Sega Rally Revo Coming to PSP

Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 1995 arcade classic, Sega Rally finally got a much deserved update for the console version in Sega Rally Revo last year. The console game was given a breath of life for the next generation on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Now Sega has confirmed that the new game will be avaiable for PSP by September 2007.

Whilst the next generation game was developed by Sega Racing Studio, racing game specialists Bugbear will have the honours of buiding the game for the PSP with guidance from Racing Studio.

"Essentially it will have the same environments and cars as the version made at SEGA Racing Studios. And although it won't have fully deformable surfaces, it will have surface variations that effect handling, like driving over skid-marks created by other vehicles," a spokesperson for SEGA told Eurogamer.

"SEGA Racing Studio was set-up to make the most of the next-generation of technology using new and existing IP. We felt Bugbear's great technology and experience ticked all the right boxes to handle a PSP version of the new SEGA Rally."

Bugbear will build Sega Rally Revo for PSP will from scratch, which is great news. Hopefully they's bring the same sense of gameplay as they did with the mayhem titles FlatOut and FlatOut 2. Sega says Sega Rally on the PSP encapsulates everything its predecessors laid out when defining the rally genre: amazing visuals, superb handling and closely fought competitive racing.

"These three key features have been the chassis of development for Sega Rally on the PSP, combining to bring players a thrilling ride through jaw dropping environments and against competitive AI, all alongside an instinctive handling system that rewards players for pushing their rally-racing skills to the very limit."

“The original SEGA Rally is heralded as one of the all time great arcade games and this new installment on the PSP system is a great example of updating a classic perfectly for today’s machines,” said Guy Wilday, Studio Director, SEGA Racing Studio. “With the addition of multiplayer wireless and online multiplayer, there’s scope for players to show off their skills against their friends, whilst the excellent PSP system screen exudes all the visual qualities expected of SEGA Rally Revo."