Colourful PS Vita title SunFlowers will be heading to North America next week, developers The Game Atelier have revealed. The game was released in Europe almost a month ago, back in mid-September. The game will be available in North America from October 9th 2012, for just $3.99.
The PlayStation.Blog recently held a Q&A session with Robert Huebner, head of Nihilistic, who are developing the PS Vita exclusive title. The interview reveals new details about the game since the first trailer of the title was show off at Gamescom back in August. New details include weapon modding, perks and information about the single-player missions.
Sony’s UK boss, Fergal Gara, has said the PS Vita will eventually get a price cut, but don’t expect one this year. As manufacturing costs are reduced, the price of the PS Vita will fall, but until then, Sony is working with retail partners to add value to the PS Vita instead of a straight-up price cut.
The Skype app on the PS Vita has been updated to version v1.50, adding a number of new features to the application. The changes include being able to create a new Skype account directly from the device, as well as adding and organising contacts. The update is 11MB in size to download and is available for free.
PlayStation Mobile is now live on compatible Android devices and the PlayStation Vita. Accessing the PlayStation Store on the PS Vita shows the new PlayStation Mobile tab. Over 20 games and apps have launched with the PSM roll-out, with prices from just $0.49 / £0.40.
Ringzero Game Studio has revealed that mobile title Burn the Rope is coming to the PS Vita next week. Burn the Rope is an original game where you must burn as much rope as possible at each level. To start burning the rope you simply tap the touch screen wherever there is rope. Once the rope starts burning you can control the flame by rotating the screen.
Konami have announced that handheld horror title Silent Hill: Book of Memories will launch in Europe this November, while the US will get the game a few weeks earlier in mid-October. The game is exclusive to the PS Vita and takes different direction to the game compared to the previous titles.
Just Add Water has confirmed that Stranger’s Wrath HD on PS Vita will launch early to mid-November at the latest. The release window was revealed to Eurogamer in an interview at the Eurogamer Expo over the weekend. The game is two weeks away from submission with Sony, so it is likely to be available in November providing it passes Sony’s QA tests.
IGN recently spoke to John Koller, SCEA’s Vice President of Hardware Marketing, about all things PlayStation. Like the PS3 and PS3 before it, Koller revealed that Sony intends to support the PS Vita for a full 10 years. “We’re in year one, so we’ll be supporting it for some time. But yeah, it does have its own 10-year life cycle,” says Koller.
IGN has revealed the PSN exclusive title Rainbow Moon is being ported to the PS Vita. Publisher EastAsiaSoft has confirmed that the PS Vita version of the game has recently started development, and the current focus is porting the game over, then looking into adding new functionality.
