With TGS in full swing, Sony has been blowing it up with PlayStation Vita games. Konami announced Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders and today Namco Bandai has announced on the PlayStation Blog a new Katamari game that is in development for Vita.
Kojima announced at TGS that the HD remake collections of Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders will also be making their way to the Vita –
both of course featuring the new “Transfaring” feature. The games are
not alone, though, as Kojima had more up his sleeve with a new title in
the works that will feature Transfaring, and thus be on both the PS3 and
Vita.
While
the announcement of a new game featuring Transfaring is surprising, it
really wasn’t unexpected. It only made sense that at least the Metal Gear Solid collection as a whole would be coming to a portable system. Seeing that most Metal Gear Solid fans beat Peace Walker
a little more than a year ago, they’d probably need more of an
incentive to try the new system. Also, it’s an easy port to the Vita.
I can not read Japanese at all, but an update to Square-Enix’s official Final Fantasy XIII-2 site has a picture of an absolutely gorgeous special edition Playstation 3, as seen below, and a Japanese release date.
A report from DFC Intelligence suggests that online game sales will surpass retail sales in 2013. Global Sales from online games including PC, console, mobile and tablet games are expected to rise from 19.3 billion in 2010 to $37.9 billion by 2016.
An interview found on GamesIndustry.biz (original story here)
talks about the intentions of GameStop to come out with their own tablet in the
near future. You may have noticed
the signs in the GameStop windows advertising that they are going to start
accepting iOS for trade now, so this news may or may not be a shocker. With the amount of money and popularity
that is going into the tablet and handheld market, this move by GameStop really
is not that much of a surprise, but the success (or failure) of a tablet
supported by a store like GameStop could change the store drastically.
Mortal Kombat was released for the Xbox 360 and PS3 in the first quarter of the year but alreadyWarner Brothers Interactive is reaping the benefits. According to Warner Brothers, Mortal Kombat has sold over three million copies worldwide. This beats the record set by Capcom’s Marvel Vs Capcom 3, which sold two million units.
Star Wars Fan rejoice! A major digital distributor has put every Star Wars game in their catalog on sale for the weekend. If you aren’t into ancient weapons and hokey religions, then you can still find a few other good deals this weekend as well.
