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Festive portable deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...

Homebrew - Purified first look on the Vita

Its hard not to smile as Sony and the world furiously tries to bury the Vita, and then gems like this explode into life. Even in this first-glimpse, super-early state, Purified from solo-dev Balder is a highly-polished looking 60fps third-person boss/arena shooter for homebrew Vitas with bags of detail and class.

Update: Some better-quality imagery over here thanks to Balder.  


Draw your own conclusions, but I'm getting a strong Quake vibe, with multiple weapons, cool wings and plenty of smart effects, all underscored by music by Brian Czernikowski - and lots of things to kill. Sure, this will be done when its done and there could be plenty of changes along the way, but great to see such a slick-looking effort made with love for the Vita. Happy to pay cold hard cash for the release! 

Follow Balder for the latest news and keep cheering on him along with the other developers out there doing great stuff into the Vita's second decade. Purified is being built in Unity 2018 with a collection of custom mods. 

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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