So you’ve read all the coverage about Sony’s new portable device the Playstation VitaSoy as the official platform name for the next generation portable entertainment system.The Wi-Fi model will be available for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 in US and €249 in Europe, 3G/Wi-Fi model will be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 in US and €299 in Europe and successively launch in global market starting the end of 2011.

The price sounds very good! So is this the end-all be-all portable gaming device? Answer our poll below:

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PS Vita incorporates a beautiful 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. Together with the front touch screen and the rear touch pad, PS Vita offers new game play experiences never before seen on any device, allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” finger motions.

Also PS Vita features two analog sticks which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience, such as shooters, action games, and fighting games. Exciting and attractive new titles are scheduled to be released from SCE Worldwide Studios, including “GRAVITY DAZE”, “Uncharted Golden Abyss”, “Little Deviants”, “Hot Shots Golf”, “Reality Fighter”, “Hustle Kings”, “ModNation Racers”, “Wipeout 2048″ and “Super Stardust Delta,” as well as from a broad range of third party game developers and publishers, which will deliver value only possible on PS Vita.

Ok so 2 big announcements from Sony today – a new PSP and a way to get Playstation games on your Android device.

The new PSP is codenamed NGP (Next Generation Playstation? So clever!) is going to be quite the badass:

• WiFi and 3G connectivity with built-in GPS
• 5″ OLED screen
• Multi-touch
• Oval design form
• Dual analog sticks
• LiveArea (or XboxLive for PSP)
• Flash card game media!

We’re not done yet – it looks like that Sony Playstation Phone we have on our Top 2011 gadgets goes further than just a new Android phone…

Sony is obviously feeling the pressure of smartphones taking over their portable gaming share so instead of trying to kill (one of their) enemies they are going to join them or at least allow Playstation content on Android devices!

Before you get too excited your current Android phone probably won’t be good enough, as Sony is commencing a “Playstation Certified” program for all hardware manufacturers – so not only do you need to upgrade for Honeycomb you need to be ready for Playstation Suite.

When’s it coming? This year – starting with original PS1 games (If Metal Gear Solid is in there we’ll be happy) and of course these games will be available from the PlaystationStore and a way for developers to get involved.

A very “teaser” commercial:

More stuff at their official site here!

So you’ve no doubt either gotten a new Playstation 3 with Move, an Xbox 360 with Kinect or just a bigger TV to play them on – its funny though, none of our picks for next year utilize any of these fancy new motion controllers they are just the old school controller games that will have us glued to our TV’s in 2011.

Grab a cup of coffee, fasten your seatbelt this is one post that’ll blow the sculpting gel off your hair!

#10: Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – February

The trailer had us already, but the unlockable characters really digs into our Marvel fanboy nature and gets us excited for this new installment that everyone is waiting for. The biggest disappointment? No comic book series crossover to promote it!

#9: Bulletstorm – February

An FPS with a lot of great one-liners.

#8: Deus Ex: Human Revolution – March

The third chapter in the Eidos FPS series and its a prequel.

#7: Rage – September

Id Software’s new FPS utilizing its new id Tech 5 engine and at least 3 years in the making.

#6: Unchartered 3: Drake’s Deception – November

The third chapter in the life of the modern-day Indiana Jones that will be NOT be played by Nathan Fillion in the movie version but by Marky Mark Whalberg!

#5: L.A. Noire – May

From the makers of Red Dead Redemption and showed us that playing GTA in an Old West setting would be just as fun as modern times is taking their engine to the world of L.A. Confidential with their newest sandbox game!

#4: Gears of War 3 – December

It may be more of the same, but that same is still fraggin’ awesome!

#3: Batman: Arkham City – December

The trailer to this game looks like they’ve pushed the CG into an almost super-realistic state. With the first game being one of the rare non-sucky licensed games, we have high hopes for this one!

#2: Metal Gear Solid: Rising – TBA

Kind of a Metal Gear 5 but with the cyborg Raiden – if this comes out in 2011 we’ll be surprised. We’re keeping it at #2 because we’re not sure it will make it this year, but that doesn’t dilute the anticipation level.

