On the same day that Eat, Sleep, Play’s Twisted Metal reboot hits store shelves in North America, there’s word that Sony has inked a multi-million dollar deal to create a movie based on the Twisted Metal franchise.

The report comes from Deadline, which has it that writer and director Brian Taylor, co-director on Ghost Rider: Spirit Vengeance, will both write the Twisted Metal film adaptation’s script and direct it.

The Twisted Metal film will reportedly follow its source material which, in case you’re unfamiliar with the franchise, features a wild cast of psychotic killers shooting at each other with guns of all sorts attached to their vehicle of choice. Whether it will closely follow the source material remains to be seen.

According to the report, Sweet Tooth, the psychotic clown who drives around in a heavily armed ice cream truck, and Doll Face, an 18-wheeler-driving young woman with a porcelain mask stuck to her face, will both be in the film.

Speaking to Game Informer, a SCEA rep confirmed that the company was in talks to possibly create a Twisted Metal film, but the spokesperson stopped short of confirming Deadline’s report.

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We recently heard that Sony was prepared to spend a large sum of money ($50 million) to promote the PlayStation Vita, and now we get to see some of what all of that money has gone towards.

Sony showed off the first PlayStation Vita TV spot for both North America and Europe which, just as Sony said, includes both the “Never Stop Playing” slogan and the #gamechanger Twitter hashtag.

The North American PlayStation Vita commercial seems standard enough, and it even shows off some of the handheld’s actual features. The European TV spot, on the other hand, is all flair with a bunch of big budget shots–it still manages to get the point across, at least.

If the commercials alone aren’t enough to convince you that Sony is going in hard with the PlayStation Vita marketing, Sony’s SVP of brand marketing, Guy Longworth, says that you’ll be seeing PlayStation Vita ads just about everywhere.

“You will find the television commercials featured during primetime programming on some of your favorite networks including Fox, Comedy Central and ESPN. Residents of New York, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco will notice PS Vita on buildings and billboards. You’ll find it on your favorite websites and on your favorite radio stations.”

You can check out both the North American and European PlayStation Vita TV spots below. Let us know which one you like best!

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Konami announced today that after four years of operation, the company will be shutting down Metal Gear Online on June 12.

Konami broke the news over on their website (via Andriasang), making it plain and clear that Metal Gear Online would be shutting down in June. Interestingly, it seems like the shutdown was overdue–Konami says that the game was only intended to last for three years.

Metal Gear Online originally launched alongside Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots back in 2008, but it later saw standalone releases. It wasn’t quite as popular as other online shooters, but it nonetheless managed to build up an impressive following, impressive enough that Konami decided to keep it going for another year.

The shutdown won’t happen all at once, however–Konami will be shutting down Metal Gear Online in phases. On March 21, Konami will be shutting down the MGO shop, and on April 24 the company will be shutting down new player registrations. On that same day, however, all of the game’s expansion packs will be made available to download free of charge.

Are you disappointed that Metal Gear Online will be taken down?

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Previously, THQ had said that Darksiders II, the sequel to Vigil Games’ 2010 action-adventure title, would be released at some point in June. Now we have a more specific date than that.

THQ announced today that Darksiders II will be making its way to retailers and digital distribution services on June 26 in North America, with a European release following just a few days later on June 29.

Not only did THQ send word of the game’s release date, the publisher also announced that Darksiders II will have retailer-exclusive pre-order incentives from the likes of Best Buy, Amazon, and GameStop. Here’s what you get from all three retailers:

Amazon: ‘Deadly Despair’ Pack – Features an additional speed boost for Death’s horse Despair, that allows players to traverse the world at a much faster rate.

Best Buy: ‘Angel of Death’ Pack – Features enhanced armor with an angel inspired design as well as a pair of matching scythes. In addition players will receive an exclusive purple colored visual trail for their crow.

