Over 2 Million games have been sold as well.
G4 is reporting that Sony has sold 1.2 million units worldwide since its first launch in Japan two months ago and its recent launch in North America last week. Given the system's struggle in Japan, this comes as good news for Sony.
Awesome fighting mechanics and a variety of modes make this one of the best fighting games released recently.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is an updated version of the original Continuum Shift that was released in 2010 with extra content. I myself am a big fan of the fighting game genre but I've yet to play a BlazBlue title. Although I was initially not impressed, as I continued to play, the game opened up and I was rewarded with a complex, but gratifying combat system, an intriguing story mode and a colorful cast of combatants.
The Persona series is getting a fighting game spin-off.
Atlus sent out a press release today revealing the existence of a fighting game based on the Persona series. Titled Persona 4 Arena, the game is set to be released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this summer.
A day one update is available for the new handheld.
Sony released an update for its new handheld today, the launch date of the PlayStation Vita. Firmware update v.1.61 is actually quite similar to the v.1.60, which was released a few weeks ago for the Japanese Vita.
Bet you didn't see that coming!
Developer Brian Provinciano has revealed that Retro City Rampage, his classic gaming homage, is coming to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita today in a report by Game Informer. Some form of cloud saving between the two versions was also confirmed.
A decent port of a great game.
Tales of the Abyss tells the story of Luke fon Fabre, a boy who lives a sheltered life due to a kidnapping incident that he was the victim of as a child. After losing all of his childhood memories, he becomes a snobby and ignorant young adult. During a training exercise with his master, Van, a mysterious female attacker accidentally causes an event known as “Hyperresonance” which sends both Luke and his attacker to the other side of the country. Luke then learns about the conspiracies, wars and other events that were going on outside of the walls that he had been bound by. These events change Luke, and everyone that he travels with.
16:9 and online play will be added to the last generation fighter.
On their website, Arc System Works announced their plans to port their fan favorite fighter, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, to both PSN and XBLA. Originally released on PS2, PSP, and Wii, the fighter is getting a visual upgrade by moving to a 16:9 aspect ratio, while adding online play. Currently there's no known time frame for the release, but it was recently revealed that the game will be receiving an arcade port as well. As such, it's likely that Arc System Works is putting a large scale effort into the port and rerelease of the title.
Home console quality gaming meets the handheld market.
Mobile devices have put casual gaming at the frontlines of the handheld market, but Sony’s PlayStation Vita is a newly bred handheld beast with the power of current-gen gaming. It would be good to ask if Sony’s hardcore approach amongst the current casual gaming boom is a smart business move, but that can only be revealed in the near future. For now, we can only look at the Vita’s technical specs to judge the system. With that in mind, the Vita is a console with a lot of highs and only a few lows.
Join JD as he previews the single player demo for Mass Effect 3.
Opening up the Vita on its early launch.
