Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Winning Eleven 8, Burnout, Need for Speed Underground and more... Plus! Multilingual translator set for PSP launch
Sony's PlayStation Meeting 2004, which has just taken place in Tokyo, launched an impressive barrage of third-party developer and publisher support for PSP with the unveiling of a massive list of over 70 games that are currently in production.
While many of the games are unlikely to see a release outside Japan (although we are quite taken with the twin concepts of Ninja Bunny Warriors and Habitrail Hamster Ball), the fact that heavyweight companies like Konami, Activision, EA, Eidos, Ubi Soft and Atari are on board is a sign of just how much clout PSP is likely to have when it launches early next year.
Highlights include superb arcade-style racers Burnout and Need for Speed Underground, classic puzzler Bust-A-Move, Professional Wrestling from SmackDown! developers Yuke's and Tony Hawk's Underground 2. There's also mention of Winning Eleven 8 - the Japan-only game that will form the basis of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - so it appears as if Pro Evo is indeed PSP-bound.
These are in addition to the previously-revealed list of PSP games that includes Metal Gear Acid, Ridge Racer, Wipeout Pure, WRC, This is Football 2005, Gran Turismo 4, Everybody's Golf, Formula 1 '04 and Ape Escape. There is, literally, something for everyone.
Meanwhile, Sony have confirmed that PSP's wireless network support will allow up to 16 players to connect together without needing a hub although, underwhelmingly, Dynasty Warriors will be one of the first games to support this feature. The handheld will also be able to hook up to PS2 via the USB port.
Also on the specs front, the machine will boast 32MB of RAM - four times greater than the 8MB that PSP was originally pegged as having and a figure that puts it on a par with PS2.
Finally, Sony also unveiled Talkman (see photo), a new application that transforms your PSP into a multilingual translator. The tool, which will be a launch title, will be able to cope with nine different languages and uses voice recognition software that can transcribe what is spoken into the headset as well as translating it into other languages. An educational language game was demo'd at the Sony event although Talkman will also be used for a variety of 'entertainment' applications.
That list in full then...
Action Girlz Racing (Data Design)
Activision Anthology (Activision)
AI Series: Mahjong (Marvellous)
AI Series: Igo (Marvellous)
AI Series: Shougo (Marvellous)
Autobahn Crossroads (Resolution)
Axel Impact International (SCEK / Axis)
Azaya: Jungle Bowl Champions (Jungle Peak)
Battle Blades (Data Design)
BBG (Seed9)
Big Choppers (Eutechnyx)
Big Mutha Truckers 2 (Eutechnyx)
Board Game Gallery (Phoenix Games)
Burnout (Criterion)
Bust-A-Move (Taito)
Card Shark 3 (Phoenix Games)
Car Jacker (Eutechnyx)
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
Cloud of Verruca (Success)
Clusterball 2 (Resolution)
Crazy Racing Kart Rider (Nexon)
Dance Mat Challenge (Data Design)
Derby (SCEI)
Doraslot (Dorat)
Fighting Spirits (SCEA)
Formula One 04 (SCEE/Evolution)
Free Running (Eidos)
Generation of Chaos (Idea Factory)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (SCEI)
Habitrail Hamster Ball (Data Design)
Harvest Moon (Natsume)
Infected (Planet Moon)
Intelligent License (Now Production)
Joe (HumanSoft)
Junior Sports Basketball (Data Design)
Junior Sports Hockey (Data Design)
Koron (CyberFront)
Legend of River King (Marvellous)
Mahjong Kakutou (Konami)
Mahjong Taikai (Koei)
Mercury (Ignition)
Metal Shell (Tantalus)
Myth Makers Karting (Data Design)
Need for Speed Underground (Electronic Arts)
Ninja Bunny Warriors (Data Design)
Offroad Xtreme (Data Design)
Pilot ni Narou (Marvellous)
Popolocrois Monogatari (SCEI)
Professional Wrestling (Yuke's)
Project S (Sega)
Rig Racing (Data Design)
Romance of Three Kingdoms (Koei)
RS Revolution (Spike)
Shingata (Sunrise)
Shin Mojibittan (Namco)
Shin Tenmakai (Idea Factory)
Sparrow Merit (Success)
Sprint Madness (Resolution)
Sticky Balls (Warthog)
Super Star Studio (Coong)
Talkman (SCEI)
Technic Cute (Arika)
Tengai Makyou (Hudson/Red)
TGM-K (Arika)
Tokyo Xtreme Racing (Genki)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
Transformers (Atari/Melbourne House)
Twisted Metal: World Tour (SCEA/Incog)
Vegas Casino 2 (Phoenix Games)
Volcanus Online (Zepetto)
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 (Konami)
World Tour Soccer 2005 (SCEE/Studio Soho)
WRC (SCEE/Evolution)
Zero Hour (Argonaut)
Zooo (Success)
Kilde: Gamesradar
Sony's PlayStation Meeting 2004, which has just taken place in Tokyo, launched an impressive barrage of third-party developer and publisher support for PSP with the unveiling of a massive list of over 70 games that are currently in production.
