Konami reveals E3 lineup, 16 PSP titles

Konami has announced its lineup of E3 titles, 16 of which are headed for the PSP. The list includes sequels to the popular games Coded Arms, Death Jr., and Rengoku, while adding quality franchises such as Bomberman and Silent Hill. The entire list, with descriptions, is below.

Bomberman

Bomberman marks the debut of the determined hero on the PSP system with several new handheld gaming twists and classic party multiplayer action.  Players can enjoy an original single player Bomberman adventure or play wirelessly in classic multiplayer action, complete with new items and game sharing. Coming Fall 2006.

Brooktown High: Senior Year

The first dating simulation for the PSP system, Brooktown High: Senior Year lets players relive the carefree days of senior year in high school. Create your own character and interact with different male or female students, each with their own distinct style and personality, and enter the world of high school intrigue. Find your own niche and hang out with the rebels, jocks, preppies, and more as you try to find the guy or girl of your dreams. Brooktown will hit stores in Spring 2007.

Coded Arms Contagion (working title)

The sequel to the best-selling first person shooter for the PSP system, Coded Arms Contagion thrusts players into a new cybernetic crisis where they must use their hacking abilities and an arsenal of high-powered weaponry to survive. Across a variety of new levels, players will take on original enemies with more firepower than ever before. Up to eight players can go head-to-head in the game’s new online multiplayer modes. Contagion is expected in 2007.

Death, Jr. 2

Death, Jr., Pandora and all their twisted friends are back in a new game for the PSP system as they try to get out of another mess after accidentally releasing a powerful spirit. Teaming up for even more firepower, DJ and Pandora will take on a variety of possessed enemies as they progress through an adventure that seamlessly blends smooth platforming, intense combat, complex enemy AI and a unique sense of humor. Death comes knocking this Fall.
 
Gradius Collection
 
The definitive collection of games for fans of Konami’s most highly acclaimed shooter series. A compilation of five classic Gradius titles in one complete package, Gradius Collection includes Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III, Gradius IV and, for the first time ever in North America, the long-anticipated Gradius Gaiden. Gradius flies onto the PSP in June 2006.
 
Marvel Trading Card Game

Marvel Trading Card Game features Marvel’s complete roster of characters and lets players take their game online like never before with massive sanctioned tournaments, a virtual card shop and interoperability between the PSP system and PC versions of the game. Utilizing the popular Vs. System Trading Card Game from Upper Deck Entertainment, players can learn the basics of the game as a super hero or super villain in the game’s single player campaign mode. Coming Fall 2006.

Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel brings the celebrated MGS comics to life on the PSP system. Edited to thrilling music, explosive sound effects, and animated visuals, the eclectic artwork of Ashley Wood is taken to an exciting new level. Coupled with interactive gameplay modes, Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel stands as the forerunner in this exciting new genre! Coming June 2006.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Big Boss returns to battle in this all-new MGS action game for the PSP system, where players control him throughout the game as well as recruit and use their own squadron of mercenaries. In addition to a full-fledged single player mode set after the events of MGS3: Snake Eater, the game’s multiplayer modes let players take their custom squad online to do battle across new levels, featuring a unique “White Flag” mechanic that will allow players to fight to the death or surrender to compete again. This "real" MGS game is coming Winter 2006/2007.

Online Chess Kingdoms
 
Online Chess Kingdoms lets players choose from one of five chess sets representing five distinct forces that are in a struggle to gain supremacy of the Universe. The game features several single-player modes and multiplayer online gameplay, letting players join factions and battle for supremacy in a persistent online world. Make your move this Fall.

Rengoku 2 (working title)

Rengoku 2 lets players assume the role of A.D.A.M., a battle android trapped in a mysterious tower filled with fearsome enemies. Players must now enter a new tower and purge it of the mechanical scourge hosted inside. Players can customize their battle android with more than 300 rare and unique items. Coming Summer 2006.
 
Silent Hill Origins (working title)
 
The horror series that revolutionized the genre arrives on a handheld platform for the first time ever. Silent Hill Origins tells the tale of a solitary truck driver stuck in the terrifying town while making a routine delivery. New gameplay elements, such as a barricade system that lets players block off rooms from enemies, and an enhanced camera system deliver an added sense of isolation and anxiety in this frightening adventure. Terror strikes Winter 2006/2007.

Steel Horizon
 
Assume the role of an American captain aboard one of three secret Navy flagship vessels during World War II in Steel Horizon, as you fight both the Axis powers and a sinister shadow organization in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Spanning 20 compelling missions, Steel Horizon features both real-time and turn-based strategy gameplay, as players strategically position their fleet and engage in real-time 3D combat. Coming Fall 2006.
 
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
 
Making its next-generation debut, the world’s best selling soccer series is back with more teams, new ways to play and even more realistic gameplay. Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007* lets players go head-to-head with others online or take their favorite team to the top in the expanded Master League and several new modes of play. Hit the pitch in January 2007.
 
Winx Club: Join the Club
 
In an all-new adventure, Winx Club: Join the Club follows the fabulous fairies as they try to thwart the plans of the fearsome Lord Darkar. Called into action, the Winx Club must secure the pieces of a powerful emblem before Darkar completes his frightening plot through side scrolling shooter levels and a variety of exciting mini-games. Coming this Fall.
 
Xiaolin Showdown
 
Based on the popular Warner Bros. Animation kids' television series, Xiaolin Showdown sends players on an action-packed quest to seek out and protect the Shen Gong Wu, magical artifacts of supernatural power.  Playing one of six characters such as Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay, gamers will take the young warriors on a globetrotting adventure to locate the mystical objects that give their possessor super powers, then fight for their safe-keeping one showdown at a time. Coming November 2006.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (working title)

Based on the top-rated animated series from Cartoon Network, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is the first Yu-Gi-Oh! game for the PSP system.  Up to four players can duel wirelessly in massive team competitions with all new characters, monsters and cards from the GX universe. Coming this Fall.