This May, the PSP will get yet another racer in the form of Race Driver 2006. But while it's entering a crowded field with a generic-sounding title, Race Driver looks like a promising speedway simulator. Developed by the minds behind the TOCA series, Race Driver will feature 60-plus racing circuits, more than 50 cars and wireless multiplayer for up to 10 drivers. It looks great in motion, too, as you'll see in the official trailer Codemasters sent us; the visuals look sharp and the action ...
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Continuing in their effort to bring classic games up-to-date and onto PSP, Rising Star Games are planning to follow up Bubble Bobble Evolution with Rainbow Islands Evolution, a modern re-imagining of the classic platformer that made a name for itself on formats such as the Amiga.
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Rats aren't very cute, but neither are bugs, monsters and hillbilly pickup trucks. But somehow Pixar has been able to take those characters and make some pretty great movies. Whether or not the videogame tie-in for Pixar's next animated film, Ratatouille, can borrow that mojo and make a game that appeals to everyone remains to be seen, but now we've got a trailer to give you a better idea of what to expect. Our recent look describes the platformer as borrowing "everything from Super Monkey ...
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A videogame version of Ratatouille, Pixar Animation's latest project about a French rat who really wants to be a great chef, will be launched on just about every gaming platform you can think of next summer. In case you can't think of that many platforms, here's the list: PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, PC, DS and PSP. Mon dieu. As the Parisian rodent, Remy, you'll be skittering through a bunch of minigames and cookery challenges themed around what publisher THQ promises are "the film's ...
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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..."
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The top ten PSP downloads in May, according to the Playstation Pulse.
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PS Blog:

Based on ongoing discussions with our retail partners and the feedback they have received from their customers, SCEA has seen significant interest in the Ratchet & Clank Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack in North America, which includes the updated PSP-3000. As a result, we will be streamlining our PSP hardware lineup and will no longer be offering the previously announced 4GB Memory PSP Entertainment Pack.
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Kezins.com reports that the PSP-3000 will be launched in North America as part of two packs. One of the packs will be the Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment bundles which will be released on October 14th. The other pack will be a 4GB Entertainment Pack which is due out in November. Both packs will be retailed at US $199.99.
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Two Sony PlayStation Portable games have been added to the "PSP Greatest Hits" line-up. That means they're now available for $19.99 each. Both Killzone: Liberation and Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters join the budget title status. A great starting price for two good PSP games.
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GameFly today (2008-02-25) announced the winners of their Fifth Annual Q Awards. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) was selected by GameFly subscribers as "Game of the Year" and also won individual honors for "Xbox 360 Game of the Year" and "PlayStation 3 Game of the Year."

The Q Awards were created to give GameFly members the ability to voice their opinion and to recognize publishers who create the best games.

In other categories, GameFly members recognized God of War II (SCEA) for "PlayStation 2 Game of the Year," Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (SCEA) for "PSP Game of the Year," Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) for "Wii Game of the Year," and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) for "Nintendo DS Game of the Year."

The second- and third-place recipients of the GameFly Fifth Annual Q Awards for all categories are also named.
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