XSEED’s newest release, Unchained Blades, should be easy to describe. Seemingly just a straightforward first-person dungeon crawler with traditional turn-based battles, the game could very come across to most onlookers as a generic labrynth game that’s best targeted towards a practically non-existent niche. After digging into it, though, you might...

Gravity Rush was probably the most widely anticipated game for the Playstation Vita, and with good reason. It’s a great game from a renowned developer with an interesting gameplay mechanic that hasn’t really been touched before. Gravity Rush sets the standard for what a good Vita title should be: a game with a lot of content, diversity and an...

Supermassive Games, creators of the Move-centric Start the Party titles for the PS3, recently released a new sidescrolling puzzle-platformer for Sony’s home platform (and soon for the Vita and PC, too). It isn’t based on any new IP, and it isn’t shoehorning in any brand-new technologies; this game follows every sane individual’s favorite...

Almost exactly one year ago, gruesome 2.5D fighter Mortal Kombat came to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The game received widespread praise for not only its balanced fighting, but also its well-written story, given the genre.  Now, a year later, the game is back in the form of a port for the PlayStation Vita with all of the DLC, and there’s a variety of...

RPG and strategy fans, it’s time to stop playing your PSP titles on that shiny new portable of yours. Since the Vita launched in February in North America, one glaring genre omission has been present in its games:  the strategy-RPG. Gamers have had to pass the time by downloading revered titles originally created for the PSP, patiently waiting for...

About a year ago, Beatshapers released a game to the Playstation Network that was met with moderate but critical reviews throughout the gaming press. Titled StarDrone, this physics based puzzle-action game was a fun but shallow title that, once played, was likely forgotten. Enter StarDrone Extreme. This update of the PS3 version proves that the Vita can not only...

Let me start by saying this: I’ve never been a big fan of sports games.  So when I was recommended Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational for my new PlayStation Vita, I was skeptical, to say the least.  What I found, however, was an enjoyable albeit quite difficult game, with characters so cute (I’m looking at you, Pancho) that you just might find yourself...