Sony have a long standing relationship with the world of tennis. So to celebrate the start of Wimbledon, we’ve taking a little look at how tennis has entertained us on PlayStation and how Sony continue to innovate away from the DUALSHOCK. So lets rewind back to 2007 and PlayStation 2, which saw the release of Everybody’s Tennis. Developed by Clap Hanz, the team behind the hit golfing series Everybody’s Golf, it featured the same cartooney graphics and simplistic controls as it’s golfing sister and later saw a release on PSP in 2010.<\/p>\n
<\/a> The PSP version featured a little addition from it PS2 counterpart in the form of a mighty Helghan solider, yes when the Helghast aren’t slaughtering the ISA, they’re a dab hand with a tennis racket. Everbody’s Tennis is available on the PlayStation Store right now.<\/p>\n A little more recently the PlayStation 3 saw the release of SEGA’s long running tennis series – Virtua Tennis 4, celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. The PS3 version boasts PlayStation Move compatibility as well as support from stereoscopic 3D gaming. The PlayStation loving didn’t stop there, with the PS3 version also being graced with four exclusive Legends players.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a>At E3 2011 SEGA announced Virtua Tennis 4 with be joining the PlayStation Vita launch line-up. It’s promised that the Vita version will take advantage of the systems unique control and social features. It’s being handled by the same team behind the PS3 version and so far it looks almost identical too.<\/p>\n