It’s last orders on another week of PlayStation.Blog service, and this week has been about the launch of PlayStation Vita. I hope you enjoyed the coverage and, more importantly, are having fun with your splendid new console. Everyone here has worked so hard to get PS Vita into your hands and we’ve been encouraged by the response thus far – I have thousands of gamers talking to me here on PlayStation.Blog and via PlayStationEU on Twitter, and to see so many of you delighted with your new purchase is a great feeling.
Here’s your recap:
- A-Men Is Marching Onto PlayStation Vita At Launch – A riddle within a retro game that will satisfy your cravings for tactical play!
- Inside PS Vita: Power And Performance – Take a look at one of the key aspects that makes PS Vita the ultimate handheld for the hardcore gamer.
- Go Behind The Scenes With PS Vita – Get a behind the scenes look at the making of the new PS Vita TV ad ‘The World Is In Play’.
- Social Apps For The Launch Of PS Vita – As well as revolutionary portable gaming, PS Vita comes with your favourite social network apps – Facebook, LiveTweet and Flickr
- Retro City Rampage Coming to PS Vita And PS3 - an over the top open-world crime game that combines everything you loved in classic games and mashes them up into a “toon town”.
- Andy House Interview: Gearing Up For PS Vita – The launch of PlayStation Vita and how we as a business are welcoming this proud new addition to the PlayStation family.
- ModNation Racers: Road Trip – It’s Vita Time Baby! – She’s all yours now so take care of her. Bring her to nice places. Introduce her to your friends, neighbours, and co-workers.
- PlayStation Store Update: PS Vita Launch Edition – PS Vita launch line-up is the strongest in PlayStation history and this list of games and other content, some of which is completely free,
- Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition Serving Up Tomorrow – In addition to this core experience, check out VT4′s unique new features’ on the PS Vita.
- Unit 13 Demo & Trophy Intel – Available in Europe on March 7th, Unit 13 lets you take a console-caliber shooter experience on the go as you take command of an elite group!
- Starhawk Beta Opens To All Tomorrow – In the coming weeks we’ll be upgrading the Beta a lot…
- Welcome To PlayStation Vita – An incredibly important day in PlayStation history. Following years of hard work, PS Vita arrives as the most powerful and versatile hand-held gaming machine on the planet.
- PS Vita Launch Storify – Check out our first Storify post for all the chatter and excitement about the PS Vita launch.
- ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 22nd February 2012 – Update on games and content for all!
- MotorStorm RC Out Now on PS3 and PS Vita – Through a lot of love, care and attention RC has been transformed into the most exciting and addictive racing game!
- Escape Plan: Lil & Laarg Greet The World – Exclusive to the powerful and touch-tastic Vita, gamers can interact and experience the irreverent dark humor.
- Brand New Borderlands 2 Trailer – Each character has their own unique Action Skill at the root of their multi-tiered Skill Trees, and as you complete more quests.
- MUBI Update: 23 February 2012 – This week’s MUBI update features a great number of prize winners and nominees, ranging from the Academy Awards to prestigious film festivals.
- Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen Now Impaling Foes on PS Vita – Have any of you elite assassins picked up both PS Vita and this stealth-action game?
- VIDZONE UPDATE: RIP Whitney, Brit Awards 2012 And Jay-Z & Kanye – Award season is upon us again (!) and the best of the British will be out in their full resplendent glory to try and win a coveted Brit Award.
- Shoot Many Robots To Hit PSN On March 14th – Early PlayStation Plus buyers – within the first two weeks – will be offered an exclusive FREE DLC pack!
- The Jak And Daxter Trilogy Available In-Store Now And On PSN Next Week! – The Jak and Daxter Trilogy brings some of your favorite J&D adventures – Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II: Renegade and Jak 3 – to life like never before.
- PS Vita, Anyone? – Let’s cut a deal… you could win one of the 5 Vitas being given away!
- Access Episode 22 -The final cherry atop the beautiful fruit bun of a week that’s already brought us PS Vita’s launch and a stellar line-up of games is the latest episode of Access TV.
- Binary Domain – The Machine Age Has Begun – A quick recap about the game before I get into more detail about the multiplayer modes offered for your enjoyment!
