Katamari Damacy Rolling Up Vita

King of All Cosmos is back on PS Vita. New from the Tokyo Game Show, Katamari Damacy (Working Title) was announced for Sony's new handled PlayStation Vita. While not much information is known about it, it will make use of the back touch screen, to stretch and squeeze the katamari to let you roll up things like never before.

As a huge Katamari fan, another Katamari Damacy being announced is huge. Any new info GCX can get our hands on, we will be sure to post it. For now, stay satisfied with the video and few pics below.

Source: Playstation Blog

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Vita Will Support Most PSP Downloadable Games

If you have purchased PSP games on Sony's PSN, you are in luck. PS Vita will be able to play them, and certain games will even have dual analog stick support.

For people stuck the old retired UMD discs, Sony "may" have a solution for you, but it is not ready to talk about that just yet. Vita will be launching in Japan December 12th, other regions sometime in 2012.

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26 Games Launching with Vita

With the PS Vita launch December 17th, games must come out for it right? Well Sony has a huge list of launch titles for Japan. As you can see from the pics below, the games cover a wide variety of genres, giving anyone picky, something to play. Of course, Ridge Racer WILL be there!

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Nico Nico Hooks Up With Vita

Nico Nico Douga video sharing service, popular in Japan will be on the PS Vita. Nico Nico is in beta testing right now for North America. It allows comments that scroll on the video itself, making it feel like you are watching with an audience. On the PS Vita, it will be able to live stream videos over 3G and Wifi as well as share or watch videos. They are hoping the service will be ready in summer 2012.

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Zone of the Enders HD Collection for Vita PS3

Zone of the Enders HD announced by Kojima, will be hitting the PS3 and Vita sometime in 2012. It will feature save transfering,enabling you to transfer your saves on the go and then back again.

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Final Fantasy X Announced for Vita and PS3

No real details, Square-Enix just annouced that Final Fantasy 10 will be coming to the Vita and PS3. It is for celebrating the 10 year anniversary. It will be remastered in HD, no other information was given.

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2 Exclusive Characters For SFxTK on Vita

Quickly announced, two new characters Kuro and Toro which appear to be deformed cats will be characters. They are Sony mascots in Japan and said to be very powerful, check out the few pics, straight from TGS 2011.

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Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Coming to Vita

Announced just now by Capcom, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 will be arriving for the PS Vita. The announced date was... december 17th, it will be a launch title for the new sony handheld. It looks like it will also use the wifi and 3G services for multiplayer, and help build a stronger community.

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PS Vita Dated December 17 in Japan

Just announced from the Sony Conference minutes ago, PlayStation Vita will be getting a release date of December 17th...in Japan! No other territories were given for the unreleased handheld, but with this announcement, it will be giving competition to the 3DS this holiday in Japan, leaving all other territories for Nintendo.

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In Defense of Vita: Part 1

The PSVita has been a somewhat divisive issue since its announcement back in June where some people believe, with reason, that the age of handhelds with the primary focus being video games has come to an end. I on the other hand have a more favorable opinion on the ability of Sony to navigate these ever-changing waters. What will be discussed in this first entry of this three-parter is the potential size of the handheld market place and how the PSVita is in a comfortable position to acquire a share large enough to become a profitable venture for Sony in the long run.

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PSVita's Silent Hill: Book of Memories Doesn't Look Too Scary

Well with GamesCom now over with there has been a maelstrom of new videos, articles and juicy details that is sure to find some appeal in most gamers. A lot of what I’ve seen so far has been pretty uplifting and continues to build this frenzied hype I’ve had with the anticipation of all these killer games we get to look forward over the next 10 or so months.  Though the item that is at the top of my wishlist is the PSVita , with it’s very desirable technical attributions and the ever-growing list of games from major franchises, I have little doubt Sony can follow through on the promise to have the best launch library yet for  their Playstation IP. With the many games announced so far one game I have had my eye on was Silent Hill: Book of Memories. Though, with some recent video that has hit the net I feel I may need to look elsewhere for my petrifying portable.

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PS3 Sales Up After Price Drop

Sony recently announced an immediate price drop for their PS3 consoles and retailers are already seeing this take effect in the market.

"We have seen a significant acceleration in the sale of PlayStation 3..." telling gamesindustry.biz. While industrygamers.com has caught word from retailer giant Target that they have "... seen an immediate lift in units sold since Tuesday's PS3 price-cut."

The cheapest model you can get your hands on now is a 260GB 'slim' version which retails for $250 in the US, 249 Euros across the Atlantic and 24,980 yen in Japan.

The last time Sony reduced the price of the console was back in 2009 with the inital release of the PS3 slim.


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