GamesRadar - PSP Previews

Fading Shadows - the official preview (Fading Shadows)

May 27, 2008

For all the fans of rolling ball puzzle and mythology games, we checked out the next PSP game, Fading Shadows. There are 50 levels you guide a small orb through with a beam of light. The goal is to take the ball from the dark underworld to a happy air world. You not only direct the light, but it can be focused to have a stronger pull on the orb or spread to avoid becoming too hot. ...

Family Guy - hands-on (Family Guy)

Oct 11, 2006

We admit it: when we first heard about plans for a Family Guy game, we cringed. And when we heard that it would be developed by High Voltage, creator of the craptacular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, our testicles retracted into our bodies so fast that the impact collapsed our lungs. Don't get us wrong - we like Family Guy, but games like this tend to be horrible. Now that we've played it, however, it looks like our fears were unfounded. Not only is Family Guy shaping up to be a good time, ...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Mar 14, 2007

The last outing for Marvel's fab four, published by Activision, not 2K Games, was a mediocre affair with predictable button-bashing action that barely tested your skills. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer benefits from PS3's bolder, crisper graphics, while the gameplay's been enhanced to test your wit as well as your rapid-finger ...

The Fast and the Furious (The Fast and the Furious)

Mar 2, 2007

Racers, do you spend your weekends in the parking lot of In-N-Out Burger, revealing your cars innards to your fellow gearheads? Do you marvel at the guy whos ruined his credit score by buying a valve contraption to turn his 92 Civic into a wheel-disintegrating metallic cheetah? Do you hate the guy who got a Viper for his Sweet 16 MTV celebration-of-greed party? The jerkwad who barks horsepower threats and brags about how his dad is CEO of Hot Dog on a ...

Field Commander - Hands On (Field Commander)

Apr 17, 2006

The PSP's been out for more than a year now, and there's still no back-and-forth, military strategy game for us bloodthirsty dictators to test out. Well, if you can hang on just a few more weeks, chances are the turn-based action of Field Commander will sooth your battle-ready senses. The basics are well covered. You start with so many units (in ground, air and sea varieties), the bad guy has a similar army in the wings and then you start pummeling each other until the smoke finally clears. ...

Field Commander (Field Commander)

Mar 24, 2006

Who doesn't love blowing stuff up? Gamers know firsthand the satisfaction of marching up to the bad guy's front door and blasting it into the ground - and that's the feeling Sony Online is hoping to duplicate with Field Commander. Instead of controlling one soldier, or even a squad of crack troops youre in command of an entire army thats tasked with stopping an evil organization from taking over the world (and no, its not Cobra). Youll have nearly 20 different types of units, each with ...

FIFA 08 - hands-on (FIFA 08)

Jun 7, 2007

In direct opposition to its big bro, mini FIFA is certainly a case of tweaking and fine-tuning over any wholesale alterations. For instance 07s defensive intelligence was a weak point, something that EA was keen to remedy. Thanks to the new right analog player switching and vastly improved AI, any goals you concede will now fall firmly at your feet. This new realistic defending includes increased spatial awareness regarding threats and danger zones, putting more pressure on the ball carrier, ...

Final Fantasy - hands-on (Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition)

Jun 1, 2007

Final Fantasy was originally released in Japan in 1986. Starting seven years ago, though, Square Enix decided to start pimping it out on system after system. This marks the fourth remake since 2000. The final evolution of this re-envisioned edition of the original game in the series - or so we hope - is this, the PSP ...

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions - hands-on (Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions)

Sep 7, 2007

Sept 7, 2007 Even if you've already played the original Final Fantasy Tactics for PSone, at first glance you may not recognize Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions as a remake. The gameplay is more or less the same as the original, but the story has received a huge facelift in the form of new, cel-shaded cutscenes. Ivalice seems more real than ever here, and the hand-drawn art complements the story and overall feel of the game perfectly. From the opening scene of Chocobo riders racing ...

Flatout: Head On - preview and exclusive video (FlatOut: Head On)

Feb 7, 2008

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. ...

From Russia With Love (From Russia With Love)

Mar 9, 2006

James Bond has always been known for cool little gadgets, and now he's appearing on one. After making a modest splash on consoles, his third-person shooter From Russia With Love is bringing retro style, one-liners and a cast of dead actors to the PSP on March 14. More or less a direct port of the console version, From Russia With Love recreates the classic Bond film of the same name as a third-person shooter. As in the umpteen previous Bond games, the suave superspy will spend most of the ...

Full Auto 2 - hands-on (Full Auto 2: Battlelines)

Feb 14, 2007

Were back from the love tryst-sounding “Sega Loves Your PSP” day with our first hands-on impressions of the PSPs new racing-blow-upathon hybrid, Full Auto 2: Battlelines. If you remember from our previous coverage, Full Auto 2 for the PSP isnt a straight port from the PS3 version. Instead, Deep Fried Entertainment gets brownie points by building the game from the ground up and using the PS3 Full Auto sequel as a basis. Theres the standard Career mode where you race and cause ...

Full Auto 2: Battlelines in your pocket (Full Auto 2: Battlelines)

Dec 18, 2006

So how exactly does a title for a highly-touted, supercharged, next gen musclebeast like the PS3 port into the formidable-but-kind-of-in-a-different-league-to-say-the-least PSP? Shoehorns? Funnels? Tiny candies labeled "Eat Me"? The answer, as reps from Sega were quick to tell us, is by not porting it at all. Full Auto 2: Battlelines for the PSP shares its name and concept with its PS3 counterpart, but that's about it. The game is being developed from the ground up by Deep Fried Entertainment, ...

Full Auto 2 goes fully portable (Full Auto 2: Battlelines)

Nov 10, 2006