Official PS Vita Release Calender (Work in Progress!)
Feel free to give input about games to place on calender.
-I am slating the dates for English speaking releases (US/EU). If a game of interest has minimum chance of being released in those territories than I will just use its normal date.
Already Released
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Genre: 3rd Person Action Adventure Platformer
Developer:
Uncharted goes portable with this completely seperate addition into the series. This game takes you back into Drake's earlier years as the danger prone adventurer. He comes off younger, and a tad bit more naive. He tags along on a treasure expidition with friends but as usual things go awry. Use touch controls to streamline your climbing capabilities, as well as swipe the screen to dish out melee attacks. This game evolves the typical treasures scattered throughout the game, and turns them into a side story to be uncovered, with a few puzzles along the way. This game takes perfect advantage of all the Vita's Capabilities.
Gravity Rush
Genre: High Flying 3rd Person Open World ACTION!!!
Developer:
Voted TGS2012's GOTY!!!! This game envokes the design of an artsy manga waiting to lead you on a vast journey. I would relate it also closely to the Hour long opening to an Anime series, and you will be pining for more by the end. Take control of Kat, a young girl with the mysterious power to manipulate gravity. She can't remember anything of her origins, but quickly gets swept up in a plot to save the already crumbling world Heksville. Utilizing the Gyroscope and Analogs, propel Kat Vertically, Horizontally, or in any direction you see fit. Use her Gravity Kicks to pierce Navi skulls left and right, Saving stranded town's folk, complete side quests, all your super heroine duties in a day's work.
Foosball 2012
Genre: Sports.....ish
Developer: Grip Games
Enjoy one of the most popular sports in the world from the comfort of your home on PS3, or enjoy it anywhere on PS Vita and challenge your friends in a local multiplayer for up to four players and online multiplayer and leaderboards. With rear-touch / accelerometer-powered control options allowing for tight and fast gameplay control, Foosball 2012 is the supreme experience for table soccer fans.
Puddle
Genre:Platformer
Developer: Neko Entertainement
Experience a brilliantly designed physics-based puzzle/platform game where you must guide a puddle of fluid to its target destination, not by moving the fluid, but by tilting the game world. The player must work with friction, momentum, and the unique properties of each type of fluid and environment to send as much of each puddle past fires, rifts, potential spills and more.
Escape Plan
Genre:Puzzle Platformer
Developer:
Lil and Laarge are the unwilling participants of a madman's experiments. Guide them with touch to safety through an assortment of monochrome landscapes and diabalacle traps set to impede their path.
Blaze Blue Continuum Shift
Genre: 2D Fighter
Developer: Arc Systems
BlazBlue is a high definition 2D fighter from the makers of Guilty Gear. Players throughout the world can participate in online matches, or enjoy the immense story mode featuring individual stories for each character. With the devious, all new playable character Relius Clover, new story scenarios, new gameplay modes, and competitively balanced action, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend brings high-definition fighting to portable gamers.
Dynasty Warriors Next
Genre: Hack and Slash
Developer: Konami
Lord of Apacalypse
Genre: Action RPG
Developer:Square-Enix
Hot Shots Gold: World Invitation
Genre: Sports/Golf
Developer: Sony Japan
Army of Hell
Genre: Strategy Action
Developer: Square-Enix
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Genre: Tactical Espionage Action
Developer: Konami
Metal Gear Solid needs no introduction, retread your paces in MGS2 and 3 on the Vita's glorious OLED screen.
ModNation Racers: Road Trip
Genre:Kart Racer/Play Create Share
Developer:
ModNation Racers goes mobile in this handheld installment. Use the same Mods you have already crafted from the PS3 version on the go in this all new competition.
Resistance: Burning Skies
Genre: 1st Person Shooter
Developer:Nihilistic Games
Firefighters are humanities last defense...yet nothing could have prepared them for a full on Alien invasion. Use your axe and set of firearms to take down this foreign menace once and for all. Game has many multiplayer options to choose from as well.
