Susan Panico will no longer lead the Playstation Network in North America.
The head of the Playstation Network is no longer a part of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA). Susan Panico became a part of the company in 1994, and was promoted to Senior Director of Playstation Network in February 2007.
Could Monster Hunter be just what the Vita needs?
It’s hard to say that the Japanese PlayStation Vita launch has been a resounding success. Slow sales have many gamers proclaiming the handheld’s demise even before it is launched in North America and Europe next month. Even with near abysmal sales, PlayStation France CEO Philippe Cardon doesn’t believe there is anything to worry about, saying that the Japanese launch only lacked a special something that will be coming later this year: Monster Hunter.
Videos show off Jin, Juri, and others.
We’re getting closer and closer to the March release date of Street Fighter x Tekken, the first half of the joint crossover project between Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono and Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada. Capcom has been pumping out the trailers on this slick new fighter, and today we get some new character reveals and gameplay footage.
Prepare Yourself for Kombat!
Last year's Mortal Kombat is coming to the PlayStation Vita this spring. NetherRealm Studios is designing the port specifically for gaming on the go and new gameplay features and content will be introduced exclusively on the Vita.
Kaz Hirai announced the apps at CES 2012.
Tonight marked the beginning of CES 2012 with keynote speeches from various hardware developers. At Sony's conference, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kaz Hirai announced that Netflix and Music Unlimited are coming to the PlayStation Vita.
Gamers opting into AT&T's service will get more than just data for their dollars.
At E3 earlier this year Sony announced that AT&T would be providing the 3G service for its newest handheld gaming device, the Vita. Today AT&T revealed how much the data plans would cost US gamers and what perks, if any, they would get with them.
The minifig version of Batman is back, and he's brought some friends along with him.
We reported not too long ago about the impending announcement of a new LEGO Batman game, and now that announcement has come. LEGO Batman 2 is indeed coming, and it will feature more characters than just the ones known to hang around Gotham City.
The 3G version is seeing heavy discounts at some shops.
The video game market has been quite volatile in Japan as of late. With the economy still reeling from the current worldwide downturn and the country still rebuilding in the wake of the 3/11 tsunami, games and hardware simply haven’t been selling as well as other markets. After a decent launch, the new PS Vita is seeing price cuts after just a couple weeks on shelves.
Xbox Live Marketplace screenshots inadvertently blow the cover on the two latest challengers.
After screenshots recently went up on the Street Fighter x Tekken profile on Xbox Live Marketplace, Shoryuken spotted two new challengers for the upcoming fighter. M. Bison from the Street Fighter series and Xiaoyu, Tekken mainstay, will be playable. The reveal of these new characters brings the roster to a healthy 30, with 15 characters appearing from each series.
Could the Online Pass be coming to handhelds in North America?
The PlayStation Vita was recently released in Japan with a North American and European launch coming this February. Since the Japanese launch, the internet has been abuzz with information regarding the hardware and software as it has been released in Japan. While most of the buzz pertains to information that was already well known, Destructoid discovered something not previously publicized about Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational – that the game requires an online pass to play online.
