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New Hannah Montana PSP bundle includes Lilac PSP

JC Fletcher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:22:00 EST

SCEA is showing a new initiative to cater to young girls at its Destination Playstation event today. The company has announced a new PSP bundle to be released in July, containing a PSP system in a new Lilac color. The bundle comes with a Hannah Montana rhythm game, a UMD of episodes from the series, a 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, and some stickers!

In addition, Ubisoft's Petz line is headed to PSP in North America later this year, allowing players to "create and care for cute, furry pets chosen from many different breeds of dogs, cats, horses, hamsters, dolphins, tigers and bunnies." The likely first release: GameStop shows Petz Saddle Club coming this September. This series may help enhance young players' impressions of the PSP, by reminding them of the Nintendo DS.

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Warhawk game space hits Home this week

Andrew Yoon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:08:00 EST

The "Warhawk Command Center" will be added to PlayStation Home this week, confirmed Sony during today's Destination PlayStation event. This new game space allows Warhawk fans to plan new strategies together. This is one of the first game spaces to have been revealed for Home -- we're glad to see it finally going live.

Gallery: Home Game Spaces E3 2008

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EA Sports announces Madden and Tiger Woods for PSP

Jem Alexander — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:07:00 EST

EA Sports will be bringing its biggest franchises back to the PSP this year, staring with Madden '10 and Tiger Woods '10. Madden will feature connectivity with the PS3, allowing players to send formations and plays back and forth between devices. It will also be "faster and more 'PSP-friendly'." Tiger Woods will feature "revamped gameplay modes for on and offline play." EA Sports assures that there will be more PSP announcements coming later this year, so keep an eye out for those.

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MotorStorm Arctic Edge races onto PS2, PSP

Justin McElroy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:59:00 EST

If your one big complaint with the MotorStorm series is that your caveman brain is frightened by the nigh-photorealistic graphics, you're in luck. Sony just announced at Destination PlayStation that the franchise would be headed to the PS2 and PSP with MotorStorm Arctic Edge, which brings the series to the "breathtaking yet lethal and unpredictable setting of Alaska."

Developed by Bigbig Studios (the house behind the perfectly entertaining Pursuit Force), look for Arctic Edge in fall of this year.

[Update: We just added the above trailer but, lest you be confused, there's no way on Earth that's gameplay footage.]

Gallery: MotorStorm Arctic Edge announcement trailer (PS2, PSP)

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LittleBigPlanet gets littler on PSP this fall

Jem Alexander — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:50:00 EST

The rumors were correct, LittleBigPlanet is heading to PSP and it'll be here before the end of the year. Announced at today's Destination PlayStation retailer event, the PSP version will be developed "in conjunction" with Media Molecule and will offer a similar experience to the PS3 version with players being able to play, create and share on the go. We're promised plenty of new content, such as levels, exclusive to the PSP version this fall.

We'll be very surprised if we don't see any cross-platform interactivity, but details are very thin on the ground. We'll keep you updated as more information is revealed.

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Assassin's Creed coming to PSP

Justin McElroy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:49:00 EST

Good news, the Internet! Your "bring Assassin's Creed to PSP" petitions totally worked. SCEA announced during Destination PlayStation today that the game will appear courtesy of Ubisoft on Sony's portable later this year. In fact, your efforts were so effective, Sony's releasing an Assassin's Creed-themed bundle, though the only component they're talking about now is a Piano Black PSP.

SCEA stopped short of actually saying the move was thanks to the overwhelming, petition-generated e-pressure, but you'll always know the truth in your hearts.

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Rock Band Unplugged announced for PSP

JC Fletcher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:48:00 EST

If you thought Guitar Hero on the DS was a weird idea, you'll love this: During today's Destination PlayStation event, Sony has announced a PSP-exclusive version of Rock Band, called Rock Band Unplugged. This will be the first Rock Band game ever for a portable console!

Details about gameplay have yet to be released, although we don't expect to see a full suite of tiny plastic instruments to clip on to the PSP. What is known is that Unplugged will use the PSP's Wi-Fi connection to access an in-game music store.

Update: Primotech has some possible gameplay details. According to the post, Unplugged will use the left, up, triangle, and circle buttons to control instruments, switching from instrument to instrument with the shoulder buttons, and playing "phrases" of each instrument to maintain a score multiplier. This sounds exactly like Harmonix's Frequency!

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