- PlayStation Vita Tips And Tricks – Few tips and tricks that were figured out after extended play.
- Weekend Essentials 114
- Discover cross-play in WipEout
- Jak and Daxter: The story so far
- Download six sensational PS Vita demos
- Trophy Cabinet: Battlefield 3
- Whether it’s Metal Gear Solid 5 or Project OGRE, Hideo Kojima is sticking girls in a 3D scanner… for some reason.
- Check out ALL the game scores in our PS Vita review round up.
- See the pics from the PS Vita’s midnight launch this week.
- Now it’s live for everyone here are our StarHawk beta tips: the things you have to do.
- Bought a PS Vita this week? How many of these affectations are you now suffering from: Things that are now a thing because of the PS Vita.
38 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 12:27 pm by Pesico
What an awesome Vita launch week. Gotten a bunch of games for it, but I have been stuck with playing Ridge Racer cause it’s so addictive. Gonna try and play some other games today.
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:52 pm by James Gallagher
We’re so glad to hear that. It seems unanimous: we have a fantastic addition to the PlayStation hardware family.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 12:28 pm by rich24uk
uncharted is amazing though
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 12:31 pm by Pesico
Uncharted is amazing yes, but I played that when I imported the Japanese version.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 12:36 pm by rich24uk
one thing I am disappointed with though is FIFA seems to lag and slow down specially from corners anyone else do that?
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:53 pm by James Gallagher
Haven’t eperienced anything like that myself.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 12:37 pm by taurus82
So are Sony and SoundSpectrum ready to make that deal to bring G-Force, WhiteCap and Aeon visualisations to the PS3 and Vita?
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:52 pm by James Gallagher
I’ve not heard of anything on that front.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 1:40 pm by manutreble
James u know the 3G model of vita once I get an sim card for it is it free or do u have to top up ever month ?
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:55 pm by James Gallagher
You have to pay for your data according to the 3G service you are using. That’s not something we manage or control, just like we don’t with your broadband provider on PS3.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 2:29 pm by manutreble
added James what your wallpaper On the 1st screen on th vita
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:56 pm by James Gallagher
That’s a picture we have hanging in our office and I believe it was taken way back in the PS one days. I’ve always been fond of it so I took a snap and used it for my ‘games’ section of my PS vita home menu.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 3:53 pm by DAVIE222
Heyo James, we need you to update the ps blog on ps3 browser, make it auto sign in so when we close our ps3 browsers we can post a comment the next time we reog
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:57 pm by James Gallagher
I’m aware of this problem since the PS3 browser was updated. It’s on the to do list as part of broader work to try and improve the blog experience on PS3.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 3:55 pm by hayzink
i love the vita have 7 games total uncharted,umvc,fifa,pvz,stardust,hustle kings and motorstorm.
out of all of those i have been addicted to motorstorm i simply cant get over how good value it is and how good a game it is i love it. i recommend it to everyone
the only slow down i seem to have gotten from fifa is when celebrations happen and substitutions
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 3:57 pm by DAVIE222
sorry messed up!
, we need you to update the ps blog on ps3 browser, make it auto sign in so when we close our ps3 browsers we can post a comment the next time we reopen our ps3 browsers we dont have to sign in every time we want to post a comment.
i hope thdt makes sense james.
oh and James i see you dont have much time to play games, you should have one gaming day a week. sataday would be good for you as its your day off.
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:00 pm by James Gallagher
I play as many as I can, but the blog does take up a lot of my time. At least with PS Vita I get to make the most of the bus ride to and from home from work.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:01 pm by Ceacliod
Shouldn’t we have had a Singstore update this week? Or am I just messing up with the dates again..
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:01 pm by James Gallagher
You’re right – there was a delay with the SingStore publish. See here:http://www.singstar.com/news/SingStore-Update-24-02-12.html
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:32 pm by chrisandsheva
James .. This ps3 browser is becoming very hard work now.. as DAVIE222 explained and i mentioned last week the ps-blog just signs us out now everytime we close it, also the predictice text box gets constantly cleaned.. meaning i have to retype my email addy as well..But what is/are all the redirect screens about, Something like ‘the security of this page (or site,not sure which.) can’t be confirmed, do you still want to connect’, this happens around 2to3 times every time you either refresh/change page, And can someone tell me if i am getting hacked,, as also i have seen a notice saying something like, ‘the certificate of this site(?) dosn’t match the hosts server’.. etc…. @James, you told me last week you would inform the tech guys, any info yet.?..
