According to the German USK rating, Square Enix will be hopping aboard the PSP Minis wagon, with their tower defense game, Crystal Defenders, in tow.

The non-Japanese fanbase of anime-based fighting games are a small but rabid bunch. For every article about a Bleach game that's not getting a US release there's always at least a couple of people cursing SCEI for not localizing it. Those looking for an overseas release of Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable, however, won't have to curse as much.

SCEE confirmed that they will be releasing two "platinum" bundles in Europe. Each platinum bundle contains a PSP and two Platinum Label titles. The "what" and the "when" are still a bit muddy, unfortunately, but the USK ratings board does offer some insight. Check it out in the full article.

If the current listing by the USK board - that'd be Germany's counterpart for ESRB - is to anything to take from, it looks like GameLoft is moving up the pace of mobile development and seeking out bigger markets. Brain Challenge, a pretty popular game that started out on mobile platforms and eventually hit the iPod, DS, and Xbox 360 (via XBLA), has just been rated on the USK as games headed for the PSP, PS3, and Wii.

If the new game trailer entries added in the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (or USK, the German game ratings board) site listed to be shown in Leipzig are to be taken into consideration, we're going to see Castlevania: Aria or Sorrow making a comeback, and a game named Silent Hill Orphan coming our way.

There's no other news regarding the upcoming Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow trailer, not even what platform the remake (assuming that it is indeed a remake, and not a typographical error in USK's part) will be released on, but we can just let our imagination fly and guess that Castlevania: AoS will be released for the Nintendo DS, the platform of its direct sequel, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

As for Silent Hill Orphan, it may very well be Silent Hill 5's final name, but there's no concrete news to prove it. However, think about this: since Silent Hill sequels on the consoles are usually titled with their corresponding number - with the exception of the handheld PSP's Silent Hill: Origins - it's entirely possible that there's yet another Silent Hill video game for the handheld, for the Nintendo DS perhaps?

Other noteworthy entries that were listed in the USK are Tekken: Dark Resurrection Online and Metal Gear Solid 4 - Camp Trailer. Since the trailers are listed in the German USK game ratings board, it looks like some bombshells are going to be dropped in the upcoming Leipzig Games Convention.

It appears that German gamers will miss out on the more 'adult' features of a Grand Theft Auto title, this time with Rockstar's latest title due to hit the PSP in October, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), who control software ratings for games released in Germany, has tagged the game with a '16' rating for the country. Now some of the 16-year old German gamers out there may be rejoicing, but all is not how it seems.

Due to the age restriction of 16, the game will be stripped of some of the adult features that the UK and US versions have such as headshot animations, not being able to kick pedestrians corpses, as well as the prostitution 'feature' of the game. These features will most likely be taken out of the Australian version of the game too, as the Australian office of Film and Literature Classification have labelled GTA:VCS as an 'MA 15+' title, although the platform mentioned is the PS2 version.