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SWAT assaulting PSPs

Sierra Entertainment mobilizing tactical shooter series with SWAT: Target Liberty for Sony's handheld this fall.

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After almost two decades, the SWAT series is headed into brand-new territory. Sierra Entertainment today announced that it will be bringing the long-running franchise to the PlayStation Portable with SWAT: Target Liberty. The game is currently in development at 3G Studios, makers of Stacked for the PSP, and will be released this fall.

In this case, the good guys wear black.
In this case, the good guys wear black.

Unlike recent SWAT games on the PC, Target Liberty is a third-person tactical shooter. The story, written by The Shield's Scott Rosenbaum, sees a special weapons and tactics unit going up against terrorists in New York City and surrounding areas.

Gamers will control a SWAT team leader and go into battle with a small group of officers. Each team member has a unique skill set, and all units can be upgraded throughout the course of the game. In addition to the single-player game, Target Liberty offers an ad hoc multiplayer mode, though details are yet to be revealed.

SWAT: Target Liberty is rated T for Teen and has not yet been priced. For more information, read GameSpot's hands-on preview.

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The SWAT 3 and SWAT 4 games from Sierra were incredible, and I'm glad to see the franchise lives on. I hope this PSP game ends up continuing the good run of the series, and I also hope this may be an indication of the series being brought to top-tier platforms (PC, 360, PS3) in the not-too-distant future.

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looks cool

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Cool, I love the Swat games. Heck even the crappy PS2 port was fun, especially the co-op mode.

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Hope it works

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damn this looks awesome.. cant wait for it

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Sierra FTW.

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einsp: Oh man RE on PSP i never even thought about that for some reason... i second that motion

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hmm looks ok. i wonder do you control one officer or the whole team like older games...

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wish we could get some resident evil on the psp.

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Looks pretty sweet. The PSP is starting to get more and more original games

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On the PSP, I wonder how this will work out...

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different

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HEY LOOKS LIKE KILLZONE LIBERATION IN SOME WAYS

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Makes me wish I had a PSP

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Strange..

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Promising but may be awkward for veteran SWAT players

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this game is gonna bomb i just know it

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Swat's history hasn't been too stable in terms of the quality of the games. I have my doubts about this game. The PSP does not offer great control for shooters and based on the screenshot, the view of gameplay does not look that well either.

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Now if they can only Re release Police Quest

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Please don't make it like that 50 cents game!! which really suck!!!!

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Looks pretty cool.

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SWAT is back, eh?

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Interesting, But looks a little dull.

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"Never liked SWAT on the PC. The realsim was way off and the graphics were totaly crap compaired to other games. IE Bad gameplay, no vehicles, and the whole US guns kick butt and anything else sucks like crap was totaly boring" You must be one of those gamers who may like games where you drive around in vehicles doing crazy stunts while duel-wielding shotguns with health regeneration. Some gamers prefer the realism SWAT provides ensuring that if you make rash actions the game could be over since your character can only survive a very-limited amount of shots.

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I wish they would've made it a first-person tactical shooter, instead !

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Looks interesting, if the gameplay is good then this maybe a game to look out for.

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Let´s hope this turns out well.

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I keep looking at the " Hottest College Girl 2007" link. Ill be back to read this blog.

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yay

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looks great!

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I'm not sure as i dont like the games that you are viewing them from a strange angle

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Huh. This could be pretty cool!

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Looks good. Random map generator sound pretty cool

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Sounds like it could be pretty cool.

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ight might get hit at this, does look good.:)

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this is the kind of stuff PSP needs:)

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I still play swat 4, thats a great game. Now if only they make a Swat 5 for the PC... =)

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awesome...if this is like SWAT 2 then this will be awesome!!!!

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I love SWAT

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Why bother. :?

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Never liked SWAT on the PC. The realsim was way off and the graphics were totaly crap compaired to other games. IE Bad gameplay, no vehicles, and the whole US guns kick butt and anything else sucks like crap was totaly boring.

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I loved SWAT 3 on the PC. I really wish they would bring that realism to the consoles

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