PSP News
September2009
News Need For Speed Shift Heads Up UK Sales Charts, Playstation 3 Version Has Greater Share
Need For Speed Shift has jumped straight to the number one spot of the British sales charts, with 52% of the sales attributed to the Playstation 3 version -- figures Sony must be pretty pleased with as they've watched their software share stakes grow over recent years
The Beatles: Rock Band surprisingly dropped down the charts from fourth to...
News Fat Princess On PSP Adds A Fistful Of Content (And Cake)
Despite Fat Princess: Fistful Of Cake - the PSP repackaging of Sony's PSN darling - looking just like its Playstation 3 counterpart, "it'll feature 50 percent more content" according to those working on the title
So what's new? New modes to begin with — including one such mode where the class switching hat generators are busted from the off;...
News Fantastic Fantasy Star Portable Fanta Promotion
Fanta's a nice drink
But honestly, we can't say we've had any of it for about... ooh... three or four years. Coca-Cola want to change that, by marketing their drink within the upcoming Fantasy Phantasy Star Portable 2. Fanta-people will also be at Tokyo Game Show next week, handing out goodies for those who check out Phantasy Star Portable 2...
Everyone's not-so favourite online video games retailer, ShopTo, want you to know that they think the PSPGo is a dead format before it launches; "As a format it is almost dead before it has arrived," the ShopTo boss told Eurogamer
Of course the price ($250, £229.99) is a talking point, but it seems most retailers are more concerned with the lack of...
News Sony Speed Up QA Approval Service Of PSP Minis By Removing Network Support
Let's get this out of the way
Sony have confirmed that PSP Minis will not include network or online features. With that out of the way, let's look at the reasoning behind the decision. Current PSP titles take two weeks to be approved for the Playstation Store. By contrast, Minis will be approved in just three to five days. Releases can be...
News SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 Hits The PSP This November In North America
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 is on the horizon for Playstation Portable shooting fans
The game comes with a host of pre-order related bonuses (as detailed on the Playstation Blog) should you wish to place your committment to the product in stores or order it within the first 30 days of release on the PSN. We'll have a hands-on with the game next week.
News Major Dutch Retailer Says "Screw You PSP Go!"
There's unrest in Dutch retailer NedGame's camp
They really don't want to stock the PSP Go. Apparently it's too expensive. But not only that, with no support for physical media the company will unable to generate return sales via games. Oh noes. It just shows what a bold move Sony have made by cutting out physical media. It seems like retailers are...
First Impressions MotorStorm: Arctic Edge on Playstation Portable
You may not be a MotorStorm fan, but MotorStorm: Arctic Edge should be an exciting title regardless of your tastes; namely because it starts the onslaught of excellent Playstation Portable content
We've never been quite so inundated with PSP content. And that's exciting. Probably the biggest compliment you can pay to MotorStorm: Arctic Edge is that...
News Check Out Gran Turismo PSP Running At 60FPS
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry technical blog is back again to provide us with some 60FPS video capture footage of Polyphony Digital's upcoming Gran Turismo PSP
Eurogamer's video shows the PSP marvel in all its ravishing glory and even goes some way into dissecting exactly how Polyphony Digital pulled off such a complete experience on Sony's handheld...
News Buzz! Quiz World Looks Like A Suitably Excellent Upgrade
Remember Buzz
Quiz TV</a> and Buzz! Brain Of The UK? Yep, two Buzz! games that were actually rather awesome but needed fleshing out. A lot. Looks like Buzz! Quiz World is set to fix those problems. The popular quizzing game is back but with what looks like tons of new content. As confirmed via the embedded trailer. The trailer reveals...
What can you imagine that is better than Motorstorm, set on a snowy mountain? The fact that it fits in your pocket? Hell yes
We're so stoked about the PSP's upcoming Sony racers, Motorstorm for wreckless fun, Gran Turismo for simulation awe. Check out this developer diary to get a little more detail about the upcoming Motorstorm: Arctic Edge...
News PSP Minis Could Come To UMD & PS3 In The Future
Sony have got those who have an avid hate of buying stuff from the Playstation Store covered
If you want to play Minis, and you don't want to make a transaction via the Store, Sony are looking at bringing the best of the bunch to UMD. SCEE's Zeno Colaco told Develop magazine, "The most successful Minis titles will probably transition to...
