Play Episode

With the PS3 and PS Vita stores both closing this summer, here are 10 games worth grabbing before the digital storefronts vanish forever. We also discuss the disappointing form that led to Sony’s decision to do this, and ponder what console manufacturers actually owe us when it comes to preserving their old games.

This week’s music is from the Metal Gear Solid soundtrack by Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung and Hiroyuki Togo, and the God Hand soundtrack by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda.

  1. The Last Guy
  2. Revelations: Persona / Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Persona 3 Portable
  3. God Hand
  4. Metal Gear Solid & Special Missions (+ MGS 2 & 3)
  5. Dissidia Final Fantasy & Dissidia 012 Duodecim
  6. Silent Hill
  7. Dino Crisis 1 & 2 & Resident Evil 2
  8. Parasite Eve
  9. A Space Shooter for Two Bucks
  10. Velocity games

Honourable Mentions

  • Calling All Cars!
  • Tokyo Jungle
  • Vagrant Story
  • MotorStorm: RC
  • Lingering Shadows
  • LocoRoco Cocoreccho
  • Infamous: Festival of Blood
  • Resident Evil Chronicles HD collection
  • Savage Moon
  • Muramasa Rebirth
  • Shin Megami Tensei games
  • Echochrome
  • Chrono Cross
  • Xenogears