Galaxy’s End is an unreleased science-fiction RTS developed by Tiki Games for the PSP. The game received Stage 1 Approval from SCEA but they did not found a publisher interested in releasing the project. With the introduction of the Playstation Store for the PSP, Galaxy’s End could be completed at some point. As we can [...]
The only Star Trek game on the PSP, Star Trek Tactical Assault featured two mission campaigns based around the original Star Trek films era. However, there were a number of elements left out of the main game, but which remain accessible. The first is a debug mode, where the player can select any ship on [...]
Ushiro is a cancelled horror-themed, turn-based rpg that was being developed for PSP by Level 5. The game was officially announced and showed in 2008. Nothing much is known about this game apart from brief informations that appeared on 1up: Ushiro (PSP) is a first for Level-5 — a horror RPG. You play Reiichiro Ushiro, [...]
As we can read on Wikipedia, Final Fantasy Type-0 is an RPG published by Square Enix for the PSP and developed by the company’s 1st Production Department. The game was originally announced at E3 2006 with the name Final Fantasy Agito XIII for mobile cellphones, but even though the game no longer has “XIII” in [...]
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (GRAW 2) is a shooter developed by High Voltage Software and published for the PSP in 2007. Edward Kirk found out that in the final game there are still some unused options that are usually hidden. This game contains a number of debug options and a level select [...]
As we can read from Wikipedia, Echochrome is a puzzle game created by Sony’s JAPAN Studio and Game Yarouze, which is available for PlayStation 3 and PSP. Gameplay involves a mannequin figure traversing a rotatable world where physics and reality depend on perspective. The world is occupied by Oscar Reutersvärd’s impossible constructions. This concept is [...]
Crash Tag Team Racing is a racing game developed by Radical Entertainment and published in 2005 by Sierra Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PSP. A beta E3 demo of Crash Tag Team Racing was shared online by ePiX in april 2012 and Stranno posted an interesting comparison between the final version and [...]
Wipeout Pulse is a racing game developed by Sony Studio Liverpool for the PSP, sequel to Wipeout Pure. Before the game was released in late 2007, a promotional UMD was released in both Europe and North America. This contained some material not seen in the final game, the most interesting of which was the AI [...]
Phantom Brave is one of the many Strategy-RPGs created by Nippon-Ichi Software. Phantom Brave offers some twists on the traditional SRPG formula (no grid-based movement, but characters freely move within a movement circle), along with ludicrous amounts of customization, and an emotionally engaging story. Initially for the Playstation 2, Phantom Brave was also ported to [...]
Shaolin Streets is a cancelled beat ‘em up that was in development in 2005 by Jailed Games for the Playstation 2 and PSP, before it was canned and reworked for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. A playable beta version of Shaolin Streets was somehow leaked online, so you can have a look at the [...]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was developed by Konami and Kojima Productions, released in 2010 for the PSP. Few info about the beta version are available thanks to Ravi Singh of The Snake Soup: Around April 8, 2010 Kinsoku Jiko from The Snake Soup forums used the program CodePR to dig data from the Metal [...]
In 2006 Torus Games worked on a small PSP tech demo for a game based on the Full Metal Alchemist manga / anime, probably to pitch a full project. FMA is an ongoing Japanese series, set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques. In 2006 Funimation licensed [...]
Resident Evil Portable was announced by Capcom at E3 2009 for Sony’s PSP and was going to be slated for release sometime in 2010. “Were pleased to announce that resident evil will be coming to PSP and a whole new game designed specifically for the PSP platform.” After E3 2009 no new information was released; [...]
A number of things were taken out of the port of the second Battlefront game to the PSP. However, game modder Broadus managed to uncover this material, which was not present in the final game, but left in the game’s coding. Seven levels were not available in the final game: Coruscant, Geonosis, Utapau, Jabba’s Palace, [...]