News Sony Announce Tokyo Game Show 09 Lineup, Two Unannounced PS3 Titles Will Be Present
Sony have announced their Tokyo Game Show 09 presence minus those titles that are, well, yet to be announced
The list is long and exciting, with the promise of two unannounced titles for the PS3 and a further three for PSP. Sadly there's no sign of The Last Guardian on the lineup. PlayStation 3 FIFA 10 World Class Soccer Lost Planet 2 Shin Sangoku...
First Impressions Beaterator on Playstation Portable
Developed in collaboration with monster pop producer Timbaland
Almost coming out of nowhere, the PSP announcement of Rockstar's Beaterator has been met with mixed response, namely from the elitist whose desire is to criticise the game's figurehead, Timbaland. At the end of the day though, whether you want to rise above elitism or not, it's instantly...
First Impressions Gran Turismo PSP on Playstation Portable
Gran Turismo PSP will lead the line for the PSP Go early this October, going as far as being bundled with European copies of the PSP Go
We take a quick look at the game's main features ahead of its release next month. A wealth of content. Gran Turismo PSP is set to be a big title, despite its portable nature. The game will cram over 800 cars and 35...
Feature Push Square's Five Most Anticipated Playstation Games Of Q4, 2009
We're already feeling the difference here at PushSquare
Games are coming thick and fast now. While many have been delayed, there are still plenty of excellent games due for release in Q4, 09. We take a look at our five most anticipated. 5. Eye Pet (Playstation 3) We're sure Eye Pet is the last title people would expect to see on our most anticipated...
News PSP Minis To Cost Approximately $1.50 To $2.50
The price of Sony's newly announced PSP Minis are going to be very interesting
Sony has to get the pricing just right to make sure they become an almost addictive, impulse, risk-free purchase. IndianVideoGamer.com have a report on their site with Indian Minis developer GameShastra, who claim they have over 30 games in development for the PSP and...
News Timbaland Walks You Through Beaterator On PSP
Through the power of beats and vocal harmonies, Timbaland is here to tell you about his upcoming PSP venture with Rockstar, Beaterator
We're really excited by this "game", namely because outside of writing for PushSquare we're all really into music production. The video gives you a good idea for what you can be expecting to achieve in...
News Gran Turismo PSP Bundle Hits The US This October, $200
Here in Europe we are set to get Gran Turismo PSP with our PSP Gos
In the US though, you can expect to pick up a "Mystic Silver" PSP-3000, a copy of GT PSP on UMD, some exclusive DLC and a 2GB memory stick for just $200. That's a great bundle for Sony and we're sure it's going to do decent numbers for them in America when the bundle...
News Kojima: Peace Walker & Rising Teams Do Not Get On
Ever noticed anything frosty between Kojima's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid: Rising projects? Kojima-san himself has been quick to describe Peace Walker as a true sequel in the past
And it seems the actual teams within Kojima Productions are not getting on too great regarding the projects either. In an exclusive interview with...
News Cheers & Applause For Sackboy In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Sackboy's looking just as charming as ever in these newly released screens from LittleBigPlanet PSP
This scene depicted in the new set over at Joystiq shows Sackboy taking to the stage and demanding applause. It's all so charming. Oh Sackboy, you make us swoon.
News LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival's Trailer Has A 90s Cartoon Vibe
LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival will be the first PSP Go game playable in its closed position
The game has a rather more arcade feel to it, accentuated by the "boing" mechanic as shown in the trailer. With 16 stages, two minigames and three bonus stages we're going to assume Midnight Carnival will be priced somewhere a bit higher than a PSP...
News The ESRB In PSone Re-release Ratings Shocker
The ESRB are keen to break news on upcoming PSone re-releases
Actually they seem to be the go-to stop for PSone news. Once again they've released an onslaught of titles that have been rated for re-release on the Playstation Store, they include: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Cool Boarders 3 International Track & Field Oddworld: Abe's...
August2009
News Blame Pirates For The PSP Go's Battery Being Entirely Internal
If you want to moan about the fact that the PSP Go's battery is internal, blame pirates, not Sony
They're just doing what they have to do to protect their platform from products such as Pandora's Battery."You won't be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that," SCEA's John Koller told PlayStation...
News Playstation 3 Ad Hoc Party May Come To The West As Early As Next Week
Ad Hoc Party has been a popular Playstation 3 application among Japanese gamers for over a year now
The West, well, we still haven't got it. But a trailer for fighting game Fate/Unlimited Codes hints at an end to the wait. The game's trailer, posted on the US Playstation.Blog, hints at playing online with "ad hoc party". Couple that with...
