Any article related to PlayStation Vita titles, or PS Vita-based PSN games.
Twin Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Adventure is a throwback to a bygone era. The graphics, music, gameplay, and even the menus are all reminiscent of an NES game. This is obviously not the first modern console game to attempt this aesthetic, but it does do it quite well. And yet, it still manages to differentiate … Read more
Spike Chunsoft is continuing its celebration of the 10th anniversary of Danganronpa with the release of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition on mobile. First released on PlayStation Portable, the game was brought to PlayStation Vita in the US in 2014. It was later ported to PC via Steam and bundled with the first game … Read more
Aksys Games has revealed the release date and collectibles for Code: Realize Future Blessings Day 1 Edition. Code: Realize Future Blessings launches on Nintendo Switch on April 23. In addition to the game with four new stories, the Day 1 Edition includes extras. You’ll get a set of eight large character cards, a mini soundtrack … Read more
Last year, Sony bought the legendary game developer Insomniac. Now we know how much they paid to acquire one of the top studios in the industry. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Sony paid $229 million US dollars for the studio behind the PS4 hit Marvel’s Spider-Man. The acquisition was “mainly paid in … Read more
Ys: Memories of Celceta Timeless Adventurer Edition is coming to PS4 this spring. If you plan on picking up the physical day one edition of the game, you’ll also get a soundtrack CD and 12 collectible art cards. The Timeless Adventurer Edition includes a 14-song soundtrack with older and re-arranged songs spanning across the history … Read more
Eastasiasoft is bringing the first-person point and click horror adventure Without Escape to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Vita on January 15. Without Escape is a tribute to first-person graphic adventures of the early 1990s. The interactive story is told through pre-rendered backgrounds and full-motion video. According to Eastasiasoft, you will explore the confines of your … Read more
Blink long enough and twenty-five years might pass. At least that’s what it feels like with the original PlayStation, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. Sony’s iconic disc-based gray console debuted in Japan on December 3, 1994. Throughout its 10+ year run, the PS1 sold over 100 million units worldwide and laid the foundation … Read more
The classic role-playing game Romancing Saga 3 is out today in the US for the first time. It is now available to purchase digitally on the PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Vita, Xbox One, Android, and iOS devices. The remaster comes out 24 years after the game’s initial Japanese release on the Super Nintendo. It gives players the … Read more
Let’s get this out of the way: Spirit Hunter NG is not for everyone. In fact, it probably only fills a small niche in the horror video game market. You see, Spirit Hunter NG is not your traditional horror game. It’s a visual novel with elements commonly found in detective games. If you immediately hear … Read more
The horror visual novel Spirit Hunter: NG launches today on PS4, Vita, Switch, and Steam. Spirit Hunter: NG is a follow-up to last year’s horror adventure Spirit Hunter: Death Mark. NG features a new cast of characters to follow as they “battle terrors that lie in wait at every turn.” The newly created Spirit Hunter series will … Read more
Habroxia immediately grabbed my attention for its retro arcade-style gameplay. As someone who grew up at the tail-end of the coin-op and NES era, I’ve always been fond of 2D space shooters like this. One of my first experiences in the genre was Konami’s Life Force, which is a spinoff of Gradius. The game is … Read more
Canadian indie developer Lillymo Games is bringing the 16-bit arcade-style space shooter Habroxia to North America on PS4, PS Vita, and Nintendo Switch later this month. Habroxia is an homage to classic Konami space shooters like Gradius and Life Force (known as Salamander in Japan). Players blast their way through fifteen levels with boss fights, rescue … Read more
Aksys Games announced today that Spirit Hunter: NG will launch on October 10 for PS4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The horror-adventure game follows up on the success of last year’s Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, which received fairly positive reviews from critics. Spirit Hunter: NG features a new cast of characters as they battle the terrors that … Read more
Armature Studios was more than willing to admit that it wanted to go with the Metroidvania theme when developing Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, the handheld tie-in to the console game Batman: Arkham Origins. Unfortunately, it might have been better off thinking about ways to make the Batman: Arkham series’ hand-to-hand combat system and gadget-based exploration … Read more
You wake up lying on the ground. You don’t know where you are. You don’t know who you are. You stand up and look around. A weird-looking black cat is sitting near your feet meowing. You tell it to go beg from someone else. Right away you can tell that you are in some sort … Read more
On the surface, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc seems like a weird mash-up of Ace Attorney and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. Even with the extremely long and odd title, Trigger Happy Havoc should absolutely not be ignored. Indeed, the Vita has received another great title from developer Chunsoft. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc poses ethical questions … Read more
