Play.com are selling the Wi-fi PS Vita model at a significantly reduced price for a limited time only. The Wi-fi PS Vita is on offer as part of Play’s “Warhouse Clearance” sale and will be available until all stock is sold out. You can get the PS Vita for only £169.99 – a saving of £60 in comparison to the RRP.
Treasures of Montezuma Blitz on the PS Vita has been updated yet again. The new patch updates the game to version v1.70 and is 52MB in size. The patch fixes a few bugs and adds a few new features to the game. A full changelog is included below, as well as screenshots of the new features.
Release dates for the liquid based physics puzzler, Puddle, has been revealed for the PlayStation Vita. The game will be released in North America on July 24th 2012, with Europe to follow on August 1st 2012. The game will retails for $7.99 / £6.99.
The PlayStation Mobile Software Development Kit (or SDK) has been updated to version vo.99, adding many new features and changes in the software. One notable addition is a “In-App Purchase” library, allowing developers to add micro-transactions to their applications like on Android and iOS apps.
Later this summer, Pure Chess will be getting a new downloadable chess set which will be offered free to all PSN users. The set will be available in both plastic and metal materials and will be playable in any of the three locations featured in the main game (Museum, Study, and Penthouse).
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has discussed a potential PS Vita version of upcoming shooter Borderlands 2. During a developer session, Pitchford discussed how the cross-save feature on the PS Vita could be used to “keep developing that same character because it exists on the cloud somewhere.”
Newly formed studio Activision Leeds will be handling all handheld Call of Duty titles going forward, according to Andy Payne, chairman of UKIE. The Leeds studio was established in November 2011, although their projects are a secret. It’s not known whether the Leeds studio is working on Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified for the PS Vita.
YouTube user digitalarts001 has made it possible to run Left 4 Dead with motion controls on the PS Vita, using a custom-build application on the PS Mobile SDK and Remote Desktop. The possibilities with PlayStation Mobile appear to be endless and the video below proves anything is possible on the PS Vita.
The LittleBigPlanet Beta on the PS Vita has come to an end. Booting up the game now returns an error indicating that the beta is over, and prevents you from accessing any of the menu options. If you didn’t get a chance to enter the beta, you’ll have to wait until September 21st to get your hands on the full game.
Sales of the PlayStation Vita have doubled yet again in the week from June 25th – July 1st, following the release of the White PS Vita and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Sales increased by approximately 87% from 12,100 units to 22,638.
