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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 ...

Tropical Zone homebrew trailer brings FPS action to the Vita

With the official Vita games release schedule down to a trickle, its time to start focusing on the homebrew scene bringing legitimate indies to those who have jailbroken their handhelds. That number seems to be booming as the Vita, like the PSP before it, becomes the must-have retro and emulator machine of its time - honorable mention to the Evercade of course. 


Starting us off down this exciting new slope is indie dev VitaHex with a first person shooter, Tropical Zone. Set on an island in a sparkling sea, there's vehicles to use, lots of height to the game, plenty of weapons to fire off and bad guys to shoot, all at a smooth-looking framerate. 

For an early glimpse of a solo developer hard at work, it looks rather impressive. Stick in some missions, secrets and an "out there" Horror Channel or SyFy plot, and we have a game to play. 

If you want to support VitaHex's efforts, jump over on Patreon to keep the good stuff rolling, and check out the Weebly page for many other apps and games. If there's some decent gameplay there, I'd say Tropical Zone should be worthy of a PSN release if a publisher is keen to get involved. 

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