Pre-E3 coverage of Sony’s upcoming handheld — the NGP, Vita, whatever you’d like to call it — is beginning to trickle out. Eurogamer has written up a glowing preview of wipEout 2048, the latest installment in Sony’s hit futuristic racing series. Among the highlights, is the fact that it will support cross-platform play between the NGP and PS3.

While details are scant, it’s a exciting glimpse into Sony’s connectivity plans for the device.

Elsewhere, wipEout enthusiasts may be less enthused to know that this build of 2048 is reportedly running at 30 frames per second. Previous installments on consoles have targeted a silky-smooth 60 frames on consoles to suit the frantic, high-octane gameplay. To see that drop down to 30, especially with the hardware grunt that the NGP has, is rather disappointing.

Still, we’ll reserve judgment until we see it in action. Eurogamer feels it’s “not enough of a hit to prevent the two games from playing nicely with each other” across platforms. Let’s not forget that development on the title is still early yet, so this certainly could change. Fingers crossed.

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