Weekly PlayStation Store Sales

United States: 
PS+ Price/Sale Price [Original Price]

Summer Sale:
Castlestorm - $4.89/$6.99 [$9.99]
Deception IV: Blood Ties - $19.59/$27.99 [$39.99]
Dustforce - $5.59/$6.99 [$9.99]
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition - $19.59/$27.99 [$39.99]
Escape Plan - $7.34/$10.49 [$14.99]
OlliOlli - $6.29/$8.99 [$12.99]

Other Sales:
Castlestorm From Outcast To Savior - $1.39/$1.99 [$2.99]
Castlestorm The Warrior Queen - $1.39/$1.99 [$2.99]
X-Blaze Code: Embryo - $27.19 [$33.99]
Destiny of Spirits Destiny Orbs 105 - $6.49 [$7.99]
Destiny of Spirits Destiny Orbs 200 - $11.99 [$14.99]
Destiny of Spirits Destiny Orbs 300 - $15.99 [$19.99]
Destiny of Spirits Destiny Orbs 500 - $23.99 [$29.99]

Price Changes:
Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of Z - $29.99 [$39.99]

Europe:

Deal of the Week:
The Walking Dead: Season Two SEASON PASS (PS Vita) - £7.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£15.99/€19.99/$29.95]

Knockout Deals:
A-men 2 - £5.79/€6.99/$10.45 [£9.49/€11.99/$17.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Ben 10 Galactic Racing - £6.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£14.99/€19.99/$24.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two - £6.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Dustforce - £5.79/€6.99/$10.45 [£7.99/€9.99/$14.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Escape Plan™ Collection - £7.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£15.99/€19.99/$29.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

LittleBigPlanet™ PlayStation Vita - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

MotorStorm® RC - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£4.99/€5.99/$8.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Rainbow Moon - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£9.99/€12.99/$19.45] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Ratchet & Clank™: QForce - £7.99/€9.99/$12.95 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£7.99/€9.99/$14.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Sly Raccoon - £3.99/€4.99/$7.55 [£7.99/€9.99/$14.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Spelunky - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Starlight Inception - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£13.99/€16.99/$25.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Super Stardust Delta - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£6.49/€7.99/$11.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Terraria – PlayStation Vita Edition - £6.49/€7.99/$11.95 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season - £6.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£14.99/€19.99/$24.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories [PSP] - £3.99/€4.99/$7.55 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95]
Not available in Saudi Arabia, UAE

GTA: Liberty City Stories [PSP] - £3.99/€4.99/$7.55 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95]

LittleBigPlanet™ [PSP] - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£6.49/€7.99/$11.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount
Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar

LocoRoco™ (ESN) [PSP] - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£6.49/€7.99/$11.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

LocoRoco™ 2 (ESN) [PSP] - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£6.49/€7.99/$11.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount
Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition [PSP] - £3.99/€4.99/$7.55 [£9.99/€12.99/$19.45]
Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Kuwait, Qatar

Midnight Club L.A. Remix [PSP] - £3.99/€4.99/$7.55 [£9.99/€12.99/$19.45]
Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Kuwait, Qatar

Patapon™ 3 [PSP] - £3.29/€3.99/$5.95 [£6.49/€7.99/$11.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount

Star Wars Battlefront™ Elite Squadron - £5.79/€6.99/$10.45 [£7.99/€9.99/$14.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount
Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE

The Sims 2 - £7.99/€9.99/$14.95 [£15.99/€19.99/$29.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount
Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Ukraine

Tomb Raider: Anniversary™ [PSP] - £5.09/€6.19/$9.35 [£11.99/€14.99/$22.95] Additional 10% PS Plus discount
Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine

Review: Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition

Dynasty Warriors is a long-running series that tends to evoke either utter contempt or complete infatuation from players around the world. Having played almost every Warriors game in existence, I'm definitely of the latter crowd. So when I say Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends (DW8XL) is one of the most fresh and innovative entries to the series, you may just say, "Well, crap, man. You already said you're basically a fanboy. No surprise you'd think it's great." Don't worry, my friend. I remain as impartial as possible and there are both strong pros and cons to this game, specifically if you plan on playing the Vita version.

Dynasty Warriors is a beat 'em up that focuses on the end of the Han Dynasty in China. Specifically, the rise and fall of the Three Kingdoms Wei, Wu and Shu. Here is where you take to the battlefield with one of dozens of notable warriors. You are required to fight your way through hundreds, sometimes thousands of enemies, to achieve your goals. There are different objectives on every level and there are plenty of levels to rage through. Simple enough.

