In an effort to build excitement for the PSP’s 2009 lineup, the folks over at Sony announced today that cutesy platformer LocoRoco 2, the sequel to last year’s colorful PSP hit, will arrive on North American store shelves February 10. Already released in Europe, said sequel brings an assortment of gameplay enhancements to the table, from underwater swimming to local […]

With all the Christmas festivities kicking off, Sony decided to release this week’s round of PlayStation Store a couple days earlier than usual. And you’ll be glad they did, as there’s a whole bunch of premium content to choose from, perfect for last-minute holiday shoppers. In brief, LUMINES Supernova is now available to all PlayStation 3 owners, along with the […]

Publisher Konami today announced that the first entry in its critically-acclaimed Suikoden RPG franchise will hit PlayStation Network today, to coincide with this week’s store update. An addition to Sony’s “PSOne Classics” library of titles, Suikoden will carry a price tag of $5.99, standard for the majority of digital PSOne conversions. Quite frankly, its a steal at this price, considering […]

Homebrew developer dangee has released TxtoPS II, a simple text editor for PSP. Developed with reliability and responsiveness in mind, the Notepad-like initial release sports a built-in OSK that allows users to search for strings within text files, jump to a specific line, and change page layout. Files can be viewed and edited directly on the PSP’s Memory Stick. Additionally, […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update kicks off with the arrival of two brand-new downloadable titles, namely Crash Commando and Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rainslick Precipice Of Darkness: Episode 2. In addition to a $9.99 price reduction on Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, add-on content for this week consists of holiday-themed LittleBigPlanet levels and costumes, along with apparel for High Velocity […]

Square Enix today announced that its story-driven Final Fantasy fighting game and spiritual successor to Ehrgeiz, Dissidia Final Fantasy, will hit North America in Q2 2009 – exclusively for PSP. Already available in Japan, it sports several memorable characters from the Final Fantasy franchise, including Kefka, Terra, Golbez, Cloud, and thrusts them into a fighting arena of epic proportions. In […]

Homebrew developer Dark_AleX has updated his Despertar del Cementerio “Universal Unbricker” application to version 7. As with previous releases, the unbricker can be used in conjunction with a Pandora battery to restore and install custom firmware on any PSP unit regardless of model or motherboard, still excluding the TA-88 v3 and PSP-3000 units.

Looks like Sony isn’t taking a break from releasing yearly PSP refreshes, that is, if a report from Eurogamer is to be believed. Citing “publishing sources,” the site claims that a PSP-4000 will be released in 2009. While said sources did not offer any insight in the way of actual details, the 4000 will presumably feature slight hardware upgrades. We’re […]

Looks like the crack team of programmers over at Ready At Dawn are considering to jump back into PSP development, despite having shipped all of their devkits back to Sony back in June to work on a “mystery project.” While nothing is definitive at this time, the development studio noted in a post on its official website that it may […]

Homebrew developer Hellcat has released an update to Recovery Flasher, a multi-purpose utility that allows users to perform various maintenance tasks on their PSP, from restoring flash-based content (PS Store license data, theme files) to fully re-installing 3.71, 4.01, or 5.00 M33-4 firmware without the need of a Pandora battery. Version 1.50 introduces several major changes in functionality, including a […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update is here, bringing with it an assortment of LittleBigPlanet costumes and downloadable PSN title PowerUp Forever. Additionally, all Resistance: Fall of Man Map Packs are now available free of charge. Rounding out this week’s lineup of offerings is add-on content for High Velocity Bowling, Tom Clancy’s EndWar, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Age of […]

The NPD Group has published its video game software and hardware sales figures for November. Without a doubt, Nintendo is the star of the show here, it shifted an incredibly remarkable 2.04 million Wii units, up from 981,000 last year. DS sales were equally as impressive at 1.57 million units sold. Yes, we knew Wii sales were going to be […]

Speaking to UK-based industry site MCV, SCEE president David Reeves assured that Sony has “no plans” for a PSP2. Earlier reports suggested that the company had signed a deal with Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR tech, but Reeves says nothing of the sort. No, there are currently no plans for a PSP2. I go to Tokyo quite a lot and no one […]

Homebrew developer Uberjack returns with an update to SMS Plus for PSP, which seamlessly doubles as a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator. The latest release, version 1.2.5, features several enhancements, including rapid fire capabilities and support for taking direct-feed snapshots within the file browser. Additionally, when switching between games, the most recent save state will now be automatically […]

According to a report from Chinese site CNGBA, citing a Japanese magazine scan, the once thought Wii-exclusive Monster Hunter 3 could be heading to PSP as well. While there is no real convincing evidence that backs up the site’s claims, the very idea of MH3 heading to PSP is far from unrealistic. The obvious reason being is because of the […]

As promised, PSP homebrew developer Dark_AleX has released the 5.00 M33-4 firmware update. Various bug fixes are included and a new shutdown function has been added to the VSH menu. All users of 5.00 M33 series firmware are recommended to apply this update. The complete changelog can be found after the break.

This week’s lineup of PlayStation Store offerings kicks off with episode seven of Sony’s digital magazine Qore. Available free to all PS3 owners, annual subscribers of the service can also grab an exclusive demo of Capcom’s upcoming sheep laden puzzle title Flock. Other noteworthy offerings include shoot em’ up Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer, along with a selection of LittleBigPlanet costumes, Age of […]

Alek has informed us that 5.00 M33-4, the latest edition of Dark_AleX’s M33 custom firmware series, will be released within the next few days. Alongside the usual round of bugfixes, a host of new features are planned for the update. Details are being kept under wraps for now but stayed tuned to Dark-AleX.org and eXophase.com for the latest updates as […]

Homebrew developer Mr305 has released TweakDisplay, a lightweight yet feature-packed custom firmware plugin that allows users to personalize and bring a new level of excitement to their PSP experience with dazzling visual effects. With the touch of a button, users can invert colors, adjust brightness and contrast settings, as well as enable a mirror filter that duplicates any image on-screen […]

Homebrew developer Mediumgauge has released an update to PSP Filer, a powerful yet simplistic file management application designed for the PSP. By using PSP Filer, users can easily edit, copy, delete, and transfer files on the memory stick and flash memory. Version 5.7 fixes a bug that caused a crashed when accessing the UMD device, as well as a feature […]