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Takao · 05:34 PM

TGS 2012 Video | Gamescom 2012 Video

Q: What is PlayStation Mobile?
A: PlayStation Mobile is a framework for games, and apps developed for certified Android devices, as well as PlayStation Vita. These games and apps are cross compatible so a purchase on Vita works on an Android device, and vice versa up to three activations.

Q: I want to develop for PlayStation Mobile, how can I?
A: Join the developer program, the SDK is free with a $99/annual charge for publishing.

Q: When does PSM launch?
A: October 3rd

Q: Which regions will have access to PSM at launch?
A: US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan and Australia

Q: Do PlayStation Mobile games support trophies and online gameplay?
A: At the moment PlayStation Mobile does not support trophies, but that is something that can be changed. Online leaderboards are supported.

Q: Which Android/PlayStation devices are currently supported?
A: Here are some of the devices that work:

PlayStation Vita
Xperia acro
Xperia acro HD
Xperia ion
Xperia S
Xperia arc
Xperia PLAY
Sony Tablet S
Sony Tablet P
HTC One S
HTC One X
HTC One V

For a full lists check here. Support has been pledged by Asus, Fujitsu and Sharp, so look for more devices in the future.

If you own one of the Android devices listed update your PlayStation Store application. If you do not have the PlayStation Store application follow these instructions. For users on the PlayStation Vita simply head to the PlayStation Store and hit the "PlayStation Mobile" tab on the top right next to the search bar.

Launch titles (North America):

Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender (Tikipod Limited) - $3.49
Beats Slider (Futurlab Ltd.) - $0.79
Beats Trelis (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - $0.79
Everybody's Arcade (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - $0/Freemium (Heavy In App Purchase)
Flick Hockey (Spinning Head Software Ltd.) - $2.99
Frederic - Ressurection of Music (Forever Entertainment S.A.) - $3.99
Fuel Tiracas (Futurlab Ltd.) - $0.49
Hungry Giraffe (Laughing Jackal Ltd.) - $2.99
incurvio (Sync Inc.) - $7.49
Loot The Land (Playerthree Ltd.) - $3.99
Magic Arrows (Hamster Corporation) - $4.99
Numblast (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - $2.99
Nyoqix (Zener Works) - $5.49
Rebel (PomPom Software Ltd.)- $1.99
Samurai Beatdown (Beatnik Games) - $0.99
Super Crate Box (Vlambeer) - $3.49
Tractor Trails (Origin8 Technologies Ltd.) - $3.29
Twist Pilot (Crash Lab) - $3.49
Underlined (Albino Pixel Ltd.) - $2.79
Wipe! (Sync Inc.) - $1.49
Word Blocked (Quirkat) - $1.99

Can't find a video? The PlayStation Store has screenshots for every PlayStation Mobile game/app.

Special thanks to PSNStores.com who are running a Mobile extravaganza with extensive interviews, previews, and more.

Carl · 02:19 PM

Buy Fuel Taracas and Beats Slider!

Made by FuturLab (of Velocity fame).

;)

Check out a GAFfers video roundup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj-7H...ature=youtu.be

DrAndonuts · (10-03-2012, 05:05 AM)

~The Future is Here~

Downloading Everybody's Arcade and Super Crate Box. Will post some impressions, if I remember later.

Wario64 · (10-03-2012, 05:05 AM)

Super Crate Box has no leaderboards :(

darkressurection · (10-03-2012, 05:06 AM)

Samurai Beatdown is pretty cool, bet it will be even better once I get to the harder difficulties.

LiquidMetal14 · (10-03-2012, 05:06 AM)

Was pleasantly surprised to see this. Impressive and is only going to get better.

AranhaHunter · (10-03-2012, 05:06 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64

Super Crate Box has no leaderboards :(

I don't think any psm games will have them until sony allows devs to support it in the sdk.

Man · (10-03-2012, 05:07 AM)

The SDK seems pretty nice with C# Mono, OpenGL ES 2.0 equivalent, simulator etc and plenty of libraries. Need to create something someday.

Skyzard · 05:44 AM

Beats Trelis (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - $0.79

Music/sound composer, decent.

edit: better description- create various loops that you can start and stop like with a soundboard.

Empty · (10-03-2012, 05:07 AM)

super crate box with buttons on the go already makes this rad

need to look into the futurlab stuff

KalBalboa · (10-03-2012, 05:08 AM)

That's two updates Sony was early on today.

What should my first game be?

