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Possible new PlayStation Portal model pays homage to the Vita's OLED

While much of the focus on PlayStation's next steps is the PS6 and PS6 Portable , the two-year old PlayStation Portal could be getting a revamp according to those pesky internet rumours.  Update : Hints at pricing are around £/$250-299 for the new model, but everything remains deeply in rumours territory. Presumably the goal is to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners, something that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   The recent February  PlayStation State of Play  saw no announcement. But, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than the distant cousin that most of its appearances suggest.  As the improvement in connectivity and streaming tech, proven by many gamers enjoying their PS5 or PlayStation Plus streamed content from around the world, an updated Portal Pro could be on the cards.  Possibly featuring a 120Hz display and an OLED screen in honour of the mighty Vita, that'd be coo...

Edutainment game Type:Rider hitting PSN

According to a trophy listing, the Vita is getting the interesting mobile title Type:Rider from BulkyPix. The mobile game is a couple of years old, but harks back decades to the crazy world of edutainment, where kids got to tap pictures to make music play, access fun games and get other multimedia magic tohappen.

Obviously Type:Rider is a little more evolved, with the trophies suggesting there is a fair game in there, but the overall aim is to educate and teach about typefaces, fonts and other aspects of the printed word.

UPDATE: The game is now confirmed for a July 12th PSN release.

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