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January Vita lineup and upcoming titles

by blacklagoon

The new year has just started, and I'm still here with a new version of my list of current and upcoming games for the PlayStation Vita. As usual, this list is focused on the North American market, with Europe and Japan exclusive titles in their own sections below.

For a month that has been relatively meager in terms of releases in previous years, this January is already shaping up to be pretty solid. For starters we're getting a full retail release with Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2, an improved version of the PS3's Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 with new characters and story bits, and revised combat system. Beyond that, we're getting classic adventure game Grim Fandango, ground breaking FPS Duke Nukem 3D, retro action game Woah Dave!, an improved port of Gust's alchemy RPG Atelier Ayesha, and the Atlus published indie RPG Citizens of Earth. As always, keep in mind that this is only preliminary list - there is likely to be more game releases annouced as the month goes on.

As for new game annocuements, December was a massive month, with numerous juicy reveals both at and outside Sony's PlayStation Experience event. Highlights include Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Day of the Tentacle, Broken Age, indie of the year Shovel Knight, Space Hulk, The Banner Saga, Bastion, as well as localizations for visual novel Steins;Gate, RPG Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, action spin-off Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed, Shonen Jump crossover brawler J-Stars Victory Vs+, and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3.

In Japan, a new SaGa game was revealed, as was an improved version of Deception IV, Operation Abyss got a sequel with Tokyo Shin Seiroku: Operation Babel, a port of the most recent Shiren the Wanderer DS game, and the usual assortment of anime tie-ins, visual novels and otome games.

And we're done. Join me next month when Neptunia SRPG spin-off Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart will alledgedly be making it out.

January

Retail

Download

Upcoming

Retail releases

Downloads

Unconfirmed

Vaporware

  • Orc Attack - Console version released Oct 2013. No news of the Vita version.
  • Starbound - PC version is having development problems, making the Vita port unlikely to happen.

Europe

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

Japan

(Japanese titles from the last 2 years that have yet to be announced for western release)

Upcoming

Retail (released)

Download (released)