Tuesday, May 11 2004

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that nearly a hundred third party game developers and publishers from around the world have expressed their support for PSPTM, the new handheld video game system to be launched in Japan in the end of 2004, followed by the North American and European launches in the spring of 2005.

Adopting UMDTM (Universal Media Disc), a newly developed compact, high capacity optical disc as the storage device, PSP offers a wide variety of computer entertainment content. SCEI has been promoting development of PSP games on UMD to third party game developers and publishers and as of today, 99 game software developers and publishers have expressed their support for PSP (Japan: 34, North America: 24, Europe/PAL: 31 and South Korea: 10). A broad range of new and attractive game titles are currently being developed for PSP by first and third party developers and publishers. SCEI expects to expand the world of PSP gaming supported by a strong line-up of software titles.

In addition to game developers and publishers, many inquiries have been received from various companies in the music and movie industries regarding publishing on PSP. In response to wide interest across the entertainment industries, SCEI will actively promote UMD as the new disc media to provide a diverse range of entertainment content in the future.

List of Developers and Publishers as of May 11th, 2004
(in alphabetical order of developer/publisher)

JAPAN

ATLUS CO.,LTD.
BANDAI CO.,LTD.
BANPRESTO CO.,LTD.
CAPCOM
CyberFront Corporation
Dimps Corporation
DORASU Corporation
Electronic Arts K. K.
FromSoftware, Inc.
GENKI Co.,Ltd.
GUST CO.,LTD.
HUDSON SOFT CO., LTD.
IDEA FACTORY CO., LTD.
KOEI Co., Ltd.
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Konami Computer Entertainment Studios
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc.
KONAMI CORPORATION
Marvelous Interactive Inc.
MTO CO.,LTD.
NAMCO LTD
NIPPON ICHI SOFTWARE INC.
NOW PRODUCTION Co.,Ltd.
Sammy Corporation
Sega Corporation
SNK Playmore Corp.
Spike Co., Ltd.
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
SUCCESS Corporation
TAITO CORPORATION
TECMO
TOMY Company, Ltd
WorkJam Co.Ltd.
YUKE'S CO., LTD.

34 companies in total

NORTH AMERICA

Activsion, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
Backbone Entertainment
Bethesda Softworks LLC
EIDOS
Electronic Arts
Factor 5
InXile
Konami Hawaii
LucasArts
Majesco
Midway Games Inc.
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Radical Entertainment Inc.
Rockstar Games/ Take 2
Saffire
SEGA of America
Snowblind
Sony Online Entertainment
Stormfront Studios
Surreal Software
THQ
Ubisoft
Vicarious Visions

24 companies in total

EUROPE/PAL

Acclaim Entertainment Ltd
Activision UK Ltd
Argonaut Games PLC
Atari Group
BLITZ GAMES LTD
Broadsword Interactive Limited
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Criterion Software Ltd
Driver-Inter Ltd
Eidos Interactive Ltd
Eko Software S.A.R.L
Engine Software BV
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Full Fat Productions Limited
Hothouse Creations
Icon Games Ltd
Ignition Entertainment Ltd
Kuju Entertainment Ltd
Pocket Studios Ltd
Publishing Identity Svenska AB
Rebellion Developments Ltd.
Revolution Software Limited
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Leeds Ltd.
Sidhe Interactive
Tantalus Interactive Pty Ltd
Team17 Software Limited
Torus Games Pty. Ltd.
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Visual Impact BVBA
Warthog PLC

31 companies in total

SOUTH KOREA

Axis Entertainment Inc.
Cinepix
Coong Entertainment Inc.
Expotato Corp.
Lions Logics
Neowiz corp.
NEXON Corporation.
SEED9 Entertainment Inc.
SKonec Entertainment CO., Ltd.
Zepetto Studios Inc.

10 companies in total