News Motorstorm: Arctic Edge Hits Retail September 29th, Becomes A PSP Go Launch Title
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge has been confirmed as a welcoming gift for the oncoming winter (boo
), launching on UMD September 29th and download on October 1st. Of course, that puts Motorstorm: Arctic Edge right next to Gran Turismo PSP as a spiritual launch title for the PSP Go, which launches on the same day. Both releases are priced at $39.99 and...
News James Cameron's Avatar Also Heading To The Playstation Portable, PS3 Connectivity Supported
Avatar: The Game is coming to the PSP according to IGN
The handheld version of the game will have you fighting as the film's blue skinned aliens. Most interestingly, the PSP version of Avatar will connect to the PS3 version in much the same way as Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. We're not sure exactly what the connectivity will unlock, but hopefully...
News Timbaland Talks Beaterator, We Get All Excited
As budding amateur producers ourselves (buy our song, please
), we're super excited about Beaterator. There's two things we've always wanted to do: a) make music while we're nowhere near a computer/instrument; b) capture the Timbaland drum sound. Beaterator looks like it's going to achieve both those aims for us, and that gets us mega excited...
News Free Lite Copy Of Rock Band Unplugged Included With The PSP Go In The US
So Europe might be getting a shiny free copy of Gran Turismo PSP with their early-adopter purchase of Sony's latest PSP Go, but what of the US? Well, you guys are getting a copy of Rock Band Unplugged Lite
The Lite version of the game gains you access to five tracks and allows you to download songs from the PSN to bolster your collection. We loved...
News Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Is All About Lighting Effects On The PSP
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars may be a far cry from the graphical powerhouses of Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories on the same platform, but noticable improvements have been made
As revealed in these new screens via Rockstar, the game has had a general makeover with vastly improved lighting. Rockstar also claim the animation has been...
News Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Hits The PSP This October 20th
One-time Nintendo DS exclusive, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is on the precipice of a PSP release
Despite releasing no screenshots or trailers, the game has been pencilled in by developers Rockstar for October 20th. It will release on both UMD and PSP Go friendly digital download via the Playstation Store. Enhancements have been promised for the...
News Heads Up: The PSN Might Be Down Right Now Where You Are
Don't worry if you can't connect to the PSN right now
No one can. Apparently. Even though we just got done logging off and everything was fine. Whatever. Sony have sent out an official notice to let you know that there will be some scheduled maintenance on their free online gaming service from 4:15PM to 9PM UK-time. Go find a world clock to find out...
News Timothy Bender Joins SCEA Ahead Of Sony's "Most Aggressive Holiday Season" Yet
The dude behing LiveScribe and LeapFrog, Timothy Bender, is to join SCEA
Raise your glasses folks! Tim has been appointed the role of Senior Vice President of Sales for Sony Computer Entertainment America, meaning his job is to make sure everyone knows how downright awesome the Playstation brand is. His boss, CEO Jack Tretton, had some nice things...
News SEGA Officially Announce Phantasy Star Portable 2
SEGA have finally confirmed the official existence of Phantasy Star Portable 2
The sequel will not only be packed with new story and gameplay features, but it will also address the requests of an online multiplayer component. The game's official site lists a December 3rd release for the latest entry in the Phantasy Star franchise.
News Square Enix To Bring Back Classic Franchise Thexder On The PSP & PS3
The ESRB are at it again, back-handedly rating games no one else knew about
This time they're "announcing" a reboot of the Square-Enix classic, Thexder. It'll be called Thexder NEO and has been rated for the PS3 and PSP. The game first appeared on the NEC PC-8801 before being ported to the NES and PC. According to the ESRB rating the...
News Sony Do Away With Bandwidth Fees & Other Developer Risks In Order To Attract Talent
If you're interested in developing PSP Minis, you should know that Sony are scrapping the bandwidth fee which charges publishers per gigabyte of transfer
The information discovered by GamerBytes also states that Sony will scrap the "minimum sales quota" demand that other digital distribution services like Nintendo's WiiWare and XBOX Live...
News PSP Minis To Leave Content Up To The Developer's Discretion
A document discovered by PocketGamer suggests that Sony don't want to fall into the same trap as Apple's App store with their PSP Minis service
Despite Apple's gaming solution being respected for its scope and variety, it's often come under fire for its inconsistent censorship scale. PSP Minis, though, will remove the "requirement for content...
