Portable Gaming Revolution

Flash Insider made a post today regarding a press release from Oregan Networks who develops IP technology. Flash Insider interprets the press release as saying there will be some sort of application released by Oregan Networks that will allow you to play Flash 7 on your PSP. However reading the following section of the release..
Oregan’s [...]

Hot on the heels of the press release regarding Hot PXL, IGN has posted 5 screenshots of the game.

The game looks…interesting to say the least. I wonder how wacky they are going to go with these because judging by the screenshots, it looks pretty off the wall. Not as bad as Byte Hell 2000 (which [...]

Gamers Reports has posted three screenshots of the recently confirmed Lumines 2.

As you can see, the game looks pretty much the same as the original which is by no means a bad thing. Lumines was beautiful in its simplicity and I hope that Lumines 2 does not change that.

Atari has announced the release of HOT PXL which is a ‘microgame anarchy’ title for the PSP. This will apparently be a set of 200 mini-games designed for fast on-the-go play which sounds a lot like the Warioware series.
Atari’s HOT PXL Delivers Street Smart Micro-Game Anarchy to the Hands of PlayStation® Portable Gamers
LYON, FRANCE – [...]

Fanjita has posted an FAQ on the recently released 2.70 Firmware that should answer all your questions about if you should upgrade or not.
Most people are now aware that the v2.7 firmware has been released by Sony. We’ve been getting a lot of questions about it, so here’s a quick FAQ:
* Homebrew does not work [...]

According to Gamespot, the Ratchet and Clank PSP debut has undergone a title change. The game is now called Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters is one of the many games to be shown at E3 and we will let you know information about it as soon as we found out. Check [...]

We reported a while ago about the possibility of Lumines 2 being shown at E3. However, nothing had been heard since then and the idea slowly faded into obscurity.
Yesterday however, a PR video surfaced from Playstation Underground which, for all intents and purposes, confirmed that Lumines 2 will be shown at E3 considering this is [...]

Modojo is reporting that Bethesda will be reportedly releasing a version of it’s insanely addicting Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game to both the PSP and the PS3.
The PS3 would not really that surprising but having it come to the PSP is an interesting choice. The series has been mobile before via the N-Gage in The [...]

The Bismarck Tribune reports that a 14-year old boy was cited with a class C felony after bringing pornography to school…on his PSP.
The boy was charged with promoting obscenity to minors for showing other students the pornography as well as simple assault, a misdemeanor, for scratching another student with a key.
How stupid do you have [...]

The much awaited firmware 2.70 looks like it has been released world wide. Currently, the update is only downloadable through the network update feature using the PSP for North American users. The official North American update website still hasn’t been updated yet with the new firmware release. The Japanese update site however has already been [...]

We kind of forgot to report on the April PSP Content Pack in the beginning of the month… better late than never I suppose.

This months pack featurs:

Pursuit Force™ Latest Game Trailer, PSP™ TV Spot, and Exclusive Wallpaper ESRB: T
Syphon Filter®: Dark Mirror Preview to Soundtrack
Daxter™ Game Trailer, PSP™ TV Spot, and Exlcusive Wallpapers ESRB: E10
MLB® [...]

I’ve been noticing a lot of hype about the PSP’s new Flash Player abilities but I feel obligated to point something out. The new 2.70 update adds Flash 6 support which is great and all but Flash 6 is way behind times. ActionScript 2.0, which was a major upgrade to the ActionScript language, was introduced [...]