As we can read on Wikipedia, Fate/Extra is a Japanese dungeon RPG developed by Type-Moon and Image Epoch, published by Marvelous Entertainment for the PSP in July 2010. The game takes place in a parallel universe to the visual novel Fate/stay night. The game’s battle system is comparable to rock-paper-scissors — “Attack” overpowers “Break”, Break [...]
Na0mi is a cancelled hero-based RTS that was in development by Mad Monkey Studios for the PSP in 2004. The player would have played as a female cyber-hacker named Na0mi, in a war over control of information. Na0mi and the other heroes of the game were able to evolve their powers while progressing and absord [...]
Room is a cancelled 3D Social Network that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan for the PSP Network. The service was similar to the PlayStation 3′s service, PlayStation Home. Room was first announced at TGS 2009 and closed beta test occurred from October 2009 up to April 15, 2010. Selected PSP owners received an [...]
Conan is a cancelled action game that was in development in 2006 by Planet Moon Studios for the PSP. There are not many info available on the project, it seems that they created a playable prototype to show to various publishers, but in the end they did not find one interested in the game. The [...]
Patapon is a music / strategy game developed by Pyramid and produced by Japan Studios, presented in a cartoonish, silhouetted two-dimensional environment designed by Rolito, and features the player acting as a deity who commands an army of caricatured miniature tribal creatures by beating traditional talking drums. Patapon was released in Japan in december 2007, [...]
As we can read on Wikipedia, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is an action RPG developed and published by Square Enix for the PSP. The game was released in Japan on January 2010 and it is planned to be released in North America and in Europe on September 2010. Development of the game began in [...]
Crusader is a series of action-oriented computer games developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts. The series consists of two titles: Crusader: No Remorse, released in 1995, and Crusader: No Regret, released in 1996. [Info from Wikipedia] In 2006 a tech demo for a new / remake Crusader (called Crusader: No Pity) for [...]
God of War: Chains of Olympus is an action adventure developed by Ready at Dawn and released in march 2008 for the PSP. As we can read on Wikipedia, the game had already been in the development stages just before the completion of Daxter, when Ready At Dawn pitched the idea of a God of [...]
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA is a music game created by Sega and Crypton Future Media for the PSP, featuring the virtual idol Hatsune Miku. Danielcatu noticed various beta-differences in the early screens and videos, as changes in the HUD and in the clear screen. Some comparison screens with the final version can be found in [...]
Sticky Balls is a cancelled puzzle game that was in development for the PSP. As we can read on Wikipedia, the project was developed by Zed Two initially for Pocket PCs. After Zed Two was bought out by Warthog, a new version was in development for the PSP, until Warthog was bought out by Tiger [...]
Painkiller: Hell Wars is a cancelled FPS that was in development in 2006 by czech studio Mindware Studios (which also developed Painkiller: Overdose and a spiritual successor, Dreamkiller), that would have been published by DreamCatcher Interactive for the PSP. The original Painkiller was released in 2004 for PC and in 2006 a port titled “Hell [...]
Zero Hour is a cancelled third person shooter / action game that was in development by Argonaut Games for the PSP. The project started out as a Playstation 2 game, but when Argonaut got PSP early development-kits, they decided to port Zero Hour to the portable console. A demo for the PSP version was shown [...]
Charlie Brown’s All-Stars is a cancelled baseball game that was in development by FarSight Studios in 2007, for the PS2 and PSP. The game was probably based around one of many prime-time animated TV specials about the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. The plot of the cartoon could have been used for [...]
Parkour is a prototype for a platform / action game that was created by Torus Games to pitch some publisher for a full game. It was loosely based on the extreme sport with the same name, in which people run and jump from city roofs and buildings, to moving from one point to another as [...]
Cannon Fodder 3 is the cancelled PSP sequel of a series of war themed RTS / top down shooters developed by Sensible Software, initially released for the Commodore Amiga. On 28 August 2006, Codemasters announced that a brand new version of Cannon Fodder would appear exclusively on the PlayStation Portable. The game would have retained [...]
