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Sony's Japan Studio is hard at work developing Gravity Rush 2 for PlayStation 4 - a potentially risky project bearing in mind that the series debut launched only for PlayStation Vita. To raise awareness for the franchise, remaster specialists Bluepoint Games - fresh from its remarkable work on Uncharted: the Nathan Drake Collection - are handling a PS4 version of the handheld original. Set for release in Europe and North America in February, the game has already launched in Japan and other Asian territories and we couldn't wait to take a look.Gravity Rush remains one of the best Vita titles available, with an intuitive control system taking advantage of the system's core interfaces - players swipe the touch-screen to evade attacks, while using the gyroscope to aim and move in zero gravity. Combined with the unique cel-shaded aesthetic, the developers at Japan Studio tailored the experience to the Vita's strengths in order to deliver something special. In remastering the title for PlayStation 4, Bluepoint Games faces a stern challenge - low resolution visuals originally designed for a five-inch screen need to work on large 1080p flat-screens, while the innovative control system also has to transition across effectively to Dual Shock 4.
The good news is that many of the Vita-specific features translate very well onto PlayStation 4 and in many ways, Bluepoint's extensive graphical upgrade is even more dramatic than its work in the Nathan Drake Collection. The majority of the core artwork is substantially enhanced, with enormous increases to the detail level of the original assets - both in terms of texture work and geometry.
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