I'm currently stuck in a three-hour Star Wars: The Old Republic traffic jam. Luckily, time quickly flies when delivering a fresh serving of News Blips to all you fine folks out there.
News Blips:
The PlayStation Vita jumps into 321,400 Japanese pockets two days after launching. Reuters says it wasn't enough to unseat the Nintendo 3DS' 371,000 haul within the same timeframe when it released in Japan in February, but Sony's in the green for exploiting its momentum towards landing more copies of its blocks of expensive circuitry into the hands of its customers.
Hacking wizardry and cyber suicide is apparently reason enough for the Australian Classification Board to refuse a rating for Syndicate. In a land rife with more variations of poisonous snakes than gears on a bicycle, you'd need a pretty vile reputation to earn the Australian people's ire — or just get unluckily subjected to the Board's zanily prohibitive protocols. [GameSpot]
The Devil May Cry HD Collection brings us explosive hairdos and uncaring backwards glances once more on April 3, 2012. Releasing for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the pack soups up the visuals for Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening along with support for Achievements and Trophies. I knew a Dante once, until I took an arr…I'll show myself out.
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