If you've missed berserk Spartan sociopath Kratos since his last appearance in God of War II, take heart: the albino murder machine is stomping his way back into the spotlight on March 4, in God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP. Today, Sony sent us a near-finished version of the game, and after playing through a couple levels (hey, they're big), we've got a few things to share. ...
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7 Feb 2008

Flatout: Head On - preview and exclusive video

PSP Preview | FlatOut: Head On

The game has been given a shake-up for PSP and now features the Carnage Mode challenge series as the main mode of play. However, unlike TOCA RaceDriver 3 Challenge, the game hasn't really been cut-down into a selection of mini events at all. This is the real deal. ...

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1 Feb 2008

MLB 08 The Show

PSP Preview | MLB 08: The Show

While the rest of the world warms up for March Madness, Sony has its eyes set on all the hot dogs, over-priced beer and ump heckling that comes with a new season of baseball and MLB 08 The Show, the latest entry into its long running baseball franchise. We got our hands on a copy of the PSP edition and jumped on-deck to see exactly what this years handheld homerun hitter has in its bull pen. Like last years game, theres plenty to do - modes like Exhibition, Manager Mode, Career (Road to the ...
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25 Jan 2008

The Force Unleashed - updated impressions

PSP Preview | Star Wars: Force Unleashed

When it comes to the Star Wars universe, Haden Blackman is the most knowledgeable man alive (outside of George Lucas, of course). At one point in his career, he was the guy in charge of continuity across every single piece of Star Wars product in existence. Now, LucasArts has tapped his veritable font of wisdom and lore by making him the project lead for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which takes place during the tumultuous-but-unexplored years between Episodes III and IV. LucasArts invited us ...
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21 Jan 2008

Downstream Panic! - hands-on

PSP Preview | Downstream Panic!

As Downstream Panic! begins, a cyclone comes out of nowhere and sucks up all the tiny fish in the ocean, leaving behind a bunch of angry, hungry and exceptionally ugly creatures. As a good Samaritan it's your job to guide the little fish back to the ocean, hopefully without getting eaten on the way. You'll have access to a wide assortment (but limited supply) of tools to accomplish this task, ranging from bombs and harpoons to fans and flowers, and while it might seem easy at first - ...
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16 Jan 2008

N+ - hands-on

PSP Preview | N+

Jan 16, 2008 Being a ninja takes a silent, graceful strength. You need to be nimble, blurrily fast, and absolutely ruthless. But with such incredible physical prowess, it's easy to forget that ninjas also have to be deadly smart. N+'s combination of platforming and puzzling forces aspiring ninjas to make their brawn and brains work together to triumph over your natural enemies (homing missiles and robots with guns, to name two). Levels are bundled into sets of five, called episodes, where ...
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3 Jan 2008

Wipeout Pulse

PSP Preview | Wipeout Pulse

Jan 3, 2008 While you were opening gifts and drinking yourself into oblivion, we spent the holiday break burning through a recent build of Wipeout Pulse for PSP, which wraps a mighty single-player campaign around the core of 2005's brilliant Wipeout Pure and adds much-desired online play. And though Europe's been rocking the final game since before Christmas, we have some new impressions of what to expect from the North American release this ...
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2 Jan 2008

Patapon

PSP Preview | Patapon

Jan 2, 2008 Of all the curious (and exciting) concepts emanating from Sony Computer Entertainment's Japan studio (LocoRoco, Echochrome, The Eye of Judgment), Patapon may be the strangest of all. As the long-lost savior to the Patapons, a tribe of anthropomorphic eyeballs with arms and legs, you must pound out rhythmic patterns on your mystical drums (tied to the face buttons) to send your customizable minions into battle to reclaim their ...
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18 Dec 2007

Puzzle Guzzle - first look

PSP Preview | Puzzle Guzzle

Dec 18, 2007 Agetec, Inc. recently announced their upcoming PSP title, Puzzle Guzzle, and gave us a chance to play around with it for a bit. To say that the game is difficult to describe is a conundrum, since weve got to attempt it somehow. Even when we got to watch someone else play it, it didnt really sink in until we got to play it ourselves. Okay, lets give it a shot… There are three main modes to the game, so well start with the one most familiar: Drop mode. It follows your ...
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17 Dec 2007

Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship

PSP Preview | Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship

Dec 17, 2007 Weve learned a valuable lesson from Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship; award-winning board game plus anime-style action-adventure game equals pretty damn decent portable game. With the promise of competitive online play (in 2-player ad hoc matches), this little hybrid may have a lot more to offer than your average puzzle game married to a platformer - if you dig puzzle games, that is. Chances are you havent heard of Blokus (unless you belong to Mensa), but you might have ...
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