#1: Mass Effect 3 – December

So soon after the second one?! Bioware is already advertising the 3rd installment in the game series which destroyed us with amazing gameplay and amazing story. Since it comes out at the end of 2011 it gives you time to replay Mass Effect 2 to make sure your Xbox saves the best team as you load Mass Effect 3:

There are more than 10 really on the list but we wanted to cut it to 10, let us know what we left off the list that should be on it in the comments below.

The weather outside is kind of frightful (mild) but the scenery at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai is quite delightful. If you are all alone this Christmas weekend then you can get yourself a big bowl of Christmas cheer at this year’s Asian Game Show.

Three cosplay models helped Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong host the media preview of their annual Asian Game Show that is being held in Hall 5 F at the HKCEC.

Coming out dressed as game characters DaDa Chan (Hong Kong), Aya K. (Japan) and Xiao Yu (Taiwan) welcomed the international media by posing for photos and wowing us with their Sing Star & Dance gaming prowess. The girls could only be seen yesterday and unfortunately AGS attendees today will not be able to see them, however Neonpunch took enough photos for you so that you won’t feel totally left out.

As for the actual AGS most of it was still under construction and when the Playstation Girls and Cos-play models arrived most of the work came to an abrupt halt, as HK construction workers like all construction workers from around the world stared intently at the young ladies.

What show goers can look forward to are plenty of gaming stations featuring all the latest popular Sony PS3 and PSP games, with this year’s main attraction being the giant 280 feet 3D display that will be showing off Sony’s 3D enhanced games.

Sony will also be holding the PlayStation Charity Auction @ AGS to help the needy in Hong Kong, items including Michael Jordan’s jersey (1984-85 version), Winning Eleven 2011 producer Mr. Shingo Takatsuka’s autographed football (special version), Mr. Kazunori Yamauchi and musician Lang Lang’s autographed “GT5 Collectors Pack” will be available for auction.

In case Santa didn’t get you the present you wanted Gamers can also find all the latest special edition consoles and games at the event for sale. So hurry on over and get that little something you deserve just for yourself.

AGS 2010 tickets are HK$28 per person and can be bought at the front door.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll see this weekend:

Time to get derezzed and parkour your way through the world of Tron: Evolution for the Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. As denizen of the digital world it’s up to you to save Flynn and Tron from Flynn’s evil digital doppelganger Clu.

The game’s story takes place before the Tron: Legacy events and provides some insight into the film’s past. The film will also reference elements of the game’s story so fans will want to play the game to learn more about the TRON mythology seen in the film, but according to Disney each entertainment experience will stand on its own.

In the Story mode gamers will take on the role of Anon a character that can best be described as a “digital” version of the Prince of Persia. Much like the PoP you will be spending it parkouring your way through Tron and most likely falling to digital doom over and over again. The annoying aspect in this game is that your parkouring courses features a lot of floorless areas that will require you to make running leaps off a small ramps to get over to other walls and ledges. However these ramps are always located next to the edge of a ledge and most times you inadvertently wind up running off the end of the ledge.

While the parkouring aspects plays a big part in this game so does the fighting. Using your “Tron Frisbee” gamers can beat the digital bits out of some bad guys. Using a combination of the triggers and face buttons players can pull of varying attacks and combos. As you progress you can upgrade your disc to include added attributes like bomb and stasis, which gives you explosive attacks and with the later slows them down to a crawl.

Gamers will also get to ride light cycles and race across TRON’s digital landscape doing 90 degree sharp turns to make spectacular escapes. Players will also get to hop into tanks and blast their way through obstacles and shoot down transport ships. Unfortunately both of these features are laden with finicky controls and once you’ve tried each of them the novelty wears off quite quickly leaving you with no desire to try them again.

Overall game play is fun; however it is repetitive much like shampooing your hair, wash rinse and repeat. Gamers will find themselves parkouring their way to a large hall filled with Tron denizens who run screaming from you to be replaced by a group of bad guys who you pummel to bits, then you parkour your way to the next hall and you keep doing this over and over again. Occasionally you’re rewarded with a very short movie sequence that queues you in a little bit on what’s going on plot-wise and also points you to your next game destination/objective.

