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While console gaming users were on their quest of the nine circles of hell since February, the PSP variant made its way out in March. I wanted to get my hands on the game mainly for two reasons – it looked appealing and had a gameplay similar to Sony’s successful franchise – God of War. [...]

 
We heard (and dreamt) about PSP phone many times before but nothing materialized, until now that is. WSJ is citing people familiar with the matter that Sony is making a phone capable of “downloading and playing videogames”.
WSJ’s sources also confirmed that they’re also developing a tablet to take on Apple’s iPad (coming on April 3). [...]

 
Sony has never acknowledged the existence of PSP-4000 but when you have an accessory maker advertising their accessory supporting PSP-4000, it sure is bound to attract eyeballs.
Nevertheless, the ad agency that placed the ad has decided to come clean by saying that the PSP-4000 mention was nothing but a “mistake on their part”. We’re [...]

 
Sony will release an optional firmware for the PS3 bringing additional enhancements. The v3.15 update is said to bring the integration of minis emulator. Users who have downloaded short mini games for PSP can now download and play the games on PS3 as well.
Another feature added is the data transfer utility. If you got yourself [...]

 
Interesting rumor has hit the web claiming Logitech to prepare a UMD drive accessory for PSPgo owners. Other details regarding the accessory are still sketchy but the source claims it will make the “PSP bulky”.
Logitech is yet to confirm it but it makes me wonder are there enough PSP owners who upgraded from their built-in [...]

 
Milestone Interactive, distributors of EA in India held a preview showing us few unreleased games like Dante’s Inferno, The Saboteur and Mass Effect 2. Needless to say, we got a brief hands-on on all the games to let you know what to expect from them.

Dante’s Inferno
Starting with Dante’s Inferno, the game is based on [...]

 
First the non-interesting bit. The release of the v6.20 firmware will be exactly double to that of PS3. And now for the interesting one. The new PSP firmware, set to go live soon will bring Digital Comics along with few other features.
PlayStation Network Digital Comics service will launch in December and allow users to [...]

 
You’re not wrong if you think that the DSi LL (or DSi XL) and PSPgo were introduced just to buy some more time for a worthy successor. A report has emerged on Eurogamer that details on what could power the successor of these handheld consoles. The next-gen DS is expected sometime in late 2010 and [...]

 
If you’re one of the buyers of PSPgo that went on sale today, don’t forget to update the handheld with the new v6.10 update. The update ensures full compatibility with PSP games as well as MediaGo. Oh yes, PSP owners (with UMD) can also go ahead with the update.
The update will add Sony’s SenseMe [...]

 
The teardown specialist is at it again. This time it’s the PSPgo getting the treatment and has not one bit of interesting hardware. iFixit managed to open up easily and found the following:
- No internal framework to keep the innards intact
- Battery is easily replaceable but has a warranty void sticker pasted
- Shockingly, only 802.11b [...]

 
Over the years, NFS managed to win many fans but due to the game’s arcadey nature, it never appealed to the car simulation seekinggamers crowd. EA tried hard with Pro Street but failed miserably and now they’re back again with the latest creation Need for Speed: Shift. As like most of NFS games, Shift promises [...]

 
There’s not much to tell right now but if you like keeping your PSP firmware up to date, Sony has released v6.00 firmware. With such version number you’d expect a major update but surprisingly, it’s a minor one. Amongst the improvements few colors have been added under Theme settings for some more XMB customization, a [...]

 
Sony seems to have finally acknowledged iPhone and App Store as their rivals. In a bid to crush or rather give a good fight to the App Store, Sony will be pricing PSPgo games at 1, 2 and 5 Euros. However, one thing here to note is that it won’t be applicable to all the [...]

 
Hail FCC because we wouldn’t have known what PSPgo packs inside unless confirmed by Sony or ever interested hackers. Sony Insider unearthed a FCC filing of PSPgo (also referred PSP-N1001) that reveals the processor clock speed of the console. The official specs suggest 333MHz but in reality the maximum clock speed supported by PSPgo is [...]

 
Sony has initiated its Official Licensing Program for the PlayStation platform that will allow third party accessory makers to gain access to technical docs and support to enable development of better accessories and peripherals. In addition to the technical advantages, a third party manufacturer also gets to stick this official logo on product packaging and [...]