Atlus revealed today that purchasing a copy of its upcoming PSP title R-Type Command at select retailers (Amazon, GameCrazy, EB, GameStop) will net you a free R-9 spaceship figurine courtesy of developer Irem. As with the majority of Atlus published titles, the collectible figurine will be available in “very limited quantities,” so it will be in your best interest to […]

To coincide with this week’s PlayStation Store update, Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that it will adjust the prices on the Canadian store to reflect the current American to Canadian dollar exchange rate. We are continually looking for ways to enhance the player experience on the PLAYSTATION®Network, and downloadable content through the PLAYSTATION Store is just one of our […]

Update: A minor update to FuSa has been released. In addition to the usual bug fixes, changes in build 011 include enhanced game compatibility along with the ability to enable and disable the “SPEED BOOSTER” feature. The updated release archive can be downloaded below. Homebrew developer OldPrisoneR has released the initial beta of FuSa, a custom firmware plugin that enables […]

Developers M@x and Sleepper have released another update to their popular Java virtual machine emulator PSPKVM. The emulator can run both games and applications compiled with Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 Platform Micro Edition toolkit (J2ME) on any PSP that has custom firmware installed. Version 0.3.2 introduces virtual keyboard support, along with the usual round of bug fixes and usability tweaks. […]

Retro emulation aficionado Zx-81 has released a maintenance update to PSPDragon, a Tandy Coco home computer emulator for the PSP. The project is a direct port of XRoar, originally written by Ciaran Anscomb. Version 1.0.3 of the application is a minor update, featuring a couple sound-related tweaks. The complete changelog is detailed below. * Fixed sound issue using the patch […]

Developer Kenny has released Beaverz, an original hand-drawn homebrew game for the PSP. In it, players are responsible for rescuing a spate of paper beavers from falling downward into a spike-filled pit. It’s a simple game, but should entertain for those short bursts of gameplay sessions. The difficulty definitely needs to be adjusted, but aside from that, nice job. Download […]

According to this week’s issue of Famitsu, developer Arc System Works is bringing its enhanced version of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core over to the PSP. Released for the PlayStation 2 last March, Accent Core Plus marks the return of two new characters to the game’s original roster, plus all-new Mission, Survival, and Story game modes. Reportedly, the PSP release […]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it will launch its Go!View video download service for PSP this summer in European territories. In partnership with British broadcasting company Sky, the service will offer a wide range of high-quality TV and movies, which PSP owners can playback directly from the comfort of their handheld. Pricing details have yet to revealed, but […]

Today, Capcom announced that its ridiculously popular RPG Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G has shipped over two million copies in Japan. I said it was bound to happen. For a perspective on just how popular the game is, the original Monster Hunter Portable 2nd has shipped 1.8 million copies in Japan since its release on February 22, 2007. MHP 2nd […]

Kumi Yuasa, associate producer for upcoming PlayStation Network title echochrome, has revealed that a demo of the perspective-bending puzzler will be freely available to download from the PS Store tomorrow. You can check out the brief gameplay clip above to catch a glimpse of what echochrome is all about. The playable demo that’s set to hit PSN is essentially the […]

Electronic Arts today announced that it will publish Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince later this year for the Wii, PlayStation 3, PS2, Nintendo DS, PC, Xbox 360, PSP, and mobile devices. The game will of course be based on J.K. Rowling’s sixth Harry Potter book and its release will coincide with the upcoming film adaptation, which is due out […]

Homebrew developer The Underminer has released an update to PReSS, a standards-compliant image and text based RSS reader for the PSP. Version 0.3 of the application introduces a numbers of new additions, including complete support for PSP Slim units, compatibility with WPA-encrypted wireless networks, and the ability to adjust image quality and playback MP3 encoded files. For the full changelog, […]

The fifth installment in Sony’s Bleach: Heat the Soul anime fighting series is now available for download in demo form. It’s a rather short demo, featuring a single fight between Ichigo and Ogichi, but we’re not one to complain – considering the game has yet to hit retail. Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 is scheduled for a May 15 debut […]

Rockstar Games today announced that Rockstar San Diego’s Midnight Club: Los Angeles, the fourth installment in its competitive street racing series, will ship to retailers September 9 in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is scheduled to hit Europe three days later on September 12. “From the beginning, Midnight Club has been about street racing […]

Homebrew developer Pirata Nervo has released an update to NervOS, a lightweight shell replacement for the PSP that aims to provide a user friendly and feature rich interface. Now at version 1.7, NervOS features a simple file browser with the ability to delete, rename, and copy files and folders. Other notable additions include a built-in calculator utility, support for OGG […]

Initially seen on PSP, the popular block-busting puzzler Lumines is now available for digital purchase on Valve’s Steam content distribution service in two flavors. At $9.95, the base pack includes 21 unlockable challenge mode skins and a skin creation mode, while the advanced pack retails for $7.95, containing an additional 21 skins plus 70 mind-bending puzzles and 35 stages in […]

Japanese developer Minerva has released an update to his PSP-compatible ad-hoc file transferring utility, which enables the transferring of files and folders locally between a maximum of six PSP units. With the release of version 0.7, it is now possible to transfer files directly through the PSP’s native Game Sharing feature to other handheld units that are not running the […]

The NPD Group has announced the software and hardware sales figures for the month of March, revealing that the video game industry amassed a shocking $1.7 billion in software and hardware sales — up 57 percent from last year. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo’s mega-sequel Super Smash Bros. Brawl topped the software charts with 2.7 million copies sold. The company’s hardware sales were […]

After a two week hiatus due to redesigning efforts, the weekly PlayStation Store update is back in full force. Spearheading this week’s update is Polyphony Digital’s racer Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in downloadable form. Other notable additions include the Warhawk Broken Mirror expansion pack, seven new Rock Band tracks (one of which is free – Portal’s Still Alive), a single […]

Homebrew developer Winnydows has rolled out an update to his popular video conversion software known as XviD4PSP. The application accepts a wide range of video formats as input (XviD, DivX, x264, et al) and can convert video files for use with not only the PSP, but also the PlayStation 3, iPod, BlackBerry, Xbox 360 and PC. In addition to numerous […]