Sony's embattled PlayStation Vita console has not exactly flown out the gate in record numbers. Every week, Nintendo's 3DS console seems to be slaughtering it in Japan. The worldwide figure, it seems, has been similar. Sony revealed in an earnings call yesterday that they have managed to sell 1.8 Million PlayStation Vita consoles worldwide in the year ending March 2012. Sony launched the consol... more.

Japanese Role Playing Games are a dime a dozen - in Japan. In the West, the general consensus is that only the best of the best get released, and only then after huge wait times that can span months or even years. And then there's Australia. Some of the better JRPG's that are produced in the Land of the Rising Sun are fondly known as the Tales series. Games like Tales of the Abyss and Tales ... more.

Sega have announced overnight that they will be bringing Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed to handheld and home consoles this year. The game, which will be available on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, as well as digital download for PC, will see many of Sega's well known characters returning. Set to return are Sonic the Hedgehog, Dr Eggman and AiAi while newcomers... more.

In the past few days Skype, the popular text and video messenger, has rolled out on the Sony PlayStation Vita. The free app (yes, free) allows for voice and video calls and can run on 3G or WiFi models. Also, if you leave Skype running whilst you go to play a game, notifications will be pushed to you when you receive a new call. Sorta nifty. Be afraid though! If you don’t have 9MB free on ... more.

Video game retailer GAME Australia have confirmed worldwide reports that Activision will announce a new game in the Call of Duty franchise. Not that anyone's really done playing with the latest release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but it's been widely speculated that it will be a sequel to another Call of Duty sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops. The actual reveal will take place on a televi... more.

Sony have announced three new applications for the PlayStation Vita, the first of which is due out this Friday. The first is Paint Park - a painting application that allows users to use the Vita's touchscreen to create various drawings. Users can take photos with either of the Vita's cameras and doodle over them as they wish. The application also has an online multiplayer mode, allowing players... more.

Sony have been having a ball with PlayStation Vita firmware. The day the console was released it required an upgrade. Then another upgrade. And it went on like that for a while. And now, there's another upgrade! PlayStation Vita Firmware 1.67 is now here, so get upgrading! It's unclear what, if anything, this firmware release does, as Sony have decided to just put it out there without mentionin... more.

Konami have announced it will release Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection for the new PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system this winter. From the series’ critically acclaimed director, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection updates two of the most popular Metal Gear Solid titles in true high definition. The PlayStation Vita collection boasts enhanced versions of the acclaimed Met... more.

Australian based games developer Nnooo has revealed their award-winning game escapeVektor will be coming to both the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS. escapeVektor is a retro styled arcade game in which the player controls Vektor, an entity trapped inside the console’s CPU. In the game, the player has to help Vektor escape the CPU which has been holding him captive. In making his escape, Ve... more.

Sony have let slip, probably intentionally, that Call of Duty will be hitting the PlayStation Vita this Spring (Autumn in the States). Sony's SVP of PlayStation Brand Marketing spoke to Game Trailers in a video interview that his kids a loving FPS games and "in the autumn, they're really looking forward to Call of Duty on Vita, and we think that's going to be an absolute game-changer for the pl... more.