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An exploit allows access to the Vita's PSP emulation for homebrew apps.

It is being reported that Sony has taken down two PSP titles, Hot Shots Tennis and MotorStorm Arctic Rift, from the PlayStation Network. This is due to concerns that they can be used to hack the new PlayStation Vita. The two titles are now no longer available to download from any device, including the PlayStation 3, PSP and the aforementioned PlayStation Vita.

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US fans of the Tales series may have even more to celebrate.

Namco’s Tales games have been coming out for quite some time now, but Europe and North America are just now starting to get some real love from the beloved RPG franchise.  The publisher recently brought to us localizations of Tales of the Abyss 3D and Tales of Graces f, but it seems that there may be more in store for us as patents in both Europe and the U.S. have been spotted for Tales of Xillia.

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The new adventure title is planned to be the first in a series.

Developer Arc System Works is best known for their fighting games, specifically the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series; however, they will be trying something different with their latest body of work. The company has announced that they've started production on an adventure title, Xblaze, which will be the first in an "adventure project" series.

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The conclusion of Silent Hill month is going to be late.

Konami has confirmed that Silent Hill: Book of Memories has been pushed back again. The PlayStation Vita game was supposed to be released this Tuesday, but the publisher is now saying, "Stay tuned for a more formal announcement."

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Digital/non-traditional business generated almost half of retail games earnings last quarter.

Last week I wrote a blog which covered my take on Ben Cousins’ GDC presentation “When the Consoles Die, What Will Come Next?” In his presentation Ben went on to explain how he believes that the console era is near an end and mobile gaming will be the new platform of the future. While I agreed with Ben’s remarks, in my response I stated that some form of digital gaming will act as an intermediate between mobile and console gaming. Well, after taking a look at the some of the statistics from last quarter, it seems that we both may be right.

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