Qore leak reveals new PSP Metal Gear and more

by Xav de Matos on May 30th 2009 1:40PM

In a leaked interview in the June issue of Qore, Sony's John Koller revealed new game announcements Sony is set to make at its E3 2009 press briefing. Among the titles mentioned are (a previously revealed) Jak & Daxter PSP and a re-emergence of Gran Turismo for the handheld -- first revealed when the PSP was announced.

Koller also mentions a new Metal Gear Solid for PSP is in the works, which may be the subject of the current Kojima Productions countdown nonsense (seriously, stop). Also, around the 15 second mark of the leaked Qore video, footage appears that bares a striking resemblance to Warhawk -- but (as comments have pointed out) the ship appears apart of the Jak & Daxter footage reel. Other clips include footage of LittleBigPlanet and Jak & Daxter.

Let's hope, for Sony's sake, this video doesn't encapsulate the lion's share of announcements the company was planning for June 2. Incidentally, crack out those bingo cards and a big red marker ... you have a few things to cross off.

Tags: e3-2009, gran-turismo, jak-and-daxter, kojima-productions, leak, littlebigplanet-psp, metal-gear-solid, polyphony-digital, qore, sony

Reader Comments (130)

christ that thing is ugly..

They should FIRE whoever designed that monstrosity. Why didn't they put dual analogs? They could have even made like a touch pad type of thing...+ that nub is in the MOST awkward position ever. Hopefully sony has time to make some tweaks....if they actually listen to their fanbase...

It's. The same. Console.

Dual analogues would mean games that are incompatible with older PSPs. I don't get why this is so hard to understand.

Dual analogs would not make games incompatible as long as devs dont assign stuff to the dpad. But damn, sony really screwed up on the hardware. At least there will be some good games.

No I understand...dam.

What I meant was they should have just made a new system already, it's due time for one, backwards compat with psp games and new dual analog supporting games, either way the analog is in a terrible position but they'll probably change it.

Hell, one analog is fine. As long as it's on the RIGHT side. Analog would be OK for movement, as long as it's an 8-direction pad.

How the heck would dual analogs make games incompatible? There would still be a d-pad and left analog stick to use on those games, they would simply ignore the right stick and function exactly the same as before.

Really, doing any kind of redesign to this thing and not adding a second analog stick is entirely pointless.

Sony's gone off the freakin reservation. You'd think they would have learned by now to add 2 sticks, not make the one they had worse. Good job screwin up the one thing you make that I might actually play. Needless to say, I've been waiting for 2 sticks so I could could get one. I guess the adventures of Big Boss will have to wait.

I kinda liked, just look at the press release photos:

http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=587698#anchor

The only bummer for me, it is the lack of UMD, since I live in Mexico, it is not going to be easy to download games from the PSN Store.

The Playstation originally didn't have analogue sticks, releasing the dual shock didn't instantly make everything incompatable. They could have easily done the same here.

you thought the analog nub was bad before they managed to make it much worse.

placement means that you have to reach your thumb over for awkward hands. but whats worse is that its in the path of the d-pad. during frantic playing the joint on your thumb will probably press upon the d-pad which could lead to unwanted results in-game.

"Dual analogues would mean games that are incompatible with older PSPs."

So? This thing should have been introduced as middleware between PSP and PSP2. And the incompatibility is the same as all the DSiware games that are incompatible with older models of the DS, and all the Gameboy Color games that were incompatible with the Gameboy, etc.

And, since this thing has no UMD drive, isn't it incompatible with EVERY SINGLE OLD PSP GAME outside of the ones they introduce to the service?

I agree with ice~. This should have been a new system. The only way I'd give this a shot is if it launched at $99 and had something that couldn't already be done on the current PSP.

Proper press photos: http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=587698#anchor.

I thought this looked horrific when I first saw the screen photos, but looking at the press shots It's starting to grow on me.

Same here, its like a virus.... but in a good way

It really looks okay on those pics. not GREAT...

It looks nice closed, but open it's just this double-breasted monstrosity that doesn't look slick or attractive at all.

Also, that hi-res scan looks like that's a microphone next to the d-pad, not a joystick. Or a speaker? Why would they need one that big though?

Your right that does look alot better. But it will not fix the problem of having ONE JOYSTICK!!!

The placement of the analog stick just seems wrong. I imagine playing games on that thing would be very uncomfortable.

