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UMD Passport Program for PlayStation Vita Buyers

Sony has finally spilled the beans on how it will let existing PlayStation Portable players with existing UMD collections onto the PlayStation Vita.  The company is calling this program the UMD Passport and while


Official PlayStation Vita Japanese accessory pricing

With the release of the PS Vita both in Japan and the international market drawing near, Sony has unveiled pricing on several official accessories for the new portable console. A bit of warning for the


Sony announces PlayStation Vita release date

Get your wallets ready, the much hyped PlayStation Vita is coming early next year. Just how early? SCEA president Jack Tretton officially announced on the PlayStation Blog that the Vita will be arriving February


Capcom confirms no online play for Monster Hunter 3G

Looks like Monster Hunter 3G will have one less feature from all the new ones that we’ve been seeing.  Capcom has officially announced that Tri G will not have online multiplayer support


Capcom unveils Monster Hunter dual pack for U.S. gamers

Monster Hunter fans in the U.S. who haven’t pitched up support for Capcom’s famed series (in other words, you haven’t bought a copy) can pucker up for this special offer exclusively available from GameStop. The


DJ Technika coming to PlayStation Vita

Hey PS Vita fans don’t despair about MonHun 3G coming to the 3DS. You’ve got DJ Technika lined up for


Free 3DS Ambassador games now available for download

To compensate current 3DS owners for the unprecedented price drop of the 3D touting portable, Nintendo is giving you guys (the 3DS ambassadors) free 3DS games. The problem?  As with all things with gaming on


Atlus announces Persona 4 for PlayStation Vita

With a single announcement, Atlus has assured that I’ll be buying a PlayStation Vita at launch. The PlayStation 2 classic Persona 4 will be coming to the PlayStation Vita as Persona 4: The Golden


Razer unveils the world’s first true gaming laptop

The whole reason behind Razer’s PC Gaming Is Not Dead teaser site has finally been unveiled, the Razer Blade portable gaming laptop. In terms of looks, the Razer blade is a winner, packing a


6.20 / 6.35 / 6.39 / 6.60 PRO-B9 LCFW released

Well that didn’t take long. The PSP PRO dev team has released a new update to their LCFW build (PRO-B9) for 6.20 OFW, 6.35 OFW, 6.39 OFW and even the latest PlayStation Portable OFW,


New Wii model incoming, drops GameCube compatibility

Looks like Sony’s PlayStation Portable isn’t the only one going through the feature chopping


PSP OFW 6.60 now available

As with the PS3’s 3.70 OFW, Sony has released a new firmware update: 6.60 OFW. As is the case with past updates, Sony’s new firmware patches the exploits used to run CFW, in this case


Nintendo drops 3DS price, gives free games

Being an early adopter is sometimes like shooting yourself in the foot. Those who bought the 3DS early could be feeling the pinch right about… now. Just a few months into the release of


Sony announces PSP Engine, makes PSP to PS3 ports a reality

During the Game Tools & Middleware Forum 2011 event in Tokyo, Sony has unveiled the technology that made it possible to port Monster Portable 3rd on to the PS3. Dubbed the PSP Engine,


Steam Summer sale begins

It’s that time of the year folks. Keep your wallets on a tight leash, Steam’s summer sale is here. If you’re new to Steam, keep this to heart when going through the sale catalog:


Three new PSP bundles coming to Japan

Even with the PlayStation Vita‘s release expected for the holiday season, Sony is still pushing the PlayStation Portable as three new “Value Packs” are set to release in Japan in the next few months.


Team Fortress 2 goes Free to Play

Valve has officially made Team Fortress 2 Free-to-Play in conjunction with the Uber pack update and the new Meet-The-Medic


Life-sized Monster Hunter wyverns to be built at Universal Studios for The Real Monster event

No pun intended but hot damn! This will likely be the biggest Monster Hunter Event ever, both figuratively and literally. The event name is a quite a handful


Yoshinori Kitase on Dissidia Remaster for the PS3

Siliconera recently interviewed Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase for the upcoming sequel for the Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2.  During the interview, Spencer managed to slip in the question that’s on every Dissidia


Nintendo 3DS Tops one Million units sold

Mainichi reports that Nintendo’s 3D-touting portable has reached more than one million in domestic sales for the Nintendo 3DS. Worldwide sales of the Nintendo 3DS have reached 3.61 million units (as of April


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