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Ghost Recon mini-movie being made by directors of Oscar-winning short
11 Mar 2010
Ubisoft taps two of three Logorama filmmakers to make $8-$10 million, 20-minute prequel for this holiday season's Future Soldier.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Battle Spirits: Hero's Soul
11 Mar 2010
Newly released today:

Battle spirits, the orthodox trading card game is transformed into a fantasy RPG. Collect cards and customize your player character's power, there are more than 400 cards and 200 types of weapons, make a dream combination and take them all down.

The game takes place in a dimension the wanderer Roro wrote in his book. That place consists of six worlds, red, blue, white yellow, green and purple. Each of them are in a different crisis, as a true hero, you have to conquer all of them.

Get a few friends together to battle powerful enemies, customize the team and get the right weapons. A total of three people can play together, make sure that you utilize everybody's power.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3p71.html
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk - PSPEmulationNews]
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Blazblue: Calamity Trigger Portable Screens
11 Mar 2010
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable (PSP)
Fancy haircuts in portable form.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Jpcsp v0.5 Officially Released; Emulate the PSP on Your PC
11 Mar 2010
Now better than ever: Jpcsp version 0.5… Powered by Java you’re able to emulate, at least to some degree, the PlayStation Portable. Load and play your UMDs (ISO ‘em up first) or homebrew right on your PC — Windows 32 and 64-bit supported. It even works well under virtualization with Parallels.
(screenshot dated)
Of course
Source: [PSP-Hacks.com]
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Yggdra Union Prequel for PSP
11 Mar 2010
Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (PSP)
Atlus and Sting are teaming up for a direct followup to Yggdra Union.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Need for Speed: Shift Exotic Racing Series DLC Trailer
10 Mar 2010
Check out the new trailer for the latest downloadable content for Need for Speed Shift - Exotic Racing Series!
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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Video:
Dead or Alive: Paradise gameplay
10 Mar 2010
View this video on EGTV

Source: [EuroGamer.net]
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Rumor: Goodbye Ugly PSP Color!
10 Mar 2010

There are many PSP colors. Loads. And apparently, there will be one less.

According to a Japanese retail blog, the "bright yellow" PSP-3000 will not longer be shipped to shops. Released in 2009, it seems that the color is one of the least popular PSP-3000 colors, if not the least popular.

That probably means it won't be missed!

http://kotaku.com/5489031/rumor-goodbye-ugly-psp-color
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk - PSPEmulationNews]
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GDC 10: NCAA Football 11 Tidbits
10 Mar 2010
NCAA Football 11 (PSP)
We didn't see it in action, but EA has our attention.

Source: [IGN.com]
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The PhyreEngine: It’s Coming to the PSP
10 Mar 2010
If you’re in the place to be, GDC, then you know Sony (or SCEA) has announced that the PhyreEngine — a free cross-platform middleware tool available to PS3 developers — is expanding compatibility to the PSP.
The PhyreEngine was first introduced in 2008. PlayStation 3 games such as Critter Crunch, Flower, and Shatter, which I
Source: [PSP-Hacks.com]
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Advanced PhyreEngine comes to PSP
10 Mar 2010
Source: [MaxConsole.net]
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Video:
Dead or Alive: Paradise isn't even pretending any more
10 Mar 2010
View this video on EGTV

Source: [EuroGamer.net]
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PRXdecrypter v2.4a Released *Updated*
10 Mar 2010
Update: 2.4 —> 2.4a

New EBOOT.BIN key added – fixes “tag error 0×2E5E10F0″
Can extract the nand_updater/lfatfs_updater from old updaters again

A minor update for PRXdecrypter—PRXdecrypter version 2.4… This new version now includes all the keys to dump and decrypt everything up to and including PSP firmware 6.20. You can thank bbtgp for his work in
Source: [PSP-Hacks.com]
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JPCSP v0.5 released - PSP Emulator for Windows
10 Mar 2010
Shadow has released a new version of the PSP Emulator for Windows that plays quite a few Commercial PSP Games these days, heres the news:

A new version for jpcsp has just released . This version include a lot of fixes and speedups , more games will work better , compatibility has increased a lot and you can figure out more by yourself by d/ling it from our download section.
Playable Games Include:

PUZZLER COLLECTION

Bust A Move Deluxe

Super Fruitfall

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Breath Of Fire III

ASTONISHIA STORY

Blokus Portable :Steambot Championship
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk - PSPEmulationNews]
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Blazblue: Calamity Trigger Portable Screens
10 Mar 2010
7 new shots posted.
Source: [GameSpot.com]
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FIFA World Cup South Africa Video
10 Mar 2010
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (PSP)
Lead your nation to victory.

Source: [IGN.com]
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IGN UK Podcast: Live 25th Anniversary Edition Details
10 Mar 2010
All the info you need to witness our inevitable downfall.

Source: [IGN.com]
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PSP To PS3 Connective Play Added In Hatsune Miku Expansion
10 Mar 2010
Sega is working on even more Hatsune Miku: Project Diva downloadable content and their Dreamy Theater add-on is neat. This pack allows you to play Hatsune Miku: Project Diva with a PS3 controller on your TV.

PS3 controller support sounds similar to what Sony did with Resistance Retribution, which was released last year. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva?s Dreamy Theater has another addition ? it outputs the PSP game directly on to a TV without a PSP to TV cable. The Dreamy Theater add-on appears to update the graphics too.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/09...iku-expansion/
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk - PSPEmulationNews]
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Aksys Games Blazblue: Calamity Trigger Portable is Out
10 Mar 2010
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable (PSP)
The wheel of