PS Vita will begin making its way into gamers’ hands in just a few short days (if you pre-ordered a First Edition Bundle, that is). Day one Vita owners will have many, many games to choose from, with 25 titles confirmed for launch on February 22nd.
PlayStation Vita First Edition Unboxing
Get your first look at the Playstation Vita First Edition Bundle, which will be released a whole week ahead of the official launch date in North America. Those who have pre-ordered the First Edition Bundle will receive their very own PS Vita on February 15th.
Vodafone’s 3G PS Vita Gives You Free Memory Card and WipEout 2048 for £5
Purchase a PlayStation Vita 3G from Vodafone and get some extra bonuses to sweeten the deal. The PS Vita will cost £279, but Vodafone will give you a free 4GB memory card to go with it. In addition, if you top-up your PS Vita sim card with £5 credit, you’ll get WipEout 2048 for free as well as 250MB of data for 30 days.
US PlayStation Vita Store Now Available
The US version of the PlayStation Store has gone live, meaning anyone with a PS Vita and an US SEN account can open up the Store app and start to buy games. Naturally, content on the store is limited, but come February 22nd and you’ll see lots of new games and content to enjoy on the official launch day.
Final Fantasy X On PlayStation Vita and PS3 Will Be Remastered
What is the different between a remake and remastering, you ask? A remake is basically a port of the game, while includes the game’s original content on a new platform. A remaster is updating elements of the game to make use of the new platforms features, for example, graphics, music and sometimes voice acting.
Inside PS Vita: Cross Play With PS3
This week on Inside PS Vita, learn about Cross Play – the ability to play games on your PlayStation Vita against players on the PS3 or PS Vita. Cross Play is available on selected games, including WipEout 2048, MotorStorm RC and Hustle Kings. The PS Vita also supports Remote Play, which lets you play select PS3 games on your portable console, whether you are on the go or elsewhere in the house.
Everybody’s Golf 6 Trophy List
Everybody’s Golf 6 features a total of 37 trophies, 9 of which are secret and not included in this list.
EU PlayStation Store Update for February 8th 2012
PSP
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin/Persona 3 Portable (bundle) (£39.99/€49.99)
minis (PS3/PSP)
- T.N.K. III (£1.99/€2.49)
- Vanguard II (£1.99/€2.49)
- Ace Armstrong/Stellar Attack (Bundle) (£3.99/€4.99)
- Cubixx/Vibes (Bundle) (£3.99/€4.99)
- Fight Fantasy: Talisman/Warlock (Bundle) (£4.99/€5.99)
PlayStation Vita System Software Ver. 1.60
- When power is on, PS button will now light blue. You can check the status of the light of the PS button type PS Vita.
Blue lights (Including in the power supply) is turned Flashing blue During the transition to standby mode Flashes slowly in blue There is new information such as message Lights in orange Charging when the power is turned off in standby mode or completely Flashing orange During charging, please wait until the lights in orange you can not start a small amount of remaining battery PS Vita. - After powering off and then hold down the power button for 30 seconds, etc. If the power is not cut, the PS Vita will automatically start in Safe Mode.
- “PlayStation ® Network account” has been renamed to “Sony Entertainment Network account”. Existing PSN usernames and passwords are still valid.
- Added the application [map].
- You can now shoot video (Photo).
- The order of the [flight mode] setting has changed. You can now set [Settings] > [Start] > In the airplane mode.
- You can now publish purchase information to Facebook.
- Player information is now displayed on the screen. Details of last 100 people passed in Near will be stored. Profile screen is displayed when you tap the online ID.
- It is now possible to report spam messages.
- You can now delete the backup files.
- Mac OS version of Content Manager is now available. In addition, the Windows version has been updated.