According to Famitsu this week, the PS Vita game Everybody’s Golf will drop its exclusivity and move to the PS3. Naturally, the game will be cross-play compatible, but it will also support the PlayStation Move controller. The issue reveals that the game will be available in Japan on November 22nd 2012.
Sony’s Press Conference at Gamescom features a number of new announcements and information for both the PS Vita and PS3. Several new titles were announced for both platforms as well as new trailers to previously announced titles. Read our summary of the conference below.
Week Two of Europe’s Summer Sale begins tomorrow, and Sony is planning to add a number of new titles to the sale. Starting tomorrow, Sony adds a number of new PS3, PSOne, and PS Vita titles to the list.
At the China Joy event in Beijing this week, Sony held a Gran Turismo 5 event with series producer Kazunori Yamauchi. At the Q&A session, Yamauchi talked about Gran Turismo 6 and a PS Vita version of Gran Turismo.
With the Wimbledon finals over the weekend, SCEE has decided to hold a Tennis Sale on the PlayStation Store. Gamers can get up to 50% of two tennis titles – one for the PS3 and one for the PS Vita. These deals are available now and finish on Monday 9th July – so grab them before it’s too late.
Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the GT series, has confirmed that Polyphony Digital are working on more DLC for Gran Turismo 5. Speaking to the Spanish PlayStation.Blog, said that ‘future improvements’ for the series may include an event editor and they are even thinking of a ‘story mode’.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed has been announced for the PS3 and PS Vita. The game is a thrilling new racing experience, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and a fantastic cast of SEGA All-Stars. This iconic cast will be competing across land, air and water in vehicles that fully transform from cars, to planes to boats.
Cross Platform Features include a number of different ways for PlayStation Vita to interact with the PS3 and visa-versa. There are 6 cross platform features in total. Titles either support all of the cross-device features or only a subset. Here is a detailed guide on exactly what each feature is and how they are used.
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As part of today’s PlayStation Store update in North America, WipEout HD is free to download if you own WipEout 2048 on the PlayStation Vita. The game was previously given away as part of the “Welcome Back” initiative after the PlayStation Network was hacked. The game is free as part of the DLC packs released today for the PS Vita.
John Koller, Sony’s head of hardware marketing, was interviewed by Kotaku regarding the PlayStation Vita. He talks about the Vita’s success and how Sony want to avoid making the same mistake with the new console as they did with the PSP. However, it does seem Sony is just repeating what happened…