News Kazunori Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5's Damage Modelling Is Unfinished
Polyphony Digital's head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi wants you to know, "hey, the Gran Turismo 5 damage you saw at GamesCom was totally unfinished"
Ok, so he didn't say it quite like that, but that's the jist of what he meant when he said to French website GameBlog, that the GT code brought to GamesCom "marks only the first step of what we want to...
News Money Waste Alert: Playstation Network Cards To Be Sold In Game Cases In Europe
Back when we thought the Wii was neat, we actually bought Wii Points for our console (Nintendo are very selective of the credit cards you can use with the system)
Said Wii Points were packaged in gigantic DVD game cases in Europe. Looks like Sony are about to do the same thing with PSN points cards. PS3-Sense have shots of the official packaging for...
News Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Will Take "Hundreds Of Hours" To Complete
Hideo Kojima has stated that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be a full sequel, so full of content it will take "hundreds of hours to complete"
"The main team from MGS4 is participating in the development of this title and I am involved in all aspects of the game, ranging from design, direction and scenario writing," Kojima writes in...
News If You Were Baffled By Metal Gear Solid's Timeline, Well, So Is Hideo Kojima
It's often said that if a writer is not sure of his fiction, how can those reading it know better? This statement rings true with Metal Gear Solid
Despite our deep love for the franchise (and the surprisingly helpful Metal Gear Solid Database) we still find the intricacies of the saga baffling. That's ok though, because Kojima himself doesn't know...
News GamesCom 09: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trailer Is An Absolute Epic
Prepare yourself for 9 minutes of Snake-to-the-power-of-four action
This trailer is up there with Kojima's best. Get some pop-corn. Put it in the microwave. Turn the microwave on for a bit. Cover it in salt. Add some butter while it's still warm. Sit back. And press play. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker deserves that kind of attention.
News The PSP Minis Keeping Coming, Halfbrick Studios Announce They Are Working On Four
The dominance of Sony's latest PSP Minis banner continues to grow following Tuesday's official announcement
Examiner have just confirmed that Halfbrick Studio banner. Confirmed are: Halfbrick Blast Off - a physics based sci-fi shooter. Halfbrick Echoes - an arty adventure title where spawned enemys walk the exact trail the player walked. Halfbrick...
News PSP Minis Wooing iPhone Developers Towards The PSP Go
Sony is starting to see, what it hopes, will be a migration of iPhone developers over to the new PSP Go
With Sony courting enough developers to already see 50 of their newly branded sub-100MB PSP Minis released before the end of the year, the switch is already starting. Develop are reporting that HoneySlug - a three-man London studio who have...
News GamesCom 09: New Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier Trailer Is Packed With Story
Hit play
We'll wait. You done? Well that was a pretty awesome story trailer wasn't it? Course it doesn't make all that much sense to those who haven't played any of the Jak & Daxter games recently, but even if you haven't we're sure you found the video rather engaging. Some great voice acting and character animation appear to be the subject of...
News GamesCom 09: Tekken 6 On PSP Gameplay Is All Rather Amazing Too
So Tekken 6 PSP's bigger brother might be getting all the attention on the high definition consoles, but look at Tekken 6 PSP
Look at it. This is a PSP game. Can you believe this is a PSP game? How is this possible? Look at the graphics and animation. Oh my. If Namco hadn't already put an awesome version of Tekken 5 out on the PSP, we wouldn't...
News Photography & Universal Game Launching All Headed To Playstation Home 1.3 This Fall
Actually, this is really a very good idea
We know people like to labour on about Playstation Home but we think it's come on leaps and bounds, and will continue to do so with Home 1.3. And photography is really smart based on the social atmosphere they are trying to create in Home. Pictures you take can be stored on you Playstation HDD, allowing you...
News Sackboy To Be Lonely In LittleBigPlanet PSP, No Multiplayer Confirmed
For us, the selling point of LittleBigPlanet PSP is being able to create levels on the move
For some it will probably be participating in multiplayer sessions of LBP while in the garden or something. We're afraid if your someone looking forward to the latter, LittleBigPlanet PSP will not support online multiplayer. "It's the one thing we've...
News PSP Go Locked In At ?224.99 In The United Kingdom
We know most of you who are buying a PSP Go have probably already got your orders for the system already locked in, but we thought we should just confirm to you that we've heard official word from Sony that the PSP Go will retail at £224
99 in the UK. It's a far cry from the $250 (roughly £180) the system should cost via currency conversion but,...
News GamesCom 09: What's That? Gran Turismo PSP Has A Cock-pit View?