He's right, its really not that bad tbh

It's still hideous.

If this were put up with the fake render, everyone would have thought the fake render was the official one.

In the end though, it just matters how it feels in my hand so I'll reserve buying judgment until I can figure that out.

HOLY DEAR LORD. What is wrong with this person's hand?!?!

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/5/8/7/6/9/8/ss_preview_PSP_GO_005.bmp.jpg?slideshow=true

Just like big brother contestants in the photoshoots after, the pretty lighting don't change what it looks like in the street.

These sort of blockbuster hits in addition to others like Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur 4 for the PSP should have been announced a long time ago.
This year looks to be a big one for the PSP and its owners.

I'll take ugly and comfortable over cute and difficult to use - which I've always found the original PSP to be. At least within reason, if it looks like a Zune...that's gone a little too far. But anyways, I'm more concerned to see how well the new control position works than how it looks. Besides, it may very well not even be the final version. Remember the prototype DS?

I'm pretty sure the part that looks like it could be a psp warhawk was debunked as actually being a part from the new jak and daxter.

which is horrible, because out of the two, i would pick warhawk without hesitating.

That's a bad leak! It's been one of my biggest E3 questions... what will the PSP Go! look like. Slightly disapointed that it doesn't look more like the fan concept a few months back.

D-Pad looks nice and big. Unlike the DSi which I have a hard time using because my thumb is way to big. But overall I was hoping for sexy but I guess cute-ish sells more.

I hope the countdown isn't for a Metal Gear PSP....I want MGS5 on PS3!!!

Yeaaaaah. I have a sneaking suspicion that the odds of that teaser being for a PSP release have become A LOT more likely.

Bleh. I hope not. Otherwise, Sony kinda blew its load with this Qore thing. Maybe E3 brings things we don't even suspect?

Eh..

You misspelled MGS4 and 360 :)

The countdown isn't for MGS5, nor for a new PSP MGS. It's for MGS4 director's cut.

The whole Big Boss thing kinda throws that off though.

Portable Ops 2

I've accepted that its probably portable ops 2, but Im still hoping its MGS5...

I highly, highly doubt it'll be a MGS4: Director's Cut, considering the cyber ninja is NOT Raiden. The Cyber Ninja is either Sunny, for MGS5, or Grey Fox, for Portable Ops 2. Not saying there won't be a Director's Cut, but that's probably not what the countdown is for.

@KHCloud

nope, both of your potential cyborg ninjas are wrong. gray fox lost his right eye, not his left, so there goes that theory. and the muscles around the neck and shoulders are much too big unless they put sweet little sunny on sweet little steroids.

that is ugly ass hell, im not getting that until the redesign it down the road

i am trying to download Qore as we speak. i am up to 11mb out of 1379mb, so something is downloading(i think)

It looks much better imo on the press pictures. Its starting to grow on me...

i have had the original PSP from launch and now i think it is time to move now with the new psp =D was waiting for this

Same here =) had a 1000 since 2005 though. It's time to get with the times! PSP GO! here I come!

me too i still have my launch PSP :]

I like the overall look of the system, but the placement of the analog nub just looks and probably feels wrong.

Won't having two handheld entries into the PSP brand kind of confuse the market? There's really no marked improvements as far as I'm aware. Yes, larger internal flash harddrive, but they eliminate the UMD. This could backfire on Sony big time... I adopted the PSP on launch day and eventually bought a 2000 because of faster load times and louder speakers. But after I heard about the 3000, I thought it was enough until the true next generation came about. This still seems like a stepping stone.

Im not getting it because i already own a psp. ALL PSP'S CAN PLAY DOWNLOADED CONTENT! This redesign isnt for current owners of psp. Besides i can see sony releasing there back log of titles coming to the psn.

PSP is dead, and PSP Go killed it.

I'm sorry, but 53 million PSP owners say otherwise.

Monster Hunter Unite, Final Fantasy Dissidia, Monster Hunter Tri (psp version was mentioned months ago), new MGS, GT 4 Mobile, Kindom Hearts etc would like to talk to you. :)

Sure Killiam, the PSP is dead against the DS when fanboys like you only regard sales numbers, the PSP is "crap" to the DS just like the N64 was crap, the Dreamcast was crap, the Gamecube was crap, the Genesis was crap, the Saturn was crap. Please.

I'm not talking about games or sales, I'm talking about image, just look at that thing its bloody awful.

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