SCEE kicks off the weekend by dropping some knowledge about forthcoming PSP titles.
by Daniel Kayser on Saturday, December 11, 2004
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) was kind enough to tide over gamers outside Japan this weekend...ya know, the ones NOT getting our hands on Sony's new handheld device, the PSP. With the unit set to launch this weekend in Japan, gamers around the globe can look on with envy as they await the launch of Sony's portable sometime in 2005. Today though, SCEE dropped a few facts about upcoming titles for the PSP to help ease us anxious gamers through the weekend. The following offers up some facts and a brief description for a few titles (some specific to the European market) including some amazing looking titles like Wipeout Pure and Ridge Racer. Take a look:
Everybody's Golf
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Go golf crazy and take on a cast of colourful characters in the coolest clubhouse around. No need for airs and graces here - just select a golfer from a range of friendly faces, and customize their abilities, attributes and appearance before teeing off across a series of challenging courses and game modes. Go head-to-head with both friends and foes via WiFi compatible Ad Hoc Mode and become a true golfing legend.
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Ape Academy
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To become an expert in monkey business, you first have to go to monkey school, so enrol now at the craziest college the world has ever seen. You can work your way up through the school years by winning wacky mini-games, but keep an eye on your classmates - students they may be, but when it comes to trouble and tomfoolery, these goofy monkeys are pros!
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Fired Up
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In an anarchic world of high-octane vehicles, big guns and bigger explosions, is a rag tag team of resistance fighters are about to strike back against a faceless aggressor. They're desperate for your help; but if being a collaborator in the rebellion isn't your thing, you can always go it alone, blow up your friends and experience genuine mayhem in multiplayer mode. So buckle in, prime the weapons and hit the gas. What's it to be? Smash and grab or crash and burn?
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FOOTBALL(working title)
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Who knows where your next challenge will come from or who that challenger will be? With the power of WiFi compatibility and the User Alert System, FOOTBALL (working title) enables you to challenge complete strangers spontaneously. And with so many international and club teams to choose from and several cup competitions to enter, every day is a matchday!
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Formula One
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As the first FORMULA ONE product for PSP, Formula One includes all of the official licensed tracks, cars and drivers of the FIA FORMULA ONE World Championship. Download your own music collection from Memory Stick Duo, and access additional bonus content to make sure race days are never the same again!
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MediEvil
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One hundred years have passed since the evil Sorcerer Zarok was defeated at the Battle of Gallowmere, heroically cut down by a mortally wounded Sir Daniel Fortesque. Or at least, that's what the people were told; in fact poor Sir Dan was a bit of a coward, falling in the very first wave of arrows. Now Zarok has returned, turning day into night, and raising an undead army to conquer the land. As a side effect Dan has also been resurrected... now, he has the chance to defeat Zarok and in death become the hero he never was in life.
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Ridge Racer
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Featuring the best loved race courses from arcade classic Rave Racer and the entire Ridge Racer series, 24 circuits of breakneck speed and exhilaration stand between you and racing glory. Beat the clock in Time Attack Mode or test your racing skills against up to 8 players in WiFi compatible Wireless Battle Mode.
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WipEout Pure
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The latest and the greatest in the seminal WipEout series, 'Pure' distils the essence of anti-gravity racing and futuristic adrenaline-fuelled combat. Hi-tech weapons, hi-octane speed and a high-tempo dance soundtrack combine to deliver an explosive taste of the future directly into your hands.
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WRC
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Immerse yourself in the first officially licensed handheld FIA World Rally Championship game - packed full of exhilarating stages set in the toughest terrains the world has to offer. Experience the "in your face" thrills and spills of rally on the move - feel the speed, embrace the power, taste the mud!
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