GameStop: ‘Death Rides’ Pack – Features multiple exclusive side-quests allowing players to explore more of the Maker’s Realm and Dead Plains. In addition players will be able to aid an ancient Construct, battle The Bloodless and retrieve Karn’s lost treasure

Darksiders II will release simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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In a Q&A session posted over on the PlayStation Blog, Sony confirmed that Vita first-person shooter Resistance: Burning Skies is set to release on May 29.

In Resistance: Burning Skies, players will take on the role of Tom Riley, a New York fireman who finds himself having to arm up to fight off the chimeran invasion.

The Resistance franchise has thus far been in the hands of Insomniac Games–aside from Resistance: Retribution, which was handled by SCE Bend Studio–but the studio is passing the torch to Nihilistic Software with Resistance: Burning Skies.

Last month, Insomniac Games confirmed earlier statements that its involvement with the Resistance franchise ended with Resistance 3. That doesn’t mean the Resistance franchise will come to an end after the release of Resistance: Burning Skies, however.

“We believe that Resistance has reached its logical conclusion, in terms of the story we wanted to tell,” Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price explained. “However, that doesn’t mean the Resistance franchise isn’t continuing. It’s already in the capable hands of Nihilistic. And with Sony’s shepherding we know it will continue to live on and expand.”

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Shortly after the release of L.A. Noire, developer Team Bondi was shut down, bringing into question whether or not we’d ever see a follow-up. According to a new Q&A posted on Rockstar’s website, it looks like it’s at least a possibility.

In the Q&A, Rockstar confirmed that L.A. Noire won’t be seeing anymore DLC down the line, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ve seen the last of L.A. Noire. Rockstar said in the Q&A that a sequel is certainly possible, but the publisher hasn’t decided whether to go through with it just yet.

“While there won’t be any more DLC or additional content for the current release of L.A. Noire (we’re all too busy working on Max Payne 3, GTA V and other games to come), don’t count out the possibility of a new game in the L.A. Noire franchise in the future,” the company said. “We simply have not decided anything.

“We’re all very pleased with how that game turned out and are considering what the future may hold for L.A. Noire as a series. We don’t always rush to make sequels, but that does not mean we won’t get to them eventually – see Max and Red Dead for evidence of that – we have so many games we want to make and the issue is always one of bandwidth and timing.”

Source: Rockstar (via Game Informer)

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The launch of Sony’s next handheld, the PlayStation Vita, is just around the corner, and it looks like Sony is going to spend quite a bit of money to convince you that the PS Vita is worth your hard-earned money.

Speaking to The New York Times, John Koller, the senior director for PlayStation hand-held consoles, said that the launch of the PlayStation Vita will be the “largest platform launch in terms of marketing investment we’ve ever had.”

The target audience for the PlayStation Vita, according to NYT’s report, are men in their 20s that invest eight or more hours a week into gaming. Sony wants that audience so much that they’re willing to spend a reported $50 million in marketing to do so.

The theme for Sony’s expensive marketing campaign will be “Never Stop Playing,” and you can expect to see it in all sorts of advertisements, TV and otherwise. Additionally, Sony will be going in hard with social networking as well; the company is starting the “#gamechanger” hashtag to promote the PS Vita, and you can bet there will be even more Vita-related hashtags down the line.

The PlayStation Vita is due out in North America on February 22.

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The PS Vita launches across North America on February 22 – for most people.

It seems the exception is a number of Canadian Amazon shoppers, who started getting their Vitas from February 8 after the retailer released the units early by mistake. While the number of prematurely released consoles isn’t known, many users in this Red Flag Deals forum thread have already posted shots of their shiny new Sony slabs, as the rest of the continent inwardly ragefaced with envy.

The users on the site got their shipping notices last week. Consequently, many received their new gadget two weeks or more before the official Vita launch.

