The game appeared at Sony’s E3 2012 booth in June 2012 under the name Hatsune Miku so as to gauge interest for the game. Like the original the game primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these vocaloids, most notably the virtual-diva Hatsune Miku. Project DIVA F is the first game in the series to be multi-platform, with it being developed simultaneously for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, though there is some differences with regards to control schemes. A sequel, titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd, was released for PS3 and Vita on March 27, 2014 in Japan and released in November 2014 in North America and Europe.