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NBA action on the go is back once again with NBA ’08 for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system. Delivering an engaging NBA experience with quick action and fluid gameplay, NBA ’08 continues to expand on the franchise by offering the most diverse and feature-rich handheld NBA action available.

Acting as a perfect complement to the PSP’s design and portability, NBA ’08 introduces a number of brand new quick action mini-games that players can enjoy anytime, anywhere. All-new carnival-style games, as well as contests such as Fast Break, Block-a-Shot, and Alley-Oop, are all available to provide fast and engaging action that further adds to the stable of traditional and non-traditional basketball gameplay. Additionally, players will experience a more challenging Season Mode, where player management and balancing team chemistry come into play. Refined gameplay mechanics and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) also help to create a more realistic and action-oriented gameplay experience. With an enhanced Conquest Mode and host of new mini-games, as well as downloadable content and expanded audio commentary, NBA ’08 looks to take the portable NBA hoops crown once again.

KEY FEATURES

• Enhanced Conquest Mode – NBA ’08 brings back the critically acclaimed Conquest Mode, allowing players to once again participate in a game of territory acquisition and management. This year, gamers will be able to cash in awards to upgrade player attributes as well as home city amenities, providing for a number of team skill upgrades.

KEY FEATURES

• All-New Suite of Mini-Games – In addition to returning classics such as HORSE, Dodgeball, Own the Court, PlayStation Skills Challenge, and 3-Point Contest, NBA ’08 introduces a new set of challenging mini-games, further adding to the portfolio of quick action skills contests:
o Shooting Bricks – Players will use a basketball to break apart sections of bricks to clear levels (based on the original Arkanoid arcade game).
o Breakaway – Quick running game where users can alternate playing offense and defense in a 3-on-2 situation.
o Elimination – A team-based game where gamers win by scoring a set number of points with each of their players. As gamers reach their point quota, they are removed from the team and remaining players receive various power-ups. The first team to remove all of their players wins.
• New Carnival-Style Mini-Games – With returning mini-game classics such as Pop-a-Shot, Pinball, and Skee-ball, NBA ’08 adds games such as Fast Break, Block-a-Shot, and Alley-Oop, each of which allow players to earn tickets for unlockable items.
• Improved Season Mode – Season mode features such as simulation, trades, free agent lists, and injuries, are now enhanced with elements of player management and team chemistry settings that add complexity to each season and continue to deliver challenging basketball.
• New Downloadable Content – Updated pinball boards will be released to consumers regularly after launch and team roster updates will be made available on a weekly basis.
• Enhanced Play-by-Play and All-New Commentary – Get play-by-play from Ian Eagle and color commentary from Mark Jackson, as they return to provide the most comprehensive in-depth analysis.
• Pick Up mode – Players will alternate choosing from 10 randomly selected NBA players and match up with the CPU or another player in an outdoor full-court game.
• Highlight Reel – In addition to instant replay, players will have the opportunity to re-live each stellar play and pivotal moment from a completed game.
• Realistic Animations – Running at 60 FPS, NBA ’08 incorporates tandem animation technologies to produce ultra realistic player interactions. Additionally, motion capture data delivers smooth gameplay and lifelike player movements.
• NBA License – NBA ‘08 incorporates 41 authentic NBA teams including throwback versions.
• Ladder Challenge – Compete in a challenging mini-game or exhibition mode series and earn reward tickets for working to the top of the ladder.
• Wireless Multiplayer Gameplay – Compete head-to-head against friends and basketball fans around the country with Ad Hoc connectivity of up to four PSP systems, or link to a network via a wireless local area network (VLAN) access point for multiplayer action nationwide. ...

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This fall, Sony Computer Entertainment America adds another installment to the Pursuit Force™ franchise for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system. The second chapter in this pulse-pounding adventure and driving franchise, Pursuit Force™: Extreme Justice increases the thrills with new multiplayer capabilities and promises to bring all of the excitement of a Hollywood blockbuster film.

More over-the-top than its predecessor, Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice will have players taking the role of a commander who is the highest ranking operational officer as well as four new playable characters, all of whom are responsible for tracking down and bringing to justice five hardcore street gangs in and around Capital City. As a member of a special police unit known as the Pursuit Force, this time around players will engage in high-speed action to traverse land, air and sea in their continued battle to rid the city of crime which includes three new gangs.

Featuring more than 50 criminal cases set among seven distinct environments, players will have access to 12 different vehicle types which include hovercrafts and boss vehicles that are each unique and specifically designed for boss encounter missions. Extreme Justice also offers an expanded weapons arsenal to assist players in the pursuit of justice.

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice will also introduce multiplayer capabilities to the franchise with up to four players in Ad Hoc mode.

