I just bumped on a couple of cool God of War: Chains of Olympus wallpapers for your Sony PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite. Don’t forget to get your free God of War PSP demo to practise for the real job! God of War: Chains of Olympus is coming out in January 2008, start preordering now!
The first Syphon Filter game for PSP was a big hit in the US, so this sequel was more than welcome. Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow contains a lot of new submerged missions with underwater exploration and combat with whole new combat moves and enhanced hand-to-hand melee attacks. Dispatch your ennemy in a variety of ways including deadly knife attacks. Take a look at the screenshots showing the high-resolution textures and detailed animation produced by the Havoc engine. Oh and let’s not forget about the online four to four multiplayer battles in 5 game modes and 9 maps with new community features including player profieles, leaderboards, ranked cell matches and buddy lists.
You should try to get one of these Konamistyle Castlevania: Dracula X Chornicles Limited Editions if you’re in for something really exclusive and cool for your PSP Slim&Lite collection. This limited edition pack with nothing but exclusive goodies will be available on November 9th. Here’s what you get for only $89,90:
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle (PSP game)
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Artbook
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Pouch
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Screen Protector
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Strap
* Akumajou Dracula X Chronicle Poster
Looks good to us! Start getting your pre-orders ready, because these special edition packs will be gowing out fast!
This week’s Play-Asia weekly special is Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition for the PSP Slim&Lite. The Japanese region-free version of this Square-Enix RPG game costs only $19,99 and is easy to play without any knowledge of Japanese. It’s a very cool and unique collector’s item as well since this is the limited edition Anniversary Edition. Originally released in 1987 in Japan, FINAL FANTASY was hailed by gamers and critics alike as one of the first RPGs to create a fantasy world that captured the imagination of players around the globe.
In the very near future we will be seeing a PlayStation Portable handheld with rumble technology. Immersion, the company that makes the rumble technology, has been working on the VibeTonz technology that allows them to implent rumble technology in handhelds and mobile phones. Immersion’s Victor Viegas said in an interview that the effect of this small rumble motor is amazing. He thinks that it would work great in the PSP or Nintendo DS and that’s why Sony has signed a contract for this new rumble technology, Nintendo decided they would keep using their own ideas and technology.
TVG has a nice review of SEGA Rally Revo for PSP Slim&Lite online. They gave the SEGA game for PSP a nice 8/10 for its nice graphics and good gameplay. SEGA Rally has a very strong and unique WiFi multiplayer mode as well. The game looks great for a PSP game with detailed environments and cars and one of the best control schemes made for a PSP racegame so far. The game SEGA Rally Revo for PSP is coming out in October in the US, you can pre-order it here.
Bad luck for us, Sony America has announced that we won’t be seeing the official S-video cables for the new PSP Slim&Lite in North America. Sony made this decision because it only supports component and composite cables in the US. Another Sony rep said that Sony wants to streamline its selection by offering the two most commonly used video standards. Component cables are the way to go when you want some decent PSP-2000 action, but if you’re really waiting for the S-video cable there’s still Play-Asia.
The guy in the video above claims that the PSP UMD discs are built to self-destruct. Apparantely he has a lot of issues with UMD discs breaking out of their shell while we haven’t had any problems with Sony’s UMD discs yet. Actually, we have never heard anyone complain about the UMD casings. They’re pretty cheap though, only $4 shipment included but as long as you’re not having any problems with it, why replace the casing?
Going on a trip to Japan by plane? Don’t use your new PSP Slim&Lite while flying with a Japanese airline since Japan’s transport ministry has made a law to ban all handheld systems that emit wireless signals on planes. PSPs and other handhelds produce electromagnetic waves that could interfere with the navigation systems of the aircraft. On American flights it’s forbidden to use wireless devices while the aircraft is cruising altitude but afterwards you can turn them on and game as much as you want.