There are five new characters added to the roster in this entry, clocking us in at over 70 playable warriors.

• Lu Bu's forces gain Lu Lingqi and Chen Gong
• Wei (finally) gains Yu Jin
• Shu gets help from Fa Zheng
• Wu (finally) has Zhu Ran

Each character is surprisingly fun to play. Lu Lingqi (Lu Bu's daughter) in particular is interesting because she makes use of Lu Bu's Dynasty Warriors 6 weapon, the Cross Halberd. We also gain a Leadership statistic, allowing us to make better use of personal bodyguards as well as the ability to take all playable warriors to level 150. You'll need those extra levels if you want to take on the game's new Ultimate difficulty setting.

Now, we've had Warriors games on handhelds before, but I believe this is the first to do almost everything right. The transition from playing this game on consoles for years to the Vita has been wonderful. In fact, I've been arguing with myself about whether or not I now prefer the series on the Vita. Between tight, simple controls and missions of varying length (some perfectly short for a bus trip, some perfectly lengthy for a train ride), Dynasty Warriors on a handheld has never felt quite so right. Even a minor tweak like allowing the player to manually activate Storm Rush adds a lot to what we can do on the battlefield.

Let me get it out of the way, though - there is one drawback to having this game on the Vita that could be a killer for many prospective fans. The framerate can (and will) drop maddeningly low at times. Fire anywhere one the screen? Get ready to play at a snail's pace for a bit. Too many enemies or musou effects? It's happening again. Long time fans can, unfortunately, say that they are almost used to this, but even I can't get away with declaring it's fine - it's far from it. I believe this is the one barrier that will keep new players away and is my one major gripe with this entry.

While many would criticize the visuals of almost any Dynasty Warriors game, I feel the need to praise the Complete Edition's graphics on the Vita. The ability to take this massive console game and shove it onto the tiny Vita cartridge without losing much (other than some frames here and there...) is, I think, a testament to how badly the developers wanted to make this game work.

It should be quickly noted that fans of vanilla Dynasty Warriors 8 on PS3 can import those saves to either the Vita or PS4 Complete Editions. This is a BIG bonus as it will save you a lot of time re-unlocking everything available.

DW8XL gives you several modes to choose from. Story Mode, now with the inclusion of a Lu Bu specific campaign, Free Mode, Ambition Mode and Challenge Mode. They each offer a different style of play for a different type of player, but there is so much wonderful content available, you'd be missing out if you didn't try them all.

Ambition Mode is where the real meat is. Once you complete Dynasty Warriors 8's regular Ambition Mode and complete your Tongquetai Palace, you'll unlock the option to go into an "Extended" Ambition Mode that XL offers. I'll tell you this first - Ambition Mode can be a boring slog through tedium. You need to slowly collect materials, allies and Fame through various, mostly empty stages. Completing your Tongquetai takes far too much time, far too many resources and far too much sanity. It's really unfortunate as many players won't get far enough to even unlock the Extended Ambition Mode, which offers interesting gameplay quirks and is, honestly, quite fun. Here is where you'll be set upon a path that is somewhat reminiscent of a Dynasty Warriors: Empires entry with less strategy involved. Extended Ambition mode has you re-uniting Han China by assaulting various regions absolutely filled to the brim with enemies. You need to make proper use of your three bodyguards, their abilities and your own abilities as you take bases and overall territory from pretty cunning adversaries.

Challenge Mode brings us:

• Rampage - Defeat as many enemies as possible before the timer runs out
• Bridge Melee - Knock as many enemies off the edge as possible
• Speed Run - Reach the goal as soon as possible
• Arena - Fight against every playable general until you run out of health
• Inferno - Defeat every enemy present before time runs out

Because of the large number of playable characters, there are literally dozens of ways to handle each individual challenge. Some work better than others (with a few being outright broken), but it's very enjoyable finding what the perfect fit for you is.

All in all, is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition a worthwhile entry for Vita owners? I have to give a wholehearted yes. So long as you're willing to overcome some technical issues, you'll find a very pleasing experience that I never thought could work so well on a handheld.

Between the series' iconic soundtrack to pump up your adrenaline, the many options of play and outright mountain of content, there are many worse ways you could spend a bit of money. There is a lot to love here for fans new and old.

New EarthNight Screenshots Released

Right before E3, Cleaversoft announced that their roguelike runner was heading its way to the PS Vita in 2015. Well they released some brand new screenshots that show off the skydiving sections, a new dragon to run on, and the game's awesome hand-painted graphics.



