TOKYO--With the launch of Sony's PlayStation Portable only a month away, third-party publishers are beginning to announce release dates for their PSP titles.

　　Games that will be hitting the store shelves simultaneously with the PSP's launch on December 12 now include Capcom's Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, From Software's Armored Core Formula Front, Hudson's Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory, and Konami's Mahjong Fight Club.

　　Konami's anticipated espionage card game Metal Gear Acid will be hitting stores four days later, on December 16, coinciding with the Japanese release of Metal Gear Solid 3.

　　With Namco already announcing the dates of its two PSP titles and Sega having decided to release Puyo Puyo Fever on Christmas Eve, the PSP game lineup for December currently looks like this:

　　December 12: Minna no Golf Portable (Sony Computer Entertainment)

　　December 12: Ridge Racers (Namco)

　　December 12: Mahjong Fight Club (Konami)

　　December 12: Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory (Hudson)

　　December 12: Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)

　　December 12: Armored Core Formula Front (From Software)

　　December 16: Dokoemo Issho (Sony Computer Entertainment)

　　December 16: Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Daijiten (Namco)

　　December 16: Dynasty Warriors (Koei)

　　December 16: Metal Gear Acid (Konami)

　　December 16: Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Daijiten (Namco)

　　December 24: Puyo Puyo Fever (Sega)

　　Games without specific dates but slated for release in December:

　　Tiger Woods PGA Tour R (Electronic Arts KK)

　　Need for Speed Underground Rivals (Electronic Arts KK)

　　Shin Sangoku Muso (Koei)

　　Mahjong Taikai (Koei)

　　Kollon (Cyberfront)

　　Puzzle Bobble Pocket (Taito)

　　Eiyuu Densetsu Gagharv Trilogy: Shiroki Majo (Bandai)

　　Lumines (Bandai)

　　A.I. Series Igo (Marvelous Interactive)

　　A.I. Series Shougi (Marvelous Interactive)

　　A.I. Series Mahjong (Marvelous Interactive)