Like the PSP and PS3 before it, a steady stream of demos will grace the PlayStation Store for PS Vita. It’s been confirmed via a Dengeki PlayStation report that a demo of Dynasty Warriors Next will be available on day one for the Japanese launch — December 17. The demo will offer a sizable chunk of content, featuring three stages […]
Seeing as the inevitable Final Fantasy VII remake isn’t coming from Square Enix anytime soon, a group of devoted fans have taken it upon themselves to recreate a segment of the opening sequence that takes place in the Midgar train station, using Unreal Engine 3 technology. Played from a first-person perspective unlike the original, the demo is designed to highlight the surrounding […]
Unlike the PS3, it seems that the PS Vita will only allow one PSN account per system. If you want to create multiple accounts to access different store regions, you’re out of luck. Well, unless you do a restore to factory settings, which wipes out your entire system configuration each time. Talk about a hassle. This is according to a […]
One of the reasons Sony sided with a proprietary memory card format for its PS Vita handheld was due to concerns over security, SCE VP Senior VP Yoshio Matsumoto revealed in an Impress Watch interview. Additionally, Sony wanted to ensure that consumers would need not worry about the technical aspects of their memory card purchase — such as its performance. In the world […]
UMD Passport, the digital buyback program Sony announced for UMD owners earlier this month, has gone live. Through the program, users can buyback digital downloads of UMDs they own at a discount price for playback on the PS Vita. So far, the selection list comes in at around 262 games — that’s about 1/3 of the entire PSP library. What […]
Sony is taking the threat of cheap smartphone games to its portable business seriously. According to SCEE boss Jim Ryan, the company plans to take a “more tailored approach” in regards to software pricing. Unlike Nintendo, which time and time again has shrugged off rapid smartphone growth, Sony feels it’s a subset of the market that would be “foolish and […]
Update: PS3 firmware 4.0 is live. Grab it via Network Update or manual download. With only three more weeks to go, the launch of PS Vita is nigh in Japan. In preparation, Sony has announced that PS3 firmware 4.0 will be released soon. The update brings interoperability between the PS3 and Vita, allowing users to copy media content such as […]
While versatile, Sony is making it clear that the PS Vita is first and foremost a gaming device. SCEE president Jim Ryan admitted that the company sent mixed messages with the PSP by initially positioning it as a broad multimedia device, which didn’t quite resonate with expectations. Sony backpedaled on this approach later in the PSP’s lifecycle, moving its focus purely […]
While it remains to be seen how the PS Vita will stack up in sales against the 3DS and compared to its predecessor — the PSP, there’s been no shortage of activity on the pre-order front. According to a Joystiq report, “mobs” of people queued up at retail outlets across Hong Kong to secure their unit. Additionally, various internet shopping […]
Retailer GameStop has launched its pre-order hub for the PS Vita and in doing so, revealed the prices for memory cards, which range in capacity from 4GB to 32GB. It’s been widely reported that nearly all Vita titles will require secondary storage, despite the game cards themselves having writable space to store data. Some, like Uncharted, won’t boot up at all without […]
While we’ll file this under rumor as the information cannot be verified at this time, hacker SKFU claims to have not only extracted but decrypted PKG archive files for the PS Vita. This comes mere days following the release of his PS Vita firmware extractor. How was this possible? SKFU writes on his blog that Sony reused the PSP’s known […]
While the PS Vita has yet to grace Japanese store shelves, it would seem hackers are already poking around Sony’s new hardware. SKFU – a name you may recognize from the early days of PS3 hacking scene has released a firmware extractor for system software version 00.945.040. Judging from the version string, it seems likely this is a development build […]
Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells announces via the PS Blog that platforming duo Jak and Daxter are poised to make a comeback on PS3 in February 2012 with the arrival of Jak and Daxter Collection. The collection will comprise all three Jax and Daxter titles from the PS2 era — Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak […]
Sony’s announced that the PlayStation Network will be offline tomorrow for most of the day, from approximately 8am until 10pm PST, clocking in at just over 14 hours. Users will be unable to access the PlayStation Store on both PSP and PS3, as well as account management and registration options during this timeframe. Those already authenticated in PSN before the […]
Always a proponent of building connected services around its games, Valve says that five years from now, ‘games as a service’ will be viewed as a baseline for successful productions. “It certainly won’t be a buzzword like it is now. It will simply be the baseline of all the best and most successful video games,” Valve business development boss Jason Holtman told […]
Sony is launching a currently Japan-only initiative dubbed UMD Passport that will allow existing UMD owners to purchase digital conversions of titles they already own at a discount for PS Vita. Previously, the idea was merely being considered, but now it’s official. How does it work? The program, which is run on a PSP — presumably for verification purposes, prompts […]
Sony Computer Entertainment is busy ramping up support for its cross-platform framework PlayStation Store in November, announcing an closed beta test open exclusively to developers. Entry into the closed beta test is limited, with sign-ups now accepted on Sony’s official site. Subject to license agreement, developers will receive an early version of the PS Suite SDK (software development kit), along […]
In an effort presumably aimed at clamping down on gamesharing, Sony has reduced the number of content activations to a mere 2, down from 5. This means content purchased from PSN can be activated on up to 2 PSP or PS3 systems at any time, including the unit said content was purchased from. However, the policy only affects game content […]
While Sony announced this month that PS Vita will reach US and Canadian shores on February 22, there will be a way to score one a week earlier. How? SCEA hardware marketing director John Koller comes clean with details on the official PS Blog, revealing a PS Vita First Edition bundle. Those who pre-order the bundle at “participating retailers” will have the […]
Sony announced today at the Web 2.0 Summit that the PlayStation Vita will be arriving on February 22nd, 2012 for the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Australia. The base PS Vita model will sell for $249 (USD) / €249 (EUR)/ ¥24,980 (JPY), with the 3G/WiFi model selling for $299 (USD) / €299 (EUR) / ¥29,980 […]