Sony unveils its new playstation

Bangalore: Sony unveiled its PlayStation Vita, the company's next-generation portable gaming device at Sony's E3 press conference in Los Angeles. The device has been codenamed as 'NGP' and looks exactly like the prototypes that leaked earlier this year. The device was first unveiled in January, however, this event revealed many other crucial details about the product. The playstation contains a high-resolution, 5-inch OLED touchscreen (960 x 544 pixels), two analog sticks, rear touch controls, 6-axis motion sensors and dual front- and back-facing cameras. The device is supposed to run a quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor. The Vita also comes with 3G and WiFi connectivity. AT&T will be the Vita's exclusive 3G launch partner. A handful of new exclusive games were highlighted at the event. It included Uncharted 3: Drake's Fortune, inFamous 2 and Resistance 3. A few new games were officially announced, including: God of War Origins - an HD and 3D remastered version of the PSP God of War games, the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD remastered collection which will also be in 3D, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and Dust 514 from the makers of Eve Online. Several clips of the upcoming games were displayed at the event but the lime light was stolen by the Uncharted 3: Drake's Fortune. The demos were followed by Resistance 3, which takes place four years after the events of Resistance 2. God of War: Origins, collecting the two PSP God of War games will be remastered in HD for the PS3 and made 3D compatible, as will the long awaited Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection. Sucker Punch's inFamous 2 were also shown off with a new trailer. A new trailer for Starhawk from the makers of Warhawk was also shown. The PlayStation Vita will hit the market in the mid of this year. The device has been vehemently criticized for its costly affair as it cost ranges from 11, 205 ($249) for the Wi-Fi version and 13, 455 ($299) for the 3G version.