Category Archives: Vita

Mind Zero developers Acquire – of The Last Guy fame – and ZeroDiv have released two new trailers for their spirit-summoning dungeon crawler. The game is currently in development for PS Vita and seems to pander to the Persona crowd, which is no bad thing I’m sure fans will agree.

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Compile Heart has opened a teaser site for Vita title Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1, which was announced in March. Gematsu reports the site directs users to Dengeki magazine on June 27 for an update. We don’t know anything about the game yet, but there’s speculation it may be a remake of the first entry in the series.

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D topped the Media Create charts in Japan with 104,569 units moved, and ultimately helped provide 3DS with a much needed surge after disappointed hardware sales over the last couple of weeks. Sales of 3DS LL hit 29,533 units over the prior week’s 27,172 units, while 3DS sales saw the biggest jump out of the two offerings. The system moved 17,602 compared to 12,700 the prior week.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PS Store and Plus with Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and more. Get your update in full below.

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Sony has announced a Vita Mega Pack which comes with 10 games packaged on an 8GB memory card.

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PlayStation Plus subscribers can look forward to free downloads of Battlefield 3 and Payday: The Heist in July, among others. Get the full details here.

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PlayStation 4′s spotlight status at E3 has given interest in PS Vita a boost, Sony’s UK chief Fergal Gara has claimed. The exec has also touted the handheld’s position as a companion device for PS4 in a new interview, suggesting the two will grow increasingly symbiotic going into next-gen.

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Warriors Orochi 3 is getting yet another re-release, this time bringing together all the extra content from other versions along with some brand new goodies.

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Sony has updated the North American end of the PS Store. Get your update below.

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Sony Japan has released some Soul Sacrifice videos showing off the June 25 DLC update heading to the Vita title.

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Just a reminder: the Jak and Daxter Collection is now available for Vita in North America. It contains remastered HD versions of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak 2, and Jak. It will contain three more Platinum trophies than was available with the PS3 version released in February 2012. The collection will run you €29.99/$29.99. Those in Europe should expect the game to arrive on PSN with the usual PS Store update tomorrow.

Phantasy Star Online 2 is still heading west at some point, but the release has been delayed, according to SEGA. The delay in the western release was announced three months back when it was slated for an early 2013 release, so the fact that it is still delayed hopefully means you will still be able to play it at some point. Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 2 will release in Japan next month, and the game is available on PC and Vita. Thanks, Kotaku.

Portable console, mobile and tablet gaming is worth big, big money, according to a new report.

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Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD director Yoshinori Kitase has said that if the PS3 and PS Vita remasters prove successful, they could pave the way for more classic games being updated in a similar fashion.

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PQube and Milestone have released the fifth gameplay video for MotoGP 13, this time showing off the Vita version of the game. Watch it below. MotoGP 13 will be released on June 21 for Pc, Ps3, Vita and Xbox 360.

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Limbo developer PlayDead has released a trailer for PS Vita, showing off gameplay from its handheld port. Warning, it’s mighty bleak for a Friday.

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PlayStation 4 natively supports Vita Remote Play at a system level, meaning almost every game will support the feature.

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Nicalis has announced 1001 Spikes and its coming to Vita this year. The team used Spelunker and Challenger as inspirations, but don’t let the retro 8-bit art style fool you: this will be an “incredibly difficult platformer with very precise controls requiring pixel-perfect inputs,” according to the developer.

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I just woke up and there’s a report on a Vita game called Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD in my in tray. Grab a timezone-appropriate beverage and let’s figure this out together.

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Curve Studios has announced that when Stealth Inc launches, the Teleporter Chambers level pack containing 20 new levels, will be available at release. The pack puts “a radical spin” on Stealth Inc’s gameplay, and forces the player to think strategically in order to beat its mind-bending puzzles. Also, two new DLC level packs for Stealth Inc will be debuting exclusively on PS3 and Vita later this year. So that is goo news for puzzle fans. Find out more on the PS Blog.