Earlier today, Sony announced an entertainment pack that they have put out to coincide with the release of Madden 09.  The pack contains all sorts of goodies including, among other things, a never-before-released-in-North-America “Metallic Blue” PSP-2000. Something to keep in mind if you’re collecting the various PSP colors is that picking up this bundle is the only way [...]

Two years ago, Nintendo released a limited edition Onyx DS Lite branded with images of the Diamond and Pearl Pokémon (Dialga and Palkia) on the front.  It was originally only available at Pokémon Center retailers in Japan, but the good news is that it will be released in the United States on August 17th! When [...]

This truly is sad news for all the PSP gamers out there who have been looking for ways to extend their playtime through other battery methods.  The Extended Life Battery Kit for the PSP was only released late last year and it’s quite puzzling to have Sony pull them off of the shelves so soon. [...]

There’s a PSP modder out there by the name of jube808 (a professional electronic engineer) who has been working on several features for the PSP that he believes should have been there in the first place: a better designed control pad, increased battery life and above all else, a touchscreen! He has brought one of his dreams [...]

It’s no secret that BioWare is making their first foray into the handheld market with the upcoming release of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the DS, due out at the end of September.  The company is best known for their epic RPG’s for both PC and consoles, such as Neverwinter Nights, Baldur’s Gate and Star Wars: Knights of the [...]

With how busy my life is, I’m always looking for ways to make things just a little bit easier.  For me, this always includes writing lists and notes; I’m actually an obsessive list-maker, and I’m not ashamed to admit it! Along comes this neat little homebrew application called PSPNotes v0.1 by developer Mickael2054 and my life has [...]

Homebrew developer seanpaul223 has released the second version of his real-time strategy game, Age of Nations, for the PSP.  The game has undergone a complete over-haul, basically starting from scratch with the Lua code completely re-written to bring you all a better game! This project is based on the PC game, Age of Empires. You can see [...]

Neverland Card Battles is a port of a PS2 title that was originally released only in Japan, under the name Cardinal Arc: The Neverland Card War. This game will be joining the ranks of games such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, both card-based strategy games that were released last year for the PSP. This particular [...]

I’m going to start by admitting that I’m not normally a huge fan of role-playing games myself, I can watch someone else play them for hours, but have just never been able to get invested personally. That all changed with the release, eight years ago, of Parasite Eve for the PSX. I spent hours guiding Aya Brea [...]

Cherry Tree Lane is a new brand being marketed by Koch Media UK, with their focus being entirely on making gaming a family affair, promoting family values and teaching children to use their imaginations with both the DS and Wii.  Their target audience lies mainly in the 6-12 age group, specifically girls. There are four [...]

  Homebrew developer PSProgramer has released version 0.02 of his role-playing game, Uncharted Lands, for the PSP.  This second release of the game fixes some of the issues that arose with the first version that was released on July 18 and adds quite a bit of functionality to the game as well.  This is definitely to be [...]

It looks like the murder mysteries will be abounding aplenty on the DS in the coming months. Unsolved Crimes put a bit of a unique twist on the genre though, placing you in 1970′s New York City as a rookie homicide detective. Coming out from publisher Empire Interactive, they are advertising a whopping eight independent [...]