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PSP First Party Software Launch Details
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Sony announced the North American first party software launch details for the PSP handheld system. Sony's PSP launch titles include blockbuster franchises developed specifically to provide gamers with a completely unique and unparalleled portable gaming experience. Ape Escape: On the Loose, ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails, Gretzky NHL, MLB, NBA, Twisted Metal: Head On, Wipeout Pure and World Tour Soccer will be available during the launch window and will be priced at $39.99.
Inspired by hit franchises, all eight first party titles are being specifically developed and optimized for the PSP by Sony Computer Entertainment America's group of elite developers in an effort to ensure that PSP will launch with a broad cross section of entertainment genres. Consumers can find the following titles during the launch:
-- Ape Escape: On the Loose
Genre: Action Platform
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Japan
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity
Rating: "E" for Everyone
Featuring multiplayer functionality and a wide variety of mini-games
for players of all ages, this imaginative game provides players the
challenge of capturing more than 200 monkeys in eight vibrant worlds
spanning across over 20 levels in order to prevent them from changing
history.
-- ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails
Genre: Racing
Developer: Climax Group Incorporated
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity and
Infrastructure Mode
Rating: "E" for Everyone
Intense, free-roaming, off-road racing takes on a whole new meaning, as
gamers will be able to blaze their own trail, anytime. Riders will be
able to choose from more than 24 highly detailed ATVs as they tear it
up on more than 30 unique environments with six distinct terrain types.
-- Gretzky NHL
Genre: Sports
Developer: Page 44 Studios
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity and
Infrastructure Mode
Rating: "E" for Everyone
Officially licensed by the NHL and NHLPA, Gretzky NHL offers the
Gretzky Challenge with unlockables from his past days as an Edmonton
Oiler, Los Angeles King or New York Ranger. Combining authentic
gameplay and intuitive play controls, Gretzky NHL for the PSP delivers
the look, feel and passion of hockey with a true-to-life simulation.
-- MLB
Genre: Sports
Developer: 989 Sports
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity and
Infrastructure Mode
Rating: "E" for Everyone
Featuring the all-new Playmaker Fielding Marker, Release Point Pitching
with Confidence Meter, and Branch Point Technology (BPT). MLB for the
PSP promises to provide gamers with a true-to-life experience from the
diamond.
-- NBA
Genre: Sports
Developer: 989 Sports
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity and
Infrastructure Mode
Rating: "E" for Everyone
NBA for the PSP will provide gamers with all the fast-breaks, precision
passing, and above the rim action as it test the skills of all players
with a variety of gameplay options including Full Season Mode, Paint
Mode and the PlayStation Skills Challenge Mode.
-- Twisted Metal: Head On
Genre: Car Combat
Developer: Incognito Inc. Entertainment
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity and
Infrastructure Mode
Rating: "T" for Teen
Complete with all the fast-paced vehicular combat and destruction that
gamers have come to know and love, Twisted Metal: Head-On allows gamers
to strap themselves into one of 14 lethal machines, equipped with
machine guns, turbo boost and a special attack, unique to each vehicle.
-- Wipeout Pure
Genre: Action-Oriented Racing
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Studio Liverpool)
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity
Rating: "T" for Teen
The latest edition to the popular anti-gravity racing series provides
intense, anti gravity combat racing as players choose from five
different speed classes and numerous weapons, and race relentlessly
around 16 futuristic, race environments.
-- World Tour Soccer
Genre: Sports
Developer: 989 Sports
Players: Single-player, Multi-player via Ad Hoc Connectivity
Rating: "E" for Everyone
Featuring 128 club teams, 86 international teams, nine international
and nine classic club teams from the past, seven league all-star teams,
six international super teams and eight different stadiums, World Tour
Soccer for the PSP provides gamers with the ultimate soccer experience.
The company will release a single-SKU configuration called the PSP Value Pack for a suggested retail price of $249.99. In addition to the revolutionary PSP hardware, the PSP Value Pack contains an unprecedented added-value package of accessories and entertainment content, including 32 MB Memory Stick Duo, headphones with remote control, battery pack, AC adaptor, soft case, hand strap and cleaning cloth, movie/music/game video sampler UMD disc including multiple non-interactive game demos, and for the first one million PSP Value Packs shipped, a special UMD video release of the feature film Spider-Man 2 from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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