Wipeout Pulse

SCEA's pet brand of almost terminally-groovy antigravity racing is back, following in the neon tracers of its predecessor, Wipeout Pure. Pulse sweetens the deal for PSP owners with an expanded career mode, online multi-player, custom audio tracks, with at least one caveat: It's brutally-demanding in terms of reflexes and precision on the part of the player.

God of War: Chains of Olympus

An excellent reason to own a PlayStation Portable, God of War: Chains of Olympus is an almost-perfectly excellent game to go in it, or a mostly-perfectly excellent game, depending on your half-full interpretation of half-empty glasses. Or mostly-full... Nevermind.

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice

Extreme Justice plays like an action movie with super hero cops spouting really lame dialog all the way through a truly pathetic story arc which nonetheless doesn't quite totally detract from the fact that the action is truly a lot of fun.

Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles

Castlevania: Dracula X offers plenty of whip-cracking action to Castlevania fans and leather enthusiast alike. It's a difficult game, but it's hard not to recommend it based on the extra, fan-sating content alone.

Silent Hill Origins

If you like your videogaming with mood, polish and some freaky scares, it doesn't get any more consistently stylish or creepy than the Silent Hill.

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Think "weird, anime-minded strategy game" and you're probably thinking about Nippon Ichi Software. Or, you're drawing a total blank and wondering if you should even bother reading anymore. Hint: you should. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness for PSP is an excellent game.

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is yet another Star Wars game in a long, long string of Star Wars games that one might be inclined to call just-another-Star-Wars-game that takes longer to say than to lose interest.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a remake (with some new content) of the PlayStation One’s turn-based tactical game rooted in the well-known Final Fantasy universe. It's an enjoyable game, but only if you have patience, dedication and a lot of free time on your hands.

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