Joystiq PSP http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq PSP http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: Dungeons & Dragons, Giana Sisters, Jak & Daxters]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/18/psn-tuesday-dungeons-and-dragons-giana-sisters-jak-and-daxters/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/18/psn-tuesday-dungeons-and-dragons-giana-sisters-jak-and-daxters/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/18/psn-tuesday-dungeons-and-dragons-giana-sisters-jak-and-daxters/#comments
The weekly PSN update is live, unlocking Capcom's collected quest classics, Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. Joining the 2D beat-em-up is Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, which finally makes its way to PSN after its Xbox Live Arcade debut back in March.

The Jak and Daxter Collection - which includes all three original PS2 games, Jak and Daxter, Jak 2 and Jak 3 - steps up on PS Vita today, along with Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. Rounding out this week's update are free PS Plus games Saints Row: The Third and Gods Eater Burst.

For the full list of this week's PlayStation Network content, hit up the PlayStation Blog.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Dungeons & Dragons, Giana Sisters, Jak & Daxters originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jump into the ultimate retro-style meta RPG experience this week with The Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition...

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Here's a post-conference rundown of what exactly took place at the Sony event last night.

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Survive this week with The Last of Us...

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JoystiqNow Playing: June 10-16, 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 has been announced by Konami for Xbox 360, PS3, Windows PC and PSP. In this latest incarnation, the series will switch to using the Fox Engine. There's no word on Wii U, PS4 or Xbox One in the press release, but we've contacted Konami for further details.

The 2014 game will feature what is dubbed as "TrueBall Tech," a system governing physics and controls centered around the ball. The Motion Animation Stability System (M.A.S.S.) is designed to present more realistic and dynamic player collision behavior and tackles, and footballers will now have mental statistics that can be affected throughout a match by fan support and teamwork.

The Fox Engine is a multi-platform development suite powering Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

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JoystiqPro Evolution Soccer 2014 powered by Fox Engine this year originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PlayStation Plus members can grab the PS3 game Deus Ex: Human Revolution for free, alongside a 10 percent discount on Grid 2 ($54), and 40 percent off Portal 2 ($9.60) and its Move-enabled DLC, In Motion ($4.80). Let's Fish: Hooked On is half off on Vita for Plus members this week, for $10.

Sony has some secret content in store for June, according to PlayStation Digital Platforms Community Manager Paul Sullivan, and it just so happens there's a large gaming convention right in the middle of this month. Keep your eyes peeled.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Remember Me on PS3, Limbo on Vita, Deus Ex free for Plus originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mess with peoples' minds this week with Remember Me...

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Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai previously said the board would consider Loeb's offer. Loeb, with Third Point LLC, sent a letter to Sony on May 14 arguing an entertainment IPO would allow Sony to focus on its electronics arm, which has seen nine consecutive annual losses.

JoystiqSony hires Morgan Stanley, Citigroup to consider entertainment IPO originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 May 2013 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Grid 2 and Fuse are also available through PSN today, launching alongside their retail counterparts. Rockstar's The Warriors is also on the menu, making its PS2 Classics debut for $10.

Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus subscribers can download a free copy of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend on PS Vita, as well as a free PS Vita music app, Imaginstruments.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: The Last of Us pre-orders, Imaginstruments on Vita originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 28 May 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fight for control over powerful alien weaponry in Fuse...

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Tomorrow, PS Plus also gets a free timed trial of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and Insomniac Games' latest, Fuse. Finally, PS Plus-exclusive discounts on a few different games will be up for grabs tomorrow: Hamilton's Great Adventure is down to $2.50; Draw Slasher is $4.19; and Germinator can be snagged for $5.

JoystiqBlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend PS Vita free on PS Plus this week originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 28 May 2013 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Final Fantasy 25th anniversary celebration includes FFXIII 'developments' talk
Square Enix's "Fabula Nova Crystallis" returns from the abyss, once again, with the company's recent trademark registration of Final Fantasy Agito. Gematsu took note of the registration - or re-registration depending on your perspective - of the trademark with the similar name to the game once known as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, which eventually launched in Japan as Final Fantasy Type-0 in 2011 on PSP.

Whispers of a western release for Type-0 have been around for two years, but never really went anywhere. All we know for certain is that Square Enix Presents is scheduled for E3 and some Final Fantasy news is planned... because there's always Final Fantasy news planned. Always.

JoystiqSquare Enix registers Final Fantasy Agito trademark originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 27 May 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The effort to localize Class of Heroes 2 began in 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign seeking $500,000 in funding. Ultimately, only $96,951 was raised, though MonkeyPaw CEO John Greiner wasn't too down in a follow-up interview with Joystiq.

