Headline RePLAY – 1.2.11

Today on Headline RePLAY: the cracking of the PlayStation Vita has begun and BioWare is looking into expanding its brands into the mobile space.


We are not even a month into the PS Vita’s release and already there are signs of it cracking under the pressure of the homebrewers— like a video of Sonic & Knuckles being played on the handheld.

It isn’t a direct crack of the system, however. The feat was accomplished by running a PSP Genesis emulator through the PS Vita’s PSP emulator.

It’s like the movie Inception’s dream inside a dream concept, except done with emulators.

Additionally, the video’s uploader, frwololo, cautioned that Sony has implemented some security that makes the exploit “moot,” and the demonstration was more for “research” and a “ray of hope” for the homebrew community.  

*Source: YouTube via Kotaku

Joystiq has released an interview where BioWare’s creative lead, Greg Zeschuk, revealed that the company is looking into “logical extensions” to its brands for its mobile development.

“We did that iOS Mass Effect Galaxy thing really early. We said, ‘We should just try this and see what happens.’ And we learned something from it,” Zeschuk told Joystiq’s Ben Gilbert.

“What we do a lot is we’ll actually explore a platform and kinda play around with it,” explained Zeschuk, adding credence to the idea that BioWare is looking into experimenting with the mobile space.

Zeschuk added that one person in BioWare is responsible for identifying “logical extensions” on mobile development but the creative lead cautioned that the company “haven’t announced too much” yet.

Will we see more games like Mass Effect Galaxy that expands BioWare’s IPs or something totally different in the future?

Stay tuned!

*Source: Joystiq

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