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Read More »Rayman Origins tops Vita review chart
Ubisoft’s colourful platformer Rayman Origins has emerged as the critics’ favourite of the PlayStation Vita launch range. The game currently carries an average review score of 89 per cent on Metacritic. It has been praised for the quality of its visuals, which are said to be an ideal match with …
Read More »UPDATED: F1 2011 expected on Vita store shortly
MCV has been told that Codemasters racer F1 2011 will belatedly arrive on the PlayStation Vita store shortly. The game was conspicuous by its absence last night when the store went live and has yet to appear on the service. It had been named earlier that day as a launch …
Read More »Vita anti-piracy tech offers ‘long term’ protection
Creating new media format 'completely necessary', says Sony's Scott Rohde
Read More »Sony ‘upbeat’ on early Vita sales data
'I would be pleased if we reached similar sales to Japan', claims SCEA chief
Read More »PSN offers Mass Effect 3 pre-order exclusive
PS3 owners who purchase Mass Effect 3 early via PSN will receive an extra theme not available elsewhere. Consumers will be able to pre-order a downloadable copy of the game through PSN online, claims the US PlayStation Blog. Those who do will receive an in-game M55 Argus rifle and Mass …
Read More »Western devs drafted in to save Last Guardian
Sony has sent in its Western studios to help tackle the troubled development of Team Ico’s The Last Guardian, Sony’s game design chief has revealed. In an interview withWired, Shuhei Yoshida said that Sony Santa Monica and other teams in the US and Europe have been brought in to support …
Read More »Sony sends in the West to finish Last Guardian
'Progress is slow and the title faces very tough technical issues' admits Sony design chief
Read More »Sony: Early Vita sales data is "very positive"
Speaking a few days before this morning’s official launch of the PlayStation Vita, Sony’s American boss Jack Tretton has said that early Sony sales data is very, very positive”. Memory is going out the door very aggressively despite the fact that memory is in a lot of the presale bundles,” …
Read More »IN PICTURES: The UK Vita launch
Hundreds of UK games stores opened their doors at midnight last night to usher in the long awaited arrival of Sony’s PlayStation Vita. Thousands of consumers across the country attended a number of midnight openings to be amongst the first to get their hands on the device. GAME’s Oxford Street …
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