Mortal Kombat
Genre: Fighting
Developer:
Leave a bloody trail of dismemberment wherever you go, with Mortal Kombat for Vita. Hosts all of the same mechanics of the console version.
Rayman Origins
Genre: Platformer
Developer:Ubisoft
Disgaea 3:Absence of Detention
Genre:Strategy JRPG
Developer:NIS
School is back in session at the Notorious Evil Demon Academy. Moa and friends must become the ultimate delinquints in this backwards underworld. Utilize all the same mechanics you have learned to love in this series....as well as a few new ones.
Unit 13
Genre: 3rd Person Tactical Shooter
Take on Unit 13 as they attempt to erradicate terrorism one mission at a time. With an assortment of different mission objective types including stealth, dynamic, Assassinations, etc and a points based system in place you can try everyone of them and keep the experience fresh.Game also sports some Coop function (AdHoc).
Super Stardust Delta
Genre:Arcade Shooter
Developer: Housemarque
The bedazzling fireworks are back with SSD for Vita. Take out flying space debri, enemy space ships, and giant space worms with your "Fire and Ice" guns. WHen things get to crazy for you, tap the screen to unleach a barrage of missiles, or just shake the Vita to cause massive explosions.
Wipeout 2048
Genre:
Developer:
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Touch My Katamari
Sound Shapes
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Mutant Blob Attack
Genre: Side Scrolling Platformer
Developer: Drink Box
Ben10:Galactic Racing
F1 2011
Spy Hunter
Fifa 12/13
LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Little Deviants
MLB 12 The Show
Genre: Sports
Developer: Sony
Ridge Racer
Asphalt Injection
A-Men
Dr. Who: The Eternity Clock
Reality Fighter
Plants VS. Zombies
Motorstorm RC
Stardrone Extreme
Micheal Jackson: The Experience
Virtua Tennis 4
Shinobido 2
Sumioni
Genre: Action Platformer
LittleBigPlanet PSVita
Genre: Play Create Share/Platform(er) for Games
Developer:Tasier Studios/Media Molecule
In LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Vita, join Sackboy on a completely new adventure, filled with exploration and competition. Customize Sackboy and the world around you with unique touch and camera Create tools that let you Play with more freedom that ever before. Then discover an endless amount of free games, created and Shared by fans online. LittleBigPlanet for PS Vita is a miniature development kit in the palm of your hand that will allow players to Create a multitude of different experiences—the possibilities are truly endless!
October
NEW Little King's Story (US: 10/2/2012)
Genre: RPG
Developer: Konami
Recruit villagers to help restore and defend your lost kingdom. Subject types will offer varried skills and advantages.
Retro City Rampage (US: 10/9/2012)
Genre: Action
Developer: VBlank Entertainment
An Open World action parody of the popular crime city genre. Design represents a classic NES game but with a level of carnage and violence never before seen in the 80s!
Dokuro (US:10/16/2012)
Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Developer:Game Arts/Gung-Ho
Dokuro is the woeful tale of a lovestruck henchmen who happlessly falls in love with the Princess, the current object of his evil Boss's affection. Unfortunately she barely notices his existance. Regardless he must guide her through countless death traps to safety in this Chalk dusted Puzzle Platformer.
Silent Hill:Book of Memories (US:10/16/2012)
Genre:Horror/Adventure
Developer:WayForward Technologies
Dungeon style Horror game with RPG elements. Each night in this twisted Silent Hill world, nightmares become real and the landscape around you turns into something eirily familiar....yet different. You and up to 3 other players can join forces and attempt to escape from this nightmare intact.
Orgarhythm (US:10/23/2012)
Genre:
Developer: Neilo
Price: $29.99US
Orgarhythm blends music and real time strategy elements to create a new experience specifically crafted for touch enabled play. Playing as the God of Light, you will battle against the God of Darkness by deploying elemental soldiers with rhythm based attacks synced to hypnotic mix of Rock, Club, and Tribal music.
