Portable Gaming Revolution

The fact that Sony sent out a massive survey a couple of days ago has prompted all sorts of wild rumors that there is a major redesign in the works for the PSP. The survey included all sorts of questions, including:
Which of the following would enhance the PSP system the most?(only a few of [...]

Once again, Next-Gen has put together their list of the Top 50 Games of 2006, spanning all consoles. As you can see from the list below, both the PSP and the DS came out fairly respectably, pulling in a combined eight of the honours.

8. New Super Mario Bros. - DS
23. LocoRoco - [...]

Nintendo’s DS Project Manager, James Honeywell, has gone on record to say that they are definitely working on software to get the DS and the Wii talking to each other. So far, the only game to do this is Pokemon Battle Revolution, but there are definitely more games in the works.
He also [...]

Given the rapid decline in interest for UMD’s, Sony has decided to throw their hat in the ring to take on both Apple (with iTunes) and Microsoft (Video marketplace) in the video download war with a system of their own for the PSP.
By the sounds of it, the service will be quite similar [...]

We all know that Nintendo absolutely loves to practically print their own money by re-releasing many incarnations of what is basically the same product - i.e. GameBoy, GameBoy Mini, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP… I could go on, and on and on.
Keep in mind that this is mere speculation at this [...]

Wow! You know, having played the game to some extent myself… I’m having these wicked visions of all sorts of nasty videos being sent in for this contest!! It could still be pretty funny though, and the prizes are actually quite decent!
Here are the details, buzznet.com is hosting an Elite Beat Agents Video [...]

Nintendo is holding a contest over at their website where they’re giving away quite the prize package each and every day for 90 days.
Each prize package consists of:
- One (1) Nintendo DS Lite video game system
- One (1) Nintendo DS video game
- One (1) Game Boy Advance video game
Something to [...]

The following games are scheduled to be released this week for the DS:
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
- Lionel Trains: On Track
- Star Wars: Lethal Alliance

The following titles are scheduled to be released for the PSP:
- Blitz: Overtime
- Shrek Smash and Crash

It’s a rare event that the sequel to a fan favorite bests the original. There are some recent examples where this has happened, but more often then not you’ll usually end up with just more of the same or even worse, an upsetting bastardization of the original product. When I heard that Q Entertainment was [...]

The next version of the Squenix blockbuster comes home.

The folks over at Pocket Gamer decided to do a poll to see what gamers would most like to see in the next incarnation of the PSP. It was an incredibly tight race between the first and second place, with a second analog stick narrowly beating out a touch screen with votes of 28% [...]

In this episode of the PSP Podcast we talk about some of the new happenings in the homebrew scene. Mainly the fact that the new PSP firmwares are being decrypted as fast as Sony is releasing them. I also chat a bit about the new Devhook release that takes advantage of these decrypted firmwares.
I also [...]

 

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