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PlayStation Vita to Launch With Biggest and Best Software Lineup in Sony Computer Entertainment History

SCEA Announces U.S. and Canadian Lineup of PS Vita Games and Accessories

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC today announced software launch details for the highly anticipated PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) handheld entertainment system, which will boast the biggest and best launch lineup across the history of PlayStation platforms. PS Vita will offer the most popular franchises in gaming along with entirely new titles – all built from the ground up to take advantage of PS Vita and the unique ways it enables gamers to play.

I’m currently in the middle of playing through Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. It’s been years since playing the first two games and I might have to dip back into those after finishing the latest game. I thought I’d drop in with some quick criticisms and compliments for the game.

Pretty trailer for Super Mario 3D Land, which was released to the 3DS on the 13th.

PlayStation®Vita Launches February 22, 2012 in the United States

The Ultimate in Handheld Entertainment, PS Vita Launches Simultaneously in Europe, Canada, Latin America and United States on February 22

GAMEVIL’s New Party Play Action RPG ADVENA Ready to Storm the App Store
LOS ANGELES, CA — October 13th, 2011 — GAMEVIL®, a leading mobile game publisher and developer, announced its newest action RPG, ADVENA, is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. ADVENA features an innovative Party Play system, allowing control of not just one hero on-screen but a raid team of three. Players can switch between any of them on-the-fly for exciting and dynamic shifts in combat style.

Brought to you by Bulkypix and Pastagames, Pix’n Love Rush operates on a very simple premise. Run and jump through to reach the end of the level, collect tokens and avoid the bad guys.

There’s a very basic premise in this game. You are playing Pix the Cat and he wants cake. Your high score helps him buy cake. Awesome.

Critter Crunch was ported to iOS devices in 2008 by Capybara games. You play as Biggs, a hungry creature of undetermined species, as he attempts to solve puzzles by strategically eating and spitting out insects to overfeed other critters. Overfeeding causes the insects to explode, clearing part of the stage. Depending on what type of stage you might be playing, your goals might be simply solving the puzzle, or doing so with time constraints or while the stage continues to fill with insects.

I’ve been catching up on my backlog of video games and recently got around to Crimson Gems Saga. It could have been an awesome game, but there are too many frustrating aspect of the game to allow it to rise above being adequate.

The graphics are gorgeous. The avatar art is great, as are the in-game characters. If you’re a fan of overly animated boobies, they’ve got a character gifted in that area. The animation of the special moves and magic spells clearly had thought put into them.

Sony Computer Entertainment Announces “PlayStation®Vita” as the Official Name for Next Generation Portable Entertainment System

Wi-Fi Model: 24,980 Yen (including tax), $249 and euro 249

3G/Wi-Fi Model: 29,980 Yen (including tax), $299 and euro 299

Realizes Unparalleled Interactive Network Entertainment

TOKYO, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) (PCH-1000 series) as the official platform name for the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). Wi-Fi model will be available for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 in US and euro 249 in Europe, 3G/Wi-Fi model will be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 in US and euro 299 in Europe and successively launch in global market starting the end of 2011.

“Vita,” which means “Life” in Latin, was chosen as the most appropriate name for the next generation portable entertainment system as it enables a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context. SCE is aiming to transform every aspect of user’s daily life into an entertainment experience.

PS Vita incorporates a beautiful 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. Together with the front touch screen and the rear touch pad, PS Vita offers new game play experiences never before seen on any device, allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” finger motions. Also PS Vita features two analog sticks which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience, such as shooters, action games, and fighting games. Exciting and attractive new titles*1 are scheduled to be released from SCE Worldwide Studios, including “GRAVITY DAZE,” “Uncharted Golden Abyss,” “Little Deviants,” “Hot Shots Golf,” “Reality Fighter,” “Hustle Kings,” “ModNation Racers,” “Wipeout 2048″ and “Super Stardust Delta,” as well as from a broad range of third party game developers and publishers, which will deliver value only possible on PS Vita.

Also, by having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various applications, PS Vita will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,” “discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are. On January 27, 2011, SCE announced the first PS Vita application, “near,” which will come pre-installed. It will let users discover what games PS Vita users in the vicinity are or were recently playing, as well as let users share their game information. “near” also enables location-based gaming features such as “gifting,” in which a user can access virtual game-related items that other users are sharing, through checking in at geographic locations that others have also visited. The virtual items can include content unlocked from games, such as character costumes, weapons, and treasures. Sharing these items between users adds a unique dimension to the portable gaming experience on PS Vita while enhancing the social connectivity among the PS Vita community.

Additionally, PS Vita will come pre-installed with a newly developed application called “Party.” “Party” is an innovative application for a portable entertainment system which enables users to enjoy voice chat or text chat not only during online gaming, but also when users are playing different games or using different applications such as internet browser. Through “Party,” which offers a new form of social networking, and “near,” which enables users to share their game information with other users anywhere, anytime, users can dramatically expand the boundaries of interactive communication.

Also a tutorial application called “Welcome Park,” developed specifically to guide every user about PS Vita’s brand new user interface such as the front touch display and the multi-touch pad on the rear, will come pre-installed. By playing “Welcome Park,” users can easily become accustomed to the three dimension-like finger motions used on PS Vita.

SCE will vigorously promote PS Vita towards the launch as the next generation portable entertainment platform and work towards expanding the portable gaming market.*1 Some title names are tentative. Titles may differ by countries and regions.