Sony Claims; CryEngine for PSP2/NGP

A custom edition of the CryEngine will be made available for external PSP2 developers, Sony has announced. Crytek, the Germany-headquartered games and middleware group, had not personally revealed its support for the PSP2, though its cover has been blown by an SCE Japan website.

The inclusion of both Unreal Engine and CryEngine is another ringing endorsement of the technological prowess of Sony’s upcoming handheld.

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NGP/PSP2: The full list of game engines and tools

There are over a dozen development tool and game engine firms that have thrown their weight behind Sony’s upcoming handheld, the PSP2 aka:NGP.

Right below is the full current list of PSP2 middleware and engine providers, of each whose tech is available to external studios.

Game Engines
* Blitz Games
* Crytek
* Epic Games
* Terminal Reality
* Trinigy
* Vicious Cycle

Physics/AI/Animation
* Havok
* NaturalMotion
Audio
* Audiokinetic
* CRI Middleware
* Firelight Technologies
* RAD Game Tools
User Interface
* AiLive
* Scaleform

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PSP 2(NGP)- Uncharted Portable Gameplay in HD

Sony has finally taken the wraps off its Next Generation Portable at a Japanese press event, doling out details on the system, including hardware specs and a holiday release window. A few games where demoed such as; Wipeout, Killzone, Resistance, MGS4 and everyone's favorite Uncharted.



Franchises confirmed or shown on NGP

Broken--Sony
Call of Duty--Activision
Dungeon Defenders--Epic Games
Dynasty Warriors--Koei
Gravity Daze--Sony
Hot Shots Golf--Sony
Hustle Kings--Sony
Killzone--Sony
Little Big Planet--Sony
Little Deviants--Sony
Lost Planet--Capcom
Metal Gear Solid--Konami
Monster Hunter 3rd--Capcom
Reality Fighters--Sony
Resistance--Sony
Smart As--Sony
Uncharted--Sony
Wipeout--Sony
Yakuza--Sega

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Sony's new NGP aka:PSP2

At a Thursday morning press conference in Tokyo, Sony took the veil off of its long-rumored successor to the PSP. Codenamed Next Generation Portable, or NGP, the unit at first glance looks very much like the original PSP, but with a more rounded form factor and two analog joysticks. It will run on a four-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU..





The NGP boasts a lot of new features to give justice to its current name, among them are:

• Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display
• Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device
• Dual analog sticks
• Two cameras (front and rear)
• Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards
• Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass
• Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity

During the event, Sony also showed off a two-minute vid that displays the tech and features of their new system. Yes there will be Trophy support, PlayStation Network access, touch screen controls, and various social components. With the gyroscope, accelerometer, and the electronic compass, there will also be motion-based controls.

NGP Specs:

CPU

• ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)

GPU

• SGX543MP4+

External Dimensions

• Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)

Screen
(Touch Screen)

• 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type)

Rear Touch Pad

• Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

Cameras

• Front camera, Rear camera

Sound

• Built-in stereo speakers
• Built-in microphone

Sensors

• Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass

Location

• Built-in GPS
• Wi-Fi location service support

Keys / Switches

• PS button
• Power button
• Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
• Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
• Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
• Right stick, Left stick
• START button, SELECT button
• Volume buttons (+/-)

Wireless Communications

• Mobile network connectivity (3G) IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi)(Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

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PSP2 To be reveal at Sony's PlayStation Meeting This Thursday

Sony's PlayStation Meeting, where it's expected that PSP2 will be announced, will begin in on Thursday afternoon at 3.00pm JST, which is 6.00am GMT. It has been leaked that the new PSP2 will be powered by a mini Cell processor (same CPU that is in the PS3), have a multitouch OLED screen and have 3G connectivity when tethered to a cellphone on NTT DoCoMo's wireless network.

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PSP2 has mini PS3 processor, multitouch OLED screen and 3G OMG?

The Nikkei Shinbun is reporting that the PSP2 will be powered by a mini Cell processor (same CPU that is in the PS3), have a multitouch OLED screen and have 3G connectivity when tethered to a cellphone on NTT DoCoMo's wireless network.

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