Greiner said that even though the Kickstarter campaign failed, "we were able to educate people about the game and its features. That will help immensely when we release the digital version."

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JoystiqClass of Heroes 2 available on PSN June 4 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In non-allegorical terms, gross revenue (overall sales) and net income (post-tax profit) were both down year-over-year, at $1.865 billion and $54.6 million, respectively. As far as net income, that's a 24.69 percent decrease from the $72.5 million Gamestop reported at the end of Q1 2012.

Meanwhile, mobile device sales were up 290 percent, though this massive increase was largely due to the fact that Gamestop's mobile trade-in/sales program was just getting started during Q1 of 2012. Digital sales also increased, to the tune of 47.3 percent year-over-year, while new software sales, both physical and digital, fell 3.8 percent.

As was the case during Q1 2012, used hardware and software sales accounted for the majority of Gamestop's pre-tax profit, with new hardware and software sales making up just 29.5 percent of the quarter's overall gross.

JoystiqGamestop Q1 sales and profits down, mobile/digital sales up originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Loeb, with Third Point LLC, owns a 6 percent stake in Sony worth $1.1 billion, and is Sony's biggest investor. Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai confirmed that the top brass is considering Loeb's offer, but didn't say when it would come to a decision, Bloomberg reports.

"It's only a start," Hirai said. "It's important that the board will discuss this and come to a decision that represents Sony's stance." Following Loeb's offer yesterday, Sony stock surged 9 percent.

JoystiqSony considers splitting the company after proposed IPO originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In March, Square Enix President Yoichi Wada stepped down and the company announced widespread restructuring that it expected to cost $106 million. Square Enix posted a net loss of $134 million for fiscal year 2013, citing "weak" sales of major console games, including Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider, the last of which sold 3.4 million in its first month.

JoystiqReport: Square Enix America CEO leaves, joins Amazon originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shoot up the old west this week with Call of Juarez: Gunslinger...

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It's quite the week for content on Sony platforms, with several major releases making their debut on the PlayStation Network today. Metro: Last Light, the 4A Games' sequel salvaged by Deep Silver, launches today. If you haven't had a chance to read our review yet, be sure to give that a gander.

It's joined by CCP's EVE Online offshoot (get it?) Dust 514, available free to all PSN users. Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery eases its way onto PS Vita today as a $3 download, while Rockstar makes good on its promised Manhunt for $10.

PlayStation Plus subscribers' freebie this week is Knytt Underground, which is flanked by discounts on both Metro: Last Light and a special pre-order price on Grid 2. For the full list of what's in this week's content dump, hit up the PS Blog through the source link below.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Metro: Last Light, Dust 514, Jacob Jones originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 14 May 2013 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Head back underground this week with Metro: Last Light...

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JoystiqNow Playing: May 13-19, 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 13 May 2013 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As the company predicted following several cost-cutting measures across the previous year - including the sales of major buildings in Tokyo and New York, as well as thousands of layoffs - Sony posted an operating profit for the fiscal year, which came in at ¥230.1 billion ($2.45 billion).

Sony shifted 3.4 million PS3 and PS2 units across the last quarter, while the Vita and PSP came in at 1.3 million. Sony's fiscal year figures were in line with projections made last quarter, with the home consoles at 16.5 million and the portables at 7 million.

However, the portables' figures compare unfavorably with the company's initial estimate for the year, which was 16 million. Sony is being much more cautious for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, predicting only 5 million units in what's approximately the Vita's second year at retail. PS3 figures are estimated at 10 million, while Sony chose not to include PS4 projections.

The PlayStation division saw 12.2 percent year-on-year decline in sales, coming in at ¥707.1 billion ($7.52 billion). Operating income saw a much sharper drop, down 94.1 percent to ¥1.7 billion, or $18 million. Sony put the declines down to decreased hardware sales, as well as the "strategic price reduction" for the Vita in Japan earlier this year.

One area where growth is predicted is software, even without including the PS4. Sony projects an increase from the 266 million units sold in fiscal 2012 to 319 million (including digital units).