While receiving games from online retailers a day or two early is not unusual, getting a brand new console a whole fortnight before launch suggests a hefty slip on Amazon’s part. Could these premature Vitas number in the hundreds? The thousands? The tens of thousands? Nobody knows, but I imagine Sony would like an answer to that.

Alas, the window of opportunity has now slammed shut: Amazon has noted its error and restored the correct February 22 ship date. Are any lucky Canadian Vita owners reading this? Let us know what you make of your gleaming new toy, you jammy swines!

[Red Flag Deals, via Joystiq]

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The Last Guardian, the latest game from the studio that brought you Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has been in development for a long time, and yet we still don’t have a release date.

To make matters worse, gamers got a scare last year when GameStop sent a notification to customers that The Last Guardian had been canceled. Fortunately this turned out to be a mistake, but it’s still easy to remain concerned about the game when Sonny hasn’t said or even shown anything on The Last Guardian in quite some time.

Well, you don’t have to worry about The Last Guardian being canceled anytime soon. 1Up recently caught up with Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, and the site asked for an update on The Last Guardian. Here’s what he had to say:

“The project has been making progress, but slow progress. So that’s tough, but we haven’t changed any focus. It’s still a really important project and a vision we want to see realized, and Fumito’s vision is really causing a very difficult challenge for the developers, so there’s some scrapping and rebuilding — iteration in the process. That’s why [it's taking so long].”

The Last Guardian was originally on track to release last year, but the game was pushed back for unspecified reasons. Sony has said that a 2012 release is likely, but even that is up in the air at this point. Hopefully Sony and Team Ico have more to show by E3 later this year.

Source: 1Up

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Codemasters has announced that Dirt 3 will be getting the “Game of the Year re-release” treatment with Dirt 3 Complete Edition, due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this March.

As you no doubt guessed from the name, Dirt 3 Complete Edition will come packaged with all of the game’s DLC, which includes 12 tracks set in two locations, Shibuya and Monte Carlo, as well as quite a few new cars.

Here’s the full list of the additional content you’ll be getting in Dirt 3 Complete Edition:

• The Monte Carlo Rally Pack – eight breathtaking Rally stages featuring dramatic climbs, descents and hairpins of snowy mountain roads. Race through the Alps and conquer the legendary Col de Turini pass.
• The X Games Asia Track Pack – four new routes set across two new tracks in Shibuya, the neon heart of central Tokyo, where spectacular mud-spattered Rallycross circuits weave beneath towering skyscrapers.
• The Power and Glory Car Pack – stars five cars including the BMW M3 Rally, Lancia Delta S4, Ford Focus ST Rallycross, Scion tC and Chevrolet Camaro SSX Concept, each with a range of liveries.
• The Mud and Guts Car Pack – features five cars available for single-player, split-screen and online multiplayer events. Race the Lancia Stratos, Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2, Citroën C4 Rallycross, Saturn Sky and Ford Mustang GT, each with a range of liveries.
• The Colin McRae Vision Charity Pack – access the Ford Escort Mk II, a 70s rally classic with five liveries.
• The Ken Block Special Pack – features a customized and upgraded Ford Escort Mk II, an Open Class Rally car sporting a killer Ken Block livery.
• The Mini Gymkhana Special Pack – access the mid-engined Mini Cooper S Gymkhana, customized and tuned to become an outrageously responsive Gymkhana car.

No word just yet on a specific release date for Dirt 3 Complete Edition, other than “some point in March”. The re-release will retail for $39.99.

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So far, Epic hasn’t had much to say about Unreal Engine 4, other than it’s coming–but that’s going to change this year, according to Epic’s Mark Rein.

Speaking to G4 at DICE last week, Rein confirmed that we’ll be seeing what Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is capable of at some point this year. “People are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4 and how much more profound an effect it will have,” he said.

Epic hasn’t shown the actual engine running just yet, but last year we were treated to the “Samaritan” Unreal Engine 3 tech demo, which showed the developer’s vision of what next-gen games may look like. If the video is anything to go by, it looks like we can expect some very impressive visuals out of Unreal Tournament 4, and from next-gen hardware in general.

