This week’s PlayStation Store update kicks off with a choice selection of playable demos, most notably inFamous. The list of notable content expands from there with monster-themed LittleBigPlanet costumes, which are available separately or in a single bundle pack. Elsewhere, an early playable demo for Capcom’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite awaits, along with PSOne classics Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six and […]

Community and staff member jx233 recently caught up with Hellcat for an interview, gathering his thoughts on the PSP homebrew scene in general and what sparked his interest in hobbyist development. A well-known figure amongst the homebrew crowd, Hellcat has been responsible for several custom firmware aiding utilities, perhaps most notably Pandora installer. Thanks to its ease of use, this […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update kicks off with a marketing partnership between Sony and Sprint, offering up customization-heavy PSN exclusive Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic free of charge to all North American users of the service. Do note however that this is a limited offer, as the chance to download it free of charge ends next week. Also […]

Nintendo’s camera touting DSi handheld is making quite the splash in North America, having accounted for a whopping 31 percent of total industry unit sales in April. Combined with DS Lite sales, the platform shifted 1.04 million units. Elsewhere across the spectrum, retail performance took a dive – as is expected for April. Overall sales incurred a hefty hit compared […]

By way of scans from the latest issue of Famitsu, it has been confirmed that Lunar: The Silver Star is receiving the remake treatment on PSP.

Patapon 2 graces the PlayStation Store this fine Thursday as the first digital PSP offering to lack a UMD counterpart. Making up the rest of this week’s well-rounded update is Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, along with Qore episode 12 and playable demos for Savage Moon and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Add-on content is in plentiful supply as well, with a Norse-themed Sackboy […]

Team Typhoon and group lead Davee have made good on their promise to deliver a properly working version of the universal homebrew enabler known as ChickHEN, initially released yesterday. For those in need of a refresher, this enables homebrew support on firmware 5.03 for all PSP revisions, including the PSP-3000 and TA-088 v3 equipped 2000 units. Despite being hampered by […]

Update: The bug preventing homebrew from functioning correctly in the previous release has been fixed, albeit unofficially. A fixed h.bin is included in the archive below courtesy of maibrithahn. After weeks filled with exciting progress updates and breakthroughs, Team Typhoon are group lead Davee are in the limelight once again. The moment you’ve been waiting for is here, as HEN […]

Homebrew developer alex_e has released an update to Flash Spacer, a utility designed for removing non-essential files from the PSP’s on-board flash memory, such as the Location Free player and various font files. When doing so it also backs up any deleted files for restoration purposes. Version 3.0 features a fully-functional menu and support for backing up files contained in […]

Been a long time coming, but Capcom is committed to delivering on the promise of bringing its classic PSOne titles over to PSN in digital format. According to communications director Chris Kramer, at least 20 to 40 titles will be making the jump to digital format: We’ll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street […]

The ScummVM team has released an update to their open source game engine interpreter. Consisting primarily of bug fixes, this comes as a recommended update to those who can’t get enough of those point-and-click adventure classics from yesteryear. Highlighted in the supplied changelog are several fixes geared towards patching up random crashes and the odd glitch with specific titles. See […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update is once again swarmed with oodles of add-on content, including the much-anticipated Killzone 2 Steel & Titanium map pack. Other content worthy of a mention is the Cops and Robbers pack for Burnout Paradise, along with various Disgaea 3 character files and yet another creative pack for LittleBigPlanet, this time consisting of Egyptian-themed costumes and […]

Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny not enough for those combo-quenching thumbs? Good, as Namco Bandai is offering up more in the way of fighting goodness for this year’s PSP lineup: Tekken 6. That’s right, The King of Iron Fist Tournament is going for a second run on PSP. Set for release this fall, Namco intends to squeeze the entire Tekken 6 experience […]

Aficionados of the fighting genre will have much to look forward to on PSP this year, as Namco Bandai has announced that its revered Soulcalibur franchise is receiving the portable treatment. Due out this summer, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny will mark the series’ first foray on a handhand format. The title is said to feature a expansive roster of 20-plus characters. […]

The announcement of PSP title Fate/unlimited codes as a digital-only effort left questions, leaving us out to wonder if Capcom is considering to leave the UMD format behind and release solely on PSN in the foreseeable future. With talk of other titles like Patapon 2 taking the no-disc route, as well as rumors that point to a UMD-less PSP, it’s […]

According to a 1UP report, Sony will debut a revised edition of PSP hardware at this year’s E3 in June, dubbed the “PSP Go!” The moniker is presumably designed to fit alongside Sony’s Go! brand of hardware and software additions, such as the Go! Cam and Go! View. The site’s source alleges that the PSP-4000, as it has been internally […]

Those thirsting for a stylistic 2D anime fighter on PSP need look no further, as Capcom announced today that its forthcoming anime fighter Fate/unlimited codes is on track for a summer 2009 release in North America. In development by the same team responsible for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the title promises to deliver a “compelling combat experience,” complete with a deep […]

Even after the purchase of Tomb Raider creator Eidos, Square Enix has no plans to hop off the acquisition bandwagon anytime soon. According to company president Yoichi Wada, control of Eidos was “the first step” towards its ambitious Western expansion plans. That means if Wada sees fit, laying down the dollar for other companies isn’t out of the question. Further […]

Completely void of any new playable games apart from Red Faction: Guerrilla and UFC 2009 Undisputed in demo form, this week’s PlayStation Store update proves size really does matter. Thankfully, there is a diverse selection of add-on content to choose from, including a LittleBigPlanet mini-pack sporting stickers and costumes from the Heavenly Sword universe. Elsewhere, two custom character packages for […]

It’s no secret that software sales on PSP have been bleak as of late. You’d be ignorant to believe that piracy levels on the handheld are not incurring a hefty dent in overall sales. Piracy isn’t the only negating factor at play here, of course, but it is certainly a major one in the PSP’s case. Sony agrees – and […]