Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

You're reading an E3 2009 preview, which we've broken into three sections to make it easy to sift through during this week of convention madness. Check out E3.1UP.COM for all (meaning words, screens, and videos) of our E3 2009 coverage. What's the game about? It may not be the PlayStation 3 sequel that fans have been begging for, but Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier picks up after the PlayStation 2 trilogy with a PSP and PS2 sequel that mixes its traditional action/platform approach with a hearty portion of airplane combat. High Impact Games, known for bringing Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank to the PSP, is developing this new Jak extension. What's new for E3? Sony had the PSP version on display, though a rep tells us the nearly identical PlayStation 2 version will launch simultaneously alongside it this fall. The demo contained just two levels: a platforming stage in which you learn a couple new abilities, and a plane segment that has you taking down a giant airship. The plane levels will reportedly represent upwards of 35% of the total game, so fans of the original platformers may be in for a bit of a shock with this newly varied approach.

Jacking in Jak seems to have worked.

Sony's venerable action-platforming duo are back and ready to take on the PSP.

Jak and Daxter: Lost Frontier is definitely looking like the kind of PSP game fans of the series will love