Category Archives: PS Vita News

PS store adds new indie section

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For many the indie developers are the soul of gaming. Without them we would be missing many original, creative, and fun games that brighten up game collections. So it’s nice to see that Sony are giving the indie developers some extra exposure with their own section in the PlayStation store.

E3 and Conferences

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E3 is the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. Tens of thousands of professionals will experience the future of interactive entertainment. The most influential people leading the most innovative companies in the industry attend E3 to see groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products for computers, video game consoles, handheld systems, mobile and social, and the Internet.

Batman: Arkham Origins announced

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Warner Bros. has announced the newest edition to the Arkham series with Batman: Arkham Origins. While the game has not been fully revealed, a few things are known. This title takes Batman back near the start of his superhero career. Before the Dark Knight was the ultimate crime fighter and master detective, he had to begin at the bottom and work his way up. Bringing in villains before they hit the big time will help even the odds against this early Batman. One of these villains is Deathstroke, as seen in the Game Informer magazine cover. Of course Batman still wins. He always wins. He’s Batman.

Disney Shuts Down LucasArts

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According to sources close to Kotaku, Disney has laid off the staff of LucasArts and cancelled all current projects, including the amazing Star Wars 1313 shown at E3 last year and Star Wars: First Assault.

Sony celebrates Easter with a strange red egg

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Sony’s UK Facebook Page posted a picture of a mysterious robotic egg on their page. With the caption ‘it’s coming’ underneath.

Pax East hast started, what’s new?

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Pax East opened its doors this morning at 10 am Boston time. What did Publishers and developers announce right from the start? Learn more by reading this.

Sony Japan: PS Vita sales have increased four-fold

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During a One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 presentation yesterday Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano said the Vita sold four times as many units this week than it did 2 weeks ago, following the handheld’s price cut in Japan.

Podcast: Episode 2 – PS4 announcement

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The Gaming Capacity team discuss the avalanche of info that Sony left them in the aftermath of the PS4 announcement.

The evolution of PlayStation

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Sony, has released a series of videos via the Playstation YouTube channel over a 5 day period in the run up to the Playstation announcement to take place today,  20th February. The videos briefly cover the history of all its consoles and games. What do you think? Clever marketing finally by Sony or are they just flexing there muscles at Microsofts direction showing history and heritage? Sound off in the comments below.

PS4 announcement predictions

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PlayStation 4, news has gone into overdrive with the more than likely announcement, rumours started from a trailer released by Sony, of its existence on the 20th February.

New Tearaway Trailer – Sogport

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If you haven’t heard much about Tearway, it’s the next project from the guys behind LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule. Things on the Tearaway front have been very quiet since its announcement

Killzone: Mercenary – Gameplay Trailer

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Mercenary is the 5th Killzone in the series and the first for the PSV. With Guerrilla Cambridge at the helm, they aim to mix things up a little. The game promises to play more flexible than previous Killzones where you “Choose your tactics” to complete the missions.

Soul Sacrifice gets a UK and US release date

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Soul Sacrifice is an action RPG on the PS Vita, that requires the character to sacrifice their limbs and items in order to unleash devastating moves.

GC’s worst and most disappointing games of 2012

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GC takes a look back over 2012 and sifts out the rotten and disappointing games to be brought to the front and made an example of. Let’s take a look at what we chose:

LittleBigPlanet 2 Cross-Controller pack hits the PSN

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You can now download the LBP2 Cross-Controller pack after the feature was revealed a few months ago.

Vita’s YouTube app gets a major update

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Using YouTube on Vita is a pleasure with its stunning 5” OLED screen. Even though it already came with a robust set of features, the YouTube app on Vita has been updated to improve usability even more.

Black Friday 2012 console sales figures

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Black Friday as been and gone and traditionally it’s a time of year when can get amazing deals on absolutely everything and a pretty good time to pick up a console.

Assassin’s Creed III Liberation gets story trailer

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PS Vita is in serious need of a system seller or “killer app”, could ACIII Liberation be just what it needs?

LittleBigPlanet Vita trophy list revealed

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Tarsier Studios, the developer of LBPV, reported on their blog a few days ago that LBPV had gone gold and is awaiting its release on the  25th september in North America and the 19th september everywhere else.

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita is “100% complete”

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Born on the PS3, LittleBigPlanet has grown to become arguably one of the best new IPs this gen, achieving great critical and commercial success.

GamrCred: A new type of gaming community

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GamrCred is a place solely built for a gaming community. We were invited to the beta and came away a little impressed with what they are trying to achieve here. First let’s talk about what they hope to achieve.

Sony aquire Gaikai for $380M

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Sony have in the past made it clear that cloud gaming is the future. They reinforced their belief in that by spending $380 million to aquire the company Gaikai, that specialise in cloud gaming.

Sony E3 Conference

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E3 has finally arrived.  Did Sony live up to the hype?  Find out here