From the Vault columnist. Grew up feeding quarters to the Ms. Pac-Man machine at his uncle's pizza place; still owns his childhood SNES and every Nintendo Power he ever begged his mother for. Writes the retrospectives and the hidden-gem hunts.
New translation, new cutscenes, new jobs: War of the Lions is the definitive edition of the greatest tactical RPG ever made. Our PSP review.
Guerrilla ditched the first-person camera and made the smartest Killzone of its era: Liberation is a tactical twin-stick triumph on PSP. Our review.
Bend Studio solved the one-stick shooter on PSP and wrapped it in a cracking spy thriller. Dark Mirror remains the handheld shooter benchmark. Our review.
Kojima put a full Metal Gear epic — Mother Base, co-op monster hunts and all — onto a UMD. Peace Walker is the PSP’s most ambitious game. Our review.
Yasumi Matsuno’s masterpiece, rebuilt from the ground up for PSP: Tactics Ogre is the deepest strategy RPG on any handheld. Our review.
Saints, demons and grid tactics: Level-5’s Jeanne d’Arc is the PSP’s most handsome strategy RPG and one of its best stories. Our review.
A platformer with no jump button and no enemies worth fearing: LocoRoco’s tilting, singing, jelly-soft world is the PSP’s purest joy. Our review.
Four drums, an army of eyeball warriors and the catchiest war chant in games: Patapon is the PSP’s most original creation. Our review.
Ready at Dawn’s other PSP miracle: an ottsel, a bug zapper and two missing years of Jak’s story, spun into a superb portable platformer. Our review.
Studio Liverpool rebuilt anti-gravity racing for the handheld era: Pure is fast, gorgeous and quietly the most important Wipeout since 2097. Our review.