Ubisoft confirms Vita launch line-up

By Fred Dutton Published 5 January, 2012

Plus, dates for Rayman Origins 3DS and Future Soldier.

Rayman Origins, Lumines, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Asphalt and Dungeon Hunter Alliance will all be available from the Vita's 22nd February launch, publisher Ubisoft has announced.

A new release schedule sent out today includes one other Vita game - an undefined Assassin's Creed title marked for "calendar 2012".

Elsewhere on the publisher's revised slate, the 3DS version of Rayman Origins is down for 16th March, while PC and console versions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier arrive some time the same month.

Oh, and something called Funky Barn blesses the 3DS with its presence in June.

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  • NHDavid #1 5 months ago

    FIRST....Lumines with some nice headphones FTW.....

  • MatMan562 #2 5 months ago

    Woah, woah, woah! When was Rayman Origins announced for 3DS? That should look gorgeous! And out 3 days after my birthday? Excellent!

  • captain_Carl #3 5 months ago

    Might wait and get Rayman for Vita then

  • abigsmurf #4 5 months ago

    Asphalt will no doubt be dire but that aside, that's much better than the rubbish they put for the 3DS launch.

  • ElNino9 #5 5 months ago

    @captain_Carl That's what I'm doing. Been tempted to pick it up on PS3 as its being going cheap everywhere, though I think I'd appreciate it more on the Vita. Does anyone know if it's a direct pot of the console versions?

  • redcrayon #6 5 months ago

    @abigsmurf

    Not entirely true, Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars being a 3DS launch game by Ubisoft and actually pretty good was quite a surprise.
    Edited by redcrayon at 05/01/12 @ 17:41

  • NotSoSlim #7 5 months ago

    Rayman and Lumines probably off store if price is decent compared to retail

  • onezeonx #8 5 months ago

    Lumines from the store with escape plan if decent prices!

  • Arwin #9 5 months ago

    Rayman Origins Vita is a direct port of the HD version, but as I understand it won't have any co-op. It will have some kind of zoom option, where you can zoom in or out on your character.

  • Bradach #10 5 months ago

    Funky barn, day one

  • Vilhelm #11 5 months ago

    Looks like I'll be putting down money for Rayman on my Vita when I go back to Yurop in February.

  • electrolite #12 5 months ago

    Rayman Origins on 3Ds is an almost certain sale for me

  • BigDannyH #13 5 months ago

    Rayman Origins is perfect sort of game for the Vita. Great news.

    What price they opt for will be interesting though. personally I think, as it's a launch game, I might stump up 20. Normally I'd be looking to pay 10-15 maximum for a platformer.

    Man, just realised I'm proper tight.

  • alexbulluk #14 5 months ago

    Aargh. Vita is just getting even more tempting!

    Origins is a brilliant title. I got it for £20 a few days ago and I've played it to death. A good handheld version would be awesome!

  • Mister-Wario #15 5 months ago

    If possible I'd advise you to get Rayman on a console, purely because the game works a little better with 2 or more people. It allows you to be a little more daring in your exploration and manoeuvers (although you have unlimited lives, you only have two hits maximum and your friend can therefore be on standby to save you a lot of backtracking if you die.) You can also form a tower to reach high areas a little better and it's just a great experience with friends anyway. Of course, if you're looking for a good portable experience I think you could do a lot worse than Rayman Origins.

  • wez_316 #16 5 months ago

    @Mister-Wario

    So you are basically commending the console version over this because the console version has an easy mode? I speculate that if you took some of the challenge out of Origins it would be much worse off for it. For me they got the balance just right. (Although I would have liked some devilish bonus stages like in Donkey Kong Country Returns)

  • AndyboyH #17 5 months ago

    A new Lumines? Now I'm glad I picked up my Jap Vita.

    The world needs more Genki Rockets songs.