Overview
- Known As
- PlayStation Vita • PS Vita
- Company
- Sony
- Launched
- 22nd Feb 2012
- Type
- Handheld
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Vita
Latest Reviews of PlayStation Vita Games
Review Papers, Please (PS Vita)
Seal of approval
Republished on Wednesday 28th November 2018: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of December's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Just what is Papers, Please? Four years on from ex-Naughty Dog developer Lucas Pope’s chilling debut, we’re still not sure this long-awaited...
Review Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms (PS Vita)
Choose your husbando
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms is a visual novel otome game and a direct sequel to last year’s Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds. The main character Chizuru Yukimura is still trying to find her missing father and is still hanging out with the Shinsengumi, a military police unit made up of hunky ronin. The game tells of a time between the waning...
Review The Longest Five Minutes (PS Vita)
You can pack a lot into five minutes
Become a hero, face down the origin of all evil, and try to cope with the crippling loss of all your memories and abilities. This is the unique concept of The Longest Five Minutes – a new Vita adventure from NIS America. There's something really engaging and accessible about this old school Japanese RPG,...
Ain’t nobody got time for that
Time Recoil is a top-down, twin-stick shooter from 10tons, who's well-versed in this genre with the likes of Crimsonland, Neon Chrome, and Jydge. In Time Recoil you take on the role of a rebel member that has super powers, enabling her to slow time whenever she gets a kill. Using your powers and wormholes you...
Review Tokyo Tattoo Girls (PS Vita)
Tattoo nightmares
Tokyo Tattoo Girls is definitely a strange game. If you’ve taken a look at any of the trailers for it then you can be forgiven for assuming that it’s going to be some kind of JRPG – even the opening cutscene feels like typical JRPG territory. But ignore your initial preconceptions, Tokyo Tattoo Girls is actually a...
Puzzles: A Tale of Two Thumbs
Semispheres, an indie puzzler from Vivid Helix, may have found its home on the PlayStation Vita with this recently released port. The game has been available on the PlayStation 4 since February, but the short running time and simple controls feel like a much better match for Sony’s “legacy” handheld. In...
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Feature Going Platinum: I Only Played Sound Shapes Because I Wanted at Least One PS Vita Plat
What have I become
Platinum Trophy #34: Sound Shapes Date Earned: 31st October 2021 Dopamine Index: stars:2 Hello! Been a minute since the last one of these, hasn't it? Sorry about that. I will be better, just as Kratos tells us. Funnily enough, after the last Going Platinum, which was quite a personal and meaningful one for me, this edition is...
Guide 50+ Digital PS3, PS Vita Games to Buy Before It's Too Late
Closing down sale
In case you missed it, Sony plans to shut down the PS Store for two of its older platforms over the course of the coming year. PS3 and PS Vita will both close their digital storefronts, meaning you only have a limited amount of time left to make any last purchases. Some games were only released on these platforms digitally, while...
News PS3, PS Vita Digital Stores to Close Starting Later This Year
July 2027 for USA, UK
After 20 years of support, Sony will finally close the PS3 and PS Vita digital storefronts starting this year. In a PS Blog post, the platform holder announced that in Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua, support will end in August 2026. This will extend to Latin America and Middle Eastern countries in late 2026. All other major...
News Tearaway's Companion Site Is Shutting Down, So Browse Its Adorable Content While You Can
Truly heartwarming stuff
Remember Tearaway? One of Media Molecule's best games, the papery platformer was released first on PS Vita in 2013 and followed by a PS4 rendition a couple of years later. Well, you may not know this, but its companion website, Tearaway.me, is still active. Unfortunately, that won't be the case for much longer. This flew...
Random Liverpool Footballer Virgil van Dijk Prefers PS Vita to Steam Deck, Switch 2
Vita means life
Liverpool footballer Virgil van Dijk may not be having a vintage season on the field – but he’s sure enjoying his time off it. The Dutch defender has been snapped several times recently carrying a Neon Orange PS Vita console, which he’s been playing GTA Vice City Stories on. The colour of the console obviously matches the kit...
News One Player Just Unlocked PlayStation's Impossible Platinum Trophy
A real-life ninja
One of the most difficult Platinum Trophies in PlayStation history has finally officially been unlocked. This weekend, Japanese player Tqvry unlocked the final trinket in Team Ninja’s PS Vita port of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. For those who don’t know, the game requires you to complete a series of gruelling co-op missions on Turbo...
Feature Capcom's Tokyo Art Exhibition Is a Celebration of Gaming Greatness
A rare look at the artistry behind Capcom's classics
If we polled our readers on their favourite publishers, we suspect Capcom would rank somewhere near to the top. The Osaka-based organisation has been a mainstay of the video game industry since the early 80s, when it began business as Capsule Computers. In acknowledgement of its long and...