In case you missed it last year, you can check out the Unreal Engine 3 “Samaritan” tech demo directly below.

Source: G4

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I am a big fan of the Mass Effect video game franchise having played both 1 and 2, so needless to say I; and a whole bunch of other people, can hardly wait for the game to finally get released.

In the mean a YouTube user found himself with a copy of the Mass Effect 3 demo that is suppose to be released very shortly and to further tease us the YouTuber created two videos of the game play in the demo that totals just over an hour of game play.

Hopefully EA won’t turn nasty and order that the video get taken down and for right now they are still up on YouTube and for your viewing pleasure I have embedded them in this post.

Let us know what you think of the game play in the comments, and please try to keep the drooling to a minimum.

via PikiGeek

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EA has announced that Starbreeze Studios’ Syndicate reboot will enlist some Hollywood talent to voice the game’s characters, including Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Men in Black II, Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) and Michael Wincott (The Crow).

Dawson will be taking on the role of Lily Drawl, an agent under the employ of the EuroCorp syndicate–the same one that the protagonist is involved with, as it happens. Dawson’s character isn’t particularly happy with syndicate rule, however, and finds herself conflicted.

“I’m amazed how videogames have become so deep in story, delivering fantastic worlds and memorable characters rivaling big Hollywood films,” said Dawson. “I was excited when EA approached me to play Lily Drawl in Syndicate. She’s an interesting and strong female character. How cool is it to play the mastermind who designed the military chip inside the player’s head!”

Cox will be voicing Jack Denhem, a character that EA describes as being a “ruthless” corporate figure behind the EuroCorp syndicate. Wincott’s character, Jules Merit, is said to be a “highly regarded senior agent” with quite a few successful operations under his belt.

Syndicate is due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 21.

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Back in November of last year, Valve’s Gabe Newell sent out a notice to Steam users that the Steam database had been breached, and that some user data had possibly been taken. Details on what exactly happened were slim, but now we know a little more.

Newell once again sent out an email today to update Steam users on the situation, and in the email he said that company confirmed that some personal data was compromised in the breach, including usernames, email addresses, and possibly even encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. However, Newell said that hackers didn’t take information directly from the database, but rather a backup file containing Steam transaction information–this means that your Steam passwords appear to be safe.

Fortunately, Newell went on to say that, as of now, there has been no evidence to suggest that hackers were able to gain access to the encrypted billing addresses and passwords. Still, he suggests that you keep a close eye on your credit card statements just to be on the safe side.

Below is the letter from Gabe Newell in full.

Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users

We continue our investigation of last year’s intrusion with the help of outside security experts. In my last note about this, I described how intruders had accessed our Steam database but we found no evidence that the intruders took information from that database. That is still the case.

Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008. This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It did not include Steam passwords.

We do not have any evidence that the encrypted credit card numbers or billing addresses have been compromised. However as I said in November it’s a good idea to watch your credit card activity and statements. And of course keeping Steam Guard on is a good idea as well.

We are still investigating and working with law enforcement authorities. Some state laws require a more formal notice of this incident so some of you will get that notice, but we wanted to update everyone with this new information now.

Gabe

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Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against Valve for their registration of the “DOTA” trademark, claiming that the DOTA name is closely associated with Blizzard’s IP–in particular WarCraft III, the game that the mod was developed for.

“Valve seeks to appropriate the more than seven years of goodwill that Blizzard has developed in the mark DOTA and in its Warcraft III computer game,” Blizzard claims, “and take for itself a name that has come to signify the product of years of time and energy expended by Blizzard and by fans of Warcraft III.

“Valve has no right to the registration it seeks. If such registration is issued, it not only will damage Blizzard, but also the legions of Blizzard fans that have worked for years with Blizzard and its products, including by causing consumers to falsely believe that Valve’s products are affiliated, sponsored or endorsed by Blizzard and are related or connected to Warcraft III.”

