Sony Announces 75 Possible Launch Game Titles For The PS Vita

Sony have reportedly released a list of 75 videogame titles which should become available when its latest handheld console, the PS Vita, launches early next year. However, we also ought to point out that these games are all currently 'work-in-progress' and thus it is possible that some of the games included on the list might change by the actual launch date.

Futhermore, the console is set to launch in Japan in December this year, and it is yet unclear whether some of these games will be exclusively available in the Japanese launch, or whether the same games will also make it to the European release as well.

Nevertheless, the list includes games from a wide range of genres including educational titles, which is unusual on a Sony handheld, and thus it looks as though Sony are determined to cater to as many gamers as possible from day one of the PS Vita launch.

The full list of games is as follows:

SUMIONI (ACQUIRE) - INK ACTION

SRPG (Working Title) (ALPJA) - Simulation RPG

MALICIOUS (tentative) (ALVION) - ACT

No title (AQUAPLUS) - Dungeon PRG

STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN (CAPCOM) - Fighting

Shirotsuku (CAVE) - Simulation

New shooting (CAVE) - shooting

Emergency Escape Adventure Trust or Betrayal (Tentative) (CHUNSOFT) Adventure

DJ MAX TECHNIKA PORTABLE (Working Title) (CYBERFRONT) - DJ SIMULATION

Jurassic HUNTER (Working title) (Digital Works Entertainment) - action

slotter mania (V DORASU) - Slot Simulation

Hello Kitty to issho block crash V (DORASU) - Block Crash

FIFA (working title) (EA) - Sport

MAPLUS PORTABLE NAVI 4 (Working Title) (Edia) - NAVIGATION

RPG (Working Title) (FURYU CORPORATION) - RPG

Ragnarok Odyssey (GungHo Online Entertainment) - Action

TBA (GungHo Online Entertainment) - Action

TBA (GungHo Online Entertainment) - Action Puzzle

New title (GUST) - New genre

SUDOKU by Nikoli complete edition (HAMSTER) - Corporation Puzzle

Monsters Rising (Tentative Title) (IDEA FACTORY) - Card Game

DRAGON'S CROWN (Ignition Entertainment) - Action RPG

Shin Megami Tensei series (Index Corporation / Atlus) - RPG

Persona4 The GOLDEN (Index Corporation / Atlus) - RP

Pachi-Para Series (IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING) - Pachinko 

No title (KAGA CREATE) - Adventure Game

No title (KAGA CREATE) - Shooting Game

ASPHALT : INJECTION (Konami) - Racing

AR COMBAT DigiQ (Konami) - Simulation

Oh to Maoh to Nananin no himegimi tachi - shin ohsama monogatari- (Konami) - Role Playing

Shinsei Zenkoku Taisen Version (Konami) - Mah-Jong

METAL GEAR SOLID HD EDITION (Konami) - Espionage Action

Baseball (Konami) - Sports

New RPG title (LEVEL-5) - RPG

No title (MAGES) - Adventure Game

Saikyo Todai Shogi (Mainichi Communications) - Table

Marjong Haoh (Mainichi Communications) - Table

New Action RPG (Working Title) (Marvelous Entertainment) - Action RPG

New Action-Adventure game (Working Title) (Marvelous Entertainment) Action-Adventure game

New Simulation RPG (Working Title) (Marvelous Entertainment) - Simulation RPG

New Fantasy RPG (Working Title) (Marvelous Entertainment) - Action RPG

Next Education [English Grammar] (Media5 Corporation) - Education

Next Education [Test preparation for certified administrative procedures specialists] (Media5 Corporation) - Education

Next Education [TOEIC TEST] (Media5 Corporation) - Education

Gundam Franchise (Working title) (NAMCO BANDAI) - ACTION

Super Robot Taisen Franchise (Working title) (NAMCO BANDAI) - TBD

Tales of Innocence R (NAMCO BANDAI) - RPG

ANIME ACTION (Working title) (NAMCO BANDAI) - ACTION

Ys -Foliage Ocean in CELCETA (Nihon Falcom Corporation) Action RPG

Daito Giken Official Pachi-Slot Simulator Series (PAON Corporation) - Pachi-Slot Simulator 

No title (POLYGON MAGIC) - Android Communicator

Little Busters! Converted Edition (PROTOTYPE) - Adventure Game

Jumpin' (Working Title) (Railfan Holdings) - Jump action

RPG (Working Title) (Rideon Japan) - RPG

Super Monkey Ball (working title) (SEGA) - Puzzle Game

Ginsei Igo (SilverStarJapan) - Table

Ginsei Shogi Huun Ryuuko Raiden (SilverStarJapan) - Table

Escape (Sony) - Survival Stragtegy

GRAVITY RUSH (Sony) - Action Adventure

Sound Shape (Sony) - Action / Music Creator

STARSTRIKE DELTA (Sony) - Shooting Game

Reality Fighters (Sony) - Fighting

LittleBigPlanet (Sony) - Action

WipEout2048 (Sony) - Racing

FINAL FANTASY X (SQUARE ENIX) - RPG

Sangokuhime (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation) - strategic simulation + adventure

Battlefield of Maidens 2nd (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation) - strategic simulation + adventure

Sengokuhime 3rd (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation) - strategic simulation + adventure

Moe Moe Great War Modern Version ++ (SystemSoft Alpha Corporation) - strategic simulation + adventure

NINJA GAIDEN Ó (Tecmo Koei) - ACTION

LUMINES (Ubisoft) - Music Puzzle

Rayman Origins (Ubisoft) - Action

[Sourced from: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/318872/ps-vitas-70-work-in-progress-titles]

The list may help to promote the PS Vita to users of the original PSP handhelds, who may have been worried about a lack of decent software at launch.

The PS Vita's predecessor, the PSP Go wa criticised by gamers, mainly for two reasons: Firstly, the console did not have enough core titles to sustain interest from the handheld gaming market, and secondly, the PSP Go only featured downloadable games, with no UMD slot, which meant that there were no hard copies of the software available for purchase anywhere.

With Sony's announcement that it will be producing PS Vita games on a new type of memory stick called an 'NVG card', and now a detailed list of possible launch titles, it seems as though Sony is determined to correct past mistakes and make the PS Vita into a truly memorable console. However, only time will tell if the gaming community is ready to accept such a device.

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