Sony of Japan has announced that a new metallic blue PSP will be released in Japan on the 17th of July.

Japanese gamers can look forward to two limited offer PSP packs in Metallic Blue colour. The PSP Metallic Blue Value Pack and the PSP Metallic Blue 1 Seg Pack will be available for 23 800 yen and 29 800 yen respectively.

The PSP Metallic Blue Value Pack is a great starter pack that includes a new Metallic Blue PSP, pouch, hand strap, cloth, a 32MB Memory Stick Duo and a D Terminal AV Cable. The PSP Metallic Blue 1 Seg Pack includes a Metallic Blue PSP, a pouch in the same blue colour, 1 Seg tuner, a stand to place the PSP for TV viewing, strap, cloth and a 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo.

Not content with one new colour entering the market, Sony of Japan also announced a new Cinnabar Red PS2 will become available in Japan on the 3rd of July. The new colour will be available as a limited offer and will retail at 16 000 yen.

Last but not least, a new PlayStation Eye Camera Pack will become available for the PS3 in Japan on the 24th of July. The pack will retail at 5 000 yen and consists of a PlayStation Eye Camera and Memoushon, a software title containing six compatible casual games called Make, Look, Solve, Play, Fly, and Move.

Make enables players to edit images and sounds recorded through the camera while Look is an interactive virtual aquarium. Solve is a puzzle game where players must change the labyrinth’s floor surface by moving their hands and rolling the ball to the goal while Play is a puzzle action game where players must save sticky creatures by moving their hands. Fly is an interactive art experience where players travel over ancient Japanese paintings by sending birds over the painting using hands and body movement whereas Move creates visual effects from body movement and sound.