PlayStation Suite Beta goes live

As previously announced, Sony has opened the beta for their PlayStation Suite Beta. The beta will be free-of-charge so anyone can try out developing for the PS Vita, or any other Sony device for that matter. While the beta might be free, the final version of the Sony SDK will require a license fee of $99,- a year.


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PlayStation®Suite SDK 0.98

PS Suite SDK is a software package for developing applications that can be run on the PlayStation®Vita system and PlayStation™Certified devices.

PS Suite SDK includes PC applications such as PC Suite Studio, as well as PS Suite UI Composer for laying out UI components.

Further, in addition to basic graphic and sound libraries, PS Suite SDK also includes GameEngine2D for games using 2D graphics, Physics2D for 2D physical engine, as well as superior libraries such as the UI component library UI Toolkit.

Rather than providing only basic samples for explaining each basic API, the SDK also gives you access to samples of games and applications using 2D and 3D graphics.

For further details, see the documents included in the SDK.

PlayStation®Suite Development Assistant

Games and applications developed with PS Suite SDK require installation of PlayStation®Suite Development Assistant in order to be run on the PlayStation®Vita system and PlayStation™Certified devices.

To install PS Suite Development Assistant for the PS Vita system, open this page in the PS Vita browser and tap the following link.

PlayStation®Suite Developer Forums

In the Developers Forum, you can discuss issues and exchange information with developers throughout the world. Of course, you can also interact with SCE, who will participate in discussions and offer development support.

The Forums will be available from April 19th 1am(PST) / 9am(GMT) / 6pm(JST).