PS Vita will be available on February 22, 2012
Japan has a release date, now the rest of the world has one too. The PS Vita will be available for US, Canada, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East Australia Europe next year February 22. During the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, they announced the released date and informed the rest of the world in their official blog.
The price of the Vita will have two kinds of prices because of the 3G capability. Without 3G you can get it at $249.99, with it will cost $299.99. No official list of game for its Feb release but the blog post do mention games like Uncharted, Call of Duty, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Assassin's Creed, and more which is said to be announced in the following months. If you want an idea, check out the full list of games coming out together with the Vita release in Japan this december.
[Source: Playstation Blog US, Joystiq]
Gran Turismo 5 DLC account locked, and DLC delayed for the US
Eager GT fans learned something new when they purchased the latest DLC of Gran Turismo 5 in Asia and Europe stores. If you're planning to get the latest Downloadable Content(DLC) of Gran Turismo 5, and have multiple accounts in PSN, buy the DLC on your main account, because that DLC will be locked to that account.
Specific DLC's can be locked to a specific region, but content being account locked? that's a new one for PS3 owners out there, on top of that Polyphony Digital didn't mention the account lock before the DLC release. The DLC is now out for Asia and Europe, but some gamer's actually bought the DLC with an alternate account hoping to share it with other accounts.
A lot of gamers are now complaining about this arrangement, who wouldn't really. In the official website of Gran Turismo 5, they posted a notice finally informing gamer's about the DLC's account lock. Pretty late to tell people. Fine, locking the DLC on one account, but consumers should know about the restriction before it's release.
This is a notice regarding the Gran Turismo 5 DLC, for those who have multiple accounts on the PlayStation® Network.
The DLC released on October 18 is tied to the Account ID used to purchase the DLC. It is not possible to use the DLC with accounts other than the one that was used to make the actual purchase. Therefore please make sure to purchase the DLC with the account that is used to play Gran Turismo 5
So people planning to buy the DLC from the Europe or Asian PSN Stores, make sure you purchase it for your main account.
Aside from learning about the account lock, the DLC has been delayed for the US. They announced the delay via tweet, now the DLC will be arriving on the North American PSN Store on October 25 with something extra they say. Shocked about this sudden delay? Kaz Yamauchi tweeted that he just found out about the delay himself. Not a good day for GT fans indeed.
[Source: GT Planet]
Impressive Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 trailer
Coming from New York Comic Con, Capcom released a cool looking trailer to get everybody hyped for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. No new gameplay footage, just a bunch of characters facing off and on pause. Oh and check out who Deadpool is against.
There are still some characters than needs revealing, but Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be out on November 15 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Batman Arkham City - Launch trailer
Rocksteady just released an official launch trailer in preparation of Batman: Arkham City's release this week. The trailer shows all those big baddies that Batman will have to face during Arkham City, and it's quite a handful.
I got to say, this trailer is a pretty badass video game trailer. Gave me goosebumps with all those characters in under 2 minutes. Batman Arkham City is due on Oct 18 in NA, Oct 19 in Aus, and Oct 21 for Europe. In the Philippines, hopefully we get it on the 18th. The game will be out on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 with the PC version following next month.
Professor Layton and the Last Specter IN ENGLISH!
The non-3D DS ain't dead yet folks. After what seems like forever, for me anyways, we finally get an english trailer for the 4th installment in the Professor Layton series with Professor Layton and the Last Specter.
I hope that once this game is released that Nintendo officially declared the end of the DS since there is still a 5th Professor Layton game that still needs to be localized.
Oh, if you're wondering about the release date of this game. It's on October 17, 2011. Yaaaay!