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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

Looks Official: 2012 Launch for PS Vita in North America and Europe

At the bottom of a Reuter's memo about Sony's TV business comes this not-totally-unexpected bombshell from Kaz Hirai:


Sony has said it would pull together plans to overhaul its TV business this month, and last week it cut its annual TV sales forecast while warning that losses on TVs could widen this year.
Its videogames division could also face trouble after rival Nintendo's latest handheld gadget flopped, forcing a resort to deep price cuts that could hurt sales of Sony's PS Vita.
The PS Vita will go on sale in Japan by the end of the year and in North America and Europe early next year, Hirai said.
Could be a mistake, but most likely not and its odd that he mentioned it ahead of the GamesCon and TGS events, kind of sucks the wind out of those shows. And unlike the PSP, which was an easy import, I'm guessing the software and location stuff will make this an import-unfriendly system.

UPDATE: As PushSquare points out, the move doesn't make masses of sense, PSP is going strong in Japan with a big list of games still to come, but the PSP won't make a dent in most westerner's shopping lists. Release in the west to counter the 3DS and then in Japan when the PSP tails off.

Sure, this isn't an official delay as there was never any mention of a launch date outside of eager stores (Amazon, Blockbuster, etc) but it would have been cool if Sony had been more upfront about it to dampen expectations.

Bets are now on whether it'll be a January, February or March release (depending on where you read) and if its any longer than that, I'll wait for the PS Vettel, the fastest console of all time!

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