Street Fighter X Tekken (US:10/23/2012)
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Capcom
A battle fortold by the fans for decades, finally we get to put the world's favorite 2D and 3D fighters to the ultimate test. Play as your favorites from either Tekken or Street Fighter as the gloves come off in this dynamic mash-up of the two playing styles. Vita version will come with a host of new characters!
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splits (US: 10/23/2012)
Genre:Puzzle
Developer:SEGA
Virtue's Last Reward (US:10/23/2012)
Genre: Text Based Adventure
Developer:
Virtue's Last Reward is the second adventure game in the "Zero Escape" series, in which players must make solve puzzles and make crucial decisions in order to survive a deadly game.
DJ Max Technica TUNE (US:10/26/2012)
Genre:Music
Developer: Pentavision
A rhythm based game utilizing timing and reaction. PS Vita version features new playstyles exclusive to the system. By utilizing the many Vita input features such as touchscreen DJ Max is able to strike a all new cord with fans.
Assassin's Creed III:Liberations (US:10/30/2012)
Genre: Stealth/Action
Developer: Ubisoft
Take control of Aveline, the first female assassin to take lead in the AC saga. Traverse through colonial New Orleans as this femme fatale and take down enemies like never seen before. Assassin's Creed's pention for detail is not dented on the lush portable screen, and utilize the multi touch to hasten your foes demise. New mechanics such as Costume Changes help Aveline infiltrate different locals with ease. Ezio got nothing on this She Devil.
LEGO Lord of the Rings (US:10/30/2012)
Genre: Comedic Action
Developer: TT Games/Waner Bros
The popular LEGO Spoof series continues, this time with Nerd idol's Lord of the Rings. Travel in goofy silence with LEGO versions of all of your favorite characters and go where no LEGO man has gone before.
Need For Speed:Most Wanted (US:10/30/2012)
Genre: Arcade Racer
Developer: Criterion Games
Travel down the Open World city streets in the worlds most popular underground illegal racing ring. Take multiple paths of your choosing to become Most Wanted.
Ragnorak Odyssey (US:10/30/2012)
Genre: Collectathon Action JRPG
Developer: Game Arts
Embark on a Campaign to take down monsters and giants on a massive scale. Characters can chain together combos both on the ground and in the air to devestate their enemies. Take up to 3 friends on your adventures to increase your odds of survival.
Smart As...(US:10/30/2012)
Genre:Educational
Developer:XDev Studios EU
Price: $29.99US
Test your knowledge in this new brain thinking game. Experience 15 unique challenges to give your brain the work out it needs.
November
Jet Set Radio
Genre: Action
Developer: SEGA/Smilebit
Price: $9.99
The government is attempting to silence the kids of Tokyo.....but they will have to catche them first. Use your Magnetic Roller Skating Shoes to go anywhere and express your teen angst till your heart is content. Grab your spray can and design your own piece on any of the game's massive walls. Also protect your "territory" from kids from outside neighborhoods.
History: Legends War Patton (11/6/2012)
Genre: RTS
Developer:Maximum Family Games
Call of Duty Black Ops:Declassified (US:11/13/2012)
Genre: 1st Person Shooter
Developer: Nihilistic
The World's favorite Kill Streaking Shooter turns bite sized in this installment of the popular series. 4x4 Multiplayer, Campaign Modes, and sure to bring all sorts of Vita exclusive goodies to the table.
Persona 4: Golden (US:11/20/2012)
Genre: Turnbased JRPG
Developer: ATLUS
Make new High School memories in Persona 4:hang out with friends, get a part time job, make good grades, and solve a murder mystery......wait WHAT?! Join Protaganist and his assortment of angsty friends in their efforts to stop a serial killer who is throwing people into an alternate world where they will be killed. Use your ability to summon your Persona and take down your enemies. P4 Golden brings a bunch of new activities to make this experience feel unique. Includes new Field Trip, more spoken dialogue, new Social Links, New Persona's, and New Ways to beat down your enemies! The new school year shines bright, GOLDEN!!!!!
