University students gain access to PSP dev kits

Those interested in games development may be delighted to find out that Sony has launched a Professional PSP Academic Development Program, with  University of Abertay Dundee, Sheffield Hallam University, and Hull University as launch partners. The program is based the PlayStation 2 (PS2) Linux programming method already used in 20 universities.

With this move, students will be able to gain access and use the game production tools available to commercial developers. Institutions are now able to get hardware development kits at a lower rate.

Sony’s decision to make PSP development available to universities was introduced at Games: Education day of the Develop Conference held in Brighton. It was announced by Sarah Lemarie, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s (SCEE) academic liaison.

Lemarie also said that the development kits will be shipped with the same ProDG programming tools used by commercial developers as well as online support through a clone of the professional development website. This will allow the students enrolled in the program to create their own accounts and post in forums.

Those interested in games development may be delighted to find out that Sony has launched a Professional PSP Academic Development Program, with  University of Abertay Dundee, Sheffield Hallam University, and Hull University as launch partners. The program is based the PlayStation 2 (PS2) Linux programming method already used in 20 universities.

With this move, students will be able to gain access and use the game production tools available to commercial developers. Institutions are now able to get hardware development kits at a lower rate.

Sony’s decision to make PSP development available to universities was introduced at Games: Education day of the Develop Conference held in Brighton. It was announced by Sarah Lemarie, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s (SCEE) academic liaison.

Lemarie also said that the development kits will be shipped with the same ProDG programming tools used by commercial developers as well as online support through a clone of the professional development website. This will allow the students enrolled in the program to create their own accounts and post in forums.