Sony was once working on the sequels to PlayStation Vita classics Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice, a senior company official has revealed. However, the gaming giant eventually canceled both projects, abandoning them alongside the PS Vita itself.
Originally released between December 2011 and February 2012, depending on the market, the PS Vita ended up being one of the shortest-lived consoles that a major manufacturer put out this century. Sony officially gave up on making first-party Vita games in 2015. One of its final major attempts at showcasing the device's capabilities was Freedom Wars, an action RPG by Tokyo-based studio Dimps that received widespread praise following its 2014 release.
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While Freedom Wars effectively marked the beginning of the end for the PS Vita's first-party library, Sony initially had different plans, which included greenlighting a sequel to the critically acclaimed ARPG. That's according to former Sony Interactive Entertainment President Shuhei Yoshida, who said as much during a recent episode of Last Stand Media's Sacred Symbols+ podcast. The SIE veteran also revealed that Sony was working on a...
