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Sony is looking to cut the price of the PlayStation Vita – but not until 2013. The high-powered handheld still retails for on or around the RRPs for which it debuted – that’s between 200-220 for the Wi-Fi model and 250-270 for the 3G machine. It looks unlikely, however, that …
Read More »Vita Black Ops bundle doesn’t include physical copy of the game
Sony’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified Vita hardware bundle will not include a physical copy of the game. Videogamer reports that the SKU will instead contain a code to download the game from the PlayStation Store. Also included in the bundle is the handheld console and a 4GB memory …
Read More »PlayStation Plus hits Vita in November; New Vita colours shown off
Sony has confirmed at the Tokyo Game Show this morning that PlayStation Plus will arrive on PlayStation Vita this November. The service will be free to Vita owners who have already paid for membership on their PS3s. Like on PS3, Vita Plus will offer a changing selection of full games …
Read More »PSP was overrun by ports admits Sony
A lot of content was 'thrown over' from the PS2 by developers to the handheld, says marketing VP
Read More »Activision insists it IS publishing Black Ops: Declassified on Vita
It may sound like an obvious statement, but Activision has been forced to clarify that it is indeed the publisher of Vita shooter Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified. "Activision is the publisher, but we also have a partnership with Sony to bundle Declassified with the PlayStation Vita," was the …
Read More »First step toward Vita piracy as homebrew hack reports emerge
The PlayStation Vita’s security protocols have been breached. The hacker who cracked Amazon’s Kindle, Yifan Lu, claims to have constructed a working loader that is able to run some very basic unofficial code on the handheld. While the playing of PSP homebrew on Vita has been working for some time, …
Read More »Can FIFA, Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed save Vita?
In the wake of E3 in June serious questions were being asked about PlayStation Vita. For all its whizz bang technology, high-end games and control schemes, the portable has yet to find its audience. And not just in the UK, but in Sony’s homeland of Japan, too. So retailers looked …
Read More »Update brings PSOne titles to Vita; Complete compatibility list here
A selection of PlayStation one games are now playable on Sony’s Vita handheld. The new functionality comes courtesy of the v1.80 system update. Users can either download games directly onto their portables from the PS Store or transfer them from their PS3 console. The complete list of officially compatible European …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: You should buy WipEout HD Fury today
WipEout HD Fury is a great example of the modern games industry at its finest. It’s digital-only, cheap to download (13.99 the last time we looked), it runs in 1080p at 60fps and it’s absolutely brilliant. But what’s equally as important is its history. The IP was born back in …
Read More »Sony calls on the High Street to boost PlayStation Plus
The High Street has been called in to help Sony ramp up subscribers to its PlayStation Plus service. The platform holder has today (August 17th) launched new one-year (39.99) and 90-day (11.99) subscription cards into specialists stores, and is set to embark on a ‘really big’ marketing and PR push …
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