Warriors headed for PSP

Rockstar announces portable version of movie-based PS2 and Xbox brawler to hit stores later this year.

With its wildly controversial PlayStation 2 game Bully arriving in stores this week, Rockstar Games has pulled the wraps off its next project: a PlayStation Portable edition of the company's mildly controversial PS2 and Xbox brawler The Warriors.

Named one of the 10 most violent games of 2005 by the Family Media Guide, The Warriors expanded on the story of the 1979 film of the same name. In the movie, the members of a street gang framed for murder must traverse New York City at night to return to the safety of their home turf. The game filled in gaps in the movie's plot and encompassed a wealth of backstory that movie audiences didn't get to see.

It's not quite clear to what extent the PSP edition of the Warriors will mirror either the film or last year's console games. Other film-to-game adaptations like Electronic Arts' The Godfather and Vivendi's Scarface have been significantly altered on their way to Sony's portable.

Rockstar founder Sam Houser said in a statement that the company was "looking forward to setting the definitive bar for the brawler genre" on the PSP, but that was quickly followed by Rockstar Leeds president Gordon Hall's comment that "the PSP system allows us to deliver the experience in an entirely different way..."

Whatever form The Warriors on the PSP takes, gamers can expect it on North American and European shelves by the end of the year. For more on last year's Warriors game, check out the full review.

76 Comments

  • taino1128

    Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:56 pm PT

    hopefully this one will be just as good

  • roman2003h

    Posted Jan 3, 2007 9:15 am PT

    warrrrriorssssss come out to play-yay!!!!!!!!

  • Riorio99

    Posted Dec 28, 2006 11:28 am PT

    We all know R* Can make great PSP games, and The Warriors should be no exeption. This should be bundled with a UMD of the Movie. Great Movie, Great game, the only pairing in existance.

  • norberto1995

    Posted Dec 26, 2006 7:25 am PT

    I'll hope R * know what they're doing

  • Mr_KMG

    Posted Dec 9, 2006 12:41 pm PT

    With it coming to PSP I might buy it, since I'm playing my PSP more now than my PS2

  • dazman92

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 6:30 pm PT

    wow...i should come out of my house to play this...ZING!

  • iamsouledge

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 4:32 pm PT

    Another day, another goddamned PSP port.

  • Baddtrip_basic

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 12:59 pm PT

    I hoped its not a straight port cause i really like the ps2 version. something new should be in it.

  • onlineps2player

    Posted Oct 23, 2006 3:03 am PT

    that's great!
    I'm coming for it..........

  • _Sam_

    Posted Oct 22, 2006 11:10 am PT

    I haven't played the ps2 version... maybe I should

  • ryanthegamer

    Posted Oct 21, 2006 7:26 pm PT

    I hope it dosent turn out like the god father (psp) or scareface (psp) but if it's like console versions il get it definatly. P.S. If you dont like the game dont look at news and post comments.

  • nick1500

    Posted Oct 21, 2006 8:38 am PT

    man like who cares?

  • payback_56

    Posted Oct 21, 2006 5:21 am PT

    I loved the warriors, i never bought the ps2 one, mainly because i was buying games for pc and 360, i wish i would hve, but oh well

    I did however just buy the DVD a couple weeks ago, i always liked that movie, its a shame they never made a sequal, or tried a remake

    Anyway, hope this is good

  • Jkzack

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 5:23 pm PT

    This is going to be so ownage

  • Dysantic

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 4:02 pm PT

    This game should be good... IF they change the game from the original on the PS2. That game was good, but if I want to play it again, I'll just pop is in my PS2 and play it on the big screen rather than the PSP.

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 8:44 am PT

    This will be interesting

  • faizali86

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 4:36 am PT

    another port

  • tawagivercetti

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 3:39 am PT

    this rules AJAX is a god!

  • ssjtrunks6

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 9:17 pm PT

    very nice

  • Tekki17

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 4:18 pm PT

    Ugh. Maybe it'll be something besides Lumines, Twisted Metal, and Untold Legends to coerce my dusty PSP out of hiding.

    As it is, I'm considering selling it and buying an iPod

  • Reetesh

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 12:24 pm PT

    GReat!! The warriors was an AWESOME Game!

