Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is upping the range of PSP styles prospective customers in Europe can choose from. Due out later this year are units in Turquoise Green, Lilac Purple and Blossom Pink. All will be sold standalone, with the exception of the Liac Purple PSP, which is bundled with the Hanna Montana game, just like its U.S. counterpart.

Having announced the UMD-less PSP go at E3, Sony is ramping up its efforts on the digital distribution front. Announced at the company’s Gamescom 2009 conference were Minis, small downloads that take advantage of the reduced development costs on PSN. A size limit of 100MB will be imposed on any titles released on the Minis section. Minis are due out […]

During Sony’s Gamescom 2009 press conference, SCEE president Andrew House revealed that 560 million pieces of content have been downloaded from the PlayStation Store since launch. To date, 27 million accounts have been created, with 11 million of that figure belonging to European users. From its inception, 23.7 million PS3 units have been sold across retail channels worldwide, along with […]

The NPD figures for July are in and for the fifth consecutive month, once again show a year-over-year decline in industry sales. The results are far from uplifting, as total dollars generated throughout last month missed the $1 billion mark, clocking at a $848,000, a 29 percent decline. The PS3 barely edged pasted its last-generation counterpart in sales, with both […]

Rockstar Games announced today that Beaterator, its Timbaland co-produced mixing suite, will hit the PSP on September 29 and October 2 in North America and Europe, respectively. Both release dates will coincide with a PSN debut, just in time for the arrival of the PSPgo. “Beaterator is a very natural progression for us,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. […]

Publisher GungHo announced today that Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, the PSP remake of traditional turn-based RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story, will hit Japan on November 14. XSEED has taken upon localization duties and is publishing the title in the states. An exact date has yet to be announced. Although a stateside debut was originally pegged for fall at E3, with […]

It’s a great week for PS3 owning fans of The Dark Knight, as a playable demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now available on the PlayStation Store. Other notable offerings include Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3, along with an Old West multiplayer expansion pack for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and inFamous-themed LittleBigPlanet costumes. See […]

Sega’s Monster Hunter competitor Phantasy Star Portable was met with much fanfare in Japan, netting an upwards of 600,000 unit sales in the region. Unsurprisingly, that success hasn’t gone overlooked at the company, as an image appearing across various Japanese blogs and message boards indicates that a sequel is in the works.

Magical cake is in surplus for this week’s PlayStation Store update, as Titan Studios’ highly anticipated class-based action and strategy hybrid Fat Princess descends on the PSN storefront, exclusive to PS3. Here the cake isn’t a lie, but rather an obstacle. Pieces of cake can be fed to the opposing team’s princess in an effort to hinder their rescue attempt, […]

Irem’s tactical strategy title R-Type Commando was a radical departure for a series so strongly tied to the fast-paced genre of on-rails arcade shooting. The transition received a mixed reaction from fans, at least here in the US, but was evidently a success abroad, as the developer announced plans for a sequel today.

Sony shot over a new batch of echoshift screens today, highlighting the title’s core gameplay mechanic, officially dubbed “self co-op.” Akin to its spiritual predecessor echochrome, players progress in the game by solving puzzles within a predefined time limit. The catch, however, is that none of the puzzles are possible to complete on a first attempt. After failing to complete […]

Those looking to hit the always-nostalgic retro bucket and experience some of the finest moments to grace the fast-paced genre of shoot ’em ups are in luck, as Hudson has confirmed plans to bring its backcatalog of TurboGrafx-16 titles over to PSN. Oh, and let’s not forget platforming gems like Bonk. Akin to PSOne classics, these will be compatible with […]

Launched in Japan late last year, Sony’s PS3-powered AdHoc Party service enables gamers to go online with select ad-hoc only PSP titles, such as Monster Hunter. If a recent trademark listing is any indication, Sony may have plans to extend availability of the service abroad.

This week is sales extravaganza on the PlayStation Store, as Sony has cut the price of several popular PSN titles for a limited time only. Digital hits like WipEout HD, Flock!, PixelJunk Eden, and Crash Commando all are a part of this promotion. These titles can be had for up to 50 percent off the original price. Apart from hot […]

NPD numbers for June are in, painting a somber picture. Although up from the always-sluggish month of May, sales were down 31 percent compared to last year’s figures. On a year-over-year basis, all platforms incurred a hit in unit sales over last June with the exception of Xbox 360. Despite this, Nintendo still dominated the charts, shifting a combined total […]

First announced at Destination PlayStation in February, Sony and Ubisoft have lifted the veiled on the Assassin’s Creed PSP hardware bundle. Due out in November, it packs a plain matte white PSP-3000 unit, the game itself, a yet-untitled UMD movie disc, and a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. Unfortunately, the PSP system contained in this bundle seemingly contains no special […]

After an admittedly shaky yet refreshingly successful stint on PS3, Sega’s anime-styled RPG Valkyria Chronicles is getting the sequel treatment and in an unlikely move, it’s being released on a portable. Due out this Winter in Japan, the PSP-exclusive Valkyria Chronicles 2 looks very much like the original from an aesthetic standpoint, sporting a watercolor-like visual flair.

With the arrival of EA’s Battlefield 1943, there are 1943 reasons to log-on to the PlayStation Store today. OK, not really, but this week’s round of offerings are nothing to scoff at. For those looking for a more lighthearted multiplayer experience, trivia title Buzz! Junior: RoboJam is up for grabs. And if you aren’t completely sold on it, a playable […]

Last March, we broke word of a Sony-sponsored survey that gauged how interested PSP owners would be in a digital comic book download service. Sony was evidently pleased with the feedback it received, as a digital comic book store is slated to hit the PSP store later this year, SCEJ announced today. That said, these comic book offerings are only […]

Konami announced today that its time traveling RPG Shadow of Memories, originally released on PS2, is receiving the port treatment and will find a new home on PSP later this year in Japan.