigree, and we think horror games feel at home on portable systems — there's something personal about playing a good horror game in bed with headphones, right? Unfortunately, Silent Hill: Book...
News Sony Prices PlayStation Vita Development Kits Surprisingly Low
If you didn't think Sony was serious about making development on the PlayStation Vita as straight-forward as possible, then perhaps this will change your mind
The platform holder's announced that Vita development kits will be available for as low as 1,900 — a staggeringly low price considering PlayStation Portable kits cost 15,000. The PS...
GamesCom 2011 Wipeout 2048 Brings The Beats
To celebrate GamesCom, Sony's released a brand new trailer for Studio Liverpool's upcoming PlayStation Vita launch title, Wipeout 2048
While the trailer doesn't bring any new information, it does show off some of the game's more speculative tracks. And of course, in true Wipeout fashion, it sets the action to some killer electronic beats. We can't...
Feature PlayStation At GamesCom 2011: The PushSquare Round-Up
Phew
Thus concludes another bonkers day in PlayStation land, and we're sure the announcements won't stop coming as GamesCom fever takes hold over the course of the week. Sony's GamesCom press conference was, all told, a fairly muted affair with not an enormous number of huge announcements to shout about. But despite the lack of mind-shattering...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Announces Graffiti Application For PlayStation Vita
A trailer for Tag -- what looks like a simplistic, downloadable graffiti application for PlayStation Vita -- has popped up on Sony's YouTube channel this evening
The video demonstrates the creation of simple pieces of graffiti which can then be placed and shared within the world, presumably taking advantage of Vita's 3G connectivity. The trailer...
GamesCom 2011 New Uncharted Golden Abyss Trailer Introduces New Faces
Sony's released a brand new trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, revealing the game's fresh cast of characters and giving some background on the title's plot
Check the trailer after the jump.
News Updated PlayStation Vita Specifications Discredit RAM Rumours
Earlier in the year the Internet went mad with stories that Sony had cut the PlayStation Vita's on-board RAM in order to meet a more approachable price-point
But according to new system specifications released this evening, those rumours were wrong. The updated specification sheet [posted on NeoGAF], denotes that the PlayStation Vita includes 512MB...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Confirms Dedicated Facebook, Twitter & FourSquare Apps For PlayStation Vita
In addition to the PlayStation Vita's own catalogue of unique social functions, the device will also ship with dedicated applications for Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and Skype
GamesCom 2011 Sony Unveils The Whimsical Escape Plan For PlayStation Vita
Concluding Sony's PlayStation Vita software presentation, the platform holder announced a whimsical puzzle-platformer called Escape Plan
The game has super-stylised two-dimensional visuals, with a Tim Burton-esque gothic theme to the art direction. Very little is known about the game at this stage, other than that it features two characters named...
GamesCom 2011 Sony Announces Resistance Burning Skies For PlayStation Vita
Sony kicked off its PlayStation Vita software offering by announcing Resistance: Burning Skies, a brand-new title in Insomniac's first-person alternate history franchise developed by Nihilistic Software
The game puts players in control of Tom Riley, a New York fireman faced with the threat of Chimera's initial invasion on New York. Nihilistic showed...
GamesCom 2011 Ubisoft Announces Six PlayStation Vita Titles
Ubisoft's announced its PlayStation Vita software offering as part of GamesCom
The French publisher announced that it has six titles in development for Sony's new platform, including a brand new Assassin's Creed title, Lumines, Asphalt, Dungeon Hunter Alliance, Michael Jackson: The Experience and Rayman Origins. A strong line-up for sure. "With...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Sony & EA GamesCom 2011 Press Conferences Today
Despite the anticipation being nowhere near E3, we always enjoy the muted build-up to the GamesCom press conferences
You're never going to see a megaton announcement at GamesCom, but because the anticipation is lower, those muted surprises are all the more impactful. The PlayStation 3 Slim announcement in 2009 was huge, and we'll never forget the...
News SCEE Confirms February/March Release Date For PlayStation Vita In Europe
It's not the most impressive news of the year: we already knew that the PlayStation Vita was scheduled to release 'early 2012' in Europe
But a paragraph of text on the Swedish PlayStati
News Analysts Predict PlayStation Vita To Shift 2.5 Million Units By March 2012
Nikko Securities analyst Kazuharu Miura has predicted that the PlayStation Vita will sell about 2
5 million units by the end of March 2012, adding that software sales are likely to hit around 7 million units. The PlayStation Vita is due to release in Japan later this year, with a Western release due before the end of the fiscal year. In a report...
News Romance Game Little Busters! Announced For PlayStation Vita
It's nice that we're starting to learn about Japanese software for the PlayStation Vita, but Prototype's Little Busters
Converted Edition</a> doesn't sound like our cup of tea. The romance title was announced for Vita in Akihabara overnight, and marks the third time the PC title has been converted to a PlayStation system. Little Busters!...