While many of the games are unlikely to see a release outside Japan (although we are quite taken with the twin concepts of Ninja Bunny Warriors and Habitrail Hamster Ball), the fact that heavyweight companies like Konami, Activision, EA, Eidos, Ubi Soft and Atari are on board is a sign of just how much clout PSP is likely to have when it launches early next year.
Highlights include superb arcade-style racers Burnout and Need for Speed Underground, classic puzzler Bust-A-Move, Professional Wrestling from SmackDown! developers Yuke's and Tony Hawk's Underground 2. There's also mention of Winning Eleven 8 - the Japan-only game that will form the basis of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - so it appears as if Pro Evo is indeed PSP-bound.
These are in addition to the previously-revealed list of PSP games that includes Metal Gear Acid, Ridge Racer, Wipeout Pure, WRC, This is Football 2005, Gran Turismo 4, Everybody's Golf, Formula 1 '04 and Ape Escape. There is, literally, something for everyone.
Meanwhile, Sony have confirmed that PSP's wireless network support will allow up to 16 players to connect together without needing a hub although, underwhelmingly, Dynasty Warriors will be one of the first games to support this feature. The handheld will also be able to hook up to PS2 via the USB port.
Also on the specs front, the machine will boast 32MB of RAM - four times greater than the 8MB that PSP was originally pegged as having and a figure that puts it on a par with PS2.
Finally, Sony also unveiled Talkman (see photo), a new application that transforms your PSP into a multilingual translator. The tool, which will be a launch title, will be able to cope with nine different languages and uses voice recognition software that can transcribe what is spoken into the headset as well as translating it into other languages. An educational language game was demo'd at the Sony event although Talkman will also be used for a variety of 'entertainment' applications.
That list in full then...
Action Girlz Racing (Data Design)
Activision Anthology (Activision)
AI Series: Mahjong (Marvellous)
AI Series: Igo (Marvellous)
AI Series: Shougo (Marvellous)
Autobahn Crossroads (Resolution)
Axel Impact International (SCEK / Axis)
Azaya: Jungle Bowl Champions (Jungle Peak)
Battle Blades (Data Design)
BBG (Seed9)
Big Choppers (Eutechnyx)
Big Mutha Truckers 2 (Eutechnyx)
Board Game Gallery (Phoenix Games)
Burnout (Criterion)
Bust-A-Move (Taito)
Card Shark 3 (Phoenix Games)
Car Jacker (Eutechnyx)
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Buena Vista)
Cloud of Verruca (Success)
Clusterball 2 (Resolution)
Crazy Racing Kart Rider (Nexon)
Dance Mat Challenge (Data Design)
Derby (SCEI)
Doraslot (Dorat)
Fighting Spirits (SCEA)
Formula One 04 (SCEE/Evolution)
Free Running (Eidos)
Generation of Chaos (Idea Factory)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (SCEI)
Habitrail Hamster Ball (Data Design)
Harvest Moon (Natsume)
Infected (Planet Moon)
Intelligent License (Now Production)
Joe (HumanSoft)
Junior Sports Basketball (Data Design)
Junior Sports Hockey (Data Design)
Koron (CyberFront)
Legend of River King (Marvellous)
Mahjong Kakutou (Konami)
Mahjong Taikai (Koei)
Mercury (Ignition)
Metal Shell (Tantalus)
Myth Makers Karting (Data Design)
Need for Speed Underground (Electronic Arts)
Ninja Bunny Warriors (Data Design)
Offroad Xtreme (Data Design)
Pilot ni Narou (Marvellous)
Popolocrois Monogatari (SCEI)
Professional Wrestling (Yuke's)
Project S (Sega)
Rig Racing (Data Design)
Romance of Three Kingdoms (Koei)
RS Revolution (Spike)
Shingata (Sunrise)
Shin Mojibittan (Namco)
Shin Tenmakai (Idea Factory)
Sparrow Merit (Success)
Sprint Madness (Resolution)
Sticky Balls (Warthog)
Super Star Studio (Coong)
Talkman (SCEI)
Technic Cute (Arika)
Tengai Makyou (Hudson/Red)
TGM-K (Arika)
Tokyo Xtreme Racing (Genki)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
Transformers (Atari/Melbourne House)
Twisted Metal: World Tour (SCEA/Incog)
Vegas Casino 2 (Phoenix Games)
Volcanus Online (Zepetto)
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 (Konami)
World Tour Soccer 2005 (SCEE/Studio Soho)
WRC (SCEE/Evolution)
Zero Hour (Argonaut)
Zooo (Success)
Kilde: Gamesradar
