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SONY: Ruin links Vita with PS3

Upcoming PlayStation Vita title Ruin will be the first game to offer a seamless gameplay connection between the new handheld and PS3. Described by Sony as a social action RPG”, the title is constantly connected to PSN, allowing gamers to engage with other Vita owners as they play. A cloud …

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SONY: PSVita priced and dated

Sony has announced its next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, will launch this Christmas. The launch window was confirmed by Sony’s corporate executive officer and executive VP Kaz Hirai during the platform holder’s E3 press conference. Hirai also officially announced the rumoured Vita is indeed the name for the new handheld, …

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E3 2011: Sony reiterates NGP price pledge

Whether or not we’ll learn of the final RRP for NGP in the early hours of tomorrow morning remains to be seen, but Sony has again hinted that it is determined to keep the device affordable. Following the machine’s announcement earlier this year some analysts had estimated an RRP of …

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E3 2011: Sony trademarks Vita

Sony has registered trademarks for two terms that suggest its new handheld will indeed be called Vita. According to a member of NeoGAF, the platform holder has trademarked both the names PSVita and PlayStation Vita, as well as a logo. Vita is rumoured to be the final name of NGP, …

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Wipeout 2048 gets cross-platform multiplayer

NGP launch title Wipeout 2048 has been detailed for the first time having been leaked online yesterday. The title will be one of "the biggest" games ever in the series and will include ten new tracks and 20 new vehicles, as well as new weapons and game modes. Three control …

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Sony: 3DS is just a DS update

Shuhei Yoshida, the head of Sony Worldwide Studios, has casually dismissed Nintendo’s efforts with the 3DS as the pre-E3 mud-slinging gets into full speed. "When we were designing the NGP we had no idea what Nintendo was going to do," he told GamesIndustry. "Aside from the 3D stereoscopic display, they …

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First NGP hands-on goes live

One consumer site has gone live with its impressions of Sony’s NGP. Mobile-review.com says that it had some hands-on time with the machine at a London press event on May 19th. It says that its final dimensions are very similar to the original PSP and that "you immediately recognise the …

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Sony hints at portable 3D

Sony is not ruling out the use of 3D technology for PlayStation small-screen devices such as NGP, the company has said. Yet the firm told Develop that its current strategy for the PSP successor is to build a pure gaming device”. Mick Hocking, the director of Sony WorldWide Studios’ 3D …

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