By Quinton Miles

[i]Coded Arms[/i] was announced by Konami today for the PSP handheld system. Being featured as Konami’s first ever dive into the first person shooter genre, the game looks to deliver fast action, great graphics, and a unique storyline to make it one of the system’s standout titles. Players will assume the role of a computer hacker who infiltrates a virtual reality system that has recently been abandoned.

“Coded Arms will set the standard for FPS games on the PSP handheld system,” said Wilson Cheng product manager at Konami Digital Entertainment – America. “Through its state-of-the-art visuals, multiplayer functionality and other original features that take full advantage of the hardware, Coded Arms will be one of the must have titles for the PSP handheld system.”

[i]Coded Arms[/i] will hit the PSP in the summer of this year.