Just as the sun always comes up in the morning, there’s a new Madden game out every year. Back when Madden NFL 12 was released, I heard some people mutter the words, “another year, another Madden.” Admittedly, I haven’t played a Madden game in a while (in fact, the last game I played was 2005!), but this year’s edition definitely feels like it tries to break the mold that’s built up on the franchise over the years.
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Sony Thinks It Is Too Early To Cut Vita’s Price
Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The PlayStation Vita is certainly struggling in Japan with prospects being a little better here in North America. Many potential vita owners have been waiting for a price drop before snapping up Sony’s latest handheld and unfortunately it could be 2013 at the earliest before Sony relents on it’s $249.99 price point.
Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida said to EuroGamer, in an interview with GamesCom “At a certain point in the future we would like to address the pricing issue for some of the people who are waiting,”.
The hardware maker reported that it had sold 1.8 million PS Vita and PSP handhelds last quater, but refused to say how many of each system it had sold. In Japan the Vita has seen a 150% jump recently due to the release of Persona 4: Golden but the hardware isn’t exactly flying off the shelves, selling 13,000 units per week at last count.
For those in the mood for a deal on the handheld, you won’t be getting one officially, but several Canadian outlets have offered PS Vitas at regular price with a 4GB memory card, a copy of Gravity Rush and a carrying case.
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Persona 4 Golden Limited Pre-order Vita Skin
Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Persona 4 Golden is coming exclusively to the PS Vita this Fall. Atlus has announced a pre-order bonus skin for your Vita! Manufactured in Japan by Dezaegg, this Vita skin is the same one made available to Japanese fans, including the original title for the game, Persona 4: The Golden.
Included are eight exclusive matching wallpapers as well, each featuring a main character from P4G. The game is a remastered version of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 released for the PS2. Mixing social simulation and dungeon exploring the Golden version features a new character, more voice acting and animated cut scenes. P4G also adds a new wireless feature allowing players to call on others for support when their party members are close to dying.
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Jet Set Radio Rerelease Tagged For $9.99
Posted on August 13, 2012 by Les Major
Jet Set Radio is set to tear up consoles yet again starting in September! Playstation Plus members are the first to get a chance to pick up the classic skater game on Sept 11th. Non-plus PS3 users will get the game a week later on the 18th. After that the Vita version will be available on October 16th. The rerelease will be available to Xbox Live Arcade and Steam users September 19th.
Originally available for the Dreamcast this game was called Jet Grind Radio in North America. The rerelease is priced at 800 Microsoft points on XBLA and $9.99 across the other venues.
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PaRappa the Rapper Video
Posted on August 8, 2012 by Broken Joysticks
With the public beta for SuperBot Entertainment’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale almost upon us, the PlayStation blog has unveiled a video that shows off some neat tricks for a fan favorite from the original PS era, PaRappa the Rapper. His playstyle draws from his love of music, skateboarding abilities, and rapid kung-fu moves.
PaRappa’s impressive mobility makes it easy for him to get in close and wail on his opponent(s). This is great because he’s primarily a close range fighter. One of our paper-thin friend’s specials has him dropping a boombox (Boxxy Boy from the two games) and generates AP. This move, however, can also be used by the opponent(s). PaRappa’s level 1 attack is a quick, but short range flip kick from his skateboard. His level 2 attack has him riding on his skateboard (FYI, he can be controlled during this) for a distance on the screen. Lastly, we have the level 3 attack, which changes the screen to a concert, reminiscent of his game. The cool thing about this move is that it’s one of the few screen clearing specials in the game!
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That’s A Lot Of Levels For LittleBigPlanet
Posted on August 6, 2012 by Seung Lee
Media Molecule, the team behind LittleBigPlanet, has revealed today that seven million levels (and still going strong!) have been created across all of the games for the franchise. It hasn’t been too long since the very first LBP was released on the PS3 in ’08. Now, I’m not going to say each of these seven million levels are amazing, or worth your time to play, but you can’t say that you’re not getting bang for your buck with a LBP game.
Check out Media Molecule’s blog post celebrating the recent accomplishment here, and see the picture detailing it here.
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Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS Vita) | Review
Posted on July 11, 2012 by Broken Joysticks
The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the most celebrated in all of gaming, spanning multiple console generations and iterations. Konami returns to the world that Hideo Kojima built with a port of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 for the PlayStation Vita. Does this port of last year’s HD Collection hold up on a handheld? Find out in our first multi-editor review.Read More
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Solid Snake Infiltrates Vita On June 12th
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
We already knew that the Metal Gear Solid Collection would be making the jump to Vita next month but now we have a more specific window. Solid Snake will make his debut on Sony’s next generation portable on June 15th according to Konami.
The Vita version of Metal Gear Solid Collection will differ slightly from its console counterparts. For one it only includes Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 since Peace Walker can be purchased digital through the PSN already. Konami has also implemented some touch based controls in both games, giving you the ability to zoom with a sniper rifle or peak around corners, for example.
Check out the full press release after the jump.Read More
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Playstation Vita Firmware Updated to Version 1.65
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Sony just updated their blog confirming that a new firmware update has been released for the Playstation Vita. The changes are posted after the break.Read More
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