THREE BRAND NEW DISCOVERY APPS COMING EXCLUSIVELY TO PLAYSTATION®VITA

Travel the world, manage an entire ecosystem, and express your musical side all for free exclusively on PlayStation®Vita

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced three new Discovery Apps exclusively available for PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita). The trio of all-new apps showcase the full range of PS Vita’s innovative features including front touch screen and unique rear touch pad, 3G connectivity, front and rear cameras and much more. These all new apps are ideal for PS Vita owners looking for something a little different whilst gaming on-the-go.

The all new titles - Travel Bug, Ecolibrium and Imaginstruments – will all be available free to download from PlayStation®Store this summer.

In Travel Bug, players create and personalise their very own bug which is given a travel-based mission to complete. Your bug can take “travel snaps” on its journey and you can track its whereabouts on an interactive map. This innovative application also invites you to compete against friends to reach destinations first – all tracked via the “near” application.

Take on a divine role in Ecolibrium, an imaginative eco-system simulator where the aim is to maintain harmony within your own created environment. If the environment becomes unbalanced, species in your eco-system must be fed manually until you have restored balance and created the optimum environment for your animals and plants. Users can collect different species and trade them with other PS Vita users using “near”.

If you are feeling musical then give Imaginstruments a try. Imaginstruments is an ‘imaginary instrument’ application designed from the ground up around the myriad of PS Vita inputs. Players can play drums, guitar, theremin, and even the violin. Once each imaginstrument has been mastered players can record their tracks and share with other players.

3G enabled PS Vita owners should also be looking forward to the anticipated release of t@g, the graffiti-based app that combines creative expression, location-based gaming, AR and urban art discovery. Exclusive to 3G PS Vita; with t@g you can create your own graffiti t@gs to share and compete with other t@ggers. Plus use PS Vita’s 3G and GPS capabilities to discover t@gs wherever you are.

With all this free content joining an ever-growing roster of first and third-party games available exclusively for PS Vita on the PlayStation®Store, there has never been a better time to enjoy the ultimate gaming experience, anywhere, anytime, with PlayStation®Vita.

^Cool. But it’s a bit strange that they’re still revealing things for the Vita this close to E3. Plus with all the recent leaks and rumours, I’m beginning to wonder if they’re gonna have anything to announce that we haven’t heard of already. How good are Sony at holding on to big secrets?

EDIT: Also the US seems to be getting the Nico Nico, and the Sony e3 conference will be streamed via the app. Lucky americans.

I have a feeling that they are pre announcing the small stuff because of all the big announcments coming at E3

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/05/31/youtube-coming-soon-to-ps-vita/

YEEAAAHHHH!!!

Good promo vid – Feel free to add to the “should have been shown at e3” comments on youtube

So much for big Vita announcements at E3 - But at least some good ones anyway Assassins was definitely a biggy for me and then this You tube support is a cool addition too

I am satisfied with the amount of releases: AC3, Sly Cooper, Gravity Daze/ Rush and Resistance are all games I am buying. Sure I would have liked more, but the current line up is fine by me.

Personally i think its a fairly decent line up for a still new console, getting there quicker than the 3ds did lol.

It will be interesting to see what the 2nd Gaming Heaven presentation later this month brings.

The first was not bad at all, but people really complained. Sony said they listened to the feedback so hopefully a better 2nd showing.

Some FFX HD footage would be nice

As for E3, they ended up having quite a bit to show PSV wise on the floor area. I am surprised that Miku Hatsune game is there in English, even though SEGA ultimately have little desire to release in in the US. PSN release for PSV and PS3 SEGA: do not be stupid about this.

Ads are appearing around TOkyo for something Sony related on the 28th.
The 28th will see the release of MGS HD and the WHite PSV.

However it seems strange not to just be advertising those directly.
So, there is possibility that the announced gaming heaven event for June is about to come about.

To get everyone excited for new news (be it known games or not):
DJ Max Technika Tune is set for release late September (Japan)
Earth Defence Force 3 also has a September release.
Developer, Experience, has a PSV title in the works.
Nobunaga's Ambition is getting a PSV release (nt that anyone outside of Japan will care - but its a Japan orientated event)

And that is recent developments!

Get hyped! 6 games announced at the last event including Phantasy Star Online 2.

Crunchyroll is coming to the PS3 and Vita this Summer.

Source: Crunchyroll.com

Assassins Creed 3: Liberation extended trailer below – shows off a more gameplay. Does anybody know what song is used in the trailer?Edit: Nvm, found it.

Cool cool. if AC gets representation in PSASBR, I hope its Aveline haha.COnner looks a little dull.

Main updates include:
PS1 Support (quite a hefty list)
Button input on OS
Web browser stability increased

We fall under EU, right? Here’s the link to the compatible list of games.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/27/ps-vita-system-software-update-v1-80-the-full-psone-classics-line-up/

More will roll out eventually.
Gonna dive straight into Crash Bandicoot3, MGS, and FFIX(never played it, but it suddenly appeals to me). Anyone know how much psclassics cost on the za store?

I think anywhere from R45 to R100.

Just a heads up:
Update 1.80 locks your memory card to a single account. If you guys are using multiple accounts on a single memory card make sure you back up all your data and save files before upgrading your Firmware. (this should be done before any FW update anyway)

You will NOT be able to swap accounts without formatting your memory card anymore.

OMG JUST SAW THAT!

ALL OF MY HATE!

@Charmi

Final Fantasy IX in my opinion is the best game of the 3 ps1 titles, FF8 still my favorite but as far as a good game goes 9 is top shelf stuff.