JoystiqSony posts $458M fiscal 2012 net profit, forecasts 5M portable sales in fiscal 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 May 2013 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Papo & Yo is available for $9 this week (or $12 if you want the soundtrack tossed in), while Retro City Rampage is down to $7.50. Fatal Frame 2 joins the PS2 Classics list, and a multiplayer demo for Fuse teases Insomniac's latest shooter before its launch later this month. Check the PlayStation Blog for the full list of new content.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Sleeping Dogs free on PS Plus; Papo & Yo on sale originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 May 2013 19:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fusepapo-and-yoplaystationplaystation-vitaps3psn-tuesdaypspretro-city-rampagesleeping-dogssonyvitaTue, 07 May 2013 19:35:00 EST<![CDATA[FIFA 13 sells 14.5 million in 2013, digital revenue up from FIFA 12]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/fifa-13-sells-14-5-million-in-2013-digital-revenue-up-from-fifa/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/fifa-13-sells-14-5-million-in-2013-digital-revenue-up-from-fifa/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/fifa-13-sells-14-5-million-in-2013-digital-revenue-up-from-fifa/#commentsFIFA 13 sells 145 million through 2013, net revenue up from FIFA 12 FIFA 13 sold through 14.5 million units in fiscal year 2013, up 30 percent compared with FIFA 12 sales from the prior year. Net revenue from digital sales hit $200 million in adjusted, non-GAAP terms, an increase of 94 percent compared with FIFA 12 year-over-year. The entire FIFA franchise generated $350 million in digital net revenue in FY 2013, including sales from FIFA Online and FIFA World Class Soccer.

By Q3 2013, which ended on December 31, 2012, FIFA 13 clocked a total of 12 million sales.

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Outwit time this week with the QUBE - Against the Qlock DLC...

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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon lights up this week's hefty PlayStation content dump, available as a PS3 download alongside Poker Night 2, Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut, Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS Vita cross-buy; free on PS Plus) and Ninja Sigma 2. On the PS Vita side, Keiji Inafune's Soul Sacrifice sets out for role-playing adventure.

This week concludes the Spring Fever sale on PSN, highlighting games featured in Sony's mascot brawler, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale. Deals on BioShock, Metal Gear, Ratchet & Clank and many more are up for grabs. The full list is available over on the PlayStation Blog.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Soul Sacrifice originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For $36.99, buyers will receive a digital voucher for Class of Heroes 2 once it hits the PlayStation Network next month. A boxed physical version will be shipped to preorder customers an estimated 4-8 weeks after preorders close on May 8th.

Published in partnership with MonkeyPaw Games, Class of Heroes 2 is a first-person, Wizardry-like dungeon crawler with a focus on character customization. A Kickstarter project for a proposed deluxe edition didn't reach its funding goal, but a limited physical release entered production after meeting with a positive fan response.

"[Class of Heroes 2 is] not out of QA yet, but I'd imagine it should be up on PSN about the 3rd week in May, and the physical a few weeks after that," Gaijinworks founder Victor Ireland notes. "The QA is really just a formality because all that changed was a couple lines of text cleaned up and the opening removed until the rights situation is cleared."

Class of Heroes 2 was originally released in Japan in 2009. Since then, a number of sequel titles have debuted for platforms including the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS. To date, only the first PSP entry in the series has seen a North American release.

JoystiqClass of Heroes 2 physical/digital combo pack now up for preorder originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Head back to the 80s and see 2007 as the future this week with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon...

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In addition to the free game, the usual discount trumpeting will take place tomorrow. Spring Fever concludes with arguably its best week yet, offering up discounts themed around PlayStation All-Stars ($20 for PS Plus members) and its featured combatants. Many notable series are on sale, including entries in Metal Gear, Sly Cooper, BioShock, LittleBigPlanet, Devil May Cry, God of War, Infamous, Ratchet & Clank and Twisted Metal. The full list is available over on the PlayStation Blog.

JoystiqZombie Tycoon 2 free on PS Plus this week; BioShocks, Metal Gears, God of Wars on sale originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bioshockdevil-may-crygod-of-warinfamouslittlebigplanetmetal-gearplaystationplaystation-all-stars-battle-royaleplaystation-plusplaystation-vitaps-plusps3pspratchet-and-clanksly-coopersonyspring-fevertwisted-metalvitazombie-tycoon-2Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[PSN web store enables queue downloads upon PS3 startup]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/25/psn-web-store-enables-queue-downloads-upon-ps3-startup/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/25/psn-web-store-enables-queue-downloads-upon-ps3-startup/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/25/psn-web-store-enables-queue-downloads-upon-ps3-startup/#comments PSN web store enables queue downloads upon PS3 startupThe web-based Sony Entertainment Network store has enabled automatic downloads of PlayStation 3 content. Items in your store queue will begin downloading once you turn on your console, either via Remote Play or a gentle caress of the power button. The process takes a few minutes to kick in after boot-up, according to PSN Stores.

