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Sony has taken the opportunity of the Leipzig Games Convention to reveal the brand-spanking new PSP-3000, arriving Oct 15 in Europe for ?199 (around $250), according to our main man Jem Alexander who's currently on site at the press conference.

A certain jube808 has launched a quest to add a myriad of features to the PSP that he believes should've been there from the start, including beefed up battery life, a better control pad, and touchscreen support. Think what you will of his aims, he certainly seems to have some hardware chops, as he's got a touchscreen up and running

A list of PSP games you haven't heard of

Finally! "I am back to tell you just when you can get your hands of the full version. echochrome will be available for you to download this THURSDAY, MAY 1 on the PlayStation Store for the PS3 and via the PC Store for the PSP. Both versions will be available for $9.99, so make sure you have funds in your wallet!"

Celebrating the Sony PSP's third birthday this week, we've pooled together a list of the 50 biggest moments in the PSP's life.

On top of supporting BD-Live online content, PlayStation 3 firmware 2.20 will also carry a Portable Copy function. This allows you to convert Blu-ray movies and transfer them to your PSP!

Try a small taste of this innovative Escher-inspired puzzle game.

There's no doubt that the PSP has a lot of momentum going right now and it's only going to increase with the release of God of War: Chains of Olympus. Here's a great in-depth review:

A page in an issue of Sony Magazine (an office favorite over here) makes passing mention of a "PSP-Style phone" which is supposedly in development, then casually suggests the device could be "in shops as early as February."

So you just bought an iPod touch or iPhone and want to stock it with movies from your DVD library. There are countless commercial utilities that promise to rip DVDs, but I recommend trying HandBrake. This open-source (read: free) utility for Windows (download), Mac (download), and Linux converts your DVDs for viewing on iPods, iPhones, Sony PSPs

Good gawd y'all, we don't normally bother with fan renders and mockups, but excepting the awkward placement of the L and R triggers there's almost nothing about this PSP re-visioning that leaves us wanting. Gank that UMD, add some flash memory, and this is our be-all end-all fantasy portable gaming device -- that will likely never ever be made.

Echochrome will see a simultaneous release on the PSP and PS3 (via a Playstation Network download) on March 19th. Previously, only the PSP version had a confirmed date, but reports now indicate that the two will indeed be released on the same day.

After much anticipation (and PSP scene drama, mind you), Dark AleX and Team M33 finally release CFW PSP 3.80 M33 - biggest change is that you can use the Network Update function to directly download new CFW updates from DAX himself!

When we heard about Blu-ray-to-PSP movie transfers getting all official we got pretty excited, even though the announcement was a little skimpy on the details: How big are the files? How long will it take to download a movie? How odious is the DRM? Most importantly, when? Well, we've got 'em all right here.

Sony is planning select Blu-ray title that will include a version of the film encoded for the PSP.

Finally, GPS is coming to PSP. First details from CES.

Many game companies have already proved that you can't make good games on mobile phones -- in a few weeks, Sony will find out if the reverse is also true. With a late January software patch to the new PSP Slim, the Skype service will be accessible through the handheld.

Skype, a program that allows you to talk to people for free via the internet, is headed for the PSP, Sony has revealed. Although Sony hasn't given it the whole press-release treatment, the revelation comes from an easily miss-able mention on their official site for the upcoming CES show.

According to new PR for Sony's upcoming CES showing, Skype is officially coming to the PSP.

With today's PS3 firmware 2.10 update and PSP firmware 3.80 update, Sony has secretly updated the Remote Play functionality to allow playing of all PSone downloadable games AS WELL AS PS1 ORIGINAL DISCS! Straight to the source on the Playstation Forums. This is really interesting tech news!

Word from Sony Japan says that they've got a 3.80 firmware update for their hot selling PSP in the chute. Scheduled for release on the 18th, the new code brings the following enhancements:Streaming Internet Radio playerVideo scene searchRSS now supports OPML and pictures...

A few months ago, Sony finally unlocked the PSP's full processing capabilities in firmware 3.50. Developers now had access to the full 333MHz. God of War: Chains of Olympus developers were already hard at work, optimizing for the lower 222MHz clock speed, but when they had access to the full power of the PSP, things got really interesting.

The Aibo PS will appear with its own avatar within Home and react in the real world as he does in the PS3's upcoming interactive environment, according to the article. The rumor article goes on to say that you will be able to download new personalities for the dog from the Playstation Network and that the dog will be fully controllable using a PSP

What you can do in Beats: import any MP3 and turn it into a rhythm game (a la DDR, Guitar Hero, etc). Make your own music using built-in loops and synthesizers. Upload your own music. Download user created music. Play against others online via Infrastructure. Oh, and it's $5. Watch a video hands-on and read user impressions.

