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@rjejr They're not charging for online passes if you buy your games brand new

I've been really excited for this since the E3 showing last year. Now I have to wait longer? Not cool

@3Above Two Mario games and Monster Hunter are doing the trick for Nintendo, plus the new Fire Emblem is selling really well. But like Savino pointed out, 3DS really struggled in its first few months and now it's unstoppable in Japan. I'm confident Vita will go through the same upswing when the big games start piling in

@Savino Not sure what you mean. Can you explain?

Bravo, @Magi

"Hasn't aged particularly well"? You blasphemer, it's one of the best download games there is. Shame on you.

@Slaysme I think the gist is "good idea, bad execution" — when it takes a minute or two to open every move you can tell how that would really slow the game down. I know it's one of those first world problems, but if the execution were better it'd be more enjoyable

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But yeah, it wouldn't be complete with Cole.

@Master-Nas Well it's not announced for Vita so don't go getting your hopes up

Hi guys, apologies for the mix-up — Battlefield and Disney Universe are only on PS3, not PS Vita.

£9.99 for Sly Cooper trilogy HD? I was going to buy Sonic CD and VF4 but think I might get this instead!

Nnnnonooooooooooo....!

@TOMBOY25 It should be in safe hands with Sumo Digital — they've got stacks of experience creating portable racing games. Really looking forward to this!

Cross play please!

@Levelfailer Kratos isn't in multiplayer apparently!

@rjejr In the full game you can remove screen clutter and turn down/off NPC chatter!

Huzzah! I'll be downloading the DD demo as soon as it hits the EU store. Love that your progress carries over to the full game.

Good old Olly Moss, always quality art with him.

@Stuffgamer1 For precisely that point Besides, it's not a PlayStation game, so there's that.

Think I may buy myself some PlayStation Plus as a present.

@Stuffgamer1 Seeing as it's not actually out yet, I think we can definitely be excused

Now everyone go buy Everybody's Tennis because it's awesome.

"Dalektable" — I've taught you well, Sammy.

@Knuckles I own the original Sonic Triple Trouble on Game Gear and have access to a region-free 3DS too You'll notice sometimes we get US writers to review EU games and vice versa, depending on who's the best candidate for the job. We always find a way to make it work!

Sonic 4, however, will be all mine!

@Ginkgo Oddly not confirmed, but I hope so. Eurocom did a great job with the Move controls in GoldenEye Reloaded, but I'm not even 100% sure if 007 Legends is first- or third-person.

I could really go for some MH-style action on Vita.

I would imagine another studio (Ready at Dawn maybe?) is working on a Vita GoW

@WolfRamHeart In the UK they're on the same day — 2am for Sony, 5pm for Nintendo I expect Nintendo will confirm its conference time/date but it's always been 9am Pacific on Tuesday :

Looks like I'm getting up early Tuesday for this one, which is great as Tuesday's also Nintendo's conference.

Still love you, E3.

@ShogunRok It's hard to say how big it is because this preview version ended after I reached a certain quest, so I haven't seen the full game. So far it seems more on par with Oblivion than Skyrim, which is fine by me — there's a lot of running and walking, and the day/night cycle makes it dangerous to go out at night. I certainly did a lot of travelling though, and there are lots of areas I didn't discover judging from my map!

@rjejr Nope, not really like Monster Hunter. This is free-roaming, quest-driven and has far less grinding. There's no lock on either but you don't need it as it's much quicker than Monster Hunter — much less position-attack-dodge and much more attack-attack-attack-dodge. I know you can hack bits off giant monsters but that's really the only similarity

@sony_70 Glad you're excited for this. I think you'll like it!

I forgot to mention you can cut bits of them off too — you can take down a Chimera's heads one by one, or target the head of a hydra and slice it off, which is pretty cool.

It's out for PlayStation Plus subscribers in the Europe I believe — not on general sale just yet

I sent £5 his way earlier. Well played Julian — you're an inspiration

@SeVok Ripstone tells me the game's now confirmed for 18th April

@MitchConcannon The "Episodes from Liberty City" in this update is the two add-on packs "Ballad of Gay Tony" and "The Lost & Damned", but doesn't include the original GTA IV. If there's a bundle on the store, I'd wager it's all three games, but don't take that as gospel!

@rjejr I hope you traded it in for Skies of Arcadia.

@Knuckles Sammy wrote this review before we joined forces Also, you may remember Corbie reviewed Sonic Triple Trouble for NL, so I don't always review Sonic games, just most of them!

@Jamouse Opinions differ quite wildly on that front! It's not exactly original but it's got its qualities.

@TOMBOY25 I haven't played it on Vita, you're best asking @Corbie or @nathanuc1988 Thanks for the shout-out in your MW3 profile too, looks great!

Great news — a tremendous RPG though, let's be honest, not as good as the other dragoon RPG

@TOMBOY25 Be my guest! Thanks for the kind words too — feel free to spread the word however you can, we'd certainly appreciate it

@TOMBOY25 The Vita version was supposed to hit today but has been delayed. Should be out in the next two weeks apparently. Cheers for the heads up

I would say 3DS or Wii U, hopefully with similar cross-platform features as here.

@odd69 We'll have something to get you up to speed on Monday

@XD375 Oh, really? That's awesome, I did not know that. Guess I can put the razor blades down now!

@nathanuc1988 Official word is now in the article. Sounds to me like full cross platform play!

At the moment PS3 starts at $249.99 US. Of course it infamously launched at $599 five and a half years ago

Just PS3

@get2sammyb It's also about how well the company handles the submission + testing process; if it's only a small team it might not have the manpower to line up all its intercontinental ducks in one go.

Anyway, it'll be worth the wait, EUers

Bring it on.