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Will 2009 be the year of the PSP?

I’d like to think that 2009 will be the renaissance of the PSP or simply, the year of the PSP.  Why? Strong sales?  Numerous upcoming titles? Increased overall traction as a platform? Yes, sales wise,


Persona remake for the PSP

Yep it’s another hit from from Altus, or at least another hit from the old PSX console that Altus is bringing back to the


PSP going for Carnival Colors

The previous announcement of two new colors for the PSP, Radiant Red and Vibrant Blue wasn’t the last of it. Sony has just announced two more colors for it’s limited edition line.


PSP Games to look forward to in 2009

2008 was a slow year for the PSP, not in terms of sale but rather, the number of titles actually shelling your money out for. Aside from God of War, Crisis Core and


Sony unveils two new colors for the PSP

Happy New Year and Sony is giving Asia a new year bash with two new colors for the PSP.  SCE Asia is set to release these units on January 15. The new PSP-3006s will come


List of PSP Official Firmware

You can use these links to download the official firmware version that you need to upgrade or downgrade your PSP firmware.  I’ve also linked to the guides on How to install per version of


PSP Exclusives: Final Fantasy Agito XIII and The 3rd Birthday Trailers

Yes, Square-Enix hasn’t forgotten us PSP fans.  After the smorgasbord that was the trailers for FF XIII and Versus XIII sent us drooling, they’ve released two trailers for upcoming PSP-only titles that’s bound to


Extend your PSP’s battery life with the Hold+ plugin

Battery life is an issue with the PSP Slim and PSP Brite and unless you’ve decided to buy an extended battery kit or something similar.  Even setting your PSP’s settings to powersaving mode (i.e.


PSP-3000 finally gets hacked

It was inevitable but I’m a bit surprised that it wasn’t Dark Alex to have come out with a solution to the no homebrew on the PSP Brite. Yes, it is NOW possible to install


Will the iPhone unseat PSP and DS? Not likely

There’s a lot of buzz on the Mac side of computing as a several game developers start signing up for the Mac camp.  Sure it’s exciting since big names like Sega are setting up


Sony to offer Short Films on PSP and PS3

Freebies galore as SCEE unveils a little project that it’s working on called Shoot! Shoot! is basically a project that involves six short films that will be offered as free downloads on both the PS3


PSP Brite remains immune to Custom Firmware

Every casual PSP fan has expected the PSP Brite to be hacked and issued a version of the Custom Firmware a few days after release much like the PSP Slim.  Much to everyone’s surprise,


PSP-3000 units plagued with scan lines

The biggest feature that the PSP-3000 or PSP Brite have over it’s older brother is the new screen.  It supports a wider gamut of colors and is supposed to get rid of the ghosting


PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 is Released

Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 has just been released.  Dark Alex completely skipped 4.02 and released 5.00 M33.  Interested in the changes?  Read the PSP 5.00 OFW changes.  The most welcome change to 5.00 is


Convert your PSP to Custom Firmware

PSP for Dummies > Converting your PSP to Custom Firmware using a Pandora battery This is the nitty gritty guide on converting your PSP to custom firmware by means of a Pandora battery. If


PSP Firmware 5.00 details

I’m not so sure about Sony’s current naming convention when it comes to the PSP’s firmware version but hey, an update is something to be happy about right? Firmware 4.00 added Google Search to the


Want Dual Analog on your PSP? Wait for PSP Plus

Instead of a redesign (by adding the highly requested 2nd analog stick), Sony innovates by adding a brand new technology on it’s games to give PSP gamers a better gaming experience.  How?  How about


PSP-3000 vs Nintendo DSi

Sony and Nintendo are all set with their new and improved (?) models of their portable gaming consoles.  Before you start screaming apples and oranges, this post is meant to help you decide which


[Homebrew]PSP Pandora Deluxe v1.3

Created by DJB on 5th September 2008 Here’s the all-in-one solution for your Pandora Needs. This program is designed to prepare your PSP Memory Stick to be used with the Pandora Battery. Unfortunately this program can


Final Fantasy Agito XIII coming to the PSP

Yep, you read that title right.  A Final Fantasy XIII title is coming to our beloved portable.  The former Final Fantasy XIII cell phone game is headed to the PSP because apparently, the developers


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