Category Archives: Vita

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.

Killzone: Shadow Fall will make use of various new features within PS4, such as PlayGo and Remote Play, according to Guerrilla Games.

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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate screenshots have arrived. Enjoy the lot below. The Vita and 3DS title is out alongside Batman: Arkham Origins worldwide on October 25.

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If there are few games on Vita it is certainly not XSEED’s fault. The publisher intends to deliver Valhalla Knights later this year, and to remind you why this is a pleasing prospect, offers an E3 2013 trailer. The players takes on the role of a hardened crim with a past full of nefarious deeds – or are you actually in this jail under false pretences? I don’t care, I just want to level up and kill monsters. Bam. Outta my way.

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The latets YS game to head west courtesy of the diligent team at XSEED is Ys: Memories of Celceta. The Vita RPG drops in September, and tells a familiar JRPG story of a young amnesiac man searching for his identity. This one’s all set in a spooky forest, though, which is pretty rad. gaze upon the pure Nihon Falcom goodess in the E3 2013 trailer within.

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Gaijin Games isn’t interested in building touch controls for Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.

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