Even if BioWare’s Anthem hasn’t proven the best reason to buy an Origin Access Premier subscription, the Basic version of the service still has some great offerings. Take Supergiant Games’ Pyre, for instance. The sports/RPG/adventure hybrid has joined the Origin Access Vault and can be played in full as long as you’re a subscriber. You can check out GamingBolt’s official review here to decide if it’s worth the time.

But that’s not all. LucasArts’ cult classic Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 and Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast are also available on Origin Access. Both titles are first person shooters focusing on Kyle Katarn as he wrestles with the Light and Dark aspects of the Force.

Finally, Chaos on Deponia, the sequel to the adventure game Deponia, is also available to play. The title sees Rufus continuing his plans to escape Deponia, and received praised for its writing and pacing at launch. Gameplay is pretty much identical to the previous title, so be warned.

Origin Access Basic costs $5 per month or $30 per year, but if you want full access to games like Anthem and Battlefield 5, you’ll need Origin Access Premier. That costs $15 per month or $100 per year.

Sony has blown off the lid on the PS Suite, which promises that the Vita to fight back against the Smartphones and the likes. The beta version of the SDK will be released on April and will be free, although, the full version will be released later this year for $99.

 The phased rollout of the open beta version will start in April 2012 free of charge and expand target countries beyond Japan, United States and the United Kingdom. Developers will also be able to conduct performance verification of their content developed with the open beta version on PlayStation Vita.

The PS Suite is compatible with a lot of Sony devices, and is mainly for mobiles and PS Vita. The official version is also compatible with the beta version and developers can continue to develop without any problems.

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We have some amazing and rare PS1 concept images for you. Sony tried a lot of different designs before releasing the final PlayStation hardware into the market. These range from the main body to the controller.
It’s amazing what Sony was planning before taking the wind out of Nintendo’s sails with the original PlayStation.
Check out these images above, there are a lot of them.
Tell us what you think of these images. Do they make you nostalgic?
Thanks to our reader Rahul for sending this in.