Well, it has finally happened: PS Vita Slim is coming to the U.S. this spring. Yesterday, Sony held a meeting at Sony Santa Monica where they talked about the state of Playstation and released info that the Vita Slim would be coming with a bundle that would include Borderlands 2. The price was announced at $199 only $10 more than the current Vita is selling at, and there is…
This will be a rather short article, but the recently popular app, “Flappy Bird”, will be gone tomorrow (February 9th, 2014). The indie game developer Dong Nguyen who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam stated that 22 hours from now, he will take the game down. He went on to state that, “it’s not for legal reasons”, and, “I just can’t keep it anymore.” Multiple people have tried to get in touch with…
Gran Turismo Documentary Free on YouTube http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/07/recline-your-seat-and-watch-gran-turismo-doc-kaz-on-youtube-vim/ Anyone that is a fan of gaming, racing, development, and technology should watch the Kaz documentary released yesterday from Sony. It is amazing to see what it takes to create the number one selling racing game in the history of video games. The creator talks about how every piece of a track is scanned, how he wanted you to feel a part of…
Sony Selling off Computer Division http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/technology/sony-restructuring/ That is one less PC manufacturer, which in my eyes is a bad thing. But more recently I have just noticed the decline in the design of the Vaio compared to when it first came out. When the Vaio was first released I remember it being a high end laptop that had a lot of features that were ahead of its time. More…
PCSX2, arguably the most popular software for PlayStation 2 emulation, was finally updated to version 1.2.0 (now 1.2.1). This update brings a multitude of of bug fixes and improved software, allowing it to take better advantage of the user’s PC. This will allow faster performance and a higher fps during game play. Most wouldn’t guess, but emulation is actually very taxing on a system. While systems like the NES or…
Huge rumors have been all over the internet the last week over what could possibly make the PS4 fully backwards compatible. Eurogamer reports via unnamed sources, that Sony is “pursuing” a way to allow PS1 and PS2 games to run on the PS4 and it could offer some HD visual improvements as well. This news is huge on top of the announcement of Playstation Now, which will allow PS3 games…
The Ps Vita has been out on the market for just over 2 years and some might say it is dying. However, truthfully we might be seeing a new revival from Sony’s handheld thanks in part to the PS4 and a new model. The PS Vita Slim was revealed for the UK today with a release date of February 7th. While it is already being sold in Japan, this move…
Since Nintendo fell well short of their financial targets recently, there has been a lot of debate as to whether Nintendo should consider moving out of the hardware business, and become a third party developer for the current generation of games consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Webush analyst Michael Patcher recently said on Twitter: “Nintendo software is still great, will continue to be. However, if software remains proprietary,…
The Wii U’s announcement at E3 2012 was undeniably a bit underwhelming. In fact, some people still don’t realize it’s not an add-on for the original Wii. This and a number of other reasons has caused Nintendo’s Wii U to not sell the way they wanted it to. With most people identifying the Wii U as a failure, it’s no surprise Nintendo would want to move on, and with new…