Did anybody truly expect Gran Turismo PSP to have a cock-pit view? We totally didn't
Seriously we really didn't. Did you? Honestly? Well it does, as confirmed by this hands on from GameKyo.com. Amazing.
News "Special" Edition Gran Turismo PSP-3000 Coming To Japan
Hello again Japanese readers
How do you fancy a special edition PSP-3000 to coincide with the lovely upcoming racer from Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo PSP. The PSP-3000 looks all pretty standard issue, despite a GT logo on the face. The bundle will include a UMD copy of the game however, and is probably worth it if you don't want a PSP Go, but do...
News GamesCom 09: Sony's Digital Comics Service Reveal Trailer
Interested in comics? Got a Playstation Portable? Sony totally have your back with the Digital Comics service they announced at GamesCom yesterday
The service will provide access to hundreds of Marvel comics when it launches later in the year, with a host of other publishers to be announced in the future. This is actually something we have a close...
News GamesCom 09: Check Out Some PSP Minis In Action
Announced yesterday at their GamesCom conference, Sony detailed a new line of PSP titles that would be under 100MB and retail for a lower price
These titles fill out a new area of the Playstation Store known as "Minis" providing players with access to easily digestable, cheap games. We're pretty excited about Sony's latest line of games...
News GamesCom 09: Gravity Crash Is All Play. Create. Share. Too
Ever wanted to create your own retro inspired space shooter in a gorgeous HD environment
Just Add Water's PSN title Gravity Crash will let you do just that and then some. The game will also hit the PSP minus the Play. Create. Share. functionality.
News GamesCom 09: "Hundreds" Of Marvel Comics Coming To The Playstation Portable
You'll be able to read all your favourite comics on the Playstation Portable very soon
Sony announced their new "Digital Reader" for the PSP at GamesCom today. While it's unknown exactly what content will hit the service, we currently know that "hundreds" of Marvel comics will be among the first on the system. It'll be...
News GamesCom 09: Sony Announce Playstation Portable "Minis"
We speculated that Sony might have an "App store" of some form up their sleeve at this year's GamesCom
PSP "Minis" are just that. The sub-100MB PSP downloads will feature on their own section of the Playstation Store, providing cheap content for the portable system. Fifteen titles will be available on October 1st to coincide with the...
News GamesCom 09: Video Store Heading To The European Playstation Network Soon
The Playstation 3 video store is finally coming to the European Playstation Network this Fall
The service launch in the UK, France, Germany, and Spain in November, with more areas to follow in 2010. The service will launch with a host of movies (for rent or purchase in HD or SD) but will soon branch out into local "televised" content...
News Kotaku Tour GamesCom Early, We're Certain We Spy Big Gran Turismo Presence
Kotaku have infiltrated the massive GamesCom hall and recorded this YouTube hand-cam video for your viewing pleasure
Those of you who aren't in Germany might want to know exactly what the GamesCom hall looks like, and now is your chance. One stealthy day early. Cheers Crecente! The most interesting thing for us, as a Playstation site, is the Gran...
News GamesCom 09: Playstation Network Paves The Way For... Dare We Say It?
The Playstation Network is going down today
Today is Sony's conference at GamesCom. Dare we make a link? Apparently it's for "maintenance" but note, the downtime will coincide minute to minute exactly against Sony's press conference. What could it mean? Seriously, what could it mean? We have hours until we find out.
News GamesCom 09: Unannounced Playstation Title "Dead Nations" Leaked Via Eurogamer
Eurogamer
de's</a> schedule for GamesCom hints at an unannounced Playstation game. Among the lofty names of Uncharted 2, God Of War III and Eye Pet to be shown at Sony's GamesCom conference, the words "Dead Nations" stand out loud and clear. Certainly as PushSquare editors writing about Playstation all day everyday, it's a game we've...
News Oh Sony, Remember To Buy Your Domains Before You Announce Your Systems
Remember the PSP Go? Yeah it's that new system from Sony
Those of you who are British and looking to find out more about the handheld might have haplessly typed www.pspgo.co.uk into your browser, only to be directed to... a site about the Nintendo DSi? Oh Sony. Remember to register domain names for the most common permutations of your product before...
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Coming To Europe Next Month
The game crowned with the longest acronym in the world - HIOP,B
WDIDTDT?</a> - is coming to Europe. The game is mixture of RPG, simulation and tower-defense. Naturally for such a mixed title a demo is warranted, which will hit the Playstation Store on September 3rd; the full game coming thereafter.