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (US:11/20/2012)
Genre: Mash-Up Fighting
Developer: SuperBot
Take control of Playstation's mightiest heroes in this all new mash-up style fighter. This game brings back new and old characters within the PS history to duke it out for total supremacy. Utilize the 3 teired Supers to overkill your opponents before they get you.
Sine Mora
Genre: SideScroller Shooter
Developer:Grasshopper
Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed (US:11/20/2012)
Genre: Kart Racing
Developer: Sumo Digital/SEGA
December
When Vikings Attack(Q4 2012)
Genre: Action
Developer: Clever Beans/XDev Studios
n the all-action fighting adventure When Vikings Attack, a battalion of Viking invaders, 1200 years late to the party, are causing havoc in your town! In order to combat them, you form a posse of local citizens -- a construction worker, a butcher, a policeman, a pastor, a schoolboy, etc. -- and take to the streets together in order to use whatever is on the streets to beat back the invaders. Amass a huge horde and you can work together to rip out phone booths or pick up cars in order to throw massively damaging objects at enemies.
RocketBirds: Hard Boiled Chicken(Q4 2012)
Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Developer: Ratloop
Step into the clawed feet of badass rebel Hardboiled Chicken, the original Coq of War who sets out on a mission to assassinate the totalitarian penguin leader and take down the evil regime that has taken over Albatropolis. Destroy enemies with a slew of weapons and bear the yolk of Hardboiled's past as his missions unlock the secrets to his mysterious past and illuminate the truth behind the penguin government. Master fowl play in the co-op campaign as a pair of Budgie commandos on a mission to save the general’s daughter. Many lives will be destroyed, countless penguins will die!
KickBeat (Q4 2012)
Genre: Music/Action
Developer:Zen Studios
Game combines beat-matching mechanics with acrobatic martial arts to turn every song into a raucous battle.
January
Earth Defense Force 2017 (US:01/07/2013)
Genre:Action
Developer: Sandlot
Squash them bugs dead in The Earth Defense Force 3 Portable, an upgraded version of the action-packed third game in the E-D-F series. Improvements include the inclusion of the Palewing flying machine and portable multiplayer features.
Ratchet & Clank:Full Frontal Assault ( 2013)
Genre: Action Adventure
Developer: Insomniac Games
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault returns to the series' classic feel, camera, controls and weapons, while innovating and giving you a whole new way to play. Even better, the addition of online features means you can experience the fun with your friends.
Gaucamelee (Q1 2013)
Genre: Side Scrolling Action Platformer
Developer:
Phantasy Star Online 2 (US: 01/30/2013
Genre:MMORPG
Developer: SEGA
Demon Gaze
Genre: JRPG
Developer: Experience Inc.
Picotto Knights (Q1 2013)
Genre: MMORPG/FTP
Developer: Gung Ho Entertainment
The game offers players lots and lots of customization, over 2000 in-game armor and weapon to collect, 1000 on the cash shop and a lot more coming with monthly events. Players can build their own knight from many parts and can choose one of the five classes: Warrior, Mage, Cleric, Scout, and the Infighter(Jack of all Trades) and can equip up to 8 types of weapons. The game is so unique that you can equip any weapon you want despite of class and your class change with each weapon you use. For example: Warrior with Shield and Sword equals a Knight, Warrior with only a shield becomes a Guardian with High Defense, Warrior with a Staff becomes a battle mage, etc.
February
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (US:2/5/2013)
Genre: Action Adventure Platformer
Developer:
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2+ (US:02/26/2013)
Genre:Action
Developer:
March
Warrior's Lair (US:3/1/2013)
Genre: Dungeon Crawler Action RPG
Developer: SCE San Diego/ Idol Minds
Rise from the ruins of a shattered civilization to complete quests, collect rare treasures and take down rival lairs in this brutal and intense action-RPG. Choose from unique classes with powerful skills, then broadcast your accomplishments or challenge others online. And always stay connected -- save, resume and play between PlayStation Vita and PS3, decimating all who oppose you.
