PSP Weekend Warrior: of PSP piracy, E3 offerings, and going to hell
This week in PSP news: a new OFW surfaces, home console game Dante’s Inferno gets a PSP version, Sony finally lets out something concrete about their PSP offerings for E3, and SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille likens PSP piracy to Hannah Montana. No, not really, but he did call it “sickening”. Which is close enough if you ask me. Read on for the PSP Weekend Warrior!
This week in PSP news: a new OFW surfaces, home console game Dante’s Inferno gets a PSP version, Sony finally lets out something concrete about their PSP offerings for E3, and SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille likens PSP piracy to Hannah Montana. No, not really, but he did call it “sickening”. Which is close enough if you ask me.
Oh yeah, rumors too. But then again we always see our share of those every week. Read on for the PSP Weekend Warrior!
Rumor me this, rumor me that:
- PSP2 IS REAL! And it’s made of people. No, wait, that’s soylent green. Link.
- The PSP2 craziness continues with a rumor that confirms and debunks another rumor. LOL wut? Link.
- PSP PixelJunk Monsters coming out this June? Link.
General PSP news
- A new Go!View PSP-3000 bundle is revealed, complete with two months’ worth of free subscription. Link.
- An ex-SCEE guy asks Sony to improve its relationships with third-party PSP devs by improving the PSP SDK and speeding up the submission process. Link.
- Sony announced a new firmware update for the PSP, integrating a memstick manager and unregistered PSN surfing. Link.
- It went live a day later. Link.
- Sony’s Peter Dille likens PSP piracy to Hannah Montana. No, not really, but he did call it “sickening”. Which is close enough. Link.
Games, games, and more games:
- MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, the new Jak & Daxter game, and SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 are just some of the games confirmed by Sony for an E3 appearance. Link.
- Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce reaches gold status just a week before release. Link.
- New trailer for Bleach: Heat the Soul 6. This time the focus is on Championship Mode. Link.
- Hideo Kojima asks, “Do you want Zone of the Enders 3?”. The only answer to that is a loud “YES!” Link.
- Aspiring hunters will be getting a downloadable demo of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Link.
- English actor Stephen Fry is the godly voice over narrator-man in LittleBigPlanet for the PSP, Link.
- More details and a multiplayer video for Patapon 2. So the Paraget is now the “Patagate”, huh? Link.
- Oh, screenshots too. Link.
- More screenshots from Crimson Gem Saga. Link.
- First screenshots from the PSP port of Armored Core 3. There’s a bit of English text here and there. Link.
- There’s a video too. Link.
- EA is bringing the PSP to hell with a handheld version of Dante’s Inferno. Link.
- Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G gets the Game of the Year and Best Seller awards in the Famitsu Awards. Nobody is surprised. Link.
That’s it for this week’s roundup, folks. See you again in the next PSP Weekend Warrior.
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