Media Create Releases Top Sales List For Early January

Dissidia Still Dominates For The Third Week Running

Beginning-of-year game sales in the Japan is an important figure for some industry statistics crunchers, so Media Create has dropped a list of video game bestsellers from the period of January 5th,  2009 to January 15th, 2009. Dissidia: Final Fantasy occupies the top spot, which doesn’t really surprise anybody. Dissidia: Final Fantasy, from Square Enix,… [Continue Reading]

Dragonball Game Based On New Movie Set To Arrive In North America

Dragonball Game

Namco Bandai recently announced that a PSP game based on the forthcoming movie is set to arrive in North America around the same date as the release of the film. The film should open in theaters on April 9th. In case you hadn’t heard: Yes, there’s a Dragonball movie being released worldwide under the title… [Continue Reading]

UK Miffed About Mysterious Lack Of Jeanne D’Arc Release

Jeanne Darc Never Released In UK

According to sources in Europe, Jeanne D’Arc, the tactical RPG for the PSP from Level-5, never got released in the UK. It was definitely slated for a UK drop, but for some reason, it seems to have missed the mark. Tons of RPG fans across the globe have been awaiting the release of Jeanne D’Arc,… [Continue Reading]

XiaoFeiChong And Team Omega Cook Up Custom Firmware 5.02

PSP Application

The last official release of PSP firmware was at the end of November 2008, and since then two separate custom firmware versions of 5.02 have appeared on the Internet. One of the custom homebrewed firmwares was brought to us by XiaoFeiChong. This version was a recompiled M33 firmware, but XiaoFeiChong’s version doesn’t support backups, including… [Continue Reading]

Intrepid Hacker Discovers He Can Use Nokia Battery With PSP

PSP Nokia Battery

Word from the geek circuit is that the brave hardware hero LordLeXat has discovered that he can use a Nokia battery with his PSP. This is really only handy in a pinch but, hey, maybe you’ll be in a pinch someday. According to a report posted by LordLeXat, the Nokia battery actually lasts longer than… [Continue Reading]

Pre-Order Resistance: Retribution From Two Different Sources

Resistance Retribution

While we knew a while back that you could pre-order Resistance: Retribution for PSP from Amazon, we now know that you can also pre-order from GameStop. It’s nice to have a choice. What’s cool is that pre-ordering will also enable you to utilize a voucher code that you’ll receive in order to download a Resistance:… [Continue Reading]

Circuit City Is Now Finally Dead

Circuit City officially closing its doors

More grievous news from a straining global economy: Circuit City, the mega-brand big box store chain, is officially closing its doors and liquidating its inventory. After declaring bankruptcy last November, Circuit City failed to find a buyer to assist in refinancing and restructuring. Speculation puts the blame on poor management, myopic retail strategy, and a… [Continue Reading]

Battle Heats Up Between Sony And Sony Ericsson Over Use Of Playstation Brand

Sony denies Sony Ericsson the use of the PlayStation brand

For some time now, there’s been speculation that Sony Ericsson has plans to launch a gaming-oriented cellular phone (remember the N-Gage?). Apparently, the folks behind the idea decided to take the plan to the big-wigs at Sony, hoping to slingshot off the successes of the ever-popular Walkman and Cyber-Shot handsets. Word on the street is… [Continue Reading]

Rumor Mill: Persona Will Arrive For The PSP

Persona PSP Announced by Atlus

Hot off the grapevine is an interesting promise about a game that’s captivated audiences worldwide on the PSOne: Persona. Persona should be getting a near-total overhaul and port to the PSP that’ll keep fans of the series sweaty for weeks of intense gameplay. Rumor says that the port will feature brand new scenarios, all new… [Continue Reading]

Duke Nukem Trilogy Apparently Does Exist

There’s been tons of speculation, but not much in the form of hard evidence that the much anticipated Duke Nukem Trilogy, purportedly in development by Apogee, is actually slated for release any time soon. Minimal glimpses of the game were offered in the form of a short trailer that debuted at E3. Apparently, though, the… [Continue Reading]