Psynapse was a brain training game for PSP which was developed by Backbone Entertainment. However Psynapse is a registered trade mark in the UK. Sony was not authorised to use it and did not do so. The game was then cancelled. Images: Video: Edit
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion is a cancelled action RPG that was planned to be released for the PSP, based on the Oblivion game released for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was in development at the Climax Group in 2006, with unique characters, inventory system, combat system, levels and much more stuff [...]
Killzone: Liberation is a third person shooter developed by Guerrilla Games, released for the PSP in 2006. Unclejun was able to find a pre-production build of the game (dated august 2006, about 2/3 months before the official release) that contains some nice debug rooms and options! Thanks to Unclejun for the contribution! Images: Video: Edit
Buccaneer Booty was a prototype for a new action game in development in 2007 at SCEA for the PSP. Some playable level were created to shown the gameplay (attacking forts and other ships to gain more “booty”) but in the end the project was cancelled. Thanks to Hey Hey for the contribution! Images: Edit
Silent Hill: Origins was first announced at E3 2006: the game would not be produced by Konami’s Team Silent, who had developed all previous Silent Hill games, but by Climax Studios instead. The first previews of the game featured a radical departure from the original game style with the inclusion of a Resident Evil 4 [...]
The Retriever (also know as Jet Li’s The Retriever) was a third person action game / beat ‘em up that was in development in 2005 at SCEA, for Playstation 2 and PSP. As with Rise To Honor, the protagonist of this game would have been Jet Li, in one of his usual adventures to save [...]
Zero7 has made us notice that in the early screens of Final Fantasy: Dissidia for the PSP, the HUD was different from the one in the final version. The new HUD permits a better visual on the action, so we are happy for the change! Also, Robert Seddon linked us to the Dissia Wiki, there [...]
SANiK on the X-Cult forum has wrote an interesting post about the early screenshots of Coded Arms for the PSP. The game is a first-person shooter that was developed and published by Konami in 2005: it takes place inside a virtual reality military training simulator, which has been abandoned. However, the program Edit
Traxion was a rhythm game for the PlayStation Portable by British developer Kuju Entertainment. It was scheduled to be released in Q4 2006 by LucasArts, but was cancelled in January 2007. The game was to feature a number of minigames, and would support imported songs from the player’s own library as well as the game’s [...]
Metal Shell was developed by Australian team Tantalus, who were responsible for Manx TT on the Saturn amongst other things. Arena based tank combat is the order of the day, with environments entirely destructible. “Everything in our game can be shot, blasted, shifted or destroyed. You can reduce mountains to rubble, create new rivers by [...]
Makai Wars was a Role-Playing Game in development by Nippon Ichi Software for the Playstation Portable, and was expecting a release date around the console’s initial launch in 2005. Development on Makai Wars was put on hold due to a number of internal conflicts, a few years later the title was announced for release on [...]
Landstalker was an Action-Adventure game in development for the Playstation Portable by Climax Entertainment, it was to be an updated port of the Sega MegaDrive/Genesis game “Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole”, and had a proposed release date of Spring 2006 in Japan. After a lack of updates given by the developer the game was [...]
The developer of Gekido, NAPS Team, announced that a second sequel (or the actual sequel itself) was in development for the PSP, titled Gekido: The Dark Angel. A few screenshots and a trailer have surfaced, but as yet the PSP title has largely gone unnoticed, without much information. The release date was projected to be [...]
Advent Shadow was a video game developed for the PlayStation Portable handheld and a side story of Advent Rising, however, the game was cancelled. It follows the story of Marin Steel, a mercenary pilot thrust into a saga of intergalactic proportions. In the midst of extracting herself from a hostile negotiation, Marin is interrupted by [...]
A new Earthworm Jim game was in development for the PSP, but sadly the project was soon cancelled. As we can read on Wikipedia in 2006 Atari announced that they had the rights to bring Earthworm Jim to a portable video game system, with many new elements to be introduced, such as the ability to [...]
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