Did you play Velocity or Velocity Ultra on Vita? You should - right at the end of the PSP’s life and at the beginning of the Vita’s, Brighton-based studio Futurlab came up with a compact but complex arcade space-shooter that was both nostalgic in its aesthetic and inspirations and playfully modern in its mechanics.

So many colors, so many bullets. Here's a new trailer for Velocity 2X, a promising-looking arcade shooter planned for PS4 and Vita. For more on the progress Futurlab is making on the game, check out this post at the PlayStation Blog.

For reasons that I'm sure are my fault but may also have to do with their placement in an unlit corner of the PlayStation Network's digital store, I've not been able to recommend a PlayStation Mini to you. These little games are playable on PS3's, PSPs and Vitas. They're little, like the iPhone games I enjoy. But…