Uncharted: Golden Abyss presents itself as a prequel to the original Uncharted game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The events of Golden Abyss take place before Nathan Drake saves the world (on multiple occasions) from cursed treasures in dangerous lost colonies. So at this point in time, Drake is just a good, ol' fashion treasure hunter and tomb raider. As boring as that sounds, though, it actually works for Drake's first adventure on the Vita.
With the North American release of the PlayStation Vita coming up next Wednesday, the 22nd, it would be only appropriate for us here at GameDwellers to bring you hardware review before the launch, right? Right you are!
John, Bryan, and myself are currently testing out every single feature and aspect of the Vita as humanly possible. Our initial review of the system will be posted sometime this weekend. We'll break down and explain every detail as best as we can. Once the Vita hits shelves next week, we'll post our "second thoughts" of the system to include additional features that are still limited right now, such as online play.
We are also going to be posting several launch title reviews. Right now, we can confirm at least three that will be ready before the 22nd: Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Little Deviants, and Escape Plan. We want to be able to post several others, but we also don't want to crap our way through our other reviews in order to make time for others.
Right out of the box, the PlayStation Vita is a powerful system with a lot of potential. We'll have our review online soon. Be sure to come back to GameDwellers throughout Vita's launch window for continuing Vita coverage.
After years worth of rumors and months of anticipation and hype, the PlayStation Vita has arrived. I've had my hands on the Vita for about a week now, and it hasn't disappointed me yet.
In a move that seemed almost inevitable, Sony has revealed that the Playstation Network will soon become the Sony Entertainment Network. This move is Sony's way of creating "unity between [our] services and the multiple Sony devices where they can be accessed."
"The goal is for there to be one networked log-in for all Sony services. By changing the name 'PlayStation Network account' to 'Sony Entertainment Network account', helps clarify the unity between PSN and other Sony Entertainment Network services. Users can enjoy the same services continuously without being required to change their username and password. However, this change will not affect the naming of "PlayStation Network accounts" when viewed on a PSP system."
So even though we may no longer be able to refer to it as the "PSN," the change to SEN appears to not affect gamers at all. The name change is about all that it will affect, and the services offered on your Playstation consoles will remain the same. This change will occur next Wednesday, February 8th.
Even though this is in no way an official report from Microsoft, it does help to put to rest the rumors of a 2012 release for the next-generation Xbox console. Sources close to IGN have told them that the next Xbox will start shipping to retailers in October or November of 2013. It's also supposedly being built with a mighty fine GPU.
The sources claim that the GPU will come from the AMD 6000 series (released in 2011,) which would be roughly "six times as powerful as current gen" consoles. The AMD 6000s are similiar to the Radeon HD 6670. Based on this, we can assume that the next Xbox will support DirectX11, 1080p HD, multi-display output, and 3D.
For next-gen comparisons sake, this rumored AMD 6000 GPU will make the next-gen Xbox roughly 20% more powerful than the Wii U. So now the question is....what will Sony bring to the next-gen table?