Levyne · (10-03-2012, 05:08 AM)

Oh, is it live? I have a Play and a Vita so I'll have to look for it.

Takao · (10-03-2012, 05:08 AM)

Originally Posted by Skyzard

Beats Trelis (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - $0.79

Music/sound composer, decent.

Beats, and Numblast are the weirdest SCE IP revivals so far on Mobile, lol.

darkside31337 · (10-03-2012, 05:08 AM)

Huh the Xperia PLAY is supported. Thats pretty cool. I wonder how the slowdown is though for some of these games on the older devices.

kassatsu · (10-03-2012, 05:09 AM)

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

I don't think any psm games will have them until sony allows devs to support it in the sdk.

Fuel Tiracas has them.

--

Aqua Kitty runs at about half the framerate on my Tablet S. PS Vita master race confirmed.

Carl · (10-03-2012, 05:10 AM)

Originally Posted by darkside31337

Huh the Xperia PLAY is supported. Thats pretty cool. I wonder how the slowdown is though for some of these games on the older devices.

Give it a try and let us know? :D

Man-is-Obsolete · (10-03-2012, 05:10 AM)

Ruh Roh! I am going to need more space on my Vita Sony! Gonna reach 100 apps with this and everything else I already have lol.

Edit: Also I need recommendations. Very intrigued by Underlined, feel like I saw that somewhere before. What's the cream of the crop.

And yes everything Futurlab is bought, LAY OFF CARL! :P

btkadams · (10-03-2012, 05:10 AM)

this is awesome! i hope lots of games/apps come to the service.

Levyne · (10-03-2012, 05:10 AM)

Um....forgive my stupidity but how do I access this on my Play?

(I'd check my Vita but it's unopened and I'm not sure if I want to open it...)

chickdigger802 · (10-03-2012, 05:10 AM)

so... is it possible to run 'unofficial' psm apps on my vita?

sdk is free right?

darkside31337 · (10-03-2012, 05:11 AM)

Originally Posted by Carl

Give it a try and let us know? :D

I don't own a Play, I just was surprised that ancient thing was supported :P

Only device I own thats supported (so far) is the Vita. Master race!

Zia · (10-03-2012, 05:11 AM)

Originally Posted by Takao

Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender (Vlambeer) - $3.49

Tikipod, not Vlambeer! You had me all excited, scrolling through the list and seeing them listed twice. ; )

pieatorium · (10-03-2012, 05:11 AM)

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

I don't think any psm games will have them until sony allows devs to support it in the sdk.

feul tiracas has them

prwxv3 · (10-03-2012, 05:12 AM)

Surprised by the price range.

KalBalboa · (10-03-2012, 05:12 AM)

Do any of these support trophies so far?

darkside31337 · (10-03-2012, 05:13 AM)

Originally Posted by prwxv3

Surprised by the price range.

I know I could have swore that Sony said somewhere that the minimum games would cost would be $1.99

Pretty cool to see a lot of titles well under that point.

Skyzard · 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Takao

Beats, and Numblast are the weirdest SCE IP revivals so far on Mobile, lol.

They could have done worse! Btw beats isn't like the rhythm game on psp but it's an app (the only one at the moment) that basically lets you make songs - well, various loops. Quite detailed too, decent buy people find digital song composition fun.

Carl · (10-03-2012, 05:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Man-is-Obsolete

And yes everything Futurlab is bought, LAY OFF CARL! :P

Sorry, i had to get that in that.

Super Crate Box is awesome.

Man-is-Obsolete · (10-03-2012, 05:14 AM)

Originally Posted by darkside31337

I know I could have swore that Sony said somewhere that the minimum games would cost would be $1.99

Pretty cool to see a lot of titles well under that point.

Futurlab put everyone on blast with games at $0.79 and $0.49.

brettchalupa · (10-03-2012, 05:15 AM)

Super Crate Box on Vita is really great.

The definitive version control and technical wise.

Shinta · 05:32 AM

Samurai Beatdown is alright. The music doesn't always do a great job of showing you the correct rhythm for the slices, but you could do worse for a simple $1 game. It's super easy also. I haven't even gotten hit yet, and I'm on level 3. There's a harder difficulty, but I haven't unlocked it all yet. There are 5 levels. Each takes like, 2-5 minutes. I think you'll spend an hour on this game, max ... maybe 30 minutes. The music is entirely forgettable. It's like bad 70s kung fu funk parody. Some is techno style instead, which isn't bad at all.

Wario64 · (10-03-2012, 05:16 AM)

Originally Posted by brettchalupa

Super Crate Box on Vita is really great.

