Announced at E3 2012, the Assassin’s Creed 3 PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 bundles are now available for pre-order online. The PS3 bundle costs $299.99 and will include a black 320 GB PS3 and Assassin’s Creed 3 on Blu-ray. The Vita bundle costs $249.99 and include a white PS Vita system, a 4 GB memory card, and Assassin’s Creed 3: Libreration on card.
SCE President Andrew House told Reuters in an interview that Sony is aiming to sell ten million PlayStation Vita systems before the end of the current fiscal year. Sony is hoping to achieve the sales target by releasing major software titles during the holiday season.
The first wave of beta invites for DUST 514 will be going out on June 29th 2012 and will run throughout that weekend. If you don’t get invited in the initial phase, you may still get a chance as several invite phases are planned. Also, starting this week as part of Sony’s Virtual E3 experience, DUST 514 will be fully integrated intoPlayStation Home.
Sony confirmed at their E3 Press Conference that All-Stars Battle Royale is heading to the PlayStation Vita, as well as PS3. In addition, Sony also revealed two new characters to the roster: Nathan Drake from Uncharted, and Big Daddy from BioShock.
Missed any of the trailers shown off at Sony’s E3 Press Conference? We have a selection of the trailers unveiled at the press conference, including Quantic Dream’s BEYOND, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us and the new Wonderbook: Book of Spells trailers.
According to a report from MCV, Sony are planning to spend some of their E3 press conference discussing a upcoming service called Storyteller, an eBook and interactive document system for both PS3 and PS Vita.
An image from the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 2012 will be held next week suggests that Sony will be focusing on the PlayStation Vita. The tagline “Never Stop Playing” is Sony’s official marketing line for PS Vita, at least in the States.
DrinkBox Studios is excited to announce that our new Mexican-themed co-op-multiplayer dimension-swapping Metroid-vania beat-em-up platformer, titled “Guacamelee!”, will be released through the PlayStation Pub Fund program!
Snapshot, a 2D puzzle platformer, is coming to PS Vita and PS3 (with cross-platform saves) this fall. In Snapshot, you control a robot named Pic. Pic carries a high-tech camera that can “capture” and remove objects and parts of the environment. You can then paste the picture back into the world causing all the objects to come tumbling back out.
