Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said fans shouldn’t have to wait long to hear details for the next installment in the Gran Turismo franchise.
“Kazanori seems to have started talking about, so I won’t be surprised to hear more about their plans, our plans, on future Gran Turismo rather soon.”
Yoshida could be referring to Gran Turismo 6 for the PS4 or a GT game on the PlayStation Vita.
News of a new Gran Turismo is expected at the Tokyo Games Show in September.
Hadoken has released information of Capcom’s Street Fighter x Tekken DLC. The content is totaled to cost $55 and includes six new gems, costumes and characters.
Boost Gem Pack 1 – $2.99 Includes 9 new gems to equip to your characters.
Boost Gem Pack 2 – $2.99 Includes 9 new gems to equip to your characters.
Color Edit Pack 1 – FREE Includes 4 new colors to use in the Color Edit mode.
Costume Swap S Pack – $9.99 Includes a new costume for each of the Street Fighter characters, based on a Tekken character.
Costume Swap T Pack – $9.99 Includes a new costume for each of the Tekken characters, based on a Street Fighter character.
Costume Swap X Pack – $15.99 A combination of the S Pack and T Pack – Includes new costumes for each character, based on characters from the opposite series.
New Challengers Pack – $7.99 Adds 4 new characters to the game: Cody, Guy, Christie and Leo.
X Unlocker – $4.99 Unlocks two secret characters, Akuma and Ogre, as well as all additional character colors and special modes without having to perform the in-game tasks to unlock them.
Street Fighter x Tekken is due out on PlayStation 3 in March, with a PS Vita version following shortly after.
Ed Boon, Creative Director at NetherRealm confirmed that Mortal Kombat will be heading to PlayStation Vita in Spring 2012. The PS Vita version will feature exclusive content features for Sony’s handheld and new gameplay features.
“The NetherRealm team is committed to making sure that we follow up the success of 2011’s Mortal Kombat with an equally compelling experience on the PlayStation Vita.”
“The original game content and new features we developed for the PlayStation Vita will provide gamers with the best fighting game experience available on the new mobile platform.”
Sony has released the official PlayStation Vita launch lineup. There will be 25 games available for launch and each PS Vita will come with six AR Play Cards and a download voucher to have access to games from the PlayStation Network. PS Vita will be available on February 22.a
SCEA Launch Day Titles
Escape Plan (PSN Only)
Hot Shots Gold: World Invitational
Hustle Kings (PSn Only)
Little Deviants
ModNation Racers: Road Trip
Super StarDust Delta (PSN only)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
wipEout 2048
Launch Window Titles
Gravity Rush
MLB 12 The Show
Reality Fighters
Unit 13
Third Party Publisher Titles
Army Corps of Hell – Square Enix, Inc.
Asphalt Injection – Ubisoft, Inc.
BEN10 GALACTIC RACING – D3 Publisher of America
Blazblue: Continuum Shift EXTEND – Aksys Games Localization, Inc.
Dungeon Hunter Alliance – Ubisoft, Inc.
Dynasty Warriors Next – Tecmo Koei America Corporation
F1 2011 – Codemasters
EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer – Electronic Arts, Inc.
Lumines Electronic Symphony – Ubisoft, Inc.
Michael Jackson The Experience – Ubisoft, Inc.
Plants vs Zombies (PSN Only) – Sony Online Entertainment LLC
Rayman Origins – Ubisoft, Inc.
Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen – Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Touch My Katamari – Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition – Sega of America
Launch Window Titles
LEGo Harry Potter: years 5-7 – Warner Bros. Interactive Ent. Inc.
Disgaea 3: Absense of Detention – NIS America, Inc.
NINJA GAIDEN ∑ PLUS – Tecmo Koei America Corporation
Ridge Racer – Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Silent Hill Book of Memories – Konami Digital Ent. America, Inc.
Supremacy MMA: Unrestricted – 505 Games.
Sony revealed the Euro PlayStation Vita package art for both the 4G and Wi-Fi models.
Welcome Park – We invite you to the Welcome Park to explore and discover all of the brilliant features packed into PS Vita through a series of mini-games.
