PSP Game: Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Impact
Posted by Game News on Nov 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Impact is the first of the PSP-based Ultimate Ninja games to take the fighting into 3D space, and while it hits the mark in a lot of the right places, there isn’t really anything that makes Impact truly stand out.
When it comes to the main characters, Impact does a good job of portraying them both visually and audibly. Each character continues to be voiced by their American translation actor, while the models themselves look just like they should. Its the rest...
Release Date Given For New Suikoden on PSP
Posted by IGN on Nov 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Back in September during this year’s Tokyo Game Show, a new Suikoden game was revealed. RPG veterans will remember Suikoden well from its heyday on the PlayStation, and iterations in the franchise have been on the likes of PSP and PlayStation 2 ever since.
This new Suikoden game, known as Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, is a PSP title, and according to Andriasang, it will come out in Japan on February 9th, 2012 (see for yourself at the game’s official site).
As most Suikoden...
PS Vita RPG Ragnarok Odyssey Given Release Date
Posted by IGN on Nov 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
RPG fans know Japanese game developer Game Arts pretty well. This is the studio responsible for classic franchises like Lunar and Grandia, and more recently games such as Project Sylpheed for Xbox 360. This team even had its hands on Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
And its first PlayStation Vita game, an RPG called Ragnarok Odyssey, has been given a release date in Japan.
PlayStation Vita’s action-RPG.News comes by way of Andriasang, which reported that Ragnarok Odyssey will come to PlayStation Vita...
Where Is My Heart? Review
Posted by IGN on Nov 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
When you lose your way, how do you feel? Disoriented, angry, sad, or scared? Game designer Bernhard Schulenburg struggled with these emotions three years ago on a family hiking trip. Lost in the woods with his parents, Schulenburg faced the negative characteristics of his family and himself. This experience paved the way for Where Is My Heart, a PlayStation Network Mini that challenges, disorients, and charms.
In Where Is My Heart you guide a family of lost monsters to their home tree. Along the...
The First Japanese PlayStation Vita TV Commercial
Posted by IGN on Nov 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
On December 17th, the PlayStation Vita launches in Japan. And now, we have the very first commercial, 15 seconds in length, promoting the product. Check it out below.
Japanese PlayStation Vita Commercial
The ad doesn’t say much, though according to Andriasang, the Japanese text towards the end of the ad says “The future of games will change.”
PlayStation Vita launches outside of Japan in late February, 2012.
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Putty Squad Announced For Vita Launch
Posted by IGN on Nov 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
It’s a good week for retro revivals – hot on the heels of Codemasters’ announcement of a new Dizzy game comes this news that Putty Squad is being resurrected as a PlayStation Vita launch title.
The new game comes 20 years after the original release of Putty Squad on the Amiga in 1992. The original developer, System3, returns for this re-release, which sees the game get a much-needed graphical overhaul, some added secret levels and touch controls.
Putty Squad is a 2D platformer...
PlayStation Vita Title Line-Up
Posted by IGN on Nov 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
At the PlayStation Vita event in London today, Sony Computer Entertainment showed off a variety of playable software demonstrations as well as announced a few new titles and confirmed its European launch library. (Note that while North American plans have not yet been announced, IGN expects many of these titles to show up on both sides of the pond at about the same time.)
Newly announced at the event were two new games from proven developers Zipper Interactive and Evolution Studios. Zipper is taking...
Unit 13 From SOCOM Devs Coming to PlayStation Vita
Posted by IGN on Nov 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
You may know Sony’s first party developer Zipper Interactive for its SOCOM series, as well as its massive online-only PS3 shooter MAG. And today, the studio revealed its newest shooter, Unit 13, which is exclusively for the PlayStation Vita.
An outdoor battle.According to the PlayStation Blog, Unit 13 was “designed from the ground up for the new PlayStation Vita.” The game will utilize both front and back touch and utilize Vita’s Wi-Fi and 3G functionality, too.
“Fast...
Gravity Rush’s Japanese Release Date and Box Art
Posted by IGN on Nov 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Gravity Rush — known by the far cooler name Gravity Daze in Japan — is a much-anticipated PlayStation Vita title from the minds at SCE Japan Studio (best-known for the Team ICO group responsible for ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and the upcoming PS3-exclusive The Last Guardian). The IGN PlayStation Team has played the game a couple of times now, and our own Ryan Clements confirms that Gravity Daze is a great reason to own a Vita.
And now, we have a confirmed release date for Japan: February...
Sony Inks Vodafone Vita Deal
Posted by IGN on Nov 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Sony is partnering with Vodafone across Europe and Australia for the launch of PS Vita in February 2012. The network carrier will be the preferred provider for 3G for the Vita in the UK, as well as Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, and Vodafone’s partners in France. Note Vodafone is only Sony’s preferred partner though – you’ll be able to choose between network carriers when Vita launches.
Neither Sony or Vodafone has yet provided...
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