Gaia developers have announced Coded Soul. This game is a brand new Role Playing Game to appear exclusively on the PSP and we have the first screenshots here.

Our own pantsing expert Jason Chen recently wrote up 8 Reasons Why The PSP Might Overtake the DS. It was a fascinating article with some worthwhile arguments. But alas, he was completely, entirely wrong.

Dual emotions of surprise and confusion hit our faces when we heard that Sony's redesigned PSP-2000 had shipped 1 million units in Japan in just about two months. Wasn't the DS the portable gaming machine everyone preferred, especially in Japan?

A PC version of the PlayStation Store is now available for those of you without a PlayStation 3. This store actually includes exclusive content not available on the PS3 store, including full PSP games such as Wipeout Pure and Gangs of London.

With Nintendo's DS hogging the handheld spotlight, it's easy to overlook how the PSP is actually becoming more viable in the marketplace.

Coming Dec 13th.

Russian hackers have found a way to uncensor Manhunt 2 on the PSP. The process requires an ISO image of the game, the deletion of strings and the replacement of some ini files.

The PSP-2000 is much lighter, slimmer, and features TV out. So why isn't it a more exciting product? We investigate.

Well that was quick! Just yesterday Team M33 announced that they are to take a short break before releasing their latest custom firmware, and they were true to their word, it was a one day break! Today they have released their latest v3.71 custom firmware for PSP.

According to the latest stats, the PSP overtook the DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2 in sales last week, propelled by the newest handheld installment of the Final Fantasy series, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

Remote PS3 Power On and Sleep Coming to PSP

It didn't take Team M33 long did it now? Just five days after the official European release of the PSP Slim & Lite, M33 have released custom PSP firmware v3.6! Sony will have to try harder than that to 'protect' their system from avid homebrew fans!

That's right, russian hackers M-33 have confirmed that a v3.6 custom firmware compatible with the PSP Slim is coming soon. The news comes days after the firmware of the new PSP slim was dumped!

It would seem as if legendary hacker Dark_Alex is back in action and working to hack the new PSP Slim & Lite. Already a picture of the complete of the contents of the kd folder in the flash0:/ of the Slim has been posted in response to people who doubted the slim has 66MB of NAND.

Using the Remote Play feature on your PSP & PS3 it is possible to play the game Lair on a PSP

Peripheral maker Datel has been caught trying to profit from Team C+D's Pandora's Battery software which was freely released online and gave PSP owners the ability to unbrick their PSP among other new functions. In true Datel fashion, they have simply took the code without credit which will be sure to anger PSP hackers - stop this!

In a shocking development, PSP homebrew icon and pioneer Fanjita has announced his retirement from the homebrew scene, citing trust issues as the main reason.

A collective group of hackers including the likes of Dark_Alex, Noobz and Booster have released a new piece of software which will replicate the exact functions of Sony's Jigkick battery (even better) - that means it is now possible for homebrew enabled PSP's to UNBRICK and DOWNGRADE their systems at their own will.

PlayTV will allow users to watch, pause and record live TV. PlayTV can also record individual shows, or entire series to the PS3 hard drive. The videos can then be watched from the PS3, or can be transferred to the PSP to watch on the go.

Sony has confirmed to GameDaily BIZ that the PlayStation Portable cannot use its full CPU power at the same time that Wi-Fi is enabled, meaning that games with network gameplay cannot tap into the full 333MHz clock speed. More within...

This let's you play and watch the videos directly from the YouTube website,you don't have to download and convert FLV files or anything. More via link

Another indie game sneaks to XBLA, PSP, and DS... This time, it's 'N', the game that I'm sure everybody knows about.

A new patent shows what looks to be a PS2/PS3 controller connecting to a PS3, offering gamers full dual-analog control of their PSP games.

Sony has graciously given PSP Fanboy readers the ability to download the PaRappa the Rapper soundtrack. Get your PSP (or other music device) ready, and get ready to download the tunes.

In September, the redesigned PSP kicks the old one to the curb.

Dark ALex may have left the PSP Scene but a new russian Hacking group have released a new custom firmware for 3.51 and its a dream release featuring Direct launching of PS1 images, All functions of v3.51 firmware retained - PS1 support, high video resolution, MP3 visualizer, internet navigation, PS3 connection etc. More Via LInk