Feature What Is Sony Going To Announce At GamesCom 2011? -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
Sony always has a big presence at GamesCom in Cologne
In 2009 it used the European show to reveal the PlayStation 3 Slim. And last year it made some huge software announcements: Virtua Tennis 4, Resistance 3 and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One all got their debuts at the German event. But what can we expect from this year's show? Plenty of...
News Hello Games Reveals Joe Danger: The Movie
British-based indie developer Hello Games has been hard at work on a sequel to 2009's PlayStation Network smash-hit, Joe Danger, and the result is both surprising and brilliant
Entitled Joe Danger: The Movie, the game portrays the biker protagonist as a Hollywood stuntman, his career on the up after the success of his previous game. "It's kind...
SEGA West's gaffer Mike Hayes has told VG247 that his company is preparing two titles for PlayStation Vita's launch
The publisher announced Virtua Tennis 4 at E3 earlier in the year, but still has another top-secret title up its sleeve. On Vita, we can came out pretty early on and said we were going to give support to the hardware, Hayes told...
News Disgaea 3 Return Gets Bonkers PlayStation Vita Trailer
As was announced earlier in the week, Disgaea 3 Return is coming to the PlayStation Vita
The updated version of the PlayStation 3 title is set to get new characters, all of the DLC from the original version of the game, as well as new sequences, items and more. The game will also get trophies — which is a bizarre thing to say about a portable...
News SEGA Loves The PlayStation Vita
We know SEGA's got two projects in-development for the PlayStation Vita: Virtua Tennis 4 and another top-secret title
What we didn't know is just how much the company loves Sony's new portable. Its interesting on Vita technically its brilliant, its beautiful, and its really great to play, SEGA's gaffer Mike Hayes told IndustryGamers...
Talking Point How Much Will Missing Christmas Hurt Vita?
Part two: The Risk
To say that Nintendo has pretty much dominated the portable gaming market for the better part of two decades would be a bit of an understatement. Its Game Boy line of systems sold millions upon millions of units, and Nintendo DS became the best-selling portable console of all time. So it would be easy to assume that the follow-up...
News Nippon Ichi Confirms Disgaea 3 For PlayStation Vita
A report in Dengeki PlayStation magazine [translated by Andriasang] has confirmed Disgaea 3 for Sony's new handheld system, the PlayStation Vita
In news that will surely delight fans of the series, Nippon Ichi has revealed that Disgaea 3 Return (or Returns) is in development for the super-powerful new handheld system. The game — which first...
News Is Marvel vs Capcom 3 Coming To The PlayStation Vita?
A retail listing on Amazon France suggests that Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds is coming to the PlayStation Vita
The page was spotted by Gematsu earlier today, and hints that Capcom's three-on-three cross-over brawler will make its way on to Sony's new handheld. Of course, this could just as easily be an administration error on Amazon...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets More Ambiguous European Release Date
Earlier in the month Square Enix said it was planning a January release for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the US
It's now revealed its plans for Europe, confirming a more ambiguous "early 2012" launch window. The date discrepancy suggests Europeans might have to wait for Square Enix's promising follow-up, but we imagine it just indicates that...
News Sony To Announce PlayStation Vita's Release Date At TGS
Have we all got over the bitter disappointment of yesterday? Yeah, we haven't either
There's a trickle of good news coming out of SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano's blog this morning though. The exec confirmed that the release date of the PlayStation Vita will be announced at TGS next month. We're assuming that'll be the Japanese launch, but hey, it...
We always knew it was a likely scenario, but we chose to believe otherwise
Sony never officially said the PlayStation Vita would get a worldwide launch this year, only ever really committing to a Japanese launch. "Phased global rollout" was the textbook buzzword Sony used. But we believed because it made sense. How could Sony not put the...
Feature PlayStation Vita Launching 2012 in Europe and North America
Japan in 2011
Bad news everyone — PlayStation Vita will miss 2011 in Europe and America. Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Kaz Hirai made the pronouncement minutes ago. The console will still make it to Japan this year, however. Hirai didn't go into much detail about the reason for the delay, but did say that it was to make sure the...
Breaking PlayStation Vita Not Launching In US Or Europe Until 2012
Sony Computer Entertainment gaffer Kaz Hirai has just confirmed that PlayStation Vita will not launch until 2012 in the US or Europe
Japan will get the device before the year is out. The news comes via an Associated Press report on MSN Money, which states that the anticipated device "won't be going on sale in the US or Europe in time for...
News Introducing Abe From Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD
Just Add Water's craftily uploaded a full character render of Abe from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD, the upcoming high-definition re-release of the XBOX classic
Munch's Oddysee HD is due out on PS3 in October, with a PlayStation Vita version planned. [Thanks TGL]
News PlayStation Vita Clears FCC Testing
Well, at least you guys in the US have something to be pleased about
After this morning's rumours that PlayStation Vita might be delayed in Europe, Engadget's reporting that the device has passed FCC clearance in North America. Engadget explains that this "is widely regarded as the final step before a consumer electronics device is shipped to...
Rumour PlayStation Vita Not Releasing Before 2012 In Europe
It's the news we've all been dreading, especially after we've had so many indications pointing towards a 2011 release, but NowGamer's citing retail sources that state the PlayStation Vita will not launch in Europe before 2011 is out
Only last week we got a retail flier indicating that Vita could launch on October 28th, but we stated at the time that...
News Katsuhiro Harada Talks Stereoscopic 3D, Tekken Hybrid, Fireballs & PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Blog's uploaded a jumbo interview with Tekken gaffer Katsuhiro Harada regarding many phases of Tekken's upcoming line-up
The focus of the conversation was on Tekken Hybrid — a PlayStation 3 exclusive package due this holiday with an HD version of Tekken Tag Tournament and CG movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance. But what's Namco done to...
News Sony: PlayStation Vita Can Be Used As A PlayStation 3 Controller
Sony's revealed that the PlayStation Vita can work as a controller for the PlayStation 3, potentially matching the capabilities showcased in Nintendo's new Wii-U system
Sony explained the potential to Eurogamer at last month's Develop conference. "What could you do with all of this?" Sony R&D boffin Phil Rogers questioned a room...
News Latest Supremacy MMA Trailer Throws Some Heavy Punches
505 Games has released a new trailer attempting to prove why its upcoming Supremacy MMA is the "dirtiest MMA game yet"
We think the subtle use of classical music adds to the effect. The visuals aren't great, but the game certainly looks gnarly.</em>
News SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida To Keynote At TGS
This year's Tokyo Game Show will host keynote speeches from SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, in addition to Square Enix's CEO Yoichi Wada
Wada's keynote will focus on the "Essence Of Game Industry Revolution", while Yoshida will introduce the PlayStation Vita. Yoshida's speech in particular promises to shed more light on the...
Talking Point Does PlayStation Vita Have Nintendo Worried?
The portable gaming war is about to heat up
Very seldom do you see a company like Nintendo drop the price of its brand new console by $80 less than 6 months after release, but with sales of the system lagging over the past few months Nintendo's taken the drastic measure. On 27th July, Nintendo announced that 3DS will drop to $169.99 in North...
News Looks Like Kuma's Confirmed For Street Fighter X Tekken
If you don't like Kuma -- Tekken's resident bear character -- then we don't want to be associated with you
Seriously. How can you not like Kuma? The dude's a bear for goodness sake. A bear. Anyway, it looks like the character's set to show up in Street Fighter X Tekken. This is good news for sane people that adore Kuma. There are more teaser...
July2011
News Dan & Anna Williams Miss Out On Street Fighter X Tekken
According to Street Fighter honcho, Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter X Tekken's character roster has been finalized, with running Street Fighter joke, Dan Hibiki, kicked from the final roster
Speaking with Siliconera, Ono explained that Dan has been dropped due to being "killed by a Tekken character at Comic-Con last year". Also out of the...
News iOS Hit Great Little War Game Confirmed For Vita, Sony Working Hard With Indies
Only last week small studio Icon Games took to the Internet to praise Sony's endeavours on the PlayStation Minis platform
Now we've got confirmation from a NeoGAF member that it's building similarly strong relationships with indie developers for the PlayStation Vita. Rubicon — the developers of the iOS smash-hit Great Little War Game — told...
Ever since news broke of Nintendo's colossal price-cut to its 3DS system, I've been keeping my ear very close to the ground
I wanted to gauge the implications of the price-cut on PlayStation Vita, particularly from the people that matter: the fans and potential consumers. The news won't have filtered through to the mainstream audience just yet, but...
News Take PlayStation Vita RAM Cut Rumours With A Pinch Of Salt
Despite what we reported yesterday, a Sony Japan representative has told Develop that there has been no cut to the PlayStation Vita's RAM
Previous rumours had suggested Sony had sliced the RAM in half in order to hit a competitive price-point for its new handheld, but that seems nothing more than baseless speculation at this point. A development...
News Because We Think It Looks Rad: Watch 30-Minutes Of Street Fighter X Tekken
Capcom's released 30-minutes of Street Fighter X Tekken footage from its Comic-Con booth
We're loving the way Capcom's managed to merge Tekken's characters into the Street Fighter universe, and think the cross-over looks really fun. The game's due out on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita next year.
News Analysts: Nintendo 'Really Feel The Heat' From PlayStation Vita
We spent way too much time participating in NeoGAF's PlayStation Vita thread last night
The forum was debating Vita's chances now that Nintendo's hit the panic button and knocked nearly $100 of its 3DS device. The take-away from most posters was that the Vita was all of a sudden doomed. At E3, forum-goers revelled in the device's price. We were all...
News Samsung Signed Up To Manufacture PlayStation Vita's CPU
Sony and Samsung may be arch rivals in the TV business, but the consumer electronics giants have joined forces to bring the PlayStation Vita to market
According to Andriasang's translation of a Semiconductor Industry news report [a riveting read, we're sure - Ed], the Korean company will supply the chip for the Vita going forward. The site states...
News 505 Games Hints At PlayStation Vita Release This Year
It's been a bizarre day for handheld systems
The Internet seems to have replaced all its goodwill for the PlayStation Vita — born out of an excellent E3 showing and fantastic price-point — for trepidation and concerns. The main take-away, as far as we understand it, is that the pressure is back on Sony now Nintendo's decided to dramatically drop...
News PlayStation Vita's Reduced RAM Not A Problem For Developers
Invizimal's developer Novarama has said that the PlayStation Vita's alleged reduction in RAM will not harm development
Rumours swirled before E3 suggesting that Sony had lowered the Vita's on-board RAM in order to find a more competitive price-point. But while Novarama's Dani Sánchez-Crespo seemed to corroborate the rumour, he didn't think it would...
News PlayStation 3 Hardware Sales Dip, While Software Jumps
Sony's released its sales results for the quarter ending June 30th, showing the biggest sign of a PlayStation 3 price-drop yet
While Sony's estimates for the fiscal year stuck at 15 million units, hardware was actually down for the first quarter by 600,000 units. To us, this says price-drop. Officially, Sony sold 1.8 million PlayStation 3's last...
News PlayStation Vita's Activity Feature A 'Possibility' For PlayStation 3
Ever since Sony announced the PlayStation Vita and its social networking feature, LiveArea & Activity, we've banked on it coming to the PlayStation 3
The system allows players to comment on their friends progress within games, and even allows developers to update fans on the latest events in their games. The feature feels like the next natural...
News PlayStation Vita's Battery To Be 'Adequate For Continuous Gaming Experience'
PlayStation India's gaffer, Atindriya Bose, has commented on the PlayStation Vita's battery life, reasurring GamingBolt that the system will have an "adequate battery life for someone to have a continuous gaming experience"
Bose added: "Given the fact that we know that we are creating a personal, portable and a mobile gaming experience, the...
News PlayStation Vita To Be On-Hand At GamesCom Next Month
Unsurprisingly, Sony will make the PlayStation Vita available at next month's GamesCom
Sony's yet to announce the line-up of games it will be bringing to the event, but expect the usual suspects: Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048 and Everybody's Golf Next. Fingers crossed Sony use GamesCom to give PlayStation Vita a big 2011 European release...
News Witness Sound Shapes' Simplicity In A Brand New Trailer
Creating music is hard
We know because we spent about three years of our life dabbling in song writing and music production. But Sound Shapes — the latest PlayStation Vita title from Jonathan Mak — makes the whole process look easy. The game combines music composition with level design, meaning you're able to create songs and simple platforming...
Rumour Disgaea 3 Coming To PlayStation Vita
A release schedule for NIS uncovered on Yahoo
Japan has revealed that Disgaea 3 is being secretly prepared for the PlayStation Vita's launch. The schedule has since been pulled from the website, but other sites caught the news in time. Disgaea 3 originally launched on PS3 in 2009. Expect some additional content to be added to the Vita re-release.
News Sony Fleshes Out PlayStation Vita's Array Of Social Features
One of the best features of the PlayStation Vita's hardware is its suite of online social options: Near, Party and LiveArea
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sony Europe's R&D gaffer, Phil Rogers, has offered a little more insight into what each of the features offers and hopes to achieve. According to Rogers, Near is a little like Nintendo 3DS'...
News Marvel Pinball Slings Itself Onto PlayStation Vita Next Year
Zen Studios' excellent licensed PlayStation Network pinball title, Marvel Pinball, is coming to the PlayStation Vita the developer has confirmed
No firm dates were given for the portable version of the title, but a rough "end of 2012" date was referenced. In other Marvel Pinball news, a new expansion called Vengeance And Virtue will launch...
News Public Go Hands-On With PlayStation Vita At Tokyo Game Show
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's gaffer Hiroshi Kawano has revealed that the Japanese public will get their first taste of the PlayStation Vita at September's Tokyo Game Show
Kawano said in a blog post that numerous booths will be provided for fans to get hands-on with the new device, presumably leading into a Japanese release date later in the...
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