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June 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT

PSP game lineup announced: Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and more

by Scott Stein

The PSP Go will have some company on launch day.

(Credit: CNET)

Gran Turismo, launching October 1 with the PSP Go, was the headlining PSP game during Tuesday's E3 Sony press conference. It wasn't the only ammo Sony had. However, it seems like the biggest in terms of holiday 2009 impact. Polyphony Digital announced a "full game" with 800 cars, 35 tracks, 60 track layouts, and four-player play over local ad-hoc along with car trading, almost like Pokemon.

A true sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3

(Credit: Konami)
The other big announcment, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, was called a "true sequel" to the Metal Gear Solid series by Hideo Kojima, who appeared onstage to show off the trailer. Set in the 1970s in Latin America, it's a direct sequel to the PS2's Metal Gear Solid 3, and is a complete Metal Gear experience, from all appearances. It arrives in 2010.

Other announcements included the first-ever PSP iteration in the Resident Evil series, as well other titles that were shown but not fully detailed: Little Big Planet, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, Soul Calibur, Pixeljunk Monsters, Fat Princess and a new Jak and Daxter game, to name a few.

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Sony's 2009 and 2010 PSP lineup finally looks like the PSP game library we'd been expecting all along.

More to come.

Scott Stein, a New York Jets fan and CNET senior associate editor, has written about tech, entertainment, video games, and viral culture for outlets including Laptop, Wired, Maxim, Esquire Online, Asylum, and Men's Journal. He also appears on the Digital City podcast. In his spare time, you might see him performing improv in New York City (when he's not being a dad).
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by zo6freak June 2, 2009 12:52 PM PDT
The real question for Sony should be when the Full version of Gran Turismo 5 is going to be released on the PS3.
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