Who said that video games were only for kids? Sega is now marketing Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz with “adult” map packs. Sadly, as of right now, this is for Japan only.
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You guys wanted new apps for the Playstation Vita? Well you got them. You still don’t have Skype, but you have three other pretty cool looking apps. According to the PlayStation Blog, “PlayStation Vita owners can look forward to a trio of free applications to help you make the most of the handheld console’s unique features, the first of which will be available to download this week, on April 18.”
The game that was released last week in Europe, StarDrone Extreme, is hitting the North American Playstation Stores on April 17th. See guys. You didn’t have to wait long.
Having fun with your Vita? Want to take an extra 15 minutes to not use it and update it? Well then you’re in luck because Sony has pushed out a new firmware update adds a couple of new, minor, features.
Maybe you know daveexfusion, or @DaveeFTW, maybe you don’t. But all you really need to know is that Mr. Dave here has found a kernel exploit on the PlayStation Vita (only in the psp emulation) for running psp backups, and full psp emulation for homebrew.
Have you ever felt really bad that your Vita doesn’t look like your favorite game? Well today Atlus fixed that problem by giving away a free Persona 4 Vita skin with the game. So now every one will know what your favorite game is.
Since the launch of the Vita Sony has been trying to push their AR games, not all of them have been widely accepted but maybe this one will be different. We have a video for you today of Sony demonstrating a new AR game at GDC, going back to the classics, Pong.
It’s been a while now since we’ve heard about Playstation’s cheap SDK; which entered a closed beta for a chosen few people back in November. But we’ve now been told the open beta will arrive in April, allowing any interested developer to create content for the PS Suite, which will ultimately be accessible to all PlayStation-certified Android smartphones and tablets as well as the PS Vita.
It’s that awesome time of the week when Playstation updates their store with new downloads to keep you entertained, and we of course have taken the PS Vita parts and posted them here. New updates for the Vita include, a new app, more demos and add-on content as well as some videos.
Good news for the PlayStation vita this morning! Sony has announced, that sales of the Vita have reached 1.2 million globally, boosted by the recent launch in Americas, Europe and PAL territories. According to the company, sales of the hardware have “exceeded expectations,” with software sales for the new handheld surpassing 2 million units.