Sony apologises as PlayStation Vita glitches spread

Sony has released  an apology and software update after a number of complaints about its new gaming console.

The PlayStation Vita went on sale in Japan at the weekend but  users have described such problems as unresponsive touchscreens, crashes and freezes.
Glitches in new consoles are not unusual, but experts have been surprised by the number of related postings sent to Twitter and YouTube.

REVIEW: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Elite)

Describe Call of Duty: Elite, in a sentence. Well, a decent stab at that request would be "a war-themed Facebook with heatmap-kill-ratio-infographics instead of drunken snaps of your old school pals". A new digital service that launches with Modern Warfare 3 (but is backwards compatible with Call of Duty: Black Ops, and will be supported by all future Call of Duty/Modern Warfare titles), it's designed to keep you playing the online component of Modern Warfare 3 even longer than you were planning to by teaching you ways to improve your online shooting techniques, connecting you with other like-minded players and challenging you to compete for real world prizes.

Nintendo 3DS review

The UK release of the Nintendo 3DS on 25 March 2011 saw Europe welcome the latest offering from arguably the most innovative company in the gaming world.

Nintendo is responsible for iconic household names like Super Mario, SNES and Gameboy all of which have made a massive contribution to how we play today.

But the Japanese company has also been busy redefining the modern medium with its most recognised bit of kit - the Wii, dragging everyone from nine year old girls to 79-year-old grandaddys around the TV to wave a white remote in the air.

Nintendo's current handheld line – the Nintendo DS – has had a similar amount of pull on the public, creating a world where everyone's a gamer. You might be Brain Training on the bus or leaping over spike pits at lunch, either way you're a part of a video game boom (at least in terms of awareness) that's never been seen before, and that's largely thanks to Nintendo.

After such success you might forgive Nintendo for resting on its laurels and, indeed, since the UK release of the first DS back in 2004, the progression of the portable has been something of a slow evolution.
Sticking a couple of extra letters on the end of each edition, with devices like the DS Lite, the DSi and the DSi XL Nintendo made the common alterations; making things bigger/smaller/lighter, adding a camera here and a bit more power there.

PS Vita review

This is a brand new PS Vita review taking into account several firmware updates since our original assessment (launch firmware: 1.61)

The PS Vita is the most powerful, dazzling and impressive handheld games console ever built.
It packs not one but two quad-core processors, a sparkling 5-inch touchscreen OLED display, dual analogue stick controls and games that go way beyond what any other portable device is currently capable of.
That includes the Nintendo 3DS, which may wield 3D optics as its trump card, but nonetheless simply cannot compete with the Vita in terms of graphical fidelity. What the PS Vita offers is more akin to a home console experience on the move, and that puts it in an elite class of one.

Take a look at PS Vita gameplay footage, the new interface and touch controls in our video: