Portable Gaming Revolution

Gaming Horizon reports that Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the founder of Q Entertainment, has confirmed that Lumines 2 may be shown at E3 next month. Lumines was named best puzzle game of the year by IGN and best PSP game of the year by GameSpot.

One of the first things I realized about my PSP usage was the need for a decent pair of headphones. I love to play with the sound turned up, but am usually playing in public or around others who would not necessarily like to be disturbed. I had tried a fair number of earbuds and [...]

Issue 10 of the Xtreme PSP Magazine is now available for download. Issue 10 is packed with over 100 pages of great content including Previews of Worms: Opem Warfare and MLB 2006, reviews of Lemmings and Breath of Fire III. And all the regular content including tutorials, tips and cheats, the latest news, PSP rumors [...]

After disappointing sales, movie studios are cutting back on releasing their films on Sony’s proprietary UMD format. Sales of UMD movies were strong when the PSP first came out but the initial novelty wore off and people stopped purchasing them. Retailers such as Wal-Mart are even thinking about dumping the category all together. Currently, Paramount [...]

SCEE has announced a new title from FreeStyleGames titled B-Boy. Essentially, B-Boy is a break dancing simulator where you break dance your way to be the best b-boy out there. The game is being made in collaboration with some real life legendary b-boys such as Crazy Legs and DJ Hooch who will also appear in [...]

The great movie site Flixpo which we talked about over here has just launched a PSP formatted version of it’s site for all you PSP web browser users. Just head over to http://www.flixpo.com/ while on your PSP and instantly download from over 100 PSP formatted videos.
Thanks to Aidan for the headsup!

One of the surprises coming out of GDC was the announcement that Metal Slug Collection would be making it’s way to the PSP this fall. Since it’s first appearance in the arcades, i’ve probably personally dropped several thousands of dollars playing Metal Slug or one of it’s sequals. Hell, I even picked up a NGPocket [...]

The Rewind is back. We are a bit late due to some last minute baby preparations, but worry not.. we didn’t go far. This week i bring you guys a pile of news and some views on some GDC announcements. Enjoy and worry not, PSP Podcast #50 is still coming! It was just delayed [...]

 

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Another fake downgrader has shown its ugly face. This time it was on eBay. The item advertises itself as a 2.01/2.50/2.60 to 1.50 downgrader. Of coarse, this is fake. Any true PSP coder would release his work for free for everybody to use and wouldn’t sell it on eBay of all places. If someone ever [...]

Akihabara News has released Volume 21 of their PSP formatted magazine. Akihabara covers the latest hi-tech stuff and gadgets emerging across the pond in Asia.
Download the English version
Download the French version

PlayStation is sending out promotional emails for Syphon Filter now. It gives you a “mission update” and tells you to do some investigating. Here’s a snippet from the email:
Your mission will be to infiltrate KemSynth Enterprises from inside: go to KemSynth’s career page (www.KemSynth.com) and discover how their hiring process works. Apply for a job [...]

Joystiq has posted a few pictures of the PlayStation Spot from the Game Developers Conference. I wish there were some of these where I live…

On your PSP™ browser, move to the SETTINGS icon, press down to go to the NETWORK SETTINGS icon and select “Ad Hoc Mode.”
Select the channel with the game of your choice [...]