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At this point Square Enix seems to be trying to take the No.1 spot from Hideo Kojima as the biggest industry tease. While Hideo gives us five countdowns for one game or cryptic messages, SE on the other hand almost tortures their fans with comments that hint a game possibly happening four years down the line.

Last month’s rumors have panned out and Monster Hunter is indeed making a return to the PSP. Titled Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, the game is not a direct port of the upcoming Wii game Monster Hunter 3. Instead, MH Portable 3rd (awesome name btw) will feature moves and monsters from MH3 along with new additions to keep things fresh.

After jumping ship to the Wii and Xbox 360 the Monster Hunter franchise could soon be returning to the PlayStation family if a recent rumor is to be believed.  According to Hong Kong game magazine Gamewave Capcom will be releasing a PSP port of the upcoming Monster Hunter Tri, which is currently exclusive to the Wii.

With Toy Story 3 set for release this June Disney Interactive today announced Toy Story 3: The Video Game for PS3, Xbox 360 and practically every other console on the market.

Yeah I know this is almost a non-news story since a video game tie-in was bound to happen and since most movie games typically suck you’re probably wondering why I’m bothering to write about this.  Well even though I’m not a huge Toy Story fan I am rather interested in what the game is attempting with its open-world nature and the intriguing Toy Box mode.

TGS 09 was a bit lackluster but one good thing to come out of it was Capcom’s announcement of a new RPG for the PSP called Last Ranker. The game may follow a few of the usual traits of a RPG game but it has an amazing roster of talent with team members who worked on games like Devil May Cry and Kingdom Hearts.

If your Lego Star Wars appetite wasn’t satisfied with the previous three video game iterations then you’re in luck as LucasArts today announced Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.  Once again developer Traveler's Tales is stepping in to provide another installment of the widely popular Lego Stars Wars series with a new title that promises to combine new gameplay elements with the simple and somewhat goofy Lego style gameplay that’s expected from the franchise.

ModNation Racers hasn’t even been released on the PS3 yet but Sony already has big plans for the franchise as today a PSP version of the game was announced.  Even though the game is being ported to the PSP it will still offer the full list of customizable options that its PS3 brethren can do.  So that means players will be able to create as many MGS, Super Mario or Killzone inspired characters, cars and tracks as they want and then share their content with the rest of the ModNation Racers community.

From the Weird and Weirder files comes a piece of information about Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker of such bewilderment upon reading, operation of heavy machinery is ill advised. This is what Konami had to say yesterday:

The PSP may not have that many AAA games but Sony’s portable does have quite a few unique games many of which are developed by the talented bunch at SCEJ.  Back in November SCEJ announced their latest PSP game titled “100 million ton Bara Bara” or just “100” for short.  The title featured an impressive art style and visuals along with unique gameplay that revolved around destroying airships.  Now the PlayStatio

Earlier this year at TGS Capcom revealed Last Ranker, a new RPG for the PSP. While there's never a short supply of RPGs, at least on the handhelds and in Asia, there was a nice amount of interest for Last Ranker as it had a talented staff of developers who previously worked on games such as Devil May Cry and Kingdom Hearts.

Launching alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Army of Two: The 40th Day is the little brother version on the PSP. While most of us are used to PSP ports of HD console games that are just watered down experiences that isn’t the case with Army of Two on the PSP.

Instead of following dude bros for life Salem & Rios from the usual 3rd person perspective the game instead has an isometric overhead view and has gameplay reminiscent of classic NES games.

After a brief absence the Dead or Alive franchise is coming back but there are two downsides: it’s on the PSP and it’s called Dead or Alive Paradise.

As the name may imply Dead or Alive Paradise isn’t another fighting game but is instead a mini-game collection featuring buxom beauties like Kasumi jumping around in their bikinis, playing poker or posing for you while you take creepy photos. DOA Paradise is basically a spiritual successor to Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball which was essentially a masturbation game for hentai loving otakus.

It’s well documented that most gamers don’t like the PSPgo that much. Despite the small size and slick design the high price and lack of additional features have left many with ill feelings about the handheld.  It also doesn’t help the PSPgo that it lacks a UMD drive which renders mass collections completely useless.  After a tepid few months the PSPgo may be given a breath of life via peripheral maker Logitech.

At this point I’m starting to wonder if Q1 is the new holiday season when it comes to game releases. While we did have a nice amount of games drop so far such as Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 it seems that the majority of the big games many are looking forward to are coming out between January and March.  What once was typically a quiet release window is now jam packed with debuts of new franchises such as Bayonetta and Darksiders and existing heavy hitting franchises like God of War 3 and Final Fantasy XIII.

The upcoming Prince of Persia film starring the dreamy Jake Gyllenhaal wouldn’t be complete without some sort of movie tie-in game and it looks like we’re getting one straight aside from the rumored and extremely silly Lego Prince of Persia game.