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The launch games for the PlayStation Vita cost an average of 17 per cent more to download over PSN than they do to buy on the High Street or online. That’s according to calculations from bargain hunting site SavyGamer, which has compared the recently released PSN price list with the …
Read More »UPDATED: Vita game downloads – complete UK price list
Sony has at last released the complete UK digital launch line-up for PlayStation Vita and, interestingly, Sony has chosen not to mirror its overseas strategy and has priced the digital games at the same RRP they will carry on the High Street. The most expensive game is EA’s FIFA Football, …
Read More »VIDEO: Rizzle Kicks star in new Vita ad
British hip hop duo Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule, otherwise known as Rizzle Kicks, are the stars of a new PlayStation Vita ad which you can see below. The ad will begin airing on UK TV on February 24th and will begin a cinema run on March 9th. The short …
Read More »Sony building PlayStation Kinect prototypes, patent reveals
Filing for creation of 'a real-time three dimensional interactive environment using a depth sensing device'
Read More »Vita dominates Amazon pre-order charts
The PlayStation Vita has assumed a commanding position in Amazon.co.uk’s video games pre-order charts. The Wi-Fi console and 8GB memory card currently top the bestseller lists on the strength of their pre-orders alone. In total the machine and associated games can lay claim to nearly three quarters of the top …
Read More »Vita Wi-Fi for £197 at Asda tonight
Asda has become the first UK supermarket to promote its PlayStation Vita price – and it’s the lowest price we’ve yet seen for the console. The supermarket will tonight put the Wi-Fi version of the new handheld on sale for just 197. The same price is available online.
Read More »Facebook and Twitter apps ready for Vita launch
Sony has announced that Twitter, Facebook and Flickr apps will be ready to download on Vita’s PSN Store on day one. All three apps will be free to download as soon as the Vita store goes live – which could be as early as tomorrow evening (Feb 21st). Sony adds …
Read More »Call of Duty scheduled for autumn Vita release
A PlayStation Vita version of Activision’s blockbuster war franchise Call of Duty will be released this autumn. The admission comes from SCEA’s senior VP of PlayStation brand marketing Guy Longworth, who told GameTrailers: "In the Autumn, [my kids] are really looking forward toCall of Dutyon Vita, and that’s going to …
Read More »Sony pledges a decade of support for Vita
Sony sees Vita as a five-to-ten year platform and is bullish on its potential for success, the console giant’s SVP of brand marketing has said. Speaking toGameTrailers, Guy Langworth said that Sony was looking to establish the PS Vita as the number one handheld console in the world”. He added …
Read More »PlayStation Vita – where’s cheapest?
We won’t discover all the High Street Vita deals until tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean you can’t splash your cash right now and have the machine waiting for you on (or at least shortly after) launch day. Here’s a look at the deals currently available online for Sony’s new machine, …
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