Agetec today announced that it has acquired the rights to publish Puzzle Guzzle in North America for the PSP. In the game, players race to assemble triangles and other shapes by rotating marked squares pieces. Developed by Irem, Puzzle Guzzle is scheduled to head stateside in the second quarter of 2008.
This week’s additions to the PlayStation Store are led by a downloadable demo of Burnout Paradise, weighing in at around 764 MB. A whole bunch of add-on content went up today, including three new Rock Band songs coming in at $2 each, or $5.50 for the entire pack. A slew of vehicles and a performance bundle for EA’s Need for […]
Sony CEO Howard Stringer is happy. Very happy. Why you ask? The Wii is facing shortages, and PS3 sales are on the rise. Eventually, the PS3 will come into its own, because its games are “infinitely more fun, demanding and exciting” than the Wii’s, according to Stringer: I’m happy the Wii seems to be running a bit short of hardware. […]
Dark_AleX has released a PSP MAC Address Spoofer, a custom firmware plugin that allows users to temporarily change the MAC address that the PSP sends to access points or other WiFi devices. This plugin does NOT: – Change the mac address stored in idstorage (that’s useless, as that is just to show the inf in xmb). Therefore you will still […]
While the PSP has garnered much support from developer Ready At Dawn, the team that is currently working on God of War: Chains of the Olympus is keen to move on to a non-handheld project after the game is finished. Director Ru Weerasuriya speaks: This team is ready to move onto something pretty big, and we’ve be planning it for […]
A new PSP firmware actually worth talking about? Yes! A huge update is set to hit the PSP on December 18, Sony Japan announced today. Firmware 3.80 includes two features, the first of which is support for the Japan-only 1seg (TV Tuner) peripheral. Secondly the update will include internet radio functionality, as well as upgraded RSS capabilities and the ability […]
PSP homebrew developer Mathieulh tipped us off today to let us know that a new Popsloader binary with full support for building multi-disc PSone EBOOTs is due for release soon. Essentially, this means that when converting multi-disc PSone games for use with custom firmware on the PSP, users will be able to store and compress all the data into one […]
Reader Fadil tipped us off today to let us know that homebrew developer Red Squirrel has released Alternative VSHMenu 3.0, a custom firmware plugin that adds additional functions to the VSHMenu already included in M33. These additional functions include the ability to change the background color as well as take a screenshot of the XMB. Without further ado, here is […]
Speaking during a press conference earlier today in Tokyo, Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that PlayStation 3 sales are on the rise, with close to 200,000 units being sold in European territories each week and around 40,000 to 50,000 in Japan. It’s great that sales are on the up, but what’s next for Sony? In Stringer’s words, “actual innovation” is […]
Continuing Sony’s holiday media event coverage, here are nine new screenshots from Studio Liverpool’s Wipeout Pulse, the follow-up to hit PSP launch title Wipeout Pure. The screens showcase both the single player and multiplayer modes. Wipeout Pulse Screenshots
Sony releases fourteen new screenshots from upcoming PSP title God of War: Chains of Olympus, set for release in March 2008. God of War: Chains of Olympus Screenshots
Homebrew developer Mediumgauge has released an update to PSP Filer, a handy file management application designed for the PSP that allows users to easily edit, copy, delete, and transfer files to and from the memory stick and flash memory. Additions in this release include the ability to calculate SHA-1 hash values, along with various bug fixes that are outlined in […]
A search on the ESRB’s game ratings page has turned up a listing for Warhawk, rated E for the PSP and PlayStation 3. Considering that it was rated for both the PSP and PS3, and is rated E, this is more than likely the original Warhawk, developed by SingleTrac as a launch title for the PSone. Seems like a smart […]
Homebrew developer Zx-81 has released an update to PSPCAP32, a Amstrad CPC emulator for the PSP ported from Ulrich Doewich’s original Caprice32 emulator. Version 1.3.2 features a bevy of new additions and bug fixes, including improved IR keyboard support and an option to display graphics in monochrome. What’s new in version 1.3.2: – Option to display in green (monochrome) – […]
Homebrew developer MrPeanut returns with an update to his PSP compatible build of Johnathan Fowler’s JonoF Duke 3D. The release finally brings full music support, along with the implementation of a custom EBOOT icon, custom background, and ATRAC3 sound. Since the PSP does not have native support for Midi sound files, you will need to download the freely available gravis […]
Homebrew developer Zx-81 has released an update to his PSP port of TI99Sim. TI99Sim is a Thomson TI99 home computer emulator, originally written by Marc Rousseau for the x86 platform. Version 1.0.2 adds save state functionality and thumbnail display for save states. What’s new then in this version? – Add save state feature ! – Display and save thumbnail images […]
Homebrew developer Deniska has issued an update to his recently released PSP adaptation of PSP of Tyrian, a classic arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. Notable changes in version 0.6 include a 10 percent increase in rendering speed, an enhanced scaling algorithm, and various bug fixes. – ~10% speed increase due to new rendering routine. – Better smoothing/scaling in full-screen mode – […]
Is Silent Hill Origins, the PSP’s first survival horror entry, being ported to PS2? Reports suggest that Konami is bringing the title over to PS2 sometime in March. According to Kotaku, Climax – the same studio which worked on the PSP release of Origins – will handle the PS2 port. PS2 ports of popular PSP titles are nothing new (Dark […]
Sony’s Eric Lempel, the man responsible for PSN operations over at SCEA, has stated in a recent interview that Sony is looking to cut down on the frequency of PS3 firmware updates. Right. Right. We’re trying to certainly cut down on the amount of times we do it. But on occasion when we’ve got these good features ready to go, […]
This week’s PlayStation Store update kicks off with the release of High Velocity Bowling ($10). The game promises a next-generation bowling experience complete with 8 distinctive characters, 8 themed alleys, and SIXAXIS functionality. Continuing this week’s update is a TimeShift Multiplayer demo and PSone classic Wild Arms ($6). As for add-on content, the two Folklore expansion packs that we wrote […]