For more information about EarthNight, check out the article I posted a couple weeks ago which contains even more screenshots, a trailer of the game in motion, and a good bit of information about the game in general.

New Screenshots For Velocity 2x Released

Futurlab posted up some brand new screenshots for Velocity 2x; a sequel to one of the PS Vita's best games, Velocity Ultra. The original was a fantastic top-down space shooter with teleportation mechanics and puzzle elements. Velocity 2x takes it a step further by adding action-platforming sections to the mix. The two sections of gameplay will transition seamlessly within the levels.

As of now there is no specific release date, although the team says it just needs another pass on the HUD and level dressing; and they just have to finish off designing the levels, balancing the learning curve and tidying up little details.

Below you can get a preview of Velocity 2x's fantastic soundtrack through the developers Soundcloud. The soundtrack is composed by Joris de Man, who also does the music for the Killzone series.

Source: Futurlab

New Releases For 6/24/2014

This week the PS Vita has quite a variety in releases. There are 6 releases this week that include 2 RPGs, a visual novel, farming simulator, a fighting game, and a arcade runner. There should be something for almost everybody this week.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Retail/Digital)
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma includes new battle mechanics, a brand new story mode that continues from BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and five new playable characters to the original cast — as well as two downloadable characters.

Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland (Digital)
Atelier Rorona returns, better than ever. This remake of the 2010 cult classic will entertain both new and veteran users. Features updated 3D models, a restructured game system, new characters, and more.

Farming Simulator 14 (Retail/Digital)
Farming Simulator 14 invites you into the challenging world of a modern day farmer: cow husbandry, plant, harvest and trade in crops… own and operate your very own farm…wherever you go.

XBlaze Code: Embryo (Retail/Digital)
Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es.

Z-Run (Digital)
Fight, dodge, slide, and jump your way through a post-apocalyptic city packed with vicious, flesh-eating zombies as you attempt to escape with at least a few of your limbs still attached.

End of Serenity - PSP/ PSVita (Digital)
Inspired by the look and feel of old-school, 16-bit RPGs. Features over 120 unique Skills that can be used both in and out of battle. Summon gigantic beasts during battle to inflict tons of damage on your foes, and purchase new locations featuring powerful hidden items and new dungeons!

Unity for PlayStation Mobile Released

This is some pretty good news for anyone wanting to dabble into developing games for the PS Vita or the PlayStation TV. For the first time ever, anyone on the PSM Developer Program can publish their Unity content to PlayStation Store and PS Vita completely free of charge.

There’s no dev kit; there are no fees. The PSM build option works with both the free version of Unity and Unity Pro.

If you're a developer wanting to get ahold of this great opportunity well just held on over to the official Unity blog post for more information.

Source: Unity Blog

New Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd Trailer

Hatsune Miku is bringing even more catchy, rhythm action to the PS Vita with her newest game, Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd, which has a new English trailer. If you don't know who she or her five friends are, they are fictional singers created with a vocaloid program. A vocaloid program is a singing voice synthesizer.

Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd is rhythm game that has you pressing buttons as they fly onto the screen, you will play along in time to the music while your chosen singer performs in the background. There will be difficulty modes varying from Easy to Extreme. There will be over 40 songs in the game including some fan favorites from the first Hatsune Miku Project Diva F.

There are other things you can do within the game like customize the vocaloids. There are over 100 costumes to dress up them up in and over 150 accessories. You unlock these items by gaining Diva points from playing the game then purchasing them with the points.

Unlike the previous digital only entry, Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd will be available both digitally and physically. The game will be coming out this Fall in America and Europe.

Writer Needed For PS2Go!

Hello PS Vita faithful,

Honestly, I have been struggling with posting every bit of PS Vita news on the PS2Go. I have decided it is time to ask for help.

Requirements:

• Must be a passionate PS Vita gamer.
• Should have pretty good English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Must be able to write and update the site as often as you can.

If you meet the above requirements then shoot an email to me using the "Contact page". Make sure you have some example work to show off like a previous article that you have written. Unfortunately as of now this is not a paid position, however, there are some benefits.

Benefits:

• The site does receive review codes, if you want to play and review a upcoming game you can do that (Mostly get American codes, can get European codes though.).
• If you have a website of your own, it will be advertised for free (Includes Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Wordpress, or anything that you post on.).

I'm not really picky whatsoever, as I need all the help I can get. So if you are passionate PS Vita gamer interested in the position either go on over to the "Contact" page or click on the mail icon below to send an application to the site's official email address.

Thank you.