The definitive version control and technical wise.

PC version already had controller support long ago though :P and it's free

Carl · (10-03-2012, 05:16 AM)

Originally Posted by darkside31337

I don't own a Play, I just was surprised that ancient thing was supported :P

Only device I own thats supported (so far) is the Vita. Master race!

Ahh i see, sorry i misunderstood :)

BomberMouse · (10-03-2012, 05:16 AM)

Buy Aqua Kitten!

Oyashrio-Sama · (10-03-2012, 05:17 AM)

Fuel Taracas is pretty fun... currently 1st place in about 8 of the stages. :)

Man · (10-03-2012, 05:17 AM)

I wonder how long until PS Minis is done with. 12 more months?

Man-is-Obsolete · (10-03-2012, 05:17 AM)

Screenshots for Frederic - Resurrection of Music look awesome. Any impressions thus far. This could be the Rockband Blitz we didn't get.

BomberMouse · (10-03-2012, 05:18 AM)

Originally Posted by Man

I wonder how long until PS Minis is done with. 12 more months?

Maybe they'll will make a minis emulator in PSMobile?

chickdigger802 · (10-03-2012, 05:19 AM)

Originally Posted by Man-is-Obsolete

Screenshots for Frederic - Resurrection of Music look awesome. Any impressions thus far. This could be the Rockband Blitz we didn't get.

think it was on ios.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yllqwdIgU

not sure if it's good or not.

brettchalupa · (10-03-2012, 05:20 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64

PC version already had controller support long ago though :P and it's free

There's some wacky sound bug + mac version has no controller suport + portable + supporting cool developers. :)

Also the new menu music is pretty awesome.

DiscoJer · (10-03-2012, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by Man

I wonder how long until PS Minis is done with. 12 more months?

I'm not sure that long. 3 months?

Beatshapers has 3 more on the way, Alawar might have a couple (they've been rated by the ESRB/PEGI), and there is Arson & Plunder (but who knows if that will come out). Also maybe a few more SNK games.

I'm going to miss reviewing them, I did about a 100 over the last couple years.

Takao · (10-03-2012, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by Skyzard

They could have done worse! Btw beats isn't like the rhythm game on psp but it's an app (the only one at the moment) that basically lets you make songs. Quite detailed too, decent buy people find digital song composition fun.

Yeah, I bought it and I have absolutely no clue as to what I'm doing, lol.

Oyashrio-Sama · (10-03-2012, 05:24 AM)

how is Samurai Beatdown? worth the 99 cent-a-roos?

Heart of Black · (10-03-2012, 05:25 AM)

Originally Posted by darkside31337

Huh the Xperia PLAY is supported. Thats pretty cool. I wonder how the slowdown is though for some of these games on the older devices.

I'm pretty sure PSM is a platform with a minimum spec, the games have to run well on all certified platforms.

That's different from regular android standards that mean the game just kinda has to work, like how GTA III sorta works on the play, but runs at a very low framerate.

btkadams · (10-03-2012, 05:25 AM)

Beats Trelis is pretty damn cool.

danhese007 · (10-03-2012, 05:27 AM)

Originally Posted by chickdigger802

think it was on ios.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yllqwdIgU

not sure if it's good or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7QPVOV9bGc

Man-is-Obsolete · (10-03-2012, 05:28 AM)

Originally Posted by danhese007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7QPVOV9bGc

Yea I saw that video too, music just isn't for me.

Levyne · 05:33 AM

For the other 3 people in the world with the play, I'm downloading PSM from this link

http://www.playstation.com/psm/store/en.html

Couldn't find it another way (no PS Store App)

Edit: Still no luck, unable to parse. Not savy enough to figure out what that quite means,

KillerAJD · (10-03-2012, 05:30 AM)

Played the first 3 levels in Fuel Tiracas and I'm enjoying it. I can't yet tell if the buttons are in a pattern or are completely random (the description on the store mentioned Simon), but getting faster is definitely something I could see spending some time on. Beats Trellis seems pretty cool so far. A lot of stuff to mess around with in that, but it doesn't look like you can export your music (or import samples for that matter, but I didn't expect that for $0.50). Not a big deal if you just pull it from the headphone jack, but it would be nice if it was built it (so that you could just export it to the Vita's Music Player).

darkside31337 · (10-03-2012, 05:30 AM)

Do purchases made on PSM count as purchases made on the store? Honestly have no idea if thats the case or not.

Asking for the purposes of the spending $100 get $20 back deal going for October :/