The best selection of Batman games on PlayStation
What are the best Batman games? Well, there are no shortage of contenders to choose from. Over the years, there have been dozens of takes on the Dark Knight, from the PS1 era movie tie-ins all the way through to Rocksteady’s critically acclaimed action adventures. Not every instalment has hit the...
News Hope Prevails as Danganronpa Series Tops 10 Million Sales
Goodbye, despair
Danganronpa, the hit visual novel series from Spike Chunsoft, has surpassed global lifetime sales of 10 million. The franchise recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, and it's now reached an impressive sales milestone as a cherry on top. The Danganronpa series is broadly based on the visual novel structure, but the games feature...
Guide Best PS Vita Games of All Time
PS Vita's best games, ranked and rated
What are the best PS Vita games? Billed as a home console on the go, Sony packed the machine with cutting-edge features, including a 5-inch OLED touch screen, a camera, and even a touch panel on the back. While it didn't find the same commercial success as PSP, its software library is well worth delving into...
News Final Fantasy X Was the 'Ultimate Perfection' of the Series, Says Dragon Quest Creator
Ob-Jecht-tion
Opinions will always be split on the best iteration of Final Fantasy, and so it's interesting to hear that living industry legend and Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has shared his own thoughts on the franchise. Once upon a time, Dragon Quest was in direct competition with Final Fantasy; the two properties vying for the RPG crown back...
News Persona 5 Games Won't Stop Selling, Series Tops 13 Million Sales
5 star
Persona 5 as a series — that includes the original game, its expanded re-release Persona 5 Royal, and its multiple spinoffs — has now surpassed 13 million sales. This is according to SEGA's latest business report, which highlights the total in a Persona-specific section. Previously, the publisher had pointed out that the Persona 5...
News Troubled Hyper Light Drifter Dev Cuts Losses with New Game, Confirms Layoffs
Hyper Light Heart Breaker
Heart Machine, the talented studio behind 2016 indie gem Hyper Light Drifter and the eye-popping Solar Ash, has confirmed that it's making an unspecified number of layoffs. The developer launched its ongoing project, Hyper Light Breaker, into early access on PC at the start of the year. However, the Hyper Light Drifter...
News We Were Oh So Close to Getting Soul Sacrifice 2 from Sony
Freedom Wars 2 was also in the works
Soul Sacrifice, and especially its expanded re-release Soul Sacrifice Delta, was superb. Released exclusively on the PS Vita, we suspect many of you may never have played this, but it deployed when Sony was looking to fill the gaping hole left by Monster Hunter’s sudden decision to transition from PSP to...
News Ex-PlayStation, Bloodborne Producer Opens New Studio for 'High-End Console' Games
The old blood
Teruyuki Toriyama, formerly of PlayStation's Japan Studio, has announced the opening of Sirius Studio — a new Tokyo-based development outfit that'll focus on "high-end console and VR" games. Toriyama's track record is what makes this move interesting. Before leaving Japan Studio in 2020, he was producer on FromSoftware classic...
News Minecraft Movie Obliterates Box Office Records as Jack Black Flick Goes Viral
Chicken jockey?
The Minecraft movie has shattered all expectations, breaking Box Office records with a staggering $301 million worldwide opening. The adaptation, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, was generally panned by critics for lacking the creativity of its source material – but after a series of clips went viral, the release has been...
News Persona 4 PS5 Remake Hopes Higher Still as Domain Registration Is Noted
Time to Make History
At this point, Atlus remaking the wonderful Persona 4 Golden seems like a matter of when, not if, following the success of Persona 3 Reload and the trail of digital breadcrumbs we've been following in recent months. Now, a new domain has been registered, and it seems history might be about to repeat itself. Noticed by noted...
News Evidence Mounts for Seemingly Inevitable Persona 4 Remake on PS5
Signs of Love
In good news for fans of great games, evidence continues to mount that Atlus is grinding away on the seemingly inevitable Persona 4 remake. Considering the 2024 remake, Persona 3 Reload, was the firm's fastest-selling game to date, we'd believe that what is widely considered the best entry in the series would see similar treatment, and...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Ratchet & Clank?
Lombax yourself
How well do you know the Ratchet & Clank games? One of the most storied franchises in modern gaming, the action-shooter-platforming series has been around for decades, to the point where it's become an integral part of PlayStation history. As such, we simply had to put this Ratchet & Clank quiz together, made up of 15 multiple...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Ratchet & Clank?
Lombax yourself
How well do you know the Ratchet & Clank games? One of the most storied franchises in modern gaming, the action-shooter-platforming series has been around for decades, to the point where it's become an integral part of PlayStation history. As such, we simply had to put this Ratchet & Clank quiz together, made up of 15 multiple...
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