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August Vita lineup and upcoming titles

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August is here, last chance for all those "summer" releases to make their release windows. Will they? We'll see, but anyway - here's a rundown of what we do know about current and upcoming games for the PlayStation Vita. As usual, it is focused on the North American market, with Europe and Japan exclusive titles in their own sections below.

Not a lot of confirmed August releases right now, though the one retail title certainly makes an impression. Yes, fantasy beat 'em up Dragon's Crown arrives with its striking art style and meticulous 2D animation. And for all the hoopla about the sorceress' boobs (obviously they're necessary for storing her mana), it's actually getting a lot of good reviews and looks set to be the best selling Vanillaware title so far in Japan.

For PSN titles, only Real Boxing and Divekick have a date (at the end of the month), though Spelunky, Luftrausers, and BreakQuest Extra Evolution should be going through certification around this time and will hopefully make it out soon. There's also Superfrog HD which made a surprise appearance in Europe at the end of July, so that's another one to look for.

Unexpectedly, July proved a pretty great month for new title announcements. Right off the bat Anime Expo 2013 delivered the localization announcements people had hoped for during E3, with NISA bringing over dungeon crawler Demon Gaze and Zero Escape meets Phoenix Wright murder mystery puzzle game Trigger Happy Dangan Ronpa, while Aksys tackled cutesy roguelike Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God. Two western retail titles were also revealed later in the month - The LEGO Movie Videogame and Angry Birds Star Wars, and well racing game WRC 4 got announced too, though that one's Europe only for the time being.

Indies continued to show their love for the Vita, with Game Boy styled action adventure Two Brothers, the JRPG inspired Kickstarter funded Soul Saga and Liege, platformer Mutant Mudds, and ambient explorathon Proteus all making the jump, along with an expanded version of Worms Revolution.

Japan got plenty too, starting with two vocaloid centered rhythm games from Sega - a sequel to last years Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F, and Uta Kumi 575, a music game where the player has the ability to alter the lyrics on the fly thanks to the real time vocaloid powered vocals. Kadokawa followed up the enhanced port of Legend of Heroes: Trails of Zero with its sequel Trails of Blue. Nippon Ichi finally confirmed the long expected port of Disgaea 4, and also indicated a sequel to their premier girls prison RPG with Criminal Girls Invitation. Tecmo Koei continued showing their support with Samurai Warriors 2 HD. And finally, there were no less than 6 visual novels announced, including quite successful ones like Robotics;Notes and Key's Rewrite.

And that's that for this month. Please do join me again in September, when the utterly stunning Killzone Mercenary makes its debut.

August

Retail

Downloads (Tentative)

Q3 2013

Retail

Downloads

Rest of the year (and beyond)

Retail releases

Downloads

Unconfirmed/Vaporware

  • Zero Escape 3 - Development has started, but patforms have yet to be annouced
  • Yet to be annouced game(s) from Tokyo Majin Gakuen director
  • Sly Cooper HD Collection - ESRB rating
  • Yakuza game
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us - Amzon France listing
  • Still Time - Minimalist indie puzzle platformer

Europe

(Titles out in Europe with no American release announced.)

Japan

(Incomplete list of Japanese titles that have yet to be announced for western release)

Upcoming

Retail (released)

Download (released)

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