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A Vita-only retail game is hitting shelves this October, and it’s getting a full pre-order campaign. Freedom Wars arrives on October 29th and will be available on PSN and the High Street. The Japanese RPG has a slightly cheaper price of 24.99 and for those that pre-order the game, they …
Read More »Yoshida: Indies to lead the way on Vita
Don't expect many more first-party blockbusters on PlayStation's handheld
Read More »SONY: Over 100 Vita titles in development
Sony says it has not forgotten about PlayStation Vita, contrary to popular belief. In fact, the company says there are 100 PS Vita games currently in development. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be exclusive games as Sony then listed Tales from the Borderlands, Minecraft and Child of Light. "PS Vita …
Read More »Don’t Starve coming to Vita
Don’t Starve is headed to PlayStation Vita, developer Klei Entertainment has announced. Entitled Giant Edition, the handheld version will also include the Reign of Giants DLC that was released for PC in April. The studio also says that the Vita release will use touch controls to navigate menus. A release …
Read More »Long lost PS4-Vita bundle finally materialises
Sony’s promised PS4-Vita hardware bundle looks like it could finally be set for release. The SKU was first confirmed to MCV by Sony UK’s senior product manager Ben Law back when the PS4 launched in November. It was said to be scheduled for a pre-Christmas release but never actually arrived. …
Read More »GameMaker goes free for all PS4 developers
GDC 2014: Licensed devs free to create and publish GameMaker games on PlayStation platforms
Read More »Molyneux: Godus on Vita ‘a possibility’
22cans boss 'has a plan' for next-gen console version, thinks Steam controller is 'interesting'
Read More »Klei’s Don’t Starve scores over 1m downloads
PlayStation Plus a plus for indie game developer
Read More »Unity now supports deployment to PS Vita
Full range of hardware specific and PSN features supported
Read More »PS Vita could go digital-only, says Sony
The PlayStation Vita has seen a larger share of digital purchases than the PS3 and could be headed into an all-digital future, Sony has said. PS Vita games are currently sold via PSN as well as at retail on proprietary memory cards, and while physical sales still dominate, Sony says …
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