Putty Squad (PS Vita)

Putty Squad made it to the SNES back in 1994, but never appeared on the Amiga 1200, where it was bound to truly shine. Happily though and as the trends of the era demand, it has been revived for the handheld market and will soon be appearing on Sony's PS Vita. The game will feature all sorts of enhancements including new graphics, a touch-screen map, more than a few gaming modes, location-based activities, online leaderboards and trophies. It will of course remain a beautiful and well designed platformer... Find out more here.

Oh, and apparently a fully playable demo will also be released. As for the game's release date, well, it should be announced soon.

The PlayStation Vita

Formerly know as the NGP, the PS Vita name was announced yesterday over at that posh and at times really boring thing that is the E3. It will apparently be both very decently priced -especially in the USA where the price for the WiFi model will be $249- and a true successor to the Atari Lynx. Sony, you see, has wisely decided not to pit Vita against iOS devices, but instead market it as a hefty yet highly portable alternative to proper consoles. I quite love what I'm seeing. Have a look at this now: