As April draws to a close, Sony has one last treat in store (pun intended) for PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America. Cross-buy title Zombie Tycoon II: Brainhov’s Revenge will be added to the Instant Game Collection in today’s weekly update, and can be downloaded for free on the PS3 or PS Vita. In addition, Sony is also having an enormous franchise sale on games with their characters featured in PlayStation All-Stars.
A new indie puzzle game, Quell Memento, is headed to the PS Vita, and will be available for download soon. The game prototype was originally created on an Amstrad CPC computer, way back in 1993, but back then it was called “Last of the Smileys” and was a lot more 8-bit in style. The game has over 150 puzzles to solve, as well as a backstory, that is revealed to the player at intervals throughout the game.
Lucid Games has announced a new PSN title, Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery, for the PS Vita. The game is an episodic adventure brimming with weird and wonderful characters and a host of brain teasing puzzles. The game was developed using the powerful Unreal Engine 3, and features puzzles written by some of the worlds leading puzzle authors, as well story from the BAFTA nominated George Poles.
Amanita Design’s puzzle point-and-click adventure game, Machinarium, will arrived on the PS Vita on May 1st 2013. The PS Vita will be the eighth platform to receive the game, with the game first releasing on the PC back in 2009. The game sees you take on the role of a robot called Josef (named after Josef Čapek, the creator of the word “robot”), who tackles the misdeeds of the Black Cap Brotherhood by solving puzzles and brainteasers.
Sony and Naughty Dog has announced that the Jak and Daxter Trilogy, released on the PS3 in February 2013, is heading to the PS Vita. Arriving in June, three of your favorite Jak and Daxter titles – Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3 will be coming to PlayStation Vita as Jak and Daxter Trilogy. The PS Vita version will include the reproduced graphics form the original games and touch-screen functionality for certain mini-games.
Soul Sacrifice will be getting a playable demo ahead of the game’s official launch later this month. The PS Vita exclusive title will launch from April 30th 2013 across Europe, but a playable demo will be available from April 17th 2013 from the PlayStation Store (that’s this Wednesday).
The latest PS Vita firmware went live overnight, updating the system software to v2.10. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber and have automatic updates turned on, you’ll find the firmware update already downloaded and waiting to be installed. In addition to folders, the firmware update adds and improves a number of features.
Following from our earlier story about the PS Vita getting folder support, it now appears that Firmware version v2.10 will be released this week, with folder support confirmed. The current source is a Japanese blog, but you can expect an official post from Sony to confirm soon. The firmware update will also add video streaming to the console.
Media Molecule have today revealed the release date and reversible box art for their upcoming PS Vita title Tearaway. The papery world of Tearaway will unfold in North America and Europe this October. Information on pre-orders, and the special items that will accompany will be announced soon.
Sony has released the chart for the top downloaded content from the PlayStation Store last month (you can find the North American chart here). Urban Trial Freestyle was the most downloaded PS Vita game last month, staying at the No. 1 spot for the second month running. Ragnarok Odyssey was the second most downloaded title, moving up from 4th place in February, and Persona 4 Golden was in third place, up from 7th place.