News Sony @ GamesCom 09: What To Reasonably Expect
The week of another massive games convention is upon us
Sony are scheduled to show up at the event next week and deliver a press conference on Tuesday 18th at 7:00PM CET. But what can we reasonably expect from the event? We look past the hype to deliver our expectations for Sony at GamesCom 2009. PS3 Slim With so many rumours in the Playstation 3...
News Korean Girls Making Huge Playstation Sand Sculpture Is Of The Highest Importance
These Korean girls made this giant Playstation sand sculpture
They rock.
News Some PSP Go Games Are Going To Be Very, Very, Very Cheap
With Sony positioning the PSP Go directly against the likes of the iPhone (perhaps moreso than their closest handhald gaming rival the DSi), it makes sense to offer some super cheap content
Like, $0.99 cheap. Perhaps offering credence to a PSP Go app store rumour, PocketGamer are reporting that Sony are to release a bunch of PSP Go titles at the 1,...
News Korean Readers - Buy Us The Hell One Of These
It's a little known fact to some readers, but we're pretty in love with Namco beat 'em ups
Now, we like all the beat 'em ups (even though we're a glutton for punishment), but we'll always have a special place for the Tekken and Soul Calibur franchise. So, you can imagine the yelps of joy emitted from our mouths when we see this wonderful looking...
News Rockstar To Release Beaterator On PSP
The much rumoured Beaterator game from Rockstar is to hit the PSP this September 29th (US)/October 2nd (Europe) via UMD and PSN download
Popstar Timbaland is on board for the release, claiming, "I've worked closely with Rockstar Games to make something completely unique. Beaterator is like taking my music studio and turning it into a suite of...
News Future Kiss Goodbye To PSW Magazine, A Tear Is Shed
There was a period a few years back when we dabbled with PSW magazine
Much as there is snobbery within the gaming press, we've always been fans of some of the more "mainstream" Playstation press. Sadly with stunted interest in Playstation, and a declining demand in printed press, PSW magazine are to say goodbye. "It's always...
News Ratchet & Clank Action Figure Preorders Begin Over At Amazon
So these Ratchet & Clank Action Figures are not cheap, but they're still frigging awesome
There are four bundles available at $19.99 each. There's standard Ratchet with a Transforming Clank, Dr. Nefarious with Zoni, Armored Ratchet with Mr. Zurkon, and Captain Qwark with Scrunch. Qwark please! The figures are due to roll out on December 9th so...
This guy managed to get Dualshock 2 control on his PSP, as proved via this - somewhat dodgy - hardware alteration
Having Dualshock 2 control totally enables two analogue sticks. It also makes his system like, 100% less portable. Hurrah! Honestly, we know they do awesome stuff, but we'll never understand the PSP modding community.
News IGN Go Hands On With The PSP Go, Sell Us Even Further
We can't wait for October 2nd
It's no secret that we have an office PSP Go preordered. We ordered shortly after it was announced. We can't wait. Alas, that doesn't mean we aren't up to justifying our purchase that bit more, and while this video from IGN doesn't tell us anything new, we're simply awe-struck by how good the system looks. Initially,
News You're Totally Going To Get Preorder Bonuses For PSP Downloads
Something we have been pondering in the comments section for a while here at PushSquare are PSP preorder bonuses
With bonuses seemingly the standard for every release these days, and PSP games getting in on the action, how are us PSP Go owners going to reap the benefit of extra content for our purchasing loyalty. Sony are on hand to let us know...
News Out With The Old, In With The New; Ex-GRIN Staffers Form Outbreak Studios
GRIN may be on its last legs, but as is usually the case, it doesn't mean their employees are down and out
Introducing the team of ex-GRIN staffers: Outbreak Studios. Having worked on big retail releases such as Bionic Commando and Wanted: Weapons Of Fate, Outbreak's moniker is much less risky. They intend to make games for "Xbox 360 (XBLA),...
News GamesCom 09: Sony To Unveil PSN Video Store In Europe
It's not quite E3 hype, but we're getting very excited about Sony's GamesCom conference next week in Germany
Not only is the thing scheduled to run a decent length of time, there are also likely to be announcements on the PS3 Slim among others. One such thing to be announced - the much anticipated European video store. If you're in the US you may...
News Sony Europe Blame Publishers For PSN Game Delays
We know how annoying it is when a game is due out on the European PSN but never comes
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix was a perfect example. Speaking openly on the Playstation Blog, Sony's Angela Madronero tried to clear some of those issues up. Talking about first party titles, Angela claimed, "We know how important this is to you, and...