  • addie4u2nv

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:03 am PT

    i would love to have............manhunt...........on psp

  • thug_angel123

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 7:18 am PT

    atlast psp is getting some good games warriors was without a doubt the best beat em up or brawler i've ever played...

  • jayme22

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 6:58 am PT

    i think rockstar should make all psp games then at least there shouldnt be much loading (excluding DUB)

    and no DS could not handle a game like this chances are even if they got it running on the DS it would instantly catch fire band goto hell due to the fact its not owerful enough

  • risi37

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 2:26 am PT

    i smell a port

  • Tw0_Fac3_226

    Posted Oct 19, 2006 12:27 am PT

    now i have a reason to play my PSP.

  • wwonka666

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 9:52 pm PT

    Warriors, wanna come out and Playstation portable? LOL

    I hope they re-make the Warriors, it was talked about a few years ago, but I haven't heard much recently. I love that movie, I think I will dress up as one of those baseball dudes for Halloween this year.

  • boxcarracer565

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 9:44 pm PT

    good.

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 9:03 pm PT

    sigh...Another ps2 to psp port. How about something original Rockstar?

  • VegetaMaelstrom

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 8:47 pm PT

    Some of you need to reread the article again. No where in it does it say this game will be a port of the PS2 version. All of you DS owners shouldn't jump to conclusions before you know the facts. Having said that it could be a straight up port with tweaked controls but for now nobody outside of Rockstar knows.

  • Pablo620

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 7:51 pm PT

    Sorry aus_pride but can the DS even handle a game like this. no dont think so

  • Pablo620

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 7:49 pm PT

    PSP...Come Out and playay. Freakin Warriors is awesome. After the game, i went to see what it was all about. Except for the noticeable age of the movie its freakin awesome. It really made me appreciate what an awesome job Rockstar did in turning it into a game

  • ArcTrooper3827

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 6:58 pm PT

    lets hope that it doesn't crap out on psp. Was great for Xbox

  • aus_pride

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 5:58 pm PT

    To bad it aint coming to the ds, it would actually sell a few copys.

  • thorsen-ink GameSpot staff member

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 5:39 pm PT

    CAAAAAAAN YOOOOUUUUUU DIGGGGGG ITTTTTT!!!!

  • Rai

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 5:35 pm PT

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRIOOOOORRRRSSSS! (in that high annoying voice)

  • B-bad

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 4:40 pm PT

    Warriors come out and play, Hell yeah! seeing how rockstar manage to get two gta games on the handheld I'm interested to see what they do with the Warroirs.

  • CWEBB04z

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 4:33 pm PT

    Nice, but I really dont like this game.

  • sniper_99

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 3:53 pm PT

    I hope this wont be The Warriors Ac!d becuzz I dont wanna a card game

  • Fooshie

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 3:20 pm PT

    Okay so, I bought a PSP so that I could play the SAME games that I played on my PS2....Mmmm..okay cool!

  • Skelitor

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 3:03 pm PT

    I don't understand why they would port the game instead of coming up with a different one. Hopefully it the port will be different enough from the console version to keep people interested.

  • Squids-Ahoy

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:40 pm PT

    I loved the original, I hope this one is just as good.

  • crills

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:35 pm PT

    were are the origanal games i hate all these ports yea warriors some thing we pled more then a year ago no wonder the ds is killing the psp we only get sports and ports

  • blueflamedino

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:16 pm PT

    "Can ya dig it s***as?" -The Guy in the beginning of Warriors the movie

  • blueflamedino

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:14 pm PT

    Bully on psp? Hmm....

    Genuis, in fact gagan, there might be a strong possibility and theres nothing to stop it, not even Jack Thompson. i doubt many kids have a psp, so it has no problem with being published.

  • crills

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:13 pm PT

    Furbyballistik i know it sounds good but how you going to play with one analog and the loads times were crazy on the ps2 and this is a port so you know what it most likely will suck.just like gta you cant play these games on the psp cause they were made for ps2 witch has 2 analogs if you played gta you know when they shooting at you from behind you cant look back and shoot you have to actully walk foward and then back around just to be able to see them to shoot them and to me thats wack

  • gagan21

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:10 pm PT

    i mean psp , accidently posted ps2

  • gagan21

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:07 pm PT

    why not bring bully to the ps2 , now that would be awesome rockstar

  • Shadow_Jones

    Posted Oct 18, 2006 1:07 pm PT

    Game looks sweet.

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