Gamescom 2011

Assassin's Creed, Rayman Origins lead Ubisoft's PS Vita slate

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Publisher confirms six games in development for Sony's next portable PlayStation product; Lumines, Michael Jackson, Asphalt, and Dungeon Hunter Alliance also headed to new handheld.

Third-party software support will be vital to the PlayStation Vita, and Ubisoft is clearly on board with Sony's upcoming handheld. The publisher today announced that it has six games in development for the handheld, including new installments of some of its highest-profile properties.

Ubisoft's Asphalt is speeding to the PS Vita.

Ubisoft's Asphalt is speeding to the PS Vita.

Leading the way are a pair of iconic Ubisoft franchises in Assassin's Creed and Rayman. While the publisher did not detail the PS Vita debut of the free-running stealth action game, it did say that the phantom-limbed mascot Rayman would be making his way to the handheld in a port of this year's 2D platformer Rayman Origins.

The remaining games might also be familiar to Ubisoft fans, as all have appeared previously on other platforms. That quartet is composed of Ubisoft's racing game Asphalt, the action role-playing game Dungeon Hunters Alliance, Lumines, and Michael Jackson The Experience. Asphalt has been a staple of driving games on mobile platforms for years, while Dungeon Hunter Alliance previously appeared as a downloadable title for the PlayStation 3.

Originally created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez, Child of Eden), Lumines was a critically acclaimed PSP launch title in 2005, spawning offshoots for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and other platforms in the years that followed. Finally, Michael Jackson The Experience will follow up on last year's PSP edition of the dance rhythm game starring the late King of Pop.

For more on the PS Vita, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

Brendan Sinclair
By Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor

Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.

61 Comments

  • Spartan765

    Posted Oct 7, 2011 11:43 pm GMT

    GOD OF WAR

  • cenation18

    Posted Aug 31, 2011 1:12 am GMT

    ASSASSINS CREED !!!!!!!!
    YEAH!!!.....................................................................................................................................................waiting 4 the vita

  • zenlang

    Posted Aug 30, 2011 10:36 pm GMT

    looking good vita, keep it up

  • dinslacck

    Posted Aug 25, 2011 4:02 am GMT

    my money is waiting...

  • Poncho_Hachacha

    Posted Aug 20, 2011 5:32 pm GMT

    I'm Really excited for Rayman Origins and Assassin's Creed. I just hope AC has an all new time period/setting and a new main character as well. A lot of spin offs that are too closely related to the original story just don't feel all that important to me.

  • nicholaslo

    Posted Aug 20, 2011 9:04 am GMT

    Assasin's creed for the vita. Sounds pretty good.

  • Sportyfamilycar posted Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Sportyfamilycar

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pm GMT (hide)

    3DS is gonna kill it

  • shadowhunter0

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 10:51 am GMT

    and I can't believe people thought that the spec cut rumor was true with games like this

    http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/17/uncharted-golden-abyss-for-ps-vita-meet-marisa-chase/

  • josh7845

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 10:35 am GMT

    I would like to say don't judge the console via the initial game lineup since there is always a chance that they won't keep it up. The Wii had great 3rd party support to start with but in the end it fell flat on it's face. The same happened with the PSP (no fanboy can argue that it's alive and kicking at the moment). So, anyway, the point I am trying to get across here is: always assume the worst. If you have high expectations of something the likelyhood of it meeting or exceeding them is very small and the likelyhood of you getting your little heart broken is much higher. If you lower your expectations then not only will you love the product more when you experience it, but you will also have become cleverer than fanboys, who think that every product from their favoured company is something that came out of the a**hole of Jesus Christ himself.

  • shadowhunter0

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 10:10 am GMT

    @icekids and that proofs that I was right that the rumors of them cutting the specs was false I got into a arument about it and they guy was posting a link that even said rumor in the link and he also said he had more websites that said the same thing and like I told him rumors are not facts and doesn't matter on how many websites it is on

  • pokecharm

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 9:09 am GMT

    hope this AC title will be better than Bloodlines...

  • spirit_obscura

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 8:58 am GMT

    Ubisoft apparently enjoys making games. They are always quick for new systems. Hopefully the Assassin's Creed would be fun for PSVita.

  • icekids

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 8:32 am GMT

    PSVita confirmation that the system has 512MB of RAM and 128MB of dedicated VRAM. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-16-sony-confirms-vita-has-512mb-of-ram

  • Smithers2286

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 8:13 am GMT

    I can't help but feel that the Vita is nothing more than a repeat of Sony's strategy with the PSP. I've always felt dissapointed and ripped off with my PSP, so the Vita is gonna have to come down a good amount for me to invest the money to own one. I'll stick with my DS and 3DS for my dedicated gaming on the go, and my HTC Trophy for my casual gaming on the go.

  • beny_pimpster

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 6:24 am GMT

    hm hate to got to admit, that car's graphics looks damn good!

  • Supabul

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 6:20 am GMT

    @shadowhunter0, yeah but Resident evil got cancelled on Psp for 3DS

  • Naxct

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 4:31 am GMT

    graphics look amazing.

  • jamyskis

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 2:54 am GMT

    I'll remain sceptical about Ubisoft's line-up, simply because the company has churned out nothing but crap over the past three years (with the exception of RUSE) and because Asphalt 2, King Kong and AC: Bloodlines on the PSP were appallingly bad games. This line-up as it stands looks similar to the company's PSP line up back in the day, which is to say, cheap knock-off spin-offs by far inferior to their PS2 and PS3 counterparts.

    And as far as Lumines is concerned - I love Lumines, but let's wait until the game proves to be sufficiently different from the PSP version and not just some superficial graphical makeover.

  • syam32245340

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 1:56 am GMT

    Looking by the picture of that Asphalt, wow the graphic is amazing! Hope more developers will join Vita in strengthening its games lineup.

  • Muhammad23

    Posted Aug 17, 2011 12:57 am GMT

    Is it me or does the lineup for the Vita keep gettting better and better? Cant wait for this beast to be released. ^____^