Publisher V.2PLAY, a subsidiary of Virgin PLAY, has announced that it will be coming up with  another offering for PlayStation Portable owners this coming May 2008. The project has a working title of Super HIND and is being developed by Mountain Sheep.

Super HIND is going to be an action-based tactical air combat game and will be released exclusively for the Sony PSP. The full details and some screenshots after the jump!

  

Koch Media has signed a distribution deal with Virgin Play for the games Dead'n'Furious and Final Armada in the UK. Both games are said to be coming out in the fourth quarter of this year.

The Managing Director of Koch Media Craig McNicol seems to be very thrilled about the entire proposition saying that, "it’s our [Koch Media UK's] aim to expand our console portfolio with quality titles, and the new products on DS and PSP from Virgin Play are great games to get excited about".

The Managing Director of Virgin Play Francisco Encinas, shares the same thoughts. He noted that "Wew are very pleased to have found the best possible partner to distribute our products in the UK. We are confident that this will be the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship for both companies."

So what exactly does Dead 'n' Furious and Final Armada bring to gamers?

Dead 'n' Furious, developed for the Nintendo DS by Dream On Studios has been called a "tribute to the House of the Dead" series. After checking out some of the awesome screenshots and reading up on the game play options, it looks like this game is going to be a killer. This game is essentially like an arcade shooter where you kill zombies by blasting their heads off. Your character is taken along a predefined path as you point and shoot with a stylus.

Final Armada for the PSP and the PS2 is a different story altogether. This one is about big mecha-like vehicles battling to the death. To be honest the visuals on this one are absolutely stunning. No word on how polished the gameplay is yet, but if it plays like it looks, then it'll be worth buying.

Virgin Play steps up to the competition of football games by inking a licensing deal with world famous Spanish champions, Real Madrid.

Having been involved in other European games before, Virgin Play aims to widen its market worldwide. During the five year contract with Real Madrid, Real Madrid: The Official Videogame is expected to reach all major consoles (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii), handhelds (PSP, DS) and the PC.

Announcement of the game will be made later in the year, directly from the Spanish champions themselves. Success of this game will mean a lot to the growing publication company, but fighting head-on with FIFA and Winning Eleven will prove to be quite a challenge. Time will tell if this license deal would gain some goals, or if other franchise giants will be impregnable walls.

Hamburg-based publisher dtp entertainment (Yes, it's all in small caps. Don't us ask why.) will be handling the distribution of Spanish video game publisher Virgin Play's current game portfolio in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This was announced by both companies earlier today.

The distribution deal covers the following games:

• Torrente 3: El Protector (PC, PS2)
• Final Armada (PSP, PS2)
• Dead'n'Furious (Nintendo DS).

"We are glad to co-operate with a new and strong partner who will add innovative games addressing mainstream gamers to the German market. We are continuing to expand our 3rd party distribution services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland," said Steffen Hippe, Sales Director, dtp entertainment.

Virgin's Managing Director Francisco Encinas echoed Hippe's statement. "This is an important step in Virgin´s international expansion," said Encinas. "We are extremely pleased to be working with dtp and are confident that our products will achieve nothing but success in their hands."

 

Our previous report about Virgin's Final Armada for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable included a fact-sheet and a short overview about what the game is about. Well, if the Virgin PLAY published game caught your interest then the screens below and the box art above should be a feast for your eyes.

Screens of weird hover-mechs and ever-so-glow-y weapon's fire follows:

   

More screens after the jump!

Virgin PLAY recently snagged the rights to publish Final Armada for the PlayStation 2 and PSP in PAL territories. The game was developed by I-Imagine Studios, a company which was put up in 1999 and is based in South Africa.

The General Manager of Virgin PLAY Francisco Encinas spoke on the importance of this signing to the company saying that "this is another important step for Virgin PLAY in our international expansion of the business. V.2Play has been established so that we can publish games developed by top studies. We work with the best to satisfy our public."

So what's Final Armada about? The press release called it an "action/ combat game based on controlling vehicles." Gamers will be put in the shoes of Lieutenant Zake Anderson who will be piloting The Agressor. It's a combat vehicle that can transform and open large cans of whoop-butt on the enemies. The backstory is pretty extensive, and countless little factoids can be found in the factsheet we have for download at the end of this article.

I-Imagine founder and General Manager Dan Wagner spoke on the game saying that "Final Armada is the first PS2 and PSP game to be developed in South Africa, and we are excited to be working with Virgin Play to release it throughout Europe"

No release date has been slated for the game yet, though it has already been rated by PEGI at 12+. Will this game become just another generic shooter or perhaps the ground breaking game it was designed to be?

Download: Final Armada Factsheet