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 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development, discussed between AMD and Sony engineers that will power the PlayStation 6 was interesting from a geek point of view. But from a gameplay perspective, there is - IMO - no need for a PlayStation 6 for another few years. Especially with the limp Xbox is-it-isn't-it launch .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smal...

Kickstarter games news round-up, Strength of the Sword, Grisaia, Slain and Timespinner

The Kickstarter list continues to look healthy despite the odd setback, as you'd expect with the vagaries of crowd funding and smaller developers taking on large challenges. Rather than a bunch of individual posts, here's a quick round-up of the latest from some projects I'm interested in.

First up is Strength of the Sword Ultimate who have a new character animation to show off as progress continues on the game. Check out the recent KS post for all the new weapons and gear.



Less fun news from Sekai who announce a delay in translating The Grisaia Trilogy, and that they are waiting for the first game to be approved for Vita by Sony, considering it has a mature rating before announcing the sequels.

Slain is up and running on the Vita in all its pixelly gorgeousness, with the developers still aiming for a March 2016 release.


Another pixel-heavy Vita KS is Timespinner, YABM (yet another bloody Metroidvania) with development coming along and looking pretty sweet.


Finally, in this round-up, the flasgship for current big-budget KS games coming to the Vita, Mighty No. 9 now has a proper website, The portable version will land sometime in 2016, after the February PC release.

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