Empire Games Looks Towards PSP
British games publisher Empire Interactive are readying a volley of new PSP games, and clearly have high hopes for conversions of their titles made for Sony's burgeoning system. The Playstation Portable, bereft of the cluttered catalogue of games which makes PS2 titles difficult to distinguish, is also remarkably similar to Sony's best-selling format, making ports easy and fruitful for publishers.
For their attempt at PSP success, Empire are planning four games, Ford Racing (late 2006), International Cricket Captain (late 2006), Carol Vorderman's Sudoku (2006) and FlatOut (early 2007). FlatOut is probably the best of the bunch there, and despite being a very enjoyable and well-crafted game, was shamefully under-appreciated on other formats last year.
All four games will apparently have modes and content exclusive to the PSP, which presumably includes multiplayer functions and the like. We'll keep you posted as the new PSP titles near retail-shelves.
Source:
Ferrago