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Siliconera has pointed out an awesome deal. Sandisk has a coupon that allows $25 off a 512MB Sandisk PRO Duo at Circuit City, GameStop, or Best Buy.
Luckily, the cards only sell for $19.99 at Best Buy so you can print out the coupon and take it in for a free memory card.
While I have not [...]

Gamespot has posted a great video retrospective of the first year of the PSP.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was released in the US on March 24, 2005, and was the first system that seemed poised to threaten Nintendo’s dominant Game Boy franchise in the handheld market.
The system doubles as a portable multimedia device allowing people to [...]

Firmware 2.71 Released In Japan [update 1]

It looks like PSP Firmware version 2.71 has been stealthily released in Japan and includes the following updates:

Game demos can now be downloaded from Internet Browser and saved on Memory stick
Video output can now be displayed correctly when an external tuner is selected in Location Free Player

The firmware is unavailable in the North American or [...]

Big name voices for Justice League Heroes

Warner Bros has announced that they have signed on some big name voice talent for the upcoming Justice League Heroes for the PS2, XBox and PSP.
Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Blade II, Justice League TV series) as Batman
Michael Jai White (Spawn, Spawn: The Animation) as Green Lantern
Crispin Freeman (Viewtiful Joe, Kingdom Hearts II) as Superman
Courtenay Taylor (God [...]

Test Drive Unlimited driving on to PSP

Atari has announced that they will be bringing Test Drive Unlimited to both the PSP and PS2 this fall. Test Drive Unlimited will feature 70 Supercars, server-based online play, upgradable cars and downloadable content. They also promise that the PSP version will take full advantage of the PSP’s online capabilities.
Here is the full press release:
Eden [...]

Sony Unveils E3 Lineup

Sony has announced the games it will be showing at this years E3 for the PS2 and PSP. However, we will have to wait until E3 starts to hear about PS3.
PSP
Gangs of London
Killzone: Liberation
Lemmings
Loco Roco
NBA ‘07
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2
World Tour Soccer ‘06
PS2
ATV: Offroad Fury 4
God of War II
NBA [...]

UMD/Game releases this week

Here are the UMD and PSP Game releases for the week of May 7th to May 13th
Games
NBA Ballers: Rebound
UMD Movies
Family Guy: The Freakin Sweet Collection
X-Men
X-2: X-Men United
Grandma’s Boy
As you can see, there is not much in the way of games this week but it is a decent movie week. Also not much in either department [...]

E3 2006 Preshow: Dead Head Fred

In Dead Head Fred, you take on the role of Fred (Didn’t see that coming eh?), a private investigator in the town of Hope Falls. A mob boss by the name of Pitt has moved recently in to town and has decided to cause all sorts of mayhem involving a nuclear power plant and toxic [...]

BattleZone Screenshots

We reported earlier about Atari bringing an updated version of BattleZone to the PSP. Luckily, Atari has also released 4 screenshots of the game to give us a taste of what is to come.

  
  

The game looks pretty good so far and is pretty much what I had envisioned. I just hope they do this [...]

SOCOM FTB 2 confirmed

We reported previously about a rumored sequel to the smash hit SOCOM Fireteam Bravo.

Well, yesterday Zipper Interactive confirmed that it would be indeed be creating SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 for the PSP as well as SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault for the PS2.
SOCOM FTB 2 will be sporting the following [...]

No Firmware 2.7 for Neuros

Neuros has issued a warning for people using the MPEG-4 Recorder 2 and the Sony PSP. If you upgrade to Firmware 2.7, you will no longer be able to play files recorded with the Recorder 2.
“We don’t think Sony did this on purpose, but, for now, PSPs with the upgraded firmware won’t play files [...]

Justice League Heroes to save the PSP!

Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that they have signed a distribution deal with Eidos for Justice League Heroes on the PS2, XBox and PSP this fall. Eidos Interactive will handle distribution in North America and Europe as well as European marketing. WB Interactive handling marketing in North America. The full press release follows.
Burbank, Calif., May [...]




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