Portable Gaming Revolution

When you think of PSP accessories, the first accessory to enter your mind is probably some sort of system case. Keeping your $200+ portable game system safe is of the utmost importance. There have been a pile released already, and everyone seems to have their favorite; so when a company decides to bring a case to market, it will have to be different then all the others out there. Capdase has done this, and done it well with their Twins Case.

Continue reading ‘Capdase Twins Case Review’

Just got my hands on these nice screens of Metal Gear AC!D from the Tokyo Game Show, and figured you would all like to see them :)

Enjoy!

Welcome to the Burnout Legends Special edition of the podcast. The game was so good, it deserved it’s own weekend podcast! So listen on for my mini-game review of Burnout Legends, and some interesting news that cam out late in the week.

While you are listening to it, make sure to visit our new site, http://pgoz.com, or as we like to call it PSP News by the ounce! While there make sure to set the new Link/Start page as your homepage in the PSP browser.

If you would like to give it a listen you can either download it directly [mp3 28min 12.5mb], or subscribe to the podcast RSS feed in your favorite aggregator.

Team Xtender has posted a small development update on their homepage showing off some images of their upcoming PSP2TV device. This device will attach to your PSP and will offer video out ports so you can output the PSP image/sound directly to your television. This device also contains a PS2 controller port on the back allowing the usage of a PS2 controller to play your games.

It hasn’t been talked about, but there are some rumours that one will need to open their PSP to install this device. By looking at some of the images, that does appear to be the case. When new information is released I’ll be sure to post that here, until then you can checkout the images below.

Well the big secret about this game has finally been announced, although I’m a little confused by it. Behold, the Solid Eye

This device will ship with MGA2 and will add a 3d effect to the gameplay in this game. Details are slim at the moment so it’s not known if you will have to keep this attached to your PSP the whole time you are playing this game. Seems cool enough to me, but will this accessory turn out to be just another VirtualBoy?

Sony today has announced Field Commander, a new title scheduled to be released in the first quarted of 2006. From the movie and screenshots available, this appears to be Sony’s take on a turn-based strategy game. It looks strikingly similar to Advance Wars on the GBA and DS, but features a full 3d engine. The most interesting part of this announcement is that this game will support a full online battle mode. Seems like Sony is really embracing infrastructure based online play with it’s new games. This is surely a sign of good things to come.

More info, movies and screenshots can be found in the game’s webpage: www.fieldcommandergame.com

Sony Online Entertainment Announces Untold Legends: The Warrior’s Code For The PSP. This sequel doesn’t appear to be a continuation of the story, but rather exists in it’s own little world. Sony is boasting a full suite of online game options such as cooperative and a 4 player Player vs. Player battle system. A full online lobby system and macro based chatting have been announced to help with this.

Key features announced for The Warrior’s Code include:

• Evolutionary Combat Engine: Experience all-new action-RPG combat through an upgraded combat engine featuring a wider variety of combat moves and special abilities, dynamic attacks of opportunity, and all the intensity of fast hack-n-slash action.
• Epic Storyline: Play through five exciting chapters with dramatic in-game cinematics and voiceovers.
• Enhanced 3D Game Engine: Featuring enhanced Graphics, Special Effects, and Lighting with streaming music.
• All-New Online Multiplayer Mode: Featuring story-driven two player co-op play seamlessly integrated with the single player game or combat focused player vs. player battles for up to four players.
• All New Macro-Chat Communication System
• All New Online Lobby and Matchmaking System
• New Playable Characters: Five shape-changing player character types featuring enhanced customization and a wider variety of enhanced animations.
• Enhanced Quest System: Challenge yourself with a wider variety of quest types and upgraded Quest Journal.
• New Hand-Crafted Environments: Explore more than 45 all-new areas featuring dynamic events and a wider array of interactive objects, devious traps, destructible walls, and ambient creatures.
• Unique Monsters: Battle and employ different combat strategies against more than 40 unique monsters with improved Artificial Intelligence.
• Massive Boss Battles: Experience 12 massive boss battles featuring interactive lairs and unique new gameplay challenges.
• All-New User Interface: A completely new User Interface includes multiple control schemes, enhanced mini-map and world map with fog of war and streamlined inventory, skill system, and quick menu options.
• Enhanced Item System: Collect and utilize a wider variety of items and enhancements and store in an all new item stash.

Sounds great, i’ll be looking forward to this game when it launches sometime in the first quarter of 2006.

Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan (SCEJ) has announced the TALKMAN for the PSP. The Talkman will become the first speech recognition device for the PSP.

The Talkman will connect a microphone to the USB port of the PSP. This device will be sold with special software to allow 4 languages to be spoken and translated. The languages are to include Japanese, Chinese, English and Korean and will be translated via speech recognition.
Also voice pronunciation will be allowed to be checked, and there will be a game mode for single person, perhaps to learn a new language. Expect a lot more info to be released at the Tokyo Game Show this weekend from the 16th to the 18th this September.

Talkman is reportadly going to be up for sale this November 17th. As of today it is not known whether it will be a world wide release at the same time. The price will be 5,800 Yen (about $53US), and will include the USB microphone.

The USB microphone is a monaural condenser microphone which will weigh approximately 6 grams and measures 50x10x10mm (width x height x depth)

Source-PSP Updates

In this weeks episode I review Brando’s Aluminium Case and the Large Capacity battery Pack with clip, I do a mini-game review of GripShift as well. Lots of news to report, and Cara is back as always with a new episode of the scene.

While you are listening to it, make sure to visit our new site, http://pgoz.com, or as we like to call it PSP News by the ounce! While there make sure to set the new Link/Start page as your homepage in the PSP browser.

If you would like to give it a listen you can either download it directly [mp3 43min 20mb], or subscribe to the podcast RSS feed in your favorite aggregator.

The game we have all been waiting anxiously for has finally been given a release date. The date given is Tuesday 25th October, im assuming this is the North American release date as big games like this always come out on fridays in the UK.

Another great announcement is that there is finally an official GTA LCS website which can be found here

It looks awesome with a great design and some nice features. Be sure to check out the trailer that has been released on their site as it looks brilliant. Oh and the inbox is great too which gives a great look at the backstory in this game. So don’t miss it

After the death of a couple of great PSP mags in the shape of PSPe mag and PSP complete there has been a whole which has been waiting to be filled by a good PSP mag, could this be it?

Well after loking at the first issue of PSPages over at pspages.co.uk I think this could be a cery good magazine. So far it clearly seems to be aimed at european and British PSP owners but the reviews inside are of good quality and are written surprisingly well for a first mag.

The design is OK but the purple background meminded me of September too much. I’d like to see that changed. All considered I think it is a very nice, well put together debut magazine and given a bit of time and love it could become a must read.

Unfortunately at the moment they dont have a direct download straight to PSP option but instead a file that needs to be extracted using winzip.

Definiely check it out at http://www.carcrazed.co.uk/PSPages/Downloads.htm

UPDATE: PSP Drive have now put it up for download to your PSP.

Activision has just released 8 new screen shots for X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. I must say that the game is looking hot! It appears that Raven Software is doing a killer job getting this game to look good on the PSP screen. I cannot wait for this game to ship.