Sony touts strong external software support for new handheld; more than 80 Japanese and Western companies signed up for releases.

Sony's PSP successor--dubbed the Next Generation Portable (NGP)--was finally unveiled in Tokyo today, along with a small group of games that were confirmed as being under development for the new machine. While games such as Naughty Dog's Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4 from Konami, and Call of Duty from Activision were some of the highlights, it seems Sony is planning plenty more titles in the pipeline. While only a handful of developers and games were showcased at today's Tokyo announcement, it seems the Japanese hardware giant already has 82 third-party publishers signed up from across Japan, the United States, and Europe.

The bulk of the early support comes from Sony's home nation, with 48 companies confirmed by Sony as making NGP games. Major studios in the list include Capcom, Namco Bandai, Grasshopper, Level 5, Sega, Square Enix, and more. European companies include Ubisoft and Codemasters, while the Americas have 2K, Activision, Rockstar, Warner Bros Interactive, and more.

For the full list of third-party developers, see below:

Japan:
Acquire Corp.
Alvion Inc.
AQ Interactive Inc.
Arc System Works Co., Ltd.
Arika Co., Ltd.
ArtDunk Corportation
ASCII Media Works Inc.
Capcom Co., Ltd.
Chun Soft Co., Ltd.
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Crafts and & Meister Co., Ltd.
CyberConnect2 Co., Ltd.
D3 Publisher Inc.
Dimps Corporation
Edia Co., Ltd.
Enterbrain inc.
From Software, Inc.
Gameloft K.K.
Genki Co., Ltd.
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc
Gust Co., Ltd.
Hamster Corporation
Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
Idea Factory Co., Ltd.
Index Corporation (Atlus)
IREM Software Engineering Inc.
Kadokawa Games, Ltd.
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Level-5 Inc.
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
media5 Corporation
Namco Bandai Games Inc.
Nihon Falcom Corporation
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
NowProduction, Co., Ltd.
Q Entertainment Inc.
Sega Corporation
SNK Playmore Corportation
Spike Co., Ltd.
Square Enix Co., Ltd.
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
Tecmo Koei Games Co., Ltd.
Tomy Company, Ltd
Tose Co., Ltd.
Ubisoft K.K.
Yuke's Co., Ltd.

North America:
Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
Demiurge Studios
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
King Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Gamse
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2K Games
2K Sports

Europe/PAL:
Avalanche Studios
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters Software Company
Eurocom Development Ltd
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient Ltd
Firemint Pty Ltd
Gameloft SA
Gusto Games Ltd
Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty Ltd
Impromptu Software Ltd
Rebellion
Rockstar Games
Sidhe Interactive
Sumo Digital Ltd
Team 17 Software
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Zen Studios

source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6287016.html?tag=recent_news%3Btitle%3B2

Full of Win! there's no hurry peepz...LOTS of events coming up to see their games in action

and also the rumors about the device being easy to develop for are true, so that's more good news

Wonder what Epic will be coming out with.

I want this damn thing... though I am kinda scared to see how much AU$ it will be :(

bulletstom most likely, they are mainly providing one of the main engines according to mark rein on his twitter. He is getting excited about the system haha

So the NGP has no 3rd party support, huh?

Damn, I think we will see many announcements in the next few months, especially at E3. Can't wait!

Am I blind or EA is not there on the list? lol Of course that means nothing :P

BTW, I wanna see people complaining about no support or how Sony screwed their way on the portable side of things with the PSP1. Look at this huge list and all these people (very) are wrong. Great job, Sony!

Where's EA? Need brands like Need for Speed, Burnout, Fifa, Madden, Sims to help draw in sales.

Gears of War portable

That's what I was wondering lol.