There a few multi-player games that expand the worth while-ness of the game and lets you and a few buddies have some extra fun. The multi-player light cycle races are very fun and a very similar to those seen in the movie. The battle arenas are similar to multi-player Quake and Halo matches and unfortunately seems like a simple knock-off of those games.

A special Tron: Evolution’s limited-edition package will also be available that will cost die-hard fans a whopping US$130 (about HK$1,010). What makes this package so expensive is the inclusion of an exclusive Tron light cycle collectible model made by Sideshow Collectibles. Also included in the package is a special casing to house the model so that you can proudly show it off and the display case also features a pullout drawer in its base to store the game’s box.

Hopefully Tron: Evolution isn’t indicative of what the movie will be like. It seems this game falls into the same abyss as other movie tie-in games and fails to deliver an equally exciting or fun experience as the movies that they are based on. While gamers might not find this as stimulating as the like of  Prince of Persia or Assassin’s Creed, fans of the original movie will definitely get some fun out of this game and some extra insight into the soon to be released movie that will be in cinemas on the 23rd of December.

The bad boy of digital photos returns to get his game on!

Yeah, we thought we’d never be lucky enough to post another photo of Edison Chen here again, but who remembers 24 months ago anyways?

If you are trapped in Hong Kong this holiday season and are into Playstation then Sony has the cure for boredom with their annual Asian Game Show! Three days of gaming and girls dressed as video game characters is as close to a true Christmas gift to Neonpunch.com readers as we can imagine starring our favorite mobile phone photographer as this year’s AGS Ambassador.

And he’s bringing a few big video game superstars with him like Metal Gear Solid’s Hideo Kojima and Monster Hunter’s Ryozo Tsujimoto with him.

We’d love to send you to http://www.asiagameshow.com/ but there’s not much there now – better luck trying their Facebook group for more information.

Some standout stuff will be the first appearance in Hong Kong of a 280-inch “super-stereo 3D giant screen,” attendees will have the opportunity to test drive the 3D screen with games.

And more importantly we’ll be there to shoot all the cosplay girls and provide you with more Christmas cheer than you can handle.

Tickets are HK$28 each and can be bought at the HKCEC or you can buy them at any Circle K – if you want to check it out without the crowds head in there early – it opens every day at 10am – as you know gamers don’t wake up till the afternoon.

After serveral false starts the long awaited Gran Turismo 5 will finally be racing onto the streets of Hong Kong. At a media event held at the Sony store in LCX Causeway Bay the gaming giant showed off a new demo for the game and a new racing blue Playstation 3 160GB console.

Also at the event were a few representatives from Logitech who was there to showcase there new Racing Steering Wheel!

First Press Limited Edition production

• Gran Turismo 5 (In English and Chinese co-edition)
• First Press Limited Special Code “Apex car Complete Guide”
• First Press Limited Edition Premiere PlayStation Network (with code to download 5 special cars)*
• HK$458

Collector’s Pack

• Gran Turismo 5 (In English and Chinese co-edition) x1
• Gran Turismo 5 Collector’s Pack Limited Edition “Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 1:43 model collection of limited edition”
• First Press Limited Special Code “Apex car Complete Guide”
• First Press Limited Edition Premiere PlayStation Network (with code to download 5 special cars)*
• HK$618

*PlayStation  Network special vehicles designed to download 3D cards (5 trains) Present Car:
Audi R10 TDI, HONDA NSX GT500, McLaren F1, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with the NISSAN GT-R GT500.

