E3 06: BattleZone announced for PSP

By Guy Cocker, GameSpot UKPosted May 4, 2006 7:22 am PT

Update of '80s arcade game arriving in November 2006.

Atari has announced the development of BattleZone for the Sony PlayStation Portable, with a planned release date of November 2006. Paradigm Entertainment has been charged with updating the 1980s arcade game, which will offer unlockable weapons and vehicles, four-player Wi-Fi games, and two levels that will be customizable online.

The game is set in a futuristic international military environment, where players control maneuverable hover tanks in close-combat scenarios. Within this world, there will be eight unique customizable team vehicles, an assortment of weapons, and multiplayer battles. There will also be an online level-builder tool that will let players customize game maps and then download them to a PSP over a USB connection.

On the multiplayer side, BattleZone will feature deathmatch, capture the flag, team deathmatch, hotzone, knockout, and fox-and-hound game modes. These modes will be playable over Wi-Fi for up to four players. The game will span locations such as the abandoned cities of Russia, the jungles of China, and the desert canyons of the United States.

We'll have more info and screenshots on the title as soon as they're made available.

21 Comments

  • Vikingfbm

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:14 pm PT

    Battlezone: Now there was a RTS with tank rushes you could really appreciate. Still one of my top 10 games. It's good to see that Atari still think there is money to be made in the series. Even if it gets dumbed down a bit.

  • cyprus646

    Posted May 4, 2006 2:24 pm PT

    Im a huge fan of the battlezone series on the N64 i hope they make it ike that but with crisp psp graphics.

  • Supersonic2000

    Posted May 4, 2006 1:12 pm PT

    Battlezone is back? This is great. Now how about a Combat remake.

  • cesarotromundo

    Posted May 4, 2006 1:02 pm PT

    YEA! IM NOT GETTING THIS..but its cause i dont have money

  • skyvader

    Posted May 4, 2006 12:07 pm PT

    porting the pc 3d version seems plausable. it is still a good game to play. especially with twin voodoo2 cards in sli.

  • runstalker

    Posted May 4, 2006 11:53 am PT

    Now let's have the PSP 2 announcement at E3: the updated design with better battery life and a big chunk of built-in flash memory. It only makes sense, with the PS1 game downloads coming. I've grown weary of screwing around with memory sticks for managing movies and big files already. PSP makeover please. Needs to be more future-proof this time, if it still intends to be the jack-of-all-trades portable.

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 4, 2006 11:25 am PT

    That was a good game wonder if it will be fun on the PSP.

  • frontier49

    Posted May 4, 2006 11:14 am PT

    Whatever. I'm trading in my PSP for the Lite. I haven't touched my PSP since last summer.

  • a0me

    Posted May 4, 2006 10:40 am PT

    Noticed the release date? Jun 6, 2006. That's 6/6/6. (O.O)

  • Ryozo

    Posted May 4, 2006 10:19 am PT

    The FPRTS remake released back in '98 was great fun; indeed, people are still playing online (too bad that the environment is such that cheaters can run amuck and spoil the experience). I cannot help but wonder if some of the Generals developers had some exposure to this (Jarmen Kell, I'm looking at you!)

  • sabru8

    Posted May 4, 2006 9:57 am PT

    cool

  • vaejas

    Posted May 4, 2006 9:46 am PT

    Doot Doot Doot Dit. Dit. Dit...

  • yermomsboxx

    Posted May 4, 2006 8:44 am PT

    When was the last time Atari made a good game? Seriously, I can't remember.

  • Mp5slipknot

    Posted May 4, 2006 8:31 am PT

    Sweet! This I definently am going to keep an eye on.

  • JimElNino

    Posted May 4, 2006 8:15 am PT

    The PC Games were pretty sweet, but I doubt they would take that route with the PSP. Doesn't seem like the type of game that is the PSP gamers cup of tea, hell it didn't even sell well on the PC.

  • rbarahona

    Posted May 4, 2006 8:08 am PT

    Good news. I'm willing to see more games for the PSP that use some of the WiFi connectivity.

  • Arkham

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:51 am PT

    Great news. I can't wait. Now for Arctic Fox!

  • grayfox_2k

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:49 am PT

    sounds pretty cool... about the multiplayer... do you think ad-hoc or infra?

  • Sparticuse

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:46 am PT

    It doesn't sound like a remake of the PC, space race inspired battlezone from how they describe it in the news post. now that is a franchise id like to see come back.

  • basilfaulty

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:42 am PT

    :O

    Thank you, Atari... Thank you. OK, this is going to rock so much

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