Four PS3 and Vita Games to Grab Before the Store Closes
The closure will make several download-only games hard to acquire, and the list highlights titles that are either unavailable on disc or unlikely to be re-released in their current form.
Reporting from 1 source: Magmix.
The PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita will end service in Japan in July 2027. Some titles are download-only and will become difficult to obtain. A new article recommends four games worth buying now: Fighting Vipers, Linda Cube Again, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and Machi: Unmei no Kousaten Special Edition.
With the PS3 and PS Vita PlayStation Store closing in Japan in July 2027, some digital-only titles will become difficult to obtain. Magmix has selected four games worth securing before the shutdown, spanning fighting games, RPGs, and sound novels that are either download-only or unlikely to see a re-release.
- Fighting Vipers: PS3 release of Sega's 3D fighter, featuring armor break mechanics and walled stages.
- Linda Cube Again: PS3/Vita PS Archive title; an RPG about collecting animals on a doomed planet, with a psycho-thriller scenario.
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair: PS3 download-only co-op spin-off with past protagonists, includes additional DLC.
- Machi: Unmei no Kousaten Special Edition: Vita sound novel set in Shibuya with a zapping system linking eight protagonists.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.