TGS 2009 Awards: Best PSP Game

Continuing on with Gaming Union's TGS 2009 Awards, next it's the turn of Sony's hand-held device, the PlayStation Portable. Sony were at this year's Tokyo Game Show with a plethora of PlayStation Portable titles on show from a range of different publishers. Many of the titles were also platform exclusive, which is rather impressive

However, the decisions have to be made about what truly excited us about the PlayStation Portable moving forward and it's not an easy decision to make, due to the quality of the titles coming out soon.

Nominees:

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix)
• Valkyria Chronicles 2 (SEGA)
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII (Square Enix)

Winner: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix)

After two recent successes in the form of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Square Enix have become quite adept at making games for the PlayStation Portable. Now it's time for the Kingdom Hearts franchise to take its first steps, and things are looking exceedingly good for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

Serving as a prequel to the series, that takes place 10 years prior to Kingdom Hearts, the game focuses on the adventures of Terra, Aqua and Ven. It looks to explain many of the questions fans had about the franchise, while also offering insight into the characters that were mentioned briefly in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+. There's also a multiplayer component to enjoy, and the gameplay is even more refined, to help enhance the experience.