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Sega rallies on PSP

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 13, 2007 5:29 pm PT

Bugbear Entertainment developing handheld version of newest installment in Sega's Sega Rally Revo racing series.

Despite being an arcade classic, Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 1995 classic Sega Rally Championship hasn't received much attention outside of the arcade. At the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sega Rally Revo was announced, which heralded the arrival of North American console versions on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Today comes word that Sega is expanding that list to include the PlayStation Portable. Sega Rally Revo is slated to arrive this fall on all platforms.

While Sega's in-house Racing Studio is handling the next-gen Sega Rally Revo versions, Bugbear Entertainment has been tasked with developing for the handheld. No stranger to the racing scene, Bugbear's recent credits include vehicular-mayhem racers FlatOut and FlatOut 2.

Details are still sparse on how different the PSP version will be from its console counterparts. However, Guy Wilday, studio director for SEGA Racing Studio, did confirm the handheld edition of the off-road racer will have online play. "With the addition of multiplayer wireless and online multiplayer, there's scope for players to show off their skills against their friends," he said in a statement.

Sega Rally Revo has not yet been priced or rated.

21 Comments

  • treksterjsc

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 11:35 pm PT

    It's so funny to read what the DS trolls have to say here like PSP has a bad LCD screen, they are so retarded. And that the Psp has crappy controls, total stupidity. This game as all games looks and plays so much damn better than a tinkertoy DS. DS users get a clue you bunch of morons, stop thinking that your outdated system can't hold a candle to the power that is the PSP.

  • Trogeton

    Posted Jun 16, 2007 1:18 pm PT

    Great news for racing game lovers

  • rarson

    Posted Jun 16, 2007 12:43 pm PT

    If they could just eliminate the load times of the PSP completely, I'd buy one again, but since they can't, I'm not going to bother with it. I owned one for a few days and that was enough to show me that it wasn't worth the money.

    By the way, piracy doesn't really kill anything. People who pirate software have no intention of buying it in the first place, so the "lost sale" argument holds no water. The problem with the PSP is that it's hardware designed for specs, not games. It simply doesn't work as well as it should in execution.

    There are plenty of games I'd love to play on a sleek PSP but since the overall gaming experience is pretty crappy due to some basic design elements, there's no point.

  • GunGriffin

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 1:04 pm PT

    Good to see the PSP getting more games. But realy these ports of Console games come to the system way too often. I mean this year we have about 24 ports announced for the PSP. The good news is we also have 12 exculsive games and those are the ones to get.

  • CADMAN_3

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    This is GREAT news. I'll be getting this for the 360 and the PSP.... Can't get enough good rally games. Don't need any more crappy RPG's, the market has enough. More good racing games with lots of options is what is needed.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 4:00 pm PT

    I'm definately not getting a PSP after rumors that Sony might remake it. I want a PSP, but I don't want to get one and then find out like a month or two later that the new and improved one just came out.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 12:49 pm PT

    I am pretty tired of racing games. I want some good RPG's for it.

  • mcxps3

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 10:37 am PT

    psp aint dead u it outsold the xbox and the gamecube, currently outsells the 360 also but the piracy kills it. Anyway awesome looking game.

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 6:12 am PT

    Wow , I will check this out

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 2:07 am PT

    Um, ok.

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 12:50 am PT

    This is definitely suited to the PSP

  • korn62586

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 12:24 am PT

    Rally racing games are great

  • wolfboy20

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 7:18 pm PT

    Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The_AI

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 7:10 pm PT

    The PSP is like the Dreamcast was. Great ideas, notorious piracy, definite problems, and somewhat same games.

    Even though I prefer my DS, I tip my hat to the PSP. Mostly for the HB.

  • Alunanite posted Jun 13, 2007 6:56 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Alunanite

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 6:56 pm PT (hide)

    Why are they developing for a dead platform?

  • protek_0813

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 6:06 pm PT

    sweet.....!!!

  • niall077

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:54 pm PT

    another raceing game on the PSP YAY!!!!

  • GunnyHath

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:50 pm PT

    Hopefully fun. My biggest complaint with PSP racers is the LCD refresh of the screen leads to motion blur, which is bad for fast twitch reflex action.

  • EPaul

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:49 pm PT

    good news for psp

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:45 pm PT

    cool, I will be watching it

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