![]() We also saw demos of some of the console's social networking features: Party, which brings voice or text chat with friends Live Area, which brings games news which you can swap with friends and Near, which lets you see what your friends in your vicinity are playing, and exchange gifts with them. ![]() Sony called this WAAR – Wide Area Augmented Reality. The PS Vita also looks set to go big on augmented reality (AR) gaming: a demo video showed that it will be able to create large-scale virtual play areas from real-world backgrounds, using up to six AR cards. This sounds very similar to the concept of asymmetric gameplay that Nintendo introduced to the world when it unveiled the Wii U. Sony also told us that it is working on LittleBigPlanet's Cross-play support, with one player controlling Sackboy on a PS Vita while others, using a completely different control system, attack him from PS3s. The one that most caught our eye was Cross-play, essentially a fancy name for the fact that some games will support cross-platform multiplay between the PS Vita and the PS3.Ī demo in which two PS Vita players and one person on a PS3 took part in a WipEout 2048 race against each other was impressive. Beyond the gamesĭenny called on an army of helpers to demonstrate several of the PS Vita's more esoteric features. The PS Vita will also avail itself of made-over versions of a number of huge franchises – notably Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Ninja Gaiden, Ridge Racer, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter X Tekken. Touch My Katamari – which works beautifully with the PS Vita's dual analogue sticks – illustrated how the PS Vita will feature a number of lesser-known franchises which nevertheless have an avid cult following among core gamers, along with the likes of Lumines, Ninja Gaiden, Super Monkey Ball, a new Oddworld game called stranger's Wrath and Shinobido 2. Fifa loses little in comparison with the PS3 version, at least visually, and the same could be said of Virtua Tennis 4 and F1 2011. We're pretty confident that Fifa 12, F1 2011, Rayman Origins, Virtua Tennis 4, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom, Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7, Touch My Katamari and Putty Squad Vita will be among those scrabbling for shelf-space on 22 February.Īll the abovementioned titles looked pretty strong. MotorStorm RC, in which you drive a radio-controlled car Sony also distributed a list of nearly 40 PS Vita games from third-party developers – although precisely which ones will be ready for launch currently remains a mystery. ![]() And for devoted PlayStation fans, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and WipEout 2048, both of which set new standards for graphics quality on a handheld console, will be must-buys. The latter – a minimal but very distinctive black-and-white puzzle game – is undoubtedly the most original effort on the list. Sony said that it would publish 11 games at launch – the three mentioned above plus Uncharted: Golden Abyss, augmented reality beat-em-up Reality Fighters, innovative puzzle collection Little Deviants, ModNation Racers, Everybody's Golf, pool game Hustle Kings and Escape Plan. Like WipEout 2048, MotorStorm RC players will be able to take each other on whether they are playing on the PS Vita or PS3. Unit 13, a third-person shooter being developed by Zipper Interactiveĭenny also unveiled MotorStorm RC, a typically anarchic MotorStorm game in which you drive a radio-controlled car, which will also be available from launch for the PS3 via the PlayStation Network.
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