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 4:47 pm by chrisandsheva
@James ..
About my previous post, i forgot to mention what it is that is bugging me the most regards all the above, its everytime you either post, change page, and even click on a comment in the latest readers comments box.. the page loads at the very top, most blogs aren’t to bad, but come store update, well tbh i am beginning to hate that blog.. i mean it takes an age to scroll through All the new content to get back to comments And replies, (on browser).. now once or even twice i can put up with, but sometimes i find myself scrolling down new content 10plus times, it is Very annoying, so am hoping something can be done regards this, anyway hope your enjoying your weekend,.
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:03 pm by James Gallagher
It’s noted and on my list but I’m afraid not much other than the PS Vita launch happened this week. Bear with me!
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:10 pm by Ceacliod
Oh well, stuff like that can happen. Thanks for the link
Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:15 pm by James Gallagher
Have fun!
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 5:49 pm by How_Soon_Is_Now
Hi James,
This is my first post, though I’ve been a Blog follower for a long while now.
Firstly, I have to say thanks to all the team there for the brilliant blog and store updates, they are much appreciated!
I do have a question though, I understand the PS2 Full Spectrum Warrior games have been released on the US store, so I was wondering if there’s currently any plans for them to hit the EU store?
These two games were hailed as classics of the time and still rank amongst my fave ever games today, would be great to be able to play them again.
Thanks.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 6:06 pm by JamieIII
James, I’m STILL waiting for the missing Jurassic Park code that I’ve paid for. Phone calls to customer services just get met with a promise to be called back, which has yet to happen, emails to them get a standard reply of “Oh I’m so sorry, phone us up so we can help” and the community message board is ignored, or they just say to ring customer services. It’s a premium rate number and I can’t keep on ringing them, I even emailed to ask for the non-premium number and all I got in reply was a reference number and “please call PlayStation Support on 0844 736 0595″.
I know it’s not anything to do with you, but can you please, please try and help me get somewhere with this? Give them a push until they pull their fingers out and get this sorted, I’ve been waiting for 11 weeks now. It’s gotten to the point where if I don’t get anywhere soon I’m going to have to put in a complaint with trading standards because this is really not on and incredibly frustrating. I really hope you can help somehow.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 8:25 pm by StuDevo
Hi James,
Just wondering if you know when the 32GB memory card fot vita will get release in europe? Really want a Vita but I am pretty sure 16GB will be too small with the all the decent psn titles on vita like motorstorm RC.
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 9:40 pm by Juhal_1234
Hey james, please answer
reports & rumors say
Killzone 3 multiplayer will be free on PlayStation store
if this is true,then suppose i get kill-zone 3, will players who just download the multiplayer be able to play with me if i get the disc version?
like the same servers?
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 11:49 pm by bennyrafal
i will wait for Firaxis dudes – with ufo enemy unknown remake – got some questions for them…
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Posted on 25 February, 2012 at 11:56 pm by DAVIE222
Juhal_1234 yes that is true. killzone 3 multiplayer will be free!
chrisandsheva im with you 100% on the browser
James please reply on satadays for now on and not mondays. its much better, thanks.
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 1:49 am by GALLAGHER2010
Any1 want 2 buy me a vita please!!!
And any chance they cud port gta San Andreas over to the vita it wud be unreal
And on a unrelated note my name is James Gallagher 2
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 2:19 am by Dark-Twisted
The Android app never seems to publish my comments…
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 9:01 am by jin_kazama56
will the vita work with adhoc party anytime soon? for games like dynasty warriors next.
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 9:33 am by andylangers
Anyone know when choplifter HD will be released I was expecting it weeks ago
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 4:18 pm by cthulhu85
Hey James!
I’ve been trying to contact the Norwegian PS support and they don’t seem to be able to help me, but do you know why it is that suddenly after years of using a card on PSN, I can’t do it any more?
