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Spanish retailer, XtraLife, temporarily listed Assassin’s Creed: Rising Phoenix as a PlayStation Vita game.
Last week, a logo for Assassin's Creed: Rising Phoenix surfaced online. If the Spanish retailer's listing is any indication, we're looking at the name of a PS Vita spinoff. The listing (which has since been removed) included an October 10 street date, strategically placed three weeks before Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag's release.
[Source: Gamespot]
Eccentric puzzle-adventure Machinarium comes to Vita in North America on March 26. The robo-stuffed point-and-clicker jumped from PC to PS3 back in October, when developer Amanita Design announced an upcoming Vita version, albeit with “no idea” when it would arrive. March 26 is a little more concrete, as is a price of $ 6.99 – cheaper than on PS3.
Amanita previously described the PS3 port as the “ultimate” version of Machinarium, so we’re not sure what that makes the further tweaked Vita version. In addition to the PS3 enhancements, Amanita says the Vita version employs both front and rear touch controls, and brings improvements to the zoom feature.
Machinarium extends onto Vita March 26 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sony's consoles are increasingly becoming a destination for independent developers with all kinds of successful indie games coming to the PS3 and Vita. We can now add Lone Survivor to the growing list.
Lone Survivor is a 2D horror adventure whose description I will leave up to designer Jasper Byrne as posted on his blog:
"I guess you could call it a blend of ‘Lynchian’ psychological horror, point’n'click adventure mechanics and a virtual pet-like ‘physical and mental survival simulation’ – the idea being that how you choose to survive is up to you. It’s the last record of a nameless, masked protagonist, holed-up in a city full of diseased monsters, starving and exhausted. When we join him on his quest, he has already begun to question whether all of what he sees is even real."
What he fails to mention is that despite its simple art direction, Lone Survivor does a fine job of scaring the pants off of you.
The PS3 and Vita versions of the game will feature Trophies and new items and new dialogue that will be accessible with a new game+ playthrough. It's coming sometime this Summer, and will be a cross-buy and cross-play title, meaning you won't have to buy it twice, and you can share your save across PS3 and Vita.
[via Joystiq]
Soul Sacrifice, Keiji Inafune’s super grotesque Monster Hunter-style adventure, occupies both the No. 2 and No. 10 spots on the software charts. The standalone game (and hardware bundle) accounts for 92,396 copies, and the “Kyoutou Double Pack” – which is two copies of the game – sold 22,050. Together, that means Soul Sacrifice actually outsold the No. 1 game, Hatsune Miku Project Diva F for PS3. And that’s not even counting the “Kyoutou Pack” as two copies sold each.
Vita tops Japanese hardware charts originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Lone Survivor is making a break for PS3 and Vita this summer, featuring two new locations and sidequests, new NPC dialogue, more than 20 fresh items, and a new ending, all initially exclusive to Sony consoles. Lone Survivor will support Cross Buy, Cross Play and Trophies.
From developer Jasper Byrne, Lone Survivor is a blend of psychological horror, point-and-click adventure and survival simulation, starring a man in a city brimming with disease and monstrous creatures. While those circumstances are terrifying enough, the protagonist questions how much of what he sees is even real, taking players on a deep mental journey as they battle the physical demons.
“I wanted to try and make a role-playing game with meaningful choices,” Byrne writes on his Superflat Games blog. “It’s an experiment in making every insignificant fact in the game having an invisible, or murkily visible effect on your outcome, however small.”
Byrne is looking into touch control for inventory management and movement, and any features that can make the PSN version “enhanced in every way, smoother, nicer to control.” Lone Survivor launched on PC and Mac in March 2012 and Byrne announced the Sony versions in November.
Continue reading Lone Survivor finds friends on PS3 and Vita this summer
Lone Survivor finds friends on PS3 and Vita this summer originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A majority of the Sony stores across the US have dropped the price of the 3G-compatible PlayStation Vita, down to $ 199.97. The base 3G bundle includes the handheld, an 8GB memory card and a voucher for a free PlayStation Network game – if you sign up for data coverage, that is.
The image above comes from a Century City store in LA. Save for a couple of stores on the East Coast that had closed once we started hitting the phones, we called each and every Sony store location to confirm. An employee at the Denver location surmised this was a permanent price drop due to a discontinuation of the model and said there was no time frame on the sale in his system, which means Sony can end the sale whenever.
The New Jersey and Las Vegas locations also told me the 3G model was being discontinued, while an employee in Seattle said the sale would only last until Sunday. Other locations still had old pricing in their systems and had no idea what I was asking about – and Sony has yet to bring the price down online.
Last month, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida told Joystiq a price drop for the PS Vita in North America wasn’t happening, even though Sony had just announced it would lower the price in Japan.
For the full list of eligible stores, head past the break.
Continue reading Select Sony stores selling PS Vita 3G for $ 200
Select Sony stores selling PS Vita 3G for $ 200 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The PSOne Classic was released in February, intended for use on PS3, PSP, and Vita, but mysteriously only playable on PS3. That was later patched to work on Vita and PSP, but only when transferred from PS3. Now, it is finally being added to the store on those platforms.
PSOne Classics on Vita can be kind of complicated.
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment downloadable on Vita and PSP March 12 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It seems like a price cut on the PS Vita in Japan was just what the doctor ordered, as the handheld saw sales increase fivefold week-over-week, with 62,543 sales in total. …
The freebies include PSOne Classic RPG Wild Arms, and PSP games Patapon, Piyotama, and Patchwork Heroes. They’re accompanied by some other discounts of less than 100%. Through the 11th, 18 games are on sale for 30% off or 50% off for Plus, including BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend, Dokuro, Knytt Underground, Lego Batman 2, Retro City Rampage, Sine Mora, and more.
Free Patapon, Patchwork Heroes, and more in Vita anniversary sale originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Last month, Sony introduced a new color for the Playstation Vita and dropped the price to 19,980 Yen (translating to $ 215). It turned out to be a good move for the publisher, as sales for the system nearly quadrupled after the February 28 price drop.
It's a nice stat for Sony, but they still haven't announced any plans to change the pricing here in North America.
Source: Game Jouhou via Destructoid