New details for Mytran Wars by Deep Silver

Stormregion developing strategy title exclusively for the PSP

Deep Silver Inc. today released new information about the turn-based strategy game Mytran Wars. The game is being developed exclusively for PSP by Stormregion, winner of numerous awards for their strategy games. (more…)

Sony Corp to Post Greater Loss than Expected

January 22, 2009 - Previous reports by Reuters noted that Sony Corp would be posting a 100 billion yen annual operating loss — its first loss in 14 years. (more…)

GripShift allowed hackers to Boot Custom Firmware on PSP 3000

If the video below turns out to be real, then it looks like the PSP 3000’s recent run of 87 days without being hacked has come to an end. A team of French hackers have succeeded in booting custom firmware and running homebrew software on a PSP 3000 unit by exploiting a buffer overflow bug in the game GripShift. The team used a European copy of the game to achieve the result, however the same hack could also work with the American version of the game (currently selling for more than $100 on ebay). (more…)

EA - problems are here…

When Electronic Arts announced it was laying off 1,000 employees–or 10 percent of its staff–many presumed its Tiburon studio would be untouched. Located in plush offices outside Orlando, Florida, the developer makes the Madden NFL and NCAA Football series, EA Sports’ exclusive–and lucrative–professional and college football sims. It also crafts Tiger Woods PGA Tour, the popular and feature-laden pro golf series. (more…)

DRAGONBALL: Evolution in april 2009?

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising announced today the planned release of DRAGONBALL: Evolution for the PSP in April 2009. Based on the highly anticipated 20th Century Fox feature film of the same name, DRAGONBALL: Evolution promises to be the perfect companion for the movie by incorporating all of the characters, bone jarring fights and spectacular special abilities that fans have come to expect. (more…)

GPS+PSP - nice combination?!

At last week’s 2009 CES, Sony announced that a GPS peripheral is slated to find its way to North American shores. The device has been available in Japan and Europe for a couple of years now, and it looks like Americans will finally get a chance to use the mapping device. (more…)

LocoRoco 2 $20 only?

Last February, Sony released the PlayStation Portable real-time rhythm game Patapon at a $20 suggested retail price to entice hesitant consumers to give the unconventional game a chance. (more…)

EA DELIVERS SCRABBLE TO EVERY MAJOR DIGITAL PLATFORM

Highly Anticipated Hasbro-Branded Video Games To Be Showcased At Consumer Electronics Show Booth # 72201

Fans of casual, family-friendly games are about to see their circle of fun widen with a slate of new Hasbro-branded digital play experiences on a variety of platforms from EA Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) in 2009. Leading the charge is SCRABBLE, which rocketed to the No. 1 position on Pogo.com™ with more than 2.5 million players laying down virtual tiles since its June 2008 launch. The best-selling crossword puzzle board game is on deck to land on handheld platforms including the Nintendo DS™ and Sony PlayStation®Portable system (PSP®) in March 2009 in the US and Canada. EA is also gearing up to inject nostalgic fun into the Xbox LIVE® Arcade by bringing perennial board game favorites to the popular platform. Under a Hasbro Family Game Night banner, games such as SCRABBLE (US and Canada only), BOGGLE, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, CONNECT FOUR, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders will begin to roll out in Spring 2009. EA will showcase the highly anticipated lineup at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 8-11, 2009 in Las Vegas.
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The Unhackable PSP?!!!

We have to hand it to Sony. After struggling against software pirates for the first several years of the handheld console’s life, the company appears to have finally shut out the hackers for good. As of January 9, 2009, the newly released PSP 3000 remains unhacked, meaning that it has survived an impressive 83 days against the onslaught of hackers and the homebrew community, who are intent on unlocking its secrets and enabling it to run hacked custom firmware. Certain models of the PSP 2000 slim also remain unhackable because they have the same, newer motherboard (TA-088 v3) as the recently released “Brite” model. (more…)

Go behind the scenes of “The Dreaming”

Anthony Green is a young Canadian director interested in exploring global issues and contemporary morality through the medium of film. He currently lives in London, where as a recipient of the Graduate Merit Award, he is completing a postgraduate degree in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. (more…)

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