Word on the street today has it that publisher has pulled the plug on the handheld version of Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed.

Apparently, because the handheld version was being ported from the console, it suffered from a number of serious control problems when paired-down onto the PSP. These were so crippling the game had to be canned entirely, it would seem.

"Basically, the PSP version was cancelled because of control issues," confessed a THQ spokesperson, talking to IGN.

"Big Willy Unleashed was designed by Wii developers specifically for the Wii. When it was ported over to the PSP, the controls simply didn’t translate well, and instead of pushing out the product with translated controls, it was cancelled."

The game is still coming to the and 360, later this year.

By Luke Guttridge