Llamasoft does TxK for Sony Vita

[RiK]

Rod S did a pretty

Ooh, that's purdy :-)

[SimonPlumbe]

Love the poster... could just see that up on the wall! Any chance of a print of it?!

I'm certainly not Sony-obsessed (if you saw my house, you'd see computers and consoles all over the place from almost every manufacturer going!), but I do see a lot of Vita-bashing everywhere from people who are dismissive of it for having either next to no games, no decent games on it... an almost endless list. It's the same for people who criticise indie games on any platform (sadly there are a lot of gamers out there who would dismiss all of Jeff's work just because it's from a small hairy team and not released by a big corporation!).

Screenwise, I have to be honest and say that of all the handhelds I own, the Vita's OLED is far brighter and clearer than any other I own and although the touch screen on that isn't as responsive as the DS/3DS because of the different type of screen it uses (it's a nightmare to use for games that need handwriting recognition!) visually it's crisper. Every system has its pros and cons though. For touch screen games that need precision, then my Ds or 3DS work far better than the Vita but technically it's not as powerful. At the end of the day, I buy and use systems for the games I want to play!

I honestly don't think that Jeff would be supporting the Vita just because Sony paid him to though, although maybe it's something he or Giles could comment on?

[RiK]

I honestly don't think that Jeff would be supporting the Vita just because Sony paid him to though, although maybe it's something he or Giles could comment on?

I think you'll find it's called 'taking an opportunity when it comes up'.

[gilesgoat]

I honestly don't think that Jeff would be supporting the Vita just because Sony paid him to though, although maybe it's something he or Giles could comment on?

I think you'll find it's called 'taking an opportunity when it comes up'.

I can say simply this, which is the truth :

- the people we met at Sony REALLY LOVE and KNOW Jeff and Jeff's work
- they wish us to do "something really cool" and they are giving us an opportunity to do it
- they are excited in what we are doing as much as we are
- the PS Vita from what I am seeing so far is really a lovely piece of HW to work on
- it's an opportunity you can't miss

Also I think it's funny that "we almost could have been with Sony before", nothing wrong happened just that things went in other ways and then other roads came along.

About this :

sadly there are a lot of gamers out there who would dismiss all of Jeff's work just because it's from a small hairy team and not released by a big corporation!

I am not sure that is/could be a reason, yes we are "a small hairy team" ( even if my hair are showing their age ) I know they are envious of my long hair

Love and Peace man

I think in this world there should be a place for this & that, fine you like "big corp" games ( hey we too LOVE HL2 and such ) but there's nothing wrong with
"small hairy teams", I can only say "their loss not ours" ( loss for these avoiding our games on the base of that )

Anyway back to work, there's so much to do !

[fog]

Wow this is fantastic news. Most excited I've been for a Llamasoft release since SG. It's going to look stunning on that OLED screen and I find I can zone on handheld games much easier than on anything else.

I don't know what has changed, but the team at Sony are doing a really good job recently of securing releases from the best Indie talent. Probably poor 3rd party support from the big publishers on Vita forced their hand, but whatever the reason it's a welcome new focus.

Is it too much to hope for ports of the iOS releases too? And can we just have a new neon visualiser on PS4 too while I'm dreaming.


The news has gone down well on the usually hard to please GAF (There's a relatively sizable and vocal Vita community on there.) and the news has also brought the iOS releases to more peoples attention too.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538314

[Misfit]

Gridrunner controlled by the real touch screen could be very interesting?

[MattyP]

I got hold of a Vita last year after being a bit skeptical about it and it's a great bit of kit. Sure it doesn't have a massive array of games available for it finding the choice nice and diverse and tend to play the games longer too on it. It really did put a lot of things I didn't like about the PSP right!

Looking forward to seeing some Llamasoft work on it!

Oh and with respect to Sony they do seem to be getting a lot of things right of late in terms of gaming. Which is great....

[fog]

Gridrunner controlled by the real touch screen could be very interesting?

I was thinking with "proper" physical controls, but that's actually a great idea as it would require no tweaks to the game mechanics while removing the main problem with touch screen controls on small screens.

[Misfit]

Gridrunner controlled by the real touch screen could be very interesting?

I was thinking with "proper" physical controls, but that's actually a great idea as it would require no tweaks to the game mechanics while removing the main problem with touch screen controls on small screens.

Glad you understood I meant rear rather than real!

[Dave_M]

Stunning news. I've been tempted to pick up a Vita just for Wipeout before. Now its a must have

Hope it becomes a viable and profitable platform for you guys.

[MattyP]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... -vita-game

On Eurogamer now!

Instabuy! Looking forward to this.... Good luck with the development hope all goes well and everything runs smoothly for you guys. Hopefully the Playstation audience will be much more receptive to your games than the Xbox players were.

Hopefully we'll see a remote play mode too at some point in the future for PS3 or maybe PS4?!

About time Tempest 2K got an update and what a great plaform to host it on!

Now about an Iridis Alpha update....

[rowan]

Rod S did a pretty

That looks gorgeous and I'm very pleased to read this.
For a few months I've wondered where his posts dried up to, great to know he's around and still rocking his skillz.

[PVB]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... -vita-game

On Eurogamer now!

Welcome to yesterday.

[MattyP]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... -vita-game

On Eurogamer now!

Welcome to yesterday.

brain feels like its yesterday at the moment!

[Little stoned kiwi]

That's because you are in yesterday. Good morning from Saturday!