Digital Spy "Sony's gamescom press conference saw it unveil a number of key partnerships, price cuts for the Vita and PS3, and of course, an all important release date for the PS4."
It's balancing old and new, then, and embracing a sort of breezy retro simplicity. Pleasing as that is, though, it so far feels a little shallow by comparison to other genre heavy-hitters. Despite moving to an open world and offering sumptuous presentation, Visions of Mana clings to the past and lacks truly fresh ideas of its own. It's a welcome return and a fun, bubbly, frivolous experience, but the Mana series looks set to remain in the shadow of Square Enix's premiere franchises for now.
Hopes are high as Open Roads allows us to take in a Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC road trip.
Life is Strange developer Don't Nod currently has five unannounced games in the pipeline.
"Is there any particular reason why Europe has a two-week delay?
- "It's simply round production, in which there's a finite factory output, so it's easier to phase it and therefore have healthy volumes in both regions. Put the initial slug into the US, and then it gives us an opportunity to catch up and have extra production ready for the European launch date." "
There you go EU guys. Extra production for you!
At least it's better than the delay for the PS3, it was something like 6months last time, stupid blu-ray diode problems....
I wonder if the deal with Virgin extends further than just broadband. Sony will want an easy way of providing IPTV and perhaps Virgin will welcome a slice of that pie.
The biggest thing I am happy for is the mention that the memory card prices haven't actually been dropped like people say they have, if they drop enough I am most definitely buying a vita.
Vita will succeed.