Have you been ignoring that quirky PlayStation Mobile tab on your Vita's PSN store? Give it a tap now and there's loads of fun new games arrived for it, led off by a cult-like Japanese puzzler Yu-Nama that mixes a tile game and demon bashing in one for £2.39.
Next up is Mega Blast from Super Icon, a retro shooter that looks all bright and vectory, and is just £1.79 if you've still got an itchy trigger finger after playing Sine Mora and Velocity Ultra.
There's also passing time, a unique sounding football game from the Frobisher Says devs Honeyslug, where all you have to do is use the touch screen to pass the ball between players to beat the opposition,
There's a few others too, includoing tilt puzzler Labyrinth, another Japanese puzzler Saicoro and Flight of the Turtle, plus recent cracking titles like Rymdkapsel and the immense Life of Pixel, so get cracking if you want some cheap gaming fun
Having just posted that Kickstarted project ANNE will get a Vita version, here comes news that ARG Clandestine Anomaly is in development. The game has two weeks to pick up $45,000 in funding so chip in if you have the means.
One of the most common questions we receive is whether or not Clandestine: Anomaly will be released on the PS Vita.
Seems many vocal fans of the system want a game like Clandestine on their beautiful handheld console. Being Vita owners ourselves, we can understand the interest; it's an amazing little device with too few games, and even fewer that utilize the system's more advanced features like Clandestine would.
We'd love to put Clandestine onto the Vita, which is why we're pleased to announce that efforts are underway to bring this truly innovative experience to the world most powerful handheld console.
A.N.N.E. is a retro looking shooter and platformer from Gamebymo with lots of quirky details and a certain cute factor to it. The game reached its Kickstarter approval goal recently, but not quite enough to stretch to a Vita version, however, the developer has said it will get made eventually.
Not sure what the formats are for the new games, but the company will definitely be showing off the lovely Muramasa on the Vita. A release from the company, who just dropped Hakuoki on the US PSN says:
Two New Titles – We’ll be announcing two new titles that we’re bringing to these here shores! Are you ready? Stop on by and find out! We’ll have awesome trailers and—oh my goodness!—playables!
Aksys Games has just dropped Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi on the American PSN bringing a blend of beautifully told visual novel and an action-packed adventure game based on Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom.
As one of six legendary samurai, become stronger and more deadly as you battle imperial soldiers, samurai and blood-thirsty furies. Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi follows two storylines where players can either follow the events of Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom or play in an alternate universe where events unfold very differently.
Two Major Storylines – Play through events of Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom with each of the six playable characters, or change history in “Shinsengumi Chronicle”!
Shinsengumi Chronicle – Change history as any one of the six main characters in “Shinsengumi Chronicle” mode. Play in an alternate universe where you control the fate of the Shinsengumi!
Shinsengumi Memorial – Step into the shoes of your favorite samurai and play through battles from Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom. Join in on the action as you battle your way through Kyoto in “Shinsengumi Memorial” mode.
Skirmish Mode – Replay past battles to add some more kills or level up your character to be more deadly. Unlock two addition characters in this mode and duke it out on your favorite stages.
Fury Mode – When a character’s life is spent, he will enter Fury Mode, unleashing an inner ferocious killing machine, able to tear down anyone that gets in his way. However, becoming a Fury too many times can unlock a particularly bad ending.
A year after reaching its Kickstarter goal and the team at Escape Hatch has been hard at work ever since on Starlight Inception. Now they've put up a teaser trailer for the Vita and PC title, ahead of a full trailer at the end of the month. Enjoy if you invested in their efforts, and get ready for the big show next week.
Ghostlight have done great service for PSP owners, bringing the Persona games our way, Trails in the Sky, Fate/Extra and others. Continuing that run, it is now bringing Eliminage (any Eye of the Beholder fans out there?), an old-school looking RPG to the system in both boxed and digital (and therefore the Vita) editions.
With the likes of Black Rock Shooter arriving recently, there's still life in the little PSP yet and with most games now pretty cheap on PSN and cheap memory cards, its an ideal box of fun. More on the Ghostlight blog.
UPDATE: The game is live on PSN, just search for it on your Vita.
No toiler humour jokes here, oh no. Just enjoy the simplicity of guiding patrons to the loo, to the sink and out the door. It will cost just £1.99 (or 99p for PS+ subs) so give it a whirl and see if you can help them go with the flow.
This really could be the game that proves the Vita can do FPS. Accompanying another batch of previews, these screens show immense amounts of detail and scope for fun when screwing with those pesky Helghast. As long as the action keeps pace with the imagery, and it throws in some clever merc tricks to keep the gameplay fresh, how can this not be a winner.
Everyone seems to like Tearaway judging from a batch of new previews hitting sites, and what's not to love. Check out these new screens that show our paper-based hero exploring his/her that are packed with depth, charm and stylish effects.
Most of the the holes on the site are blanked out on Freedom Wars' official site for a staggered pre-E3 reveal, but a few have been filled in to show us our first look at the game in action. Interestingly there's a Yahoo maps logo on one, so likely the game uses real world mapping for 8-player online multiplayer, although that does sound odd for a game set in another time and another place.
UPDATE: Some text off the Japanese site has been auto-translated and reads roughly as: "In the far future, the Panopticon prison city dominates in a world that has been devastated, with no life outside its walls. In order to manage the sprawling mass of people, Panopticon imposes imprisonment for most humans and their sins. Criminals can participate in the war against the beasts and capturing other criminals, called "volunteer" labour to win their freedom. (Rough but I think that's what it means.)
The character details look crisp, while the weapons have that slightly annoying oversize feel to them and there's some tentative proof that the game does manage the huge leaps as shown in the trailer.
Here you go, the same trailer pretty much with the official details tacked on the end, including a coming 2014 date, which means this game won't be saving the Vita's bacon any time soon. This ridiculously futuristic game is set in a city or world called Panopticon and while the pre-rendered stuff looks fun, I have serious doubts the Vita will produce anything close to this ideal.
While some commenters seem to think that multiplayer now must always mean "Monster Hunter," this game is classed as a "recovery" game which most likely means the focus is on rescuing people, with a healthy dose of monster bashing thrown in, no doubt.
While the trailer was announced in Japan, Sony Europe has a trademark for Freedom Wars, so expect the game to appear in Europe, eventually.