News Gorgeous Gran Turismo Collector's Edition Revealed
If ever there was a reason not to buy downloadable versions of games, well this would rate pretty darn highly
See, we'd had it in our minds that our non-office copies of Gran Turismo PSP would be lovely little downloads on our shiney new PSP Gos. Then we saw the above. There are no real details for any extras the edition provides. Just the boxshot...
News Dino Crisis & Resident Evil All Rated For Playstation Store
What's up classic Capcom games? We know you're coming, but we hope you're coming soon
What's that? The ESRB have rated you? Rejoice. Listings on the ESRB have practically confirmed the released of classic Capcom titles Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The update in listings also serves to suggest that perhaps the content...
News Gitaroo Man Lives & Other Cult PSP Awesomeness Hits The Playstation Portable
Do you own a PSP? Chances are you have some investment in Playstation if you're visiting this site, so we're going to assume yes
Are you in Japan? Our website stats tracker suggests you're not (just 0.73% of our visitors come from the land of the rising sun). We guess we're just going to have to be content with being jealous than informative then...
News Tekken 6 On The PSP Will Feature Downloadable Content
This is so awesome but at the same time we feel terrible
We'd forgotten that Tekken 6 was coming to the PSP. But it's so awesome that it is. Because we'll be rocking some King on the train. Anyway, the handheld version of Namco's weapon-less brawler will have "pretty much everything [from the] console version," said PR man Arne...
News Persona Will Launch On The Playstation Network & UMD
Persona is releasing on UMD this September 22nd
That's just a week short of the PSP Go. What are Atlus going to do about it? Release simultaneously on the PSN and UMD that's what. Atlus' title will mark the first time such an event has ever taken place. The UMD version of the game does come with a soundtrack however. And not just any old soundtrack...
News Sony Trademark "P.S. Thanks", Potential Reward Scheme Likely
A Kotaku discovered trademark seems to hint at the possibility of a Playstation based reward scheme akin to Nintendo's Club Nintendo
The aptly titled "P.S. Thanks" hints at an "incentive rewards program geared toward quantifying, identifying and motivating top consumer base with the goal of promotion and sale of video game hardware...
News EA Anticipate Console Price Cuts Before The End Of The Year
EA make games for all of the major platforms on the market
Naturally they'd like to see all the systems sell more. The more systems out there, the more people they can market their games at. It's business. Speaking at an EA conference call, the companies CEO John Riccitiello said, "We think pricing will move hardware," and added, "We...
News VidZone Secure The World Premiere Of The New Prodigy Track
The Prodigy's latest video "Take Me To The Hospital" will debut exclusively on the Playstation 3's VidZone service
The European on-demand music video app for Playstation 3 has already secured an exclusive video from U2 and this latest from The Prodigy really showcases the app picking up steam. The video should be live now so if you haven't checked...
News Playstation 3 VidZone App Passes One Million Downloads
We believe congratulations are in order for the fine folks at VidZone
Their excellent on-demand music video service has already topped the one million downloads mark, despite only being available in Europe. In addition to the one million downloads, 100 million videos have been streamed via the service, numbers not to be scoffed at. Alas, we can't...
Feature Why Choose The Sony PSP Go?
Ever since E3 2009, we've been approached by a number of people all hampered with the question, "Why should I buy the PSP Go?" In this piece, we'll look at the reasons for choosing the PSP Go over its older brother the PSP-3000, and discuss the platforms strengths and possible weaknesses
The Portable Platform The Playstation Portable was named just...
News PSP Trophies Not Quite Dead In The Water, "Under The Discussion"
It was a case of pirate party pooping earlier in the year when Sony's Eric Lempel claimed trophies were flatout not happening on the PSP due to piracy
Thankfully, an interview with Shu Yoshida is much less decisive, claiming that trophies are "under discussion" for the platform but there "are some challenges". We think trophies...
News Gran Turismo PSP Pre-Order Items Revealed
If you were planning on preordering Gran Turismo PSP (we're getting a digitial copy so erm, how do you preorder a digital game?) then you might like to know that there are some bonus cars and colours available as a reward for your troubles
We're not too hot on car manufacturers and types but the Playstation Blog do a very good job of explaining...
News What Accessories Will Be Available For Your Shiny New PSP Go?
You know what? The PSP Go is coming out very soon
Surprisingly soon in fact; it'll be on store shelves this October 1st. The line will be labelled the PSP-N1000, so you'll need to be looking out for that mark in order to ensure your accessory is compatible. The accessories will be available in Gold packaging to distinguish them from alternative PSP...
