Time for another Gamertell holiday gift guide! This time, we’re looking over PSP games you can give people as gifts.

Wait, where are you going? Come back here! The PSP is still a very valid gaming platform.

I know you’re thinking, “There were actually 10 games released for the PSP this year? Madness!” It’s true. Actually, there were quite a few more. And fortunately for you and that PSP owner on your shopping list, most of them were actually pretty darn awesome. So that should make shopping easier.

But before you go buying someone a PSP game, you may actually need to buy them a system…

The 3rd Birthday comes out March 29, 2011, but oh no! You’ve never played a Parasite Eve game before and you have absolutely no idea who Aya Brea is! Yes, I know we’re in the internet age and Wikipedia is just a mouse click away, but play along. Well, on March 15, 2011, you’ll be able to educate yourself with Parasite Eve It’s coming to the PlayStation Store that day, so PSP and PS3 owners can relive Aya’s first adventure.

This isn’t surprising given what success the original release enjoyed…

It’s been over 10 years since Aya Brea’s last major adventure, but that isn’t going to hold her back. The 3rd Birthday‘s almost here and a new generation of PSP-owning gamers are going to see why fans have been clamoring for a new Parasite Eve. The game will be released in North America on March 29, 2011 and in Europe around the same time, in spring 2011.

Odds are, you’ll want the European version of The 3rd Birthday. Instead of being some standard game release, like North America is getting, it will be a TWISTED Edition…

Some of the game trailers most Tokyo Game Show 2010 attendees wanted to see at Square Enix’s booth are hidden behind closed doors. Yes, there is a closed theater at TGS 2010 and it is showing previews of Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP), FInal Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3), The 3rd Birthday (PSP), Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP), Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final MIX (PSP) and Kingdom Hearts Re: coded (DS)…

And now, for a Tokyo Game Show 2010 public service announcement from The 3rd Birthday director Hajime Tanabata, straight from The 3rd Birthday‘s Twitter account. The TGS 2010 The 3rd Birthday demo is designed to help people see how the game will play and give a hint at unique features and story aspects. Please don’t line up to play it just because you want to try and tear apart heroine Aya Brea’s clothes.

Okay, that isn’t exactly what Tanabata said over The 3rd Birthday‘s Twitter, but it’s surprisingly close…

E3 is huge. There’ll be hundreds of games, tons of news updates and press releases and all kinds of video footage. It’s incredibly easy to get lost or overwhelmed – especially if you’re only looking for information on one particular platform. To help ease your woes, here’s a brief list of PSP games you may want to keep up with through June 15-17, 2010. After all, it’ll be a lot easier to handle all those first-hand reports if you have some idea what you should be looking for. This way you can see some of the most intriguing games that will definitely be appearing at the convention next week and decide whether or not you want to watch them.

As mentioned in the DS list, not all developers and publishers have revealed the games that will be brought to E3. So this post will be updated between now and June 15, 2010, when E3 begins, so you’ll know which PSP games you’ll want to pay special attention to.

Let’s take a look at some of the most promising PSP games…

It’s the big one – the third party developer that almost everyone loves broken its silence. Square Enix has revealed it is bringing 12 games to E3 2010. 12! Can you even imagine it? And the best part is, all 12 sound incredibly promising and cover pretty much every gaming platform you can imagine.

If you’re going to be at E3, Square Enix is stationed in the South Hall. It’s got a massive booth (1647) between MTV Games and Tecmo Koei, and right behind Microsoft. It’s a good thing too, because it’s going to need every bit of space it can get. If not, then stop by Square Enix’s E3 2010 webpage to get a hint at what’s coming!

So let’s stop talking and start looking at Square Enix’s E3 2010 offerings…

At Square Enix’s 2008 DKΣ3713 party, they announced a great tidbit for Parasite Eve fans – The 3rd Birthday will be released on the PSP. Previously, the Parasite Eve side story was announced as a cell phone exclusive, which most likely would have made it a Japan-only release. However, the game is now being developed for cell phones and the PSP.

The 3rd Birthday isn’t considered an whole extra entry in the series, and so isn’t Parasite Eve III. It is a side story starring Aya Brea, star of the previous Parasite Eve games, as she investigates a freakish character known only as Twisted, in New York City. A game teaser trailer was shown at DKΣ3713.