There have been a slew of announcements for upcoming games for the PSP and most of them seem to be big Triple-A titles. So far, we already know that titles like Little Big Planet and Rock Band are coming to the PSP, but yesterday Sony announced two more big titles set to come to the PSP: Soulcalibur along with Tekken 6 will be coming to the PSP sometime in Q3.

Soulcalibur will be a full-fledged title and not a scaled down port. The game will include all features that were in Soulcalibur IV and will also include a new single player mode made for the PSP. It will include 30 fighters and 1 new character as well. It will also support multiplayer, which is necessary for a fighting game. Tekken 6 will include additional stages, items and a multiplayer mode. Not much else is known about the portable version of Tekken 6 but it will be releasing alongside the console versions.

With PSP 2 rumors floating around and with this announcement I couldn’t help but look at what else is to come this year for the PSP. What I found was that a ton of games are set to be released this year. These are all the big titles coming to the PSP after E3, which is in June:

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
• Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe
• Tekken 6
• Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
• Little Big Planet Portable
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
• Rock Band Unplugged
• MotorStorm: Artic Edge
• Dirt 2
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 3

With these game announcements and the next big game (Patapon 2) being released only via download, all signs point to a new handheld system for the PSP being announced at E3. Some say the reason the PSP is failing is due to piracy issues, but that’s even a bigger reason Sony desperately needs a new system. If they can’t bring back life to the PSP these potentially great games will fall into the same hole that Resistance: Retribution did; a great game that didn’t sell.

[Source: IGN]

Tags: E3, PSP, PSP 2, PSP Games, rock band, Soulcalibur, Tekken 6

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