Daxter

Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception looks incredible and is sure to blow us away when it releases in November. But what if you have never played the first two Uncharted games? Luckily, we spotted an Uncharted dual pack at E3, along with a whole bunch of PSP bundles.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has revealed a new range of videogame titles launching at retailers across Europe next month for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The summer promotion, known as PSP Essentials, features a number of classic PSP titles at a new, lower price.

The PSP has seen a number of revisions over the course of its existance, and the PSPgo is the latest evolution of the system that's hitting retail in less than two weeks. With the system's launch right around the corner, Sony sent IGN a small note that detailed a few pieces of juicy information that PSP fans might find interesting.

WorthPlaying contacted SCEA to find out if it planned to match the PSPgo Rewards program announced by SCEE this morning and was told that Sony had no plans at this time to match the European offer. There hasn't been any announcement yet that there will be an equivalent rewards program for North America...

Kotaku Writes: Ready at Dawn, the development studio behind two of the most popular titles for the Playstation Portable, may be returning to PSP development.

Developer Ready at Dawn, responsible for two of the PSP's biggest titles of recent years, has reiterated that it has no intention of developing for Sony's handheld any longer.

"With Chains of Olympus going gold in Japan, we're now officially done with PSP development," the Irvine, California-based studio said in a post on its website.

"So today we sent all our devkits back and seeing all these boxes ready to be picked up

Kombo Reports: Ready at Dawn has been the prime developer for the PSP since their first title Daxter. Soon after they hit a homerun with a portable version of the hit PS2 console platformer, Ready at Dawn moved on and developed the recently released and major hit God of War: Chains of Olympus. Well, we are about to bid farewell to one of the greatest handheld developers of the modern era. Today, Ready at Dawn revealed that they have finished the Japanese version of God of War and thus ending their PSP development for good. They have sent back their devkits to Sony and look forward to the future, where they are certain to shine bright. With Chains of Olympus going Gold in Japan (????!!????!), we're now officially done with PSP development. So today we sent all our devkits back and seeing all these boxes ready to be picked up definitely marks the end of an era here at Ready At Dawn. Can't wait to show you guys what we have in store¿.

Kath Brice from Pocket Gamer: PSP game Daxter was released almost two years ago (in April 2006) but it still managed to achieve more sales in December than almost any other month previously.

Sony's redesigned handheld debuts today exclusively with Ready at Dawn's platformer; stand-alone package arrives later this month, limited-edition Star Wars pack in October. ...the newly dubbed Daxter PSP Entertainment Pack, is now available for purchase at the promised price of $199.99. As advertised, the Daxter bundle includes a silver PSP Slim, a copy of Daxter game, a 1GB memory stick Duo, and Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection, which includes five hand-picked episodes of Fox's absurdist comedy.