The PlayStation Vita is due out in just over a month on February 22, but electronics are expensive. What's a cash-strapped gamer to do? You could sell your blood, or you could down some inexpensive, slightly questionable Tex-Mex food for a shot at winning one.

Sony and Taco Bell announced the "Unlock the Box" promotion today, which will give away one Vita system every 15 minutes beginning on January 26, before it launches in stores.

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BigBig Studios, developers of the upcoming Little Deviants for Vita, is being shut down by Sony. The studio, founded in 2001, developed a number of titles for Sony handhelds before its closure, including the Pursuit Force series on PSP and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.

The UK-based team will be closed, in spite of being called "an important part of SCE Worldwide Studios" by a Sony official.

Read more: Sony comments on the closure »

A purported leak from GameStop has given some prices for the PlayStation Vita launch line-up. For the most part, the numbers seem on-par with the games of its chief competition, the Nintendo 3DS. The one exception is Uncharted: Golden Abyss, which is nearly priced the same as a console release.

Read more: Prices range from $30-50 »

How badly do you want a PlayStation Vita? Can you not wait until its official February 22nd release? Sony has announced a new bundle for you! The "First Edition bundle" is available for pre-order at "select retail locations," starting today.

For $349.99, you'll get the 3G Vita, a limited edition case, and a 4GB Vita memory card. This package will be available one week early, on February 15th.

Read more: Includes a game as well »

Sony's next handheld, previously codenamed the NGP, was revealed as the PlayStation Vita during this E3 week. A heap more games for the system have also been revealed, so we've compiled a handy list of what we know so far.

Click the game names for screens and trailers, if we have them. I've spent the past forever adding heaps of screens and games to our database, so you had flipping well better enjoy them. Read more »

E3 may be a week away, but Sony released a massive amount of media on some high-profile games for its upcoming NGP portable. Undoubtedly, the biggest game for the platform right now is Uncharted: Golden Abyss. A standalone adventure set before the events of Drake's Fortune, Golden Abyss takes advantage of NGP's touch screen. But its biggest selling point? GRAPHICS.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss