The PSP has seen a lot of console franchises make a good transition to the portable system this year. Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines certainly makes a lot of fundamental changes that should’ve made for a great PSP version of the parkour sandbox franchise, but the execution left a lot to desire.

Bloodlines takes place right after the first Assassin’s Creed as Altair has traveled to the island of Cyprus in the search for more Templars. Specifically, the game takes ..read more

It’s always interesting hearing what is probably a small pocket of gamers rave about pinball games, whether they’re collections of real tables in digital form or games with new tables that don’t have to worry about that pesky thing called reality when they’re designed. Pinball Heroes is an interesting idea that Sony’s come up with to make a series of pinball tables for PSN on the PSP based on their own games and allow you to buy the tables that ..read more

One of the interesting features of the PSP Go when it was a rumor, was that it would be able to play a simple game like LocoRoco when it was closed. So it was not a surprise to see the release of a new game in the series a short time after the Go launched last month. LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival is the first true digital download iteration with a bigger emphasis on co-op, leaderboards, and a quicker pacing that makes ..read more

With how clichéd stories in RPGs are these days, it’s a pleasure to see a game that does something unique with its gameplay to really set it apart from the pack. XSeed’s Half-Minute Hero breaks up its story and levels into 30 second chunks that fits the portable it’s on very well. The result is easily one of the best and most unique games we’ve seen on the PSP this year.

Half-Minute Hero has an interesting way that it handles an ..read more