Square Enix today announced that Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is heading stateside this summer. Serving as a PSP-exclusive prequel to the original Square and Disney mashup that started it all, Birth By Sleep follows the story of three youngsters — Terra, Ventus and Aqua. With each character faced with a distinct destiny, the trio find themselves thrust into a […]

It’s safe to say that Codemasters has had a rough time with the PSP. Speaking to Edge, company VP Gavin Cheshire has lashed out at Sony’s flagship portable platform, calling it a “bollocking useless waste of space.”  These fighting words rage on in the full quote:

A user who goes by the pseudonym of Flasher over at French site PSPGen recently cracked open his newly bought PSP, uncovering a never-before-seen motherboard revision: TA-093. Highlights include the removal of a micro-processing unit that was present on earlier boards and a modified UMD latching mechanism. In addition, other on-board components have been shrunk or removed entirely. For an […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update gets infused with the nostalgia-inducing goodness that is Mega Man 10. If that isn’t enough of a workout for your thumbs, other notables worth checking out include add-on content for MAG, BioShock 2, Dragon Age, and GRID. Rounding this week’s lineup of goodies on the PS3 side of things is Resident Evil 5’s Untold Stories […]

Victorious for the month of February, that is. While industry sales on the whole took another year-over-year slump, the latest figures from NPD paint a rosy picture for Microsoft. Throughout February, 422,000 Xbox 360 units were shifted across the US, edging past Nintendo’s venerable Wii by around 25,000 units. Whether or not this strong momentum will continue remains to be […]

Developer Harmonix today confirmed that Rock Band 3 is in development. Due out this holiday season, the EA-published effort is set to “innovate and revolutionize” the music genre, or so we’re told. While there’s no word on how it will pull off such a feat just yet, we’re left feeling intrigued over the prospect. Perhaps players will be able to […]

Originally released on PS2, XS Games has announced that its top-down shooter and beat ’em up mashup is slated to hit PSP and iPhone. The handheld edition is due for a facelift, with the developer promising a “fresh visual polish” in addition to “improved controls.”

Ubisoft is taking Olympic gold medalist Shaun White into the virtual skateboarding genre with Shaun White: Skateboarding. While Shaun is perhaps best known for his prowess in the extreme sport of snowboarding, he isn’t too shabby of a skateboarder either, having walked away with the prestigious honorary achievement of a gold medal during both the Summer and Winter X Games. […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update brings forth a torrent of deals across both formats, PSP and PS3. Notably, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has been discounted to $7.49, while PSP titles Hero of Sparta and Let’s Golf have been permanently knocked down to $4.99. To round out these price reductions, the digital edition of Warhawk has also been […]

Announced way back during E3 last year, the spiritual successor to perspective-bending puzzler echochrome is scheduled to hit PSP this week – echoshift. Offering up a fresh gameplay concept coupled with a hand-drawn visual style reminiscent of its predecessor, echoshift invites players to carefully work their way through dozens of majestic, dream-like labyrinths across 30 varied puzzle types.

On the whole, 2009 was a great year for the software side of PSP business, with home console mainstays like MotorStorm and LittleBigPlanet making the jump to a portable platform. Not surprisingly, SCEA Senior VP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer says Sony intents to propel that momentum even further this year with a heap of “big titles” on the horizon. […]

With the PSP platform cracked wide open, Sony is turning to new ways to thwart piracy, the likes of which include something PC gamers are all-too familiar with: online activation. Released to retailers earlier this week, SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 requires players to validate their copy with a voucher code that comes pre-packaged with each copy of the title in […]

D3Publisher today announced that fast-paced action title God Eater will grace the PSP in Q3 2010. Set amid a barren post-apocalyptic world, the title tasks players with rising up against carnage-fueled mutated beasts responsible for dismantling the earth, leaving behind nothing more than a bleak wasteland. Collectively known as the Aragami, humanity’s only hope against these diabolical creatures are the […]

While 2009 was a better year for EA, there’s still room for improvement, considering the gaming behemoth took a hit on its profit margins yet again. Less severe of a hit compared to 2008, but still significant. As such, EA is cutting costs wherever possible, beginning with its Partners label. In a conference call with analysts, COO John Schappert revealed […]

It appears NIS America ran into a bit of a legal snafu over the release of its wacky dungeon crawler Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!: What Did I Do To Deserve This? By way of a press release, word is the game’s title drummed up a “conflict of interest” with another unnamed IP holder, forcing NIS to issue a name […]

Let’s face it, the PSP’s approach to notifying end-users that their battery is in need of a recharge isn’t exactly obvious, especially when your thumb is covering the LED power indicator at times. In response to this dilemma, homebrew developer Zack has devised a custom firmware plugin dubbed Battery Warning Plugin. As the name implies, it displays a on-screen warning […]

Famed Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has weighed in on the practice of delaying titles, which he feels is the ultimate crime as a  game developer.

Konami today announced that a Metal Gear Solid bundle package consisting of all three of Snake’s PSP outings — Portable Ops, Portable Ops Plus, and MGS: Digital Graphic Novel — will be made available digitally on the PlayStation Store tonight. Altogether, it’ll ring in at $29.99. Not too shabby of a price if you’ve been holding out this long or […]

SCEA director of hardware marketing John Koller has shed light on the company’s digital distribution plans for 2010, noting that Sony is heavily focusing their resources on PSN expansion this year. From its humble beginnings 2006, PSN has gradually emerged as robust online service and is now considered a “critical part” of business in Sony’s North American operation. Koller assures […]

The NPD Group today released its year-end sales report. No matter how you construe the numbers, 2009 bowed out with a strong showing for all console hardware manufactures. Hardware sales were up a staggering 16 percent in December of last year, with Nintendo notably shifting an excess of 3.8 million Wii and 3.3 million DS units. Those are record numbers […]