KEY FEATURES

• New vehicles, weapons and stunts make for one of the most action-heavy games to come to PSP
• New Multiplayer mode makes pick-up and play even more fun
• Featuring epic boss missions with more action and outrageous boss vehicles than ever seen before
• Launches with more than 20 hours of diverse gameplay, with the availability of downloadable content packs for players to continue to extend their enjoyment of the game
• 12 vehicle types available throughout the game including classics that have been enhanced like helicopters, cars, jet skis, trucks, buses, bike and sidecar, and speed boats as well as new vehicles including hovercrafts
• More than 30 types of weapons at the player’s disposal including handguns, shotguns, machine guns, and some heavy artillery.
• Five notorious gangs to bring to justice, each in their own distinct section of Capital City. New gangs include:
- Raiders – A focused and professional group of modern pirates focused on incoming cargo
- Vipers – Rogue police led by a corrupt commander
- Syndicate – Armed bank robbers from the UK and Europe ...

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Gabe Logan makes a dramatic return this fall in Syphon Filter™: Logan’s Shadow exclusively for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system. This original title created by Sony’s Bend Studio is the sequel to the award winning action title, Syphon Filter™: Dark Mirror and features all-new combat mechanics, weapons and an engaging storyline that will leave you wondering who to trust.

In an all new story, written by Greg Rucka, author of the Queen and Country series of novels and graphic novels, Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow provides a sophisticated and gripping storyline that is sure to resonate with comic book lovers and action enthusiasts. We find Gabe Logan once again using a combination of stealth and “run-and-gun” gameplay as he is called into action when a dangerous new technology is hijacked by a criminal extremist group. In a story that takes him from the depths of the Indian Ocean to the deserts of the Middle East, Gabe is faced with the possibility that his long time partner, Lian Xing is a double agent.

Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow is complete with a variety of combat mechanics including the ability to force enemies into cover with “blind-fire”, an advanced melee system that allows Gabe to use enemies as human shields, and 360 degree underwater combat. For the first time in the franchise “interactive moments” have been added for increased player interaction, such as airlifting debris and escaping wrist restraints. Returning to the franchise are buddy missions which have been enhanced with a variety of new objectives.

KEY FEATURES

• Havok physics engine provides life-like physical reactions on both characters and environments
• New and improved weapons, such as grenade launchers, sticky mines, smoke grenades, and flash bangs
• New character actions enable players to force enemies to take cover with “blind fire” or protect health with the new “human shield” features
• Underwater physics allows players to experience 360 degrees of water navigation to explore shipwrecks and target enemies with new underwater weapons like the bolt pistol and spear gun
• Improved buddy mechanics
• New mini game features, brand new to the Syphon Filter franchise.
• All new story written by Greg Rucka, critically acclaimed author of comic books and novels (Batman, Gotham Central, Queen and Country)
• All new sound track featuring award winning composer Azam Ali. ...

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Finally, the Ninja heroes can battle anywhere, anytime! The ultimate battle of heroes will take place without boundaries!

Exclusively developed for the US and European markets, NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Heroes is the first ever Wi-Fi enabled fighting game based on the Naruto universe on PSP delivering both intense single and multiplayer team based fighting experience! For the first time, you can create your dream squad of powerful ninja from the rich universe of Naruto to battle against your friends and trade your player profile via ad-hoc connection. Power-up your favorite characters to create your own custom ninja. Form your favorite ninja team as it appears in the cartoon or create the ultimate dream team to take on your rivals! There are 20 playable characters and 8 interactive stages to battle on. Soar through the ninja ranks to become the ultimate Hokage!

Features:

• Form your own Ninja team in Hero’s Mode! Choose from 20 powerful ninja to form your favorite ninja team from the show or create your original dream team!

• Discover unique skills in the team based skill system! Try out a wide variety of different team combinations to awaken the hidden skills that lie within each character! Even one character will bring about a different set of skills depending on different character combinations.

• Battle your foes wirelessly anytime, anywhere! Engage in 6 types of intense battles such as 1 vs1, 1 vs 2, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 3, 3 vs 3@with other players wirelessly. You can also trade your profile with your friends and collect your friend’s profiles via ad-hoc connection. Game sharing is also available!

• Power-up your favorite character! Power-up your favorite character to give yourself an edge in battle. Earn Parameter Power-up Points toward upgrading each character’s attack, defense, chakra, speed and even special abilities.

• Become the ultimate Hokage! Put your ever-growing skills to the test on rewarding missions and rise up through 7 ninja ranks to become the ultimate Hokage! ...

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Practical Intelligence Quotient is back and juiced up with more mind bending puzzles and features! PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient™ (PQ2), is the second edition to the best-selling brain game on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PQ1, and is built around the same defining feature, the PQ scoring system. PQ2 uses a measuring system that was created under the guidance of Professor Masuo Koyasu of Kyoto University in Japan that determines players’ ‘Practical Intelligence Quotient’ of PQ. PQ2 will help players calculate their intelligence by using the PQ scoring system based on the number of moves and the speed with which they complete more than 250 puzzles. PQ2 players will use the PSP system’s infrastructure mode to take their score online to measure their brain power against their friends, their country and even their gender!