Dead or Alive 5+ (US:03/19/2013)
Genre:Fighter
Developer:
April
Soul Sacrifice (US:04/01/2013 , EU:05/01/2013 )
Likelyhood:Green
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: Marvelous Entertainment/ SCE Japan
Prepare yourself for a brutal combat experience where every decision made will have consequential results. Soul Sacrifice is a co-op action game full of brutal combat and consequential gameplay choices. Take on the role of a slave who stumbles upon a forbidden book that allows its readers to relive epic battles between sorcerers and monsters of the past. In order to use the magic during fierce battles, the player must be willing to make a sacrifice in exchange -- ranging from personal belongings, a limb, or even a life. What price will you pay for power?
May
June
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Genre:Side Scroller Action
Developer:
Rainbow Moon (TBA Q2 2013)
Likelyhood: Green
Genre: SRPG
Developer: Side Quest Studios
The residents of Rainbow Moon who have found themselves in this sudden and unpleasant situation react suspiciously and even nastily, which certainly doesn't make things any easier for our brave hero. There's only one thing for Baldren to do: he has to seal the gate and warp himself back to his home planet. This is easier said than done, since the gate can only be sealed by a dimensional gate staff and no such object is available anywhere on Rainbow Moon. However Baldren knows that he can create one if he finds the right materials. He needs seven magical artifacts, said to be hidden deep inside Rainbow Moon's dungeons.
September
Killzone: Mercenaries (US:09/17/2013)
Genre:FPS
Developer:Guerilla Cambridge
You play as a mercenary who does not fully allign himself with the ISA, nor the Helghast. He simply goes where the money is. When given the explicite task to defend the Ambassador's Son...things start to get dicey. You will have to protect them all from the wills of both sides. The campaign is said to be at least 9hrs long. There will be online Multiplayer (4vs4). The game's stats will surround around currency, which can be gained in either SP or MP in a single pool. You will also be able to take on side Mercenary missions for quick and gratifying play. And the best part.... TOUCH DICK STAB FUNCTIONALITY!!!!!
Tear Away
Genre:Adventure Platformer
Developer: Media Molecule
A PlayStation Vita creation from acclaimed studio Media Molecule, the wondrous adventure Tearaway invites you to journey through a vibrant papery world with your new friend iota, a plucky messenger with a unique message to deliver -- to you! This paper world is small enough to hold in your own two hands, allowing you to reach into the game with your god-like powers and help iota complete this very special delivery.
Ys:Memories of Celceta (US:Fall 2013)
Genre:Action JRPG
Developer:
Valhalla Knights 3
Genre:Action JRPG
Developer:XSeed(Publisher) Marvelous AQL
Action RPG series where you can and will gather an army of followers to take on the enemy. Battles support 7 people in battle similtaneously. Each character can be one of 21 different job classes and 7 races to choose from (As well as Male or Female). This adds a lot of potential for costomization.
TBA (Or Need Assistance With...)
I will be catagorizing each of these as either Red(Might not release/looking doubtful), Yellow (Possible and maybe likely), or Green(Almost assured) in reference to their release in the West.
Dragon's Crown
Likelyhood:Yellow
Final Fantasy X HD
Likelyhood:Yellow
Tales of Innocence R
Likelyhood:Red
Tales of Heart R
Likelyhood:Yellow
Genre:JRPG
Developer:Namco
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Zero
Likelyhood:Yellow
Genre:JRPG
Developer:Falcom
Legend of Heroes:Sen no Kiseki
Likelyhood:Green
Genre:JRPG
Developer:Falcom
Bioshock Vita
Likelyhood:Red
Z.O.E. HD
Likelyhood:Yellow
God Eater 2
Likelyhood:Green
Hatsune Miku
Likelyhood:Yellow
Shoot Many Robots
Project VS J!
Likelyhood:Red
Genere: Fighter
Developer:Bandai Namco
Fighting game hosted by Jump Fiesta, sporting many of their top characters such as Goku from Dragon Ball Z as well as Naruto.
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PSN:Forevercloud (looking for Soul Sacrifice Partners!!!)
