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Those happy little bouncing Vita icons hold a deep, dark secret.

The PlayStation Vita is a fine gaming machine – one that I have enjoyed playing for the past couple of weeks since its release. It's sturdily constructed, has a beautiful OLED display, some great launch games, and a very nifty user interface that's both attractive and easy to use. Despite all it has going for it, it houses one of the worst design decisions I've ever encountered in a gaming console.

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Yet another title with an Online Pass.

Tecmo-Koei's Ninja Gaiden 3 is coming out March 20, 2012 and the company has announced that its online multiplayer will be locked behind a Online Pass. Joystiq has confirmed with a Tecmo-Koei representative that the title will require the pass to play online.

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EA's big shooter for this year will come out this fall.

Medal of Honor Warfighter is the follow up to 2010's reboot of the franchise and although it was barely announced a few weeks ago, Joystiq is confirming that the release date has been revealed by a trailer put up today by EA. The sequel will be released this fall on October 23, 2012.

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Vita-specific controls in an Uncharted game are a bad idea.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss marks the first entry in the critically acclaimed series to have not been developed by Naughty Dog. But Sony's Bend Studio has done a fairly good job of carrying the torch to their new handheld system. The bigger problem with Golden Abyss is that it takes every available opportunity to shoehorn in Vita-specific controls, and more importantly, the tale that it tells fails to grab your attention until roughly halfway through.

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