Battlelines Drawn On PSP
Soooo... next-gen game on a less-then-current-gen console? Hookay.
Published: November 10, 2006
Now this is an announcement we didn't really see coming. Remember when SEGA decided to ink a deal with those Deep Friend Entertainment guys? No? Formed by a handful of people that worked on Need for Speed Underground 1 and 2, Baldur's Gate, MDK2 and NFL GameDay? Not ringing a bell? Well fine, you can read all about it here.
Now that you're all caught up, we can finally solve the mystery of what DFE is actually working on. Oddly enough it's not an original IP like we'd though, but a rather familiar one. In fact, it's a whole series that started on next-gen systems. Give up? We're talking about a PSP version of Full Auto 2: Battlelines. If that name sounds a little familiar, it's probably because it's a friggin' PlayStation 3 launch (window) game. And it's coming to the PSP. Yeah. We'll leave it up to SEGA to explain how it's possible.
"The PSP is primed and ready for the frantic action that Full Auto 2: Battlelines will deliver," screamed Scott A. Steinberg, SEGA of America's VP of Marketing. "The new cars, weapons, its 56 event single-player story-mode, and numerous multiplayer modes all add up to an unparalleled experience for gamers on the go."
Well so much for that. We can tell you that Deep Fried is going to try to preserve the same blend of vehicular combat and environmental destruction that is present in the next-gen versions. They'll also preserve the Unwreck rewind move, offer 15 different vehicles, throw in Ad-Hoc multiplayer, include three PSP exclusive districts (each of them bringing six tracks for a grand total of 56 events) and sport a licensed soundtrack with songs from Wolfmother, Stone Sour, We Are Scientists and Sum 41.
It's going to be a tall order replicating a PS2 -- much less a PS3 -- game on the PSP, but it'll be interesting to see if Deep Fried Entertainment can pull it off. We'll have a peek at things as we get closer to the game's March 2007 release.
Now that you're all caught up, we can finally solve the mystery of what DFE is actually working on. Oddly enough it's not an original IP like we'd though, but a rather familiar one. In fact, it's a whole series that started on next-gen systems. Give up? We're talking about a PSP version of Full Auto 2: Battlelines. If that name sounds a little familiar, it's probably because it's a friggin' PlayStation 3 launch (window) game. And it's coming to the PSP. Yeah. We'll leave it up to SEGA to explain how it's possible.
"The PSP is primed and ready for the frantic action that Full Auto 2: Battlelines will deliver," screamed Scott A. Steinberg, SEGA of America's VP of Marketing. "The new cars, weapons, its 56 event single-player story-mode, and numerous multiplayer modes all add up to an unparalleled experience for gamers on the go."
Well so much for that. We can tell you that Deep Fried is going to try to preserve the same blend of vehicular combat and environmental destruction that is present in the next-gen versions. They'll also preserve the Unwreck rewind move, offer 15 different vehicles, throw in Ad-Hoc multiplayer, include three PSP exclusive districts (each of them bringing six tracks for a grand total of 56 events) and sport a licensed soundtrack with songs from Wolfmother, Stone Sour, We Are Scientists and Sum 41.
It's going to be a tall order replicating a PS2 -- much less a PS3 -- game on the PSP, but it'll be interesting to see if Deep Fried Entertainment can pull it off. We'll have a peek at things as we get closer to the game's March 2007 release.