When the Assassin’s Creed franchise comes to mind, you think of a large-scale single player experience. Ubisoft is looking to broaden that narrow view with the next “episode” in the series, which is said to feature an online multiplayer component. This tantalizing tidbit was casually dropped in the company’s revised 2009-10 outlook and as such further details are nonexistent at […]

Namco Bandai’s long-running combat flight sim series is primed to take flight on PSP for a second time in Ace Combat: Joint Assault, the company announced today. Featuring more than 40 fully licensed aircraft, players will find themselves engaging in intense dog-fights across a number of real-world locations, including Tokyo, San Francisco, and London. Namco has implemented an advanced enemy […]

London-based development studio Mediatonic has chosen Sony’s  Minis platform to release their first game, entitled Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess! An upwards-scrolling platformer presented with clean and vivid 2D visuals, players assume the role of a demon known as “The Duke.” Setting out for revenge under the pretense that monsters were probably responsible for the kidnapping of her majesty, players […]

Apart from the addition of a playable demo of Capcom’s sci-fi shooter Dark Void and Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond, the first PlayStation Store update of 2010 is a rather uneventful affair. Sony is taking its sweet time to wake up from the long holiday and we can’t blame ’em. On the DLC side of things, Borderlands The Underdome is […]

Despite rumors of a PSP-4000 on the horizon and a greater focus being placed towards digital distribution with the PSPgo, Sony isn’t finished with refreshing its PSP-3000 product lineup in Japan.  Meet the Blossom Pink PSP, a eloquent new color sure to be an object of desire amongst feminine-minded consumers. Scheduled for a March 4 drop date, it’ll debut at […]

Publisher Atlus today announced plans to bring Metal Slug XX to PSP, an enhanced version of DS title Metal Slug 7 with the much-welcomed addition of cooperative play at a palatable budget price to boot: $19.99. Players can choose between six characters from the Metal Slug universe, engaging in frantic non-stop shoot em’ up action that fans of the series […]

With an onslaught of classics in the pipeline primed for re-release, Namco Bandai is preparing to ramp up its presence in the digital market next year. Namco says the initiative will give customers “access to hard-to-find gems and the latest best-selling content available at their fingertips” across the entire slate of portable and console platforms. To offer a glimpse at […]

Unlike its PSN-exclusive predecessor, NIS America’s dungeon-crawling puzzle title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! 2: Time To Tighten Up Security is set to make a retail debut and it’ll include a special bonus for those that missed out on the original. An Amazon listing reveals that NIS has managed to squeeze all the quirky escapades of Badman’s first outing onto […]

Homebrew developer Roe-ur-boat has released an update to AutoStart PRX, a custom firmware plugin that allows users to conveniently launch any application or game by binding it to a button combination of their choosing. The included configuration file supports to up 10 entries. Additionally, an optional configuration parameter enables users to specify a auto launch entry when no buttons are […]

A recently published advertisement for a licensed LittleBigPlanet-themed PSP case from Accessories4Technology may have unintentionally confirmed existence of a PSP-4000. Specifically, the advert makes mention of compatibility with 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series PSP models. While Sony has yet to officially announce a fourth generation PSP separate from the go line, it’s no secret that such a product has […]

According to SCEA hardware marketing director John Koller, PSPgo sales are still “over-forecast” from what the company thought they would be. While maintaining steady support in the retail sector, Sony plans to sharpen its focus towards digital distribution in 2010.  Sony acknowledges the fact that some publishers have been slow to make the jump to digital — Square Enix anyone? […]

IDW, one of the initial backers of Sony’s PSP Comic Book initiative has revealed that it is including audio commentary from artist Ben Templesmith in Wormwood. Sony says the ability to include optional sound tracks is open to all publishers. Even though inclusion is not mandatory, there’s a likely chance that we’ll see other studios take advantage of the feature […]

The French-based team of coders collectively known under the guise of Team GEN have released an update to their 5.50 series custom firmware, dubbed 5.50 GEN-D3. According to the supplied changelog, this build features compatibility with all PSN demos and UMD titles to date. Additionally, tweaks have been worked in to improve compatibility with non-MagicGate supported aka “fake” Memory Sticks […]

While Nintendo VP Cammie Dunaway recently suggested that Rockstar should pour more resources into marketing to perk up sales of DS effort Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, analyst Michael Pacher believes the root cause of the game’s relatively dismal retail performance lies elsewhere. Speaking to Industry Gamers in a recent column, Pachter voiced the opinion that Chinatown Wars missed its […]

Sony is celebrating the holiday season tomorrow on PlayStation Home, bringing the generically-named Festive Tree to Central Plaza, in addition to the opening of a MotorStorm: Pacific Rift space and Dead Space 2 Miner outfit. PS Home community specialist Locust_Star says those who log on during this festivity period can treat themselves to solving puzzles and unlock unspecified rewards in […]

PSN director Eric Lempel has offered up a plethora of details on PS3’s next firmware update — 3.15. While sporting only a minor bump in version number, this update actually packs a couple of noteworthy changes. First out of the gate is the data transfer utility, which allows existing PS3 owners to transfer all network content and media over to […]

Speaking at this week’s Develop Jury Service, Traveler’s Tales founder Jon Burton expressed his disdain towards the pricing model of digital offerings for the PSPgo, going as far to say that the platform will die unless radical changes are made. “I own a PSPgo but don’t want to buy LittleBigPlanet, for instance, as I can get it 20 per cent […]

The bite-sized PSP Minis may be getting more attention in the near future as an anonymous source close to Joystiq has suggested that these offerings will be playable on PS3 down the road. Assuming the information pans out, we could reportedly see a cross-platform push behind the Minis as soon as “before Christmas.” Such a move would without a doubt […]

Update: Consider this rumor squashed — at least officially. A representative from Logitech has denied the report, saying that “this is not something that our company is working on.”

Over this past weekend developer FreePlay released the save game exploit for the PSPgo he showcased last month. Based largely on code from team Prometheus, it is compatible with firmware 6.10 and takes advantage of a user mode vulnerability in Archer Maclean’s Mercury. We’ve tested it on our unit and it works exactly as you’d expect. However, Sony removed the […]