Despite Sony’s E3 Press Conference supposedly focusing on the new portable console, there was very few PlayStation Vita related announcements. The PS Vita didn’t have its own showcase of games or focus during the press conference. A handful of PS Vita games were announced, including Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified and Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation.
At E3, Sony announced that it’s PlayStation Suite will be rebranded. The Android-compatible environment supported by a number of mobile and tablet devices as well as the PS Vita will now be known as PlayStation Mobile. In addition, HTC has signed with Sony as the first third-party manufacturer to support PlayStation Mobile.
At Sony’s E3 Press Conference, it was revealed that over 60 new titles will be coming to the portable console in 2012. This includes two of the new titles announced the event: Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified. In addition, PSone Classis will soon be supported on the portable console.
At Sony’s E3 Press Conference, both Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed were confirmed for the PlayStation Vita. The Call of Duty game is dubbed Black Ops: Declassified will be the first AAA FPS title on the PlayStation Vita. Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation will feature a completely new story and a female protagonist.
According to a report from MCV, Sony are planning to spend some of their E3 press conference discussing a upcoming service called Storyteller, an eBook and interactive document system for both PS3 and PS Vita.
An image from the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 2012 will be held next week suggests that Sony will be focusing on the PlayStation Vita. The tagline “Never Stop Playing” is Sony’s official marketing line for PS Vita, at least in the States.
DrinkBox Studios is excited to announce that our new Mexican-themed co-op-multiplayer dimension-swapping Metroid-vania beat-em-up platformer, titled “Guacamelee!”, will be released through the PlayStation Pub Fund program!
There has been a lot of talk and rumors of what Sony has planned for E3 next week. We’ve seen everything from a possible PlayStation 4 / Orbis announcement to Streaming Games to the PS3. While these may still be possible, we want to be more realistic and speculate things that are more likely to happen.
E3 is only a few short weeks away and like every year, the major companies will be pushing hard to get their products and services noticed. Sony released the PlayStation Vita only a few months ago and need to push the platform hard to get it established in the market, so what can we expect from Sony at E3 this year?