Before this addition, games and other content purchased through the web store had to be manually retrieved from the PS3's download list.

JoystiqPSN web store enables queue downloads upon PS3 startup originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>playstationplaystation-networkplaystation-vitaps3psnpsn-storepspsonyvitaThu, 25 Apr 2013 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: Dead Island Riptide, Star Trek, Thomas Was Alone]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/23/psn-tuesday-dead-island-riptide-star-trek-thomas-was-alone/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/23/psn-tuesday-dead-island-riptide-star-trek-thomas-was-alone/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/23/psn-tuesday-dead-island-riptide-star-trek-thomas-was-alone/#comments PSN Tuesday Dead Island Riptide, Star Trek, Thomas Was AloneThe PlayStation Store update this week includes four full games, two new for PSN and three Vita games. The full games are Star Trek, SoulCalibur 5, Dead Island Riptide and Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII, while PSN gets God Mode and Thomas Was Alone.

Thomas Was Alone is a Cross Buy game, making it available on Vita today as well, along with Draw Slasher and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R.

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is out as a PS2 Classic and PSP gets Black Rock Shooter The Game. The Spring Sale is still on, with discounts on Resident Evil 6 and Thomas Was Alone this week.

JoystiqPSN Tuesday: Dead Island Riptide, Star Trek, Thomas Was Alone originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fun, sun and the undead await you this week in Dead Island: Riptide...

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Curve Studios' port of Mike Bithell's BAFTA-nominated puzzle-platformer Thomas Was Alone makes its debut on PS Vita and PS3 this week. The cross-buy enabled game takes place within a computer mainframe, tasking players with escorting erratic AI entities to their destinations.

Finally, PSN's Spring Fever sale continues unabated, slashing prices across the entire Resident Evil series this week. Highlights include Resident Evil: Director's Cut for $5, Resident Evil 6 for $21 and Resident Evil 4 at $14.

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The physical retail sales sector of the U.S. video game industry pulled in 10 percent less coin than it did during the same five-week period in 2012, amassing a total of $992.5 million between March 3 and April 6, 2013. Hardware sales took the biggest hit out of the three monitored retail sub-categories, bringing in a total of $221.6 million, a 32 percent year-over-year decrease. Microsoft's Xbox 360 claimed its 27th month as the best-selling console in America, selling 261,000 units, down 13.5 percent from last month.

Meanwhile, overall physical software sales (console, portable and PC games) outperformed March 2012 by two percent: $602.4 million in 2013, as compared with last a total of $592.2 million in sales last March.

BioShock Infinite took an immediate victory over the rest of the period's release calendar, with Tomb Raider and Gears of War: Judgment rounding out the podium lineup. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon placed sixth overall; we learned yesterday it has sold 415,000 units. Though that figure's retail-to-digital ratio remains undefined, the "vast majority" of sales took place at retail, according to Nintendo's Scott Moffit.

As always, jump on through for the top 10 best-selling games of March, 2013.

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Meanwhile, the Spring Fever sale event continues for PlayStation Plus with a series-wide sale on the Grand Theft Auto games, including recent PS2 Classics GTA 3 (for under $5) and GTA: San Andreas (for under $8).

JoystiqPlayStation Plus gets free Malicious, cheap Grand Theft Auto originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jump into the superpowered brawl this week with Injustice: Gods Among Us...

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The only place to get the full soundtracks still is through Rockstar's box set releases; however, if you want to just listen to the ads, you can point your browser to The Advertising Council.

Rockstar recently revealed the box art for Grand Theft Auto 5, due on September 17 for Xbox 360 and PS3. Even though over 100,000 have signed a petition calling for a PC port, Take-Two has not announced Grand Theft Auto 5 for the PC at this time.

JoystiqRockstar drops Grand Theft Auto playlists on Spotify, iTunes originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androiddsgrand-theft-autogrand-theft-auto-3grand-theft-auto-4-liberty-city-storiesGrand-Theft-Auto-Chinatown-Warsgrand-theft-auto-ivgrand-theft-auto-san-andreasgrand-theft-auto-vice-cityGrand-Theft-Auto-Vice-City-StoriesGTA-Vice-City-Storiesiosipadiphonemacmicrosoftmobilenintendopcplaystationplaystation-vitaps3psprockstarsonysoundtrackVice-City-StoriesvitaxboxFri, 12 Apr 2013 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[RPG 'Mystic Chronicles' moves from iOS to PSP this summer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/10/rpg-mystic-chronicles-moves-from-ios-to-psp-this-summer/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/10/rpg-mystic-chronicles-moves-from-ios-to-psp-this-summer/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/10/rpg-mystic-chronicles-moves-from-ios-to-psp-this-summer/#comments RPG 'Mystic Chronicles' moves from iOS to PSPNatsume is localizing the PSP version of Kemco's Mystic Chronicles, a retro-style RPG developed by Kemco. Yes, Kemco's back, and has been quietly releasing RPGs on iOS and Android for a while! In fact, Mystic Chronicles was one of those mobile releases. Siliconera notes that it was called Fantasy Chronicles on iOS, and featured what appears to be a different translation.

