Sony unveils UK Vita download game prices - Stardust £6.49, MotorStorm £4.79

Escape Plan most expensive launch title at £9.99

| Feb 13, 2012

Sony has announced the launch prices for its first batch of download-only PS Vita titles, pricing the games between £4.79 and £9.99.

The cheapest of the five games on offer is surprisingly MotorStorm RC, the top-down spin-off from the PS3 racing series.

We were told by Evolution Studios during our hands-on with the game last year that the title would be in "impulse buy" territory, but while it's not quite in the smartphone game pricing range, the £4.79 price tag and glossy presentation are sure to grab people's attention.

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In the second-cheapest pricing bracket of £6.49 is another surprise: Super Stardust: Delta. This is a title that takes the PS3 exclusive - pyrotechnics and all - and transplants it onto the smaller screen.

Alongside Stardust in the £6.49 price bracket are two Vita sports sims - Top Darts and the pool-playing Hustle Kings.

Finally, the puzzling Escape Plan 'wins' the dubious honour of being the most expensive download-only launch title, coming in at £9.99.

Will Wilson

Will's obsession with gaming started off with sketching Laser Squad levels on pads of paper, but recently grew into violently shouting "Tango Down!" at random strangers on the street. He now directs that positive energy into his writing (due in no small part to a binding court order).

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