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Sony’s alleged reduction to PS Vita’s RAM capacity won’t harm developers working with the system, a Sony studio partner has said. Dani Snchez-Crespo, the CEO of PSP games studio Novarama, told Develop that the upcoming PS Vita handheld will have a whole lot of headroom in terms of GPU power, …

Sony has confirmed that consumers will be able to get hands-on time with PlayStation Vita at Gamescom. The Cologne event will mark the first time the company’s new handheld has been made available to the public. It has previously been announced that gamers would not be able to try the …

LittleBigPlanet Vita dev to work solely on PlayStation platforms

Trinigy's general manger Felix Roeken observes the effect on middleware of the rise of indie studios

There may be be no word on a release date yet, but games retailers are already excited about PlayStation Vita. Speaking to MCV, online and High Street outlets have praised the platform holder for the device’s announced pricing. Sony’s Kaz Hirai revealed during E3 that the WiFi-only model of Vita …

Elder Scrolls, Rage and Prey 2 could be coming to Wii U and Vita – as long as these new platforms can handle them. According to Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines, the original Wii was ‘not an option’ for the firm as it would mean re-developing its …

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS Vita will achieve what the PSP did not and eat into Nintendo’s handheld market share. However, it’s not all good news – he also predicts that the overall portable games market will decline at the expense of smartphone gaming growth. "We continue …

Spanish developer Novarama has penned a new deal with Sony that will see the studio’s future content released exclusively on Sony devices. Novarama was the team behind PSP release Invizimals and is currently working on PS Vita launch title Reality Fighters – a game that will now be tied to …

One of Microsoft’s leading Xbox execs has spoken of his scepticism surrounding the upcoming launch of PlayStation Vita and its chances of success in the market place. "I’m not sure I would want to be launching a dedicated portable device right now into that market," Xbox COO Dennis Durkin told …

Retailer ShopTo has become the first outlet to offer an RRP for PlayStation Vita software, pegging the price at 39.99. In total the site names 20 games for launch – which, incidentally, it dates as November 4th. Games listed include WipEout 2048, Super Stardust Delta, Resistance, Monster Hunter Portable, Killzone, …