Mystic Chronicles is a turn-based game in which protagonist Lux and other characters are accompanied by AI "guardian beasts," whose assignments and basic behaviors can be set by the player.

The PSP version is due this summer, and we hope for Natsume's sake it'll be downloadable on Vita immediately.

Gallery: Mystic Chronicles (PSP)

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Experience one luchador's journey through the land of the living and the dead this week with Guacamelee!

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Rovio games have been downloaded more than 1.7 billion times, and monthly active users across all platforms hit 263 million in December. Rovio notes that its main sources of revenue within gaming are paid titles, virtual goods and advertising.

Angry Birds Toons premiered in March and Rovio is working on an Angry Birds movie, using its own funds to make that thing happen outside of the standard studio system. Despicable Me producer John Cohen and Iron Man executive producer David Maisel are both on board for the film, which is set to launch in 2016.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidangry-birdsdsfinancialsiosipadiphonemacmicrosoftmobilenintendopcplaystationps3pspRoviosonywiixboxWed, 03 Apr 2013 18:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Seen@GDC: The 'camp' poster that led a Pomeranian to PlayStation]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/seen-gdc-the-camp-poster-that-led-a-pomeranian-to-playstation/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/seen-gdc-the-camp-poster-that-led-a-pomeranian-to-playstation/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/seen-gdc-the-camp-poster-that-led-a-pomeranian-to-playstation/#comments SeenGDC The 'camp' poster that put a pomeranian on PlayStationDuring a GDC panel covering the early formation of Tokyo Jungle, Yohei Kataoka, president of developer Crispy's Inc, shared a poster that caught his eye and - eventually - put a Pomeranian on PlayStation.

Sony's Creator Audition Mashup Project - or C.A.M.P - called on new Japanese talent to submit innovative game ideas in need of funding. In the absence of longterm financial support, and with no desire to work for someone else, Kataoka and his newly formed studio submitted several game ideas for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3. "I only created what I wanted to create from the bottom of my heart," he said. (Those ideas are worth their own story, which we'll have for you later.)

Kataoka didn't settle on his "action survival" game of Tokyo Jungle at first. In 2008 his seven-person team released MyStylist, a clothing database and style advice game for PSP. It would presumably frown upon a C.A.M.P. Elvis impersonator.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>campcrispys-incgdc-2013playstationpspsonytokyo-jungleyohei-kataokaThu, 28 Mar 2013 18:20:00 EST<![CDATA[PSN EU spring sale features Child of Eden, Driver: SF, Persona series]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/psn-eu-spring-sale-features-child-of-eden-driver-sf-persona-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/psn-eu-spring-sale-features-child-of-eden-driver-sf-persona-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/28/psn-eu-spring-sale-features-child-of-eden-driver-sf-persona-s/#comments PlayStation Europe is getting in on the spring sale action by sweetening the prices of many PSN games, with some tasty-looking savings to be found until April 9. There more than a half-century of discounted games on offer, although only one specifically for Vita: Urban Trial Freestyle, down from €9.99/£7.99 to €6.99/£5.49.

That said, with Persona 4 Golden only reaching the continent last month, Europeans may be tempted to summon returns to Persona 1-3, all discounted and playable on the Vita as well as the PSP. Persona 3 Portable is half price at €14.99/£11.99, as is the the P2/P3 bundle at €24.99/£19.99. PS Plus subscribers can nab an extra ten percent off on both those discounts.

On the PS3-only front, the gorgeous Child of Eden is a bargainous €4.99/£3.99, while Driver: San Francisco, quite appropriately, leaps from €14.99/£10.99, crashing down to €7.49/£5.99. Again, a PS Plus subscription extends those savings by ten percent, as it does most things in the sale, which you can surmise in full on the PS Blog - the spring sale also brings some daily deals to the price-cut picnic, so be sure to look out for them.

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