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Namco announces Bounty Hounds

Namco has announced Bounty Hounds, a new third-person PSP shooter with a "heavy emphasis on combat" and more than 500 different weapons, armor, and items for players to use. The sci-fi-themed game will also take advantage of the PSP's wireless capabilities with a multiplayer battle mode using only a single UMD.

"In a far-flung future where humans both roam the galaxy in search of inhabitable planets and wage war against the alien ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence), who have their own ideas about interplanetary colonization, players asume the role of the leader of an elite group of mercenaries known as the Bounty Hounds. And it's up to the player to exterminate the alien threat and find a new home for humans."

"That task will take gamers across 40 missions filled with more than 40 alien species. Fortunately, the player has some options when it comes to accomplishing the task at hand, because the game lets players dual-wield its many melee and ranged weapons, as well as lets them switch weapons on the fly. Namco's also promising advanced enemy artificial intelligence that will adapt its tactics to the player's weapon choices and health status."