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Goodbye PSP Go

Almost two years into it’s product life, the latest PlayStation Portable model, the PSP Go, is officially dead. For Europe and Japan at


Total_Noob’s 6.20 TN-E Hen now available

Total_N00b has just released his update to 6.20 TN Hen, 6.20 TN-E and wow, he’s thrown in everything in but the kitchen sink. PSX support, password protection, flash0 protection, improved compatibility with plugins,


Valve unveils Portal 2 and Steam for PS3 details

After months of speculations, Valve has finally unveiled details on it’s upcoming game, Portal 2 and Steam on the PS3.  Yep.  That’s right, Steam, the online game storefront, multiplayer platform (also called DRM) on


PSP OFW 6.38 now available

Sony has released another firmware update for the PSP.  PSP 6.38 OFW is now available for download.  Like 6.37 OFW, it’s unadvisable to upgrade. The PSP Firmware 6.38 changelog reads: This is a minor update that


6.20 Pro-B4 LCFW released

Aside from releasing 6.35 Pro-B4, Coldbird has released a version for those sticking with 6.20 OFW for 6.20 TN-D (people like me :)). This release includes a new ISO driver called Inferno OSS


6.35 Pro-B4 LCFW released

Coldbird has just released an update to it’s 6.35 Pro LCFW, (6.35 Pro-B4) has been released with a few more bugfixes and features. Not only that, they’ve also managed to release Pro-B4 build


Current Playing: Dissidia Duodecim

For the uninitiated, Dissidia 012[duodecim] is the prequel to the hit Final fantasy-based fighting game, Final Fantasy Dissidia. Duodecim’s story revolves around the twelfth war (if you haven’t noticed, the events of the first game


Steam Error: Servers Are Currently Unavailable or Too Busy

I recently encountered this error upon installing Civilization V on my new MacBook Pro. It seems to be the generic error that the Steam client throws when: There really aren’t any available servers to


NGP may not launch in 2011

Aside from delayed game releases, it looks like Japan’s trio of disasters would affect even the release of Sony’s upcoming portable console, the NGP (Next Generation Portable or PSP 2 if you will).  Originally


Project Diva PS3 controller is expensive but awesome

A few weeks back, Hori (yep, if you’re familiar with consoles, it’s the very same company that sells accessories) introduced the Hatsune Miku PS3 controller. It’s ridiculously huge and somewhat gaudy in appearance.


Sony PlayStation games now appearing on Android Market

With the launch of the PlayStation Phone AKA Xperia Play imminent, it should come as no surprise that Sony has started to release Playstation One games into the official Android


Nintendo 3DS suffering from BSOD errors

Looks like the Nintendo 3DS is suffering more issues other than the lackluster launch titles.  A small number of gamers who purchased the Nintendo 3DS is suffering from the dreaded, “Black Screen


Unlocking Characters in Dissidia Duodecim

The sequel to the all-too popular Final Fantasy mish-mash fighting game, Final Fantasy Dissidia has 3 secret characters available for you to unlock. Like Gabranth and Shantotto in the original Dissidia game you have the


Nintendo 3DS region lock confirmed

Ouch. Nintendo’s brand new console, the Nintendo 3DS is marred by a security feature that cropped up with it’s older brother the Nintendo DSi.  Region-lock.  As is the current situation is with the DSi and


[Fix] Dragon Age 2 Crashes, Installation Issues, Crash to Desktop (CTD), framerate issues, save game problems

Ah yes, Dragon Age II is here but like quite a few games before it, there’s quite a few problems that prevent you from enjoying the game. These range from the all too common


aLoader 1.25 for 6.20 TN HEN released

Another speedy update from aLoader plugin’s developer ardi. The aLoader plugin is now updated to 1.25 and fixes the loading issue with the internal memory of the PSP Go (with 1.20 you had to mess


6.20 TN-D Permanent Patch

A patch is available to make 6.20 TN-D permanent on your PSP. While it doesn’t completely install a custom firmware on your PSP, it does make things a whole lot easier by


aLoader 1.20 plugin for 6.20 TN Hen

ardi has released version 1.2 of his aLoader plugin which should work perfectly with 6.20 TN-D. This release includes a new menu when specifying drivers to load your game ISOs. Aside from


6.35 Pro-B3 LCFW released

Another speedy update to 6.35 Pro LCFW, (6.35 Pro-B3) has been released with a few more bugfixes and features. From the looks of things, we’ll be seeing 6.35 Pro-C sometime soon. Again, no need to


Nintendo 3DS rumored to be equipped with anti-piracy killswitch

Looks like Nintendo is keeping true to it’s promise of keeping the 3DS pirate free. How? By remote bricking your 3DS console. At least that’s how the current spiel of rumor goes. If the


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