I’m wondering if there’s a limit for how many transactions you can have shortly after each other, because when I got the Vita I went on a buying spree and bought like 3 games pretty much instantly after each other, and then when I was trying to buy the fourth game (Modnation) I got an error message (I don’t remember it at the moment), and then when I tried to go to the PS3 and add funds there (and also I tried to buy Vita games through PS3) I got error.
So as a last solution I went to the Sony Entertainment Network webpage and logged in there and tried adding funds that way, and then it said the card wasn’t valid, yet it works on everything else except PSN….
So I guess you can’t help me, but do you know if there is a limit and if I have to wait a certain amount of time before I try again, or if the support has to allow me to use the card again?
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 5:50 pm by Project2insanity
@Mr Gallagher; PSN maintenance scheduled for this Thursday, it’s showing on the PS forum. Maybe worthwhile to put up a blog entry sooner than usual? Although complaints are inevitable, at least a supposed ‘lack of notice’ can (or might?) be avoided.
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 6:59 pm by ultimate_evil
just curious i take we can basically give up on ever getting the last two ps resident evil(2 & 3) games on the uk shop, now you have moved on to ps2 classics
its been almost 3 years from the us store got them
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 8:38 pm by lunalicrichard
I know the PSV is great and all, but what about the ps3 ???? I am already sick of all the PSV stuff that is crammed down my throat . For the last 2 weeks we have seen almost nothing else ! We know the PSV is out ! Most of us here check the news every day on gaming and related stuff so please move this bombardment to the PSV site where it belongs .And it’s about time Sony starts to invest more in Europe content wise , because even after all this time has passed , we only have a fraction of the content of the U.S and that is costing Sony money .
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 9:06 pm by Funkyhusky20
I know this might be irelavant but i got YLOD today and im wondering if i still have my psn account will the data on gt5 all be on my account e.g. cars etc i didnt back up the game unfortunatly so do i lose the data or still have it on my account, i need an answer as im worried that i would have to get my level up and all my cars back.
Please Reply
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 9:22 pm by vader85
i was wondering as playstation store is bringing some ps2 classics back if any of the tony hawks skateboarding would be coming back too please please please
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Posted on 26 February, 2012 at 11:53 pm by hayzink
happy happy joy joy
just got my first vita platinum buy finishing motorstorm rc,
loving my vita back to uncharted now hoping that will be my second
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Posted on 27 February, 2012 at 7:52 am by Dante_Zero
another tip and trick. while the FB app has been removed from the ps store you can still access fb via the psvitas web browser. the best thing is you don’t have to keep logging in as those details are store on your Vita mem card so go to psvita web browser type in facebook.com and hey presto full working facebook logged in and ready to use. spread the word to others that have vita that you know are keen social networkers.
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Posted on 27 February, 2012 at 10:38 am by Catkiller1
For all you VITA owners out there, Zavvi.com have the majority of VITA games within their Mega Monday Sale, at decent prices so check it out!
Also, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition (used to be quite rare, but Stock has started to arrive again), is only £14.95 & Warjammer is only £9.95…Bargains
http://www.zavvi.com/offers/mega-monday/games.list
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Posted on 27 February, 2012 at 10:45 am by Catkiller1
* Warhammer
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Posted on 27 February, 2012 at 11:36 am by Catkiller1
http://games.gamepressure.com/game_info.asp?ID=16753
Toki: Arcade Remixed released on the PSN Store 13th March…..can’t wait! Been waiting a long time for this title & hopefully you can switch to the old retro version too
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Posted on 28 February, 2012 at 1:52 am by crazzsman
Hello can anybody help me ? On my ps vits 3g model when I check my things iv dlded and I have re downloaded a couple of minis onto it, it launches the the app then automatically comes up with an error message and I cant play any minis on my psvita all comes up with an error msg please help
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Posted on 28 February, 2012 at 1:53 am by crazzsman
I cant play any minis on my psvita all come up with an error msg after clicking on the icon
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Posted on 28 February, 2012 at 9:17 am by pnov81
Do the MW3 maps hit the store today?
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