Party – Fancy a chat while you’re gaming? Speak with your friends anytime you like with Party. The voice and text chat application allows you to talk to up to eight party members, no matter what you’re doing. Party also allows you to set up and jump in multiplayer games and chat with Friends while you play different games, bringing cross-game chat to PS Vita.
PlayStation Store – A direct link to PlayStation Store where you will be able to download all PS Vita games, trailers, DLC and apps.
Group Messaging – Another great way to contact your PlayStation Network friends is with a PSN Message. Send them an update or even a picture you’ve taken with your PS Vita to let them know what’s going on. You can message your friends on PSP and PS3, and you can have conversations with multiple people at once.
Photos – PS Vita allows you to capture photos and this is the direct link to the camera and also the photo viewer application.
Near – An exclusive location based gaming network for PS Vita. With near you can stay connected to all of your PlayStation Network friends and make new ones by sharing information about yourself, based on your location. Press the Update button and find new people based on where you are, challenge them to games or play cooperatively and enjoy a completely unique gaming experience on PS Vita. You can even send and receive new levels, unlocks and in-game items to enhance the way you play – everywhere you go will hold new surprises. You can view your friends’ game preferences, see how many trophies they’ve earned and compare your stats to see who the better player is.
Trophies – PS Vita games will support Trophies and this app will store and track your Trophies earned on both PS Vita and PS3. It also allows you to compare your Trophies with your friends.
Music – A music player that will allow you to play your own tunes transferred to PS Vita via a computer or PS3.
Friends – Your Friends List will allow you to search and keep in touch with your PSN Friends. Click on a friend’s profile to see what game they are playing on either PS Vita or PlayStation 3. You can join their game, take a look at what you’ve played together recently or compare your trophy collections. You can also see your friend’s recent gaming activity and what they are doing now. In your profile you can share information about yourself. Choose an avatar that represents you best, add your friends and let the world know what you are playing.
Internet Browser – With the 5″ OLED Touchscreen, PS Vita will offer a great web browsing experience over Wi-Fi and 3G.
When it was announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Street Fighter x Tekken would receive exclusive characters, Capcom endure backlash from the Xbox 360 community.
Capcom’s Senior Vice President, Christian Svensson, defended the decision to give PlayStation 3 and PS Vita exclusive characters in a response from a fan created thread on Capcom Unity.
The fan asked, “Are fans that play Xbox going to get ignored in Street Fighter X Tekken like NetherRealm Studios did with Mortal Kombat?”
Svensson response was, “Guys, we’ve done lots of exclusive content on Xbox 360 platforms (DR1, DR2, Lost Planet, etc.),” he said. “We spread the love around from time to time. Nothing more I can say on the topic for the near term.”
Street Fighter x Tekken is due out on PlayStation 3, PS Vita and Xbox 360 in 2012.
Sony announced that PlayStation Vita will be region-free. This means gamers can get their hands on PS Vita when it launches in Japan on December 17 and enjoy playing localized games on it.
Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, has urged those interested in getting the Japanese PS Vita to wait rather than dish out additional money.
“There are people who are interested in importing the Japanese version of PS Vita from outside Japan, but I personally do not recommend that.”
“Sorry I’m not explaining well, but from my experience owning both US and J game consoles of everything, there tend to be minor nuisances. Like inconsistency between the use of x and o buttons between system software and games.”
PlayStation Vita will support an external battery for those who fear their portable will shut down after three to five hours of gaming.
In speaking with IGN, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, said, “If you have noticed, we have just announced the peripherals for PS Vita. And one of the peripherals is the external battery. That extends the battery life of PS Vita.”
“So if you’re flying from New York to San Francisco, or vice versa, you have no concerns if you have an additional external battery.”
We reported Wednesday that PS Vita battery life will last for 3 to 5 hours while gaming, and up to nine hours in standby mode or playing music.
SCEJ President confirmed in an interview with Reuters that there is no Monster Hunter 4 for PlayStation Vita unless Capcom changes their mind.
“I don’t know, you will have to ask Capcom,” responded Kawano when questioned if Monster Hunter 4 would make it to PS Vita.
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd has sold almost five million units in Japan only, and it would be a surprising move from Capcom if Monster Hunter 4 did not make land on PS Vita.