KEY FEATURES:
• More Obstacles, Puzzles and Unlockables Than Before – Players will encounter more than 10 new obstacles, more than 250 puzzles and unlock 10 hidden puzzles; themed puzzles will focus on Single Moves, Traps, Reasoning, Fewest Moves and more!

• Get Your Preliminary PQ Score in Minutes – Players will discover their preliminary PQ score in roughly 10 minutes through Quick Mode, or play through the full puzzle set for their full PQ Score.

• Improved Controls and Flexibility – Players will move around with faster and sharper movements as well as choose which puzzles they want to play first.
• Create Your Own Puzzles and Acquire More Puzzles Over the Internet - Using Infrastructure Mode for the PSP system, players can upload their unique puzzles and download puzzles created by other players or new tests that will be made available weekly!

• Share PQ2 with Friends Who Don’t Own a Copy of the Game Through Gameshare Mode – Using Ad-Hoc Mode for the PSP system, players can send out a trial version of the game to their friends allowing them to solve 10 puzzles to discover their preliminary PQ score.

• What is your Practical Intelligence Quotient? Compare Your PQ Score with Others – Players will check their rank among the world’s top 100 scores, their country, their region, their age group, their gender and even their own blood type! ...

Already riding a streak as America's No. 1 seller of video game consoles, No. 1 seller of portable game systems and No. 1 publisher of video games, Nintendo added more chips to its pile in April-with not just one, but the country's four best-selling games.

According to independent sales data gathered by the NPD Group, the two best-selling games in April were Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ hand-held game system, followed by Super Paper Mario™ and Wii Play™ for the Wii™ home video game system. Combined sales for the two related Pokémon titles exceeded 1.75 million units in just 14 days of availability during the reporting period.

The DS remained the most popular game system of any kind in April, with projected sales of more than 470,000 units. At the same time, the Wii from Nintendo, despite nearly universal sold-out status, was still purchased by twice as many consumers as any other home game console, according to the NPD data. Unit sales of 360,000 Wii systems in April bring the console's installed base in America to nearly 2.5 million in less than six months on the market.

"Nothing is more valuable in the entertainment world than an evergreen franchise," says Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO, Nintendo of America. "These new Pokémon titles have cemented their place alongside the most enduring intellectual properties of the book, music and movie industries. And that appeal will expand even further with the introduction of Pokémon® Battle Revolution to our Wii home console next month." ...

Already riding a streak as America's No. 1 seller of video game consoles, No. 1 seller of portable game systems and No. 1 publisher of video games, Nintendo added more chips to its pile in April-with not just one, but the country's four best-selling games.

According to independent sales data gathered by the NPD Group, the two best-selling games in April were Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ hand-held game system, followed by Super Paper Mario™ and Wii Play™ for the Wii™ home video game system. Combined sales for the two related Pokémon titles exceeded 1.75 million units in just 14 days of availability during the reporting period.

The DS remained the most popular game system of any kind in April, with projected sales of more than 470,000 units. At the same time, the Wii from Nintendo, despite nearly universal sold-out status, was still purchased by twice as many consumers as any other home game console, according to the NPD data. Unit sales of 360,000 Wii systems in April bring the console's installed base in America to nearly 2.5 million in less than six months on the market.

"Nothing is more valuable in the entertainment world than an evergreen franchise," says Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO, Nintendo of America. "These new Pokémon titles have cemented their place alongside the most enduring intellectual properties of the book, music and movie industries. And that appeal will expand even further with the introduction of Pokémon® Battle Revolution to our Wii home console next month." ...

Stake your claim as king of the jungle this week as Nintendo’s world famous ape family swing their way onto Virtual Console. Released for the Super Nintendo in 1995, Donkey Kong Country 2™: Diddy’s Kong Quest™ sees our hero Donkey Kong take a step aside to allow his family members to take centre stage. When the big ape himself is kidnapped, it is up to the young Diddy and Dixie Kong to fight their way through eight worlds of comical action to save their superstar relative. Donkey Kong Country 2™: Diddy’s Kong Quest™ is available now for 800 Wii Points.

Joining this retro classic is another all-time great from Nintendo’s archives. Originally making its debut in 1992 on the NES, Mario & Yoshi™ is a fast-paced puzzle game starring everybody’s favourite plumber and his faithful dinosaur side-kick, Yoshi. In this game, players must catch falling enemies from the Mario series in-between egg shells, to free Yoshi trapped inside. With increasingly difficult stages to master and a frantic split-screen multiplayer mode to enjoy with a friend, this is the ideal title for puzzle fans! Mario & Yoshi is now available to download for 500 Wii Points.

These great games will join the list of 87 classic titles already available for the Virtual Console in Europe. ...

This is a simple preview of a Space War (old Star Control Melee style game) clone that I am working on.

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