News OMG Girlz Can Play Gamez Too LOLZ
Whaddup Hannah Montana fans
Sony want you to know that "Girlz Play Too"; well that's according to their new Playstation Portable promotion page. All together now: OMG LILAC PSP. According to the site girls should be well into like the likes of Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2 and, erm, Petz. Personally, we really like the lilac PSP. We don't care if...
News UK City Might Name A Road After Lara Croft
This story is quite close to our hearts because Derby is just up the road from the place where we're typing this article
The city of Derby, UK is of course the home to Lara Croft, where she was designed by Core Design in 1996. The city are taking suggestions for two stretches of road and one such popular choice is Lara Croft Way."Personally I...
News Sackboy To Become An International Icon
It's about bloody time
Many of us were waiting for this to happen around the time of LittleBigPlanet's release last year. It didn't quite happen then, but now it's about to. Sony have secured a deal with Impact International to put Sackboy, erm, everywhere — plush items, bean toys, bobbleheads, mugs, bags; you name it - it's coming. In what is...
News "Purchased Levels" Option Available In LittleBigPlanet PSP
Siliconera have discovered an option within LittleBigPlanet PSP that hints at purchasable download levels for the new portable platformer
Downloadable levels are one of the more requested additions to the already well supported LittleBigPlanet PS3 title, so it would make sense to build that functionality into the PSP title. But only if there are...
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News Here's The Gran Turismo PSP Box Art
Here's the boxart for Gran Turismo PSP
We're told that's Chevrolet's Corvette ZR1 on the cover. We wouldn't know like, we just read it over on GTPlanet. Course most of us won't ever see the boxart because we'll be buying the game as a Digital Download from the PSN for our shiny new PSP Go.
News Playstation Software Sales Down Across The Board
The hardware sales picture wasn't too rosy, but nor are the software sales
The Playstation platforms have all seen a drop in software sales. Playstation 3 shifted 14.8 million games during Q1 '09, which was down from last year's 18.9. Likewise PSP software was down from 11.2 million to 8.3 million. Playstation 2 sales were down from 11.3 million to...
News Playstation 2 Sales Are Up, PS3 Down & PSP Well Down
The world is in a recession and the games industry is finally feeling it
But there's positive news for Sony before we get into all the bad. The Playstation 2 managed to remain relevent in Quarter 1 2009 by selling one million more units than its tally last year (1.5 million vs. 1.6 million). The $99 price drop is certainly good reasoning for that...
News New R-Type Command Game Readying For Release, Has "Chocolate" In The Title
According to an article over at IGN, Famitsu have confirmed plans to release a sequel to the PSP strategy game, R-Type Command
The game which is wonderfully titled R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate is said to include more content and a branching storyline. The game will release in Japan on October 29th as both a digital download and UMD.
News LittleBigPlanet PSP Will Have 30 Story Levels, 40% Less Than The PS3 But Still Substantial
The Playstation 3 version of LittleBigPlanet comes with 50 story levels on the disc
LittleBigPlanet PSP will have 30. That's quite a substantial total when you consider the difference in size of the medium the games are delivered on - one on Blu-Ray, the other UMD/digital download. Assuming the game garners a rather hardcore audience (and we think...
News LittleBigPlanet PSP Will "Talk" To Its Bigger Brother, Unlock Bonus Content
As expected, LittleBigPlanet PSP will talk to the Playstation 3 iteration of LittleBigPlanet to unlock "bonus content"
There are no details on exactly what that content is yet, but we're hoping it's like, a PSP Go outfit for Sackboy or something. Sony are apparently going to plough a "multi-million marketing campaign" behind the game -...
News T3 Go Hands On With The Playstation Portable Go
T3 have an exclusive review of the new PSP Go alongside a video hands-on
They praise the system's portability and promise of instant access to games but question whether switching to the Go will be worthwhile for PSP-3000 owners. They do however conclude that the most interesting thing about the PSP Go will be how it competes against the iPod Touch...
News Comic-Con 2009: Who Wants A Green Lantern PSP-3000?
The PSP Go may be the latest and greatest PSP hardware to hit the market, but that ain't gonna stop Sony showcasing a Green Lantern themed PSP-3000 at this year's Comic-Con
Sadly, this bad boy ain't available for sale, just for ogling. However, those of you with access to the Playstation Store via your PSP might be interested to know about a 16...
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