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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...

Ultra Mission brings Robotron vibes to the Vita

Ultra Mission from Gumbo Machine is one of the last batch of titles hitting PSN before Sony closes the doors for new releases. A top-down shooter, inspired by classics like Berzerk, Frenzy, and Robotron 2084 (or Llamatron if you prefer), Ultra Mission sees players take on the role of an agent from the Stellar Exchange Commission, sneaking around 20 looping labyrinthine rooms. 


Their mission? Investigate a laboratory that hasn’t been keeping the best financial reports...among other, more potentially sinister things. Unlike many modern top-down shooters, Ultra Mission is more meticulous in control; the only weapon players have against the cybernetic horde is a single-fire ray gun. 

A combo system, ranging from 1 to 10, encourages skilled combatants to destroy multiple enemies in a row. It looks fun and I have plenty of Llamatron memories from the 16-bit era, so am looking forward to a blast on this. 


Update: EU PSN release confirmed (developer wasn't sure if that would happen). 

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