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Game Description: Sir Daniel Fortesque heroically died while defeating the evil sorcerer Zarok at the Battle of Gallowmere. At least, that's what people were told. In fact, poor Sir Dan cowardly fell at the first wave of arrows. One hundred years later, Zarok returns, turning day into night and resurrects an undead army to conquer the land. Sir Dan also returns from the crypt, but now has his chance to defeat Zarok and become the hero he never was in life. Resurrect the adventure across the mystical land of Gallowmere alone if you dare, or play head-to-head with Wi-Fi ad hoc mode.

According to the ESRB, this game contains: Blood and Gore, Language, Violence

What happened? Death, Jr. was the first game ever shown for the Sony PSP, and after long delay it finally arrives in the state that I can only categorize as completely embarrassing.

Game Description: Death, Jr. is a great mix of dark humor and fun platforming adventure. During a school field trip, Death Jr. and his friends unleash an ancient evil force from a mysterious locked box. If little Death wants to avoid punishment(and military school), he & his pals must collect the demons and keep them from spreading through the museum and outside town, before anyone notices!

Before the PSP was even released, I knew I liked the look of Archer MacLean's Mercury…but didn't like the look enough to buy the game right off the bat. In fact, I guess I should confess and say that I basically bought every PSP game I was even halfway interested in before buying Mercury.

Sony has done a good job of releasing a surprisingly large amount of feature films on its proprietary UMDs, but for those of us who don't really care about watching movies on the glossy black handheld, there are still quite a few holes to be filled in its library. Coded Arms is the first FPS (first-person shooter) to come down the pipe, and it fills its role—barely.

Game Description: Coded Arms is a visually stunning first-person shooter that places the gamer in the role of a computer hacker who infiltrates an abandoned virtual reality system. Players fight through various virtual battlefields against multiple types of enemies with more than 30 different weapons at their disposal. The game utilizes the platform's wireless capabilities for intense multiplayer action.

According to the ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Violence

In essence, as with the familiar single-screen action of Lumines and Meteos, Awesome Studios' contribution to this new wave could be accused of conservatism. Core gameplay involves completing maze-based goals by safely guiding a globule of mercury up ramps, around nerve-jangling precipices, along conveyor belts, over bridges, through cog systems, across precarious platforms, etc., and all within a time limit.