Racing Pack

• PlayStation 3 160GB hard drive ”Titanium Light Blue”
  includes DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller (Light Blue Titanium), AC power cord, AV cable, USB cable.
• GRAN TURISMO 5 (In English and Chinese co-edition)
• First Press Limited Special Code “Apex car Complete Guide”
• First Press Limited Edition Premiere PlayStation Network (with code to download 6 special cars)**
• HK$2,888

Racing Pack (Beams Tee)

• PlayStation 3 160GB Console, “Titanium Light Blue”
  includes DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller (Light Blue Titanium), AC power cord, AV cable, USB cable.
• Limited edition “GT5 × BEAMS Limited T-Shirt”
• GRAN TURISMO 5 Gran Turismo 5 (In English and Chinese co-edition)
• First Press Limited Special Code “Apex car Complete Guide”
• First Press Limited Edition Premiere PlayStation Network (with code to download 6 special cars)**
• HK$2,999

**includes Audi R10 TDI, HONDA NSX GT500, McLaren F1, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, NISSAN GT-R GT500 and Mazda 787B

Driving Force Pack

• GRAN TURISMO 5 (English combined version)
• Logitech Driving Force GT driving steering wheel
• First Press Limited Special Code “Apex car Complete Guide”
• First Press Limited Edition Premiere PlayStation Network (with code to download Mazda 787B)
• HK$1,288

Gran Turismo 5 will be released this Wednesday November 24th.

Following up on this earlier post here are more details on the Playstation Move launch in Hong Kong.

We loved playing archery on Sports Champions but without a doubt the best game was Kung Fu Rider – where you play an insane office worker riding an office chair around the streets of Hong Kong kung-fu kicking people as you ride by them.

Its definitely going to be a fun add-on to your PS3, but we’ll hold judgement on buying a P3S for it until we see the Kinect. Definitely better graphics than the Nintendo Wii and you can watch your Blu-ray movies when you get tired.

Video, photos and prices are below:

Starter Pack price:

• PlayStation Move x 1
• PlayStation Eye x 1
• PlayStation Move Starter Disc x 1
• All for HK$499

Basic Pack price:

• PlayStation Move x 1
• PlayStation Eye x 1
• PlayStation Move Starter Disc x 1
• PlayStation 3 Game x 1 * Choice of: Sports Champions, Kung Fu Rider or Start the Party!

PlayStation Move Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition Bundle:

• PlayStation Move x 1
• PlayStation Eye x 1
• PlayStation Move Starter Disc  x 1
• PlayStation Move Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition x 1
• Resident Evil 5 USB x 1
• All for HK$699

Here is the initial launch dates of Playstation Move in Hong Kong:

Ape Escape (Working Title), PAIN, Planet Minigolf, Soaked!, Ignite, Killzone 3, Sorcery and Heroes on the Move have dates to be confirmed.

Video from the event:

More photos from the Playstation Move event:

I like to move it, move it, I like to…move it!

At a press event at The Mira Hotel today, Sony Computer Home Entertainment Hong Kong announced that the Playstation Move motion-controller for the Playstation 3 will be available on September 15, 2010 in Hong Kong.

There are a bunch of different options to getting the Move motion controller but the basic price is going to be HK$339 and another HK$229 for then navigation controller. So its like the 2-parts of the Nintendo Wii controller but sold seperately.

The main bundle that Sony will be selling is:

• 1 x motion controller
• 1 Playstation Eye
• 1Playstation Move Starter disc

This should get you up and moving with the neon ice cream cone and allow you to play most of the games. This is being priced at HK$499.

The navigation controller will only be needed if you are going to be playing games like Resident Evil and SOCOM – which you can buy separately.

Here’s some video from the event today:

Lots of bundle promotions and the full list of launch games we’ll post tomorrow with video of some of the games and interviews with the Time Crisis producer.

Got an iMac? Then you should definitely consider buying this Mini DisplayPort Converter for 27”iMac from Belkin. This adapter takes an HDMI input at up to 1080p and squeezes it into a Mini DisplayPort connector at 720p for display, letting you enjoy graphics from your Sony PS3 or Xbox 360 on your lovely iMac. Audio signal is also split for stereo-out and it’s HDCP-compliant.

This device will require you to fork out US$150/HK$1170, which is an awful lot for a converter box with a single input. But in Hong Kong apartments it makes a world of sense if you want to keep all your toys together in your study and for you alone to play with! Bwa-hahahaha!

Ahem, yes well, there you have it. More info here.