When it was first revealed that Valve would be developing DOTA 2 under the direction of two out of the three developers that created the original WarCraft III mod, it came as a pretty big shock to the PC gaming community.

Amidst all of the surprise, there were some concerns raised over the fact that Valve intended to trademark the “DOTA” name. People argued that since the original Defense of the Ancients was a fan game, it was bad form for Valve to trademark what many players felt belonged to the community. But for Blizzard to essentially say that the DOTA “brand” is closely associated with their own IP, which is essentially the company trying to claim some form of indirect ownership, well, that’s where things get muddy.

If you’d like to go over the lawsuit yourself, you can do so at this link.

What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.

via NeoGAF

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To the surprise of absolutely no one in the universe, Activision confirmed in its quarterly financial report that a new Call of Duty title will be released at some point this year. Just what the game about isn’t known at the moment, but you can bet we’ll be hearing more soon.

In less surprising news, Activision also revealed that Blizzard is aiming set Diablo III loose into the world at some point in Q2 2012. This more or less falls in line with Blizzard’s previous projections, in which the company said it was shooting for an “early 2012″ release.

“Our extraordinary employees around the world are focused on making 2012 another great year for our audience and stakeholders,” Activision overlord Bobby Kotick said. “Blizzard Entertainment plans to have multiple highly-anticipated titles to release, including Diablo 3, and Activision Publishing expects to release a new Call of Duty game. In addition, Activision Publishing expects to continue to grow Call of Duty Elite and launch Skylanders Giants.”

Unfortunately, Activision Blizzard still didn’t provide a solid release date for Diablo III, but the fact that the company is shooting for a Q2 release–between April and June–shows that the game is nearing closer and closer to completion, which should be of at least some comfort to fans eager to get their hands on the final product.

If you can’t wait that long, Blizzard has recently been sending out more invites to the Diablo III beta, with a massive wave of 100,000 invites being sent out last week. The company says that more invites will be handed out in the future, so keep an eye on your email if you aren’t in the Diablo III beta already.

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Bethesda’s Todd Howard was on stage at the 2012 DICE Summit, kicking off the summit with his “Why We Play, Why We Create” keynote. Howard shared some interesting statistics throughout the keynote, including the fact that Steam users, on average, log 75 hours in Skyrim.

As interesting a statistic as that is, that was hardly the most exciting thing Howard had to share. During the keynote, the developer shared the result of Bethesda’s annual “Game Jam”, where developers are allowed to create anything they want for one week on the company’s time.

This year, as the developer had just shipped Skyrim, the only stipulation was that the team must develop something within Skyrim — and what the team managed to come up with is pretty darn exciting.

To see it all for yourself, you can check out a clip from Howard’s keynote below, where he shows the results of the Skyrim “Game Jam”. Or, if you’d prefer, you can find a bullet point list of all the cool stuff the developers made directly below the video, courtesy of Game Informer.

As Howard points out himself in the video, keep in mind that the team doesn’t know if any of this stuff will ever see the light of day–it could be DLC, it could be release for free, or it may never be released at all. Still, it’s cool to see.

• Spears
• Seasonal Foliage
• Flow-based Water Shader
• Kill Cams for Magic and Ranged Combat
• Stealth enhancements such as water arose and Assassin’s Vision
• Guards can re-light darkened areas
• Paralysis Runes
• Dungeon enhancements like hanging structures and moving platforms
• Water currents in dungeons
• Dark dungeons
• New follower commands for combat style, training, distance, equipment, etc.
• Set favorites for followers
• Adoption
• Build you own home…complete with skeleton butler!
• Spell combinations! Flame + Raise Zombie = Conjure Flame Atronach, Fear + Healing = Drain Health
• Goblins
• High Level Draugr
• Waygate fast-travel
• Epic new mounts
• Mounted combat
• Dragon Mounts
• Soulbug Familiar
• Kinect Shouts
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
• Enhanced Underwater Visuals
• Snow Footprints
• Verlet surfaces for non-rigid objects…like the Fat Giant
• Ice & Fire Arrows
• Werebear!
• Lycanthropy Perk Tree
• Vampire Feeding
• Become a flying Vampire Lord
• Vampire imp minions
• Mudcrab animation tweaks

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Last night, Double Fine announced that it was looking to make an oldschool point-and-click adventure game, but it needed the help of fans in order to make it happen. The developer started a “Kickstarter” fundraiser, with the goal of reaching $400,000 in donations over 33 days.

As it turns out, gamers really want to see Double Fine make a point-and-click adventure game. In a matter of hours, Double Fine not only reached that $400,000 goal, but actually surpassed it. As of writing, Double Fine’s Kickstarter fundraiser has raised more than $660,000 with 16,347 backers, and there’s no sign of the donations slowing down anytime soon.

“To finance the production, promotion, and distribution of these massive undertakings, companies like Double Fine have to rely on external sources like publishers, investment firms, or loans,” Double Fine said on the developer’s Kickstarter page. “And while they fulfill an important role in the process, their involvement also comes with significant strings attached that can pull the game in the wrong directions or even cancel its production altogether.”

Double Fine said that any excess funds–which now they have a ton of–would go right back into the game. Among other things, gamers can expect a developer documentary and other such goodies to accompany the game thanks to the extra funding.

The developer says it’s shooting for an October release date for the unnamed adventure title, but that it would be held back if the developer felt it didn’t quite meet Double Fine’s standards.

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Earlier this month, Bashiok, Diablo III community manager, got fans up in arms when he said that public chat channels would not be in Diablo III, despite chat channels being a prominent feature in Diablo II.

As it turns out, however, there’s nothing to get all worked up about. In response to the backlash from the community, Bashiok took to the Diablo III forums to apologize for the slip-up, confirming that chat channels will be in Diablo III.

“Public chat channels will be in Diablo III, barring any catastrophe that requires we remove them, because they’re already implemented,” he wrote. “In fact they’ll be in an upcoming beta patch so you’ll get to see and play around with them yourselves.”

“I’m not sure I can offer any explanation as to the incorrectness of my statements, except that I believed them to be correct when I made them. I apologize, and I’ll strive to not be stupid and wrong in the future.

“More info on the chat feature, and others, to come in the weeks ahead. Thanks for sticking with it, and me.”

On a more positive note, Bashiok recently answered tons of Diablo III-related questions on his Twitter account. You can find a rundown of what all Bashiok had to say at this link.

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In Japan, Sony introduced the “UMD Passport” program alongside the launch with the PlayStation Vita. The program allowed gamers to register their PSP games on PSN, and then download their games to their PS Vita for a fee.

It was assumed that Sony would be possibly do something similar in other regions, but Sony recently confirmed to Kotaku that there will not be a North American version of the UMD Passport program.

Shortly after Kotaku ran their story, Sony issued an official statement confirming the report, saying:

“SCEA will not be offering the UMD Passport program. U.S. consumers who already own digital versions of select PSP titles will be able to seamlessly transfer those games to their PS Vita system. What’s great for PS Vita owners is that they can enjoy PSP games with upscaled video quality that’s ideal for the system’s 5-inch OLED screen, along with controls that are optimized for its features such as the dual analog sticks. More than 250 PSP titles (including minis) will be available at the launch of PS Vita, and hundreds of additional titles will be available post-launch.”

We know that Sony won’t be introducing a UMD Passport program in North America, but the company didn’t say why the program would be a no-show. The program got some heat for being a little more pricey than some would like, but it was fairly convenient and still less expensive than buying a new copy of the game in most cases.

The PlayStation Vita launches in North America on February 22.

via Giant Bomb

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