All PSP Previews

Ace Combat X - multiplayer hands-on (Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception)

Jul 14, 2006

The Ace Combat series pretty much embodies the best parts of screaming through the skies at mach speeds and showering targets with body-roasting missiles. Until now, this experience has been limited to single-player or relatively bland, split-screen versus matches. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception introduces four-player dogfights with dozens of options for customization. While we've already covered each multiplayer mode, earlier this week we actually spent some time with the Dog Fight, Base ...

Pre-E3 06: Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception)

May 9, 2006

There's only been one handheld Ace Combat game in the series' 11-year history. It was for the Game Boy Advance, and was basically an overhead, bland-athon shooter. With the console-level power of the PSP, it looks like we may finally get to experience the same rabid-dogfight intensity of the PS2 Combats - shrunk down to a smaller scale, of ...

After Burner: Black Falcon - multiplayer hands-on (After Burner: Black Falcon)

Feb 13, 2007

It struck us as kind of weird when we first heard that publisher Sega had handed off its classic After Burner franchise to Planet Moon, the oddball developer behind Infected, Armed and Dangerous and Giants: Citizen Kabuto. And now we've seen the result of that decision: cow-themed jet fighters with giant, milk-spraying udders. Granted, the cow jets are just part of After Burner: Black Falcon's "Mad Cow" deathmatch mode, in which one player becomes the Mad Cow (hence the new paintjob) and ...

After Burner: Black Falcon buzzes the tower (After Burner: Black Falcon)

Dec 18, 2006

"Do you feel the need - the need for speed!?" If your answer involves dubs, vinyls, or Brooke Burke, you need to go to the video store, or to the Netflix, or wherever you whippersnappers get your movies these days, and rent Top Gun. Keep it real, son. Cars don't go fast. Jets go fast. First released by Sega as an arcade game in 1987, After Burner capitalized on the fact that fighter pilots were widely viewed as totally freakin' awesome, thanks in no small part to Tom Cruise and the Cold War. ...

Alien Syndrome (Alien Syndrome)

Mar 28, 2007

Segas on a roll. Skipping the obvious Monkey Ball gag, its clear that with both Sonic and the spherical simians scoring decent ratings, Sega has found a suitable format for their solid brand of game making. And it looks set to continue in this RPG re-imagining of the 1987 game of the same name. Players select one of five classes - Demo Expert, Firebug, SEAL, Sharpshooter or Tank - each with allotted skills and abilities. Demo experts fumble with a pistol in their hands while the big booms will ...

Alien Syndrome - first look (Alien Syndrome)

Feb 14, 2007

When will space marines learn not to investigate mysterious homing beacons on isolated spaceships? Once they get there, of course all the corridors and hallways will be dark except for the glimmer of light that faintly outlines the creature thatll devour them in one, or multiple bloody gulps. Except this time, youll be the one kicking all that ass. We recently got a chance to see the PSP version of Alien Syndrome, a revival of the classic Sega arcade shooter in which youll play as the tough, ...

Astonishia Story (Astonishia Story)

May 31, 2006

Who doesn't love graphics and gameplay that hearken back to the Super Nintendo days? Lots of people, probably. But there's a healthy audience out there for RPGs done in that classic style, and UbiSoft is angling for their dollars with a North American release of the Korean PSP title Astonishia ...

ATV Offroad Fury Pro - hands-on (ATV Offroad Fury Pro)

Oct 10, 2006

Sophomore series ATV is tearing the track up a little this year by adding MX bikes, buggies and trucks to the vehicle mix. If that's not enough, you'll also get a fleshed-out event list, clever point-to-point races, and PSP-to-PS2 online connectivity. The majority of our hands-on time with ATV Offroad Fury Pro was spent on the point-to-point tracks, Baja-style, sending all four vehicle types around wide open maps and hunting down secret routes. While not as big as, say, actual Baja, these ...

E3 06: ATV Offroad Fury Pro hands-on (ATV Offroad Fury Pro)

May 12, 2006

When we first saw this mud-and-oil gear grinder, we'll admit we wondered if the PSP really needed another ATV game. However, after spending some time with it, we'll grant that this one really looks to bring something to the table - now, the question we're asking is whether the PSP will ever need another ATV game again. The first hint of what's in store is right there in the name: ATV Offroad Fury Pro. Notice there's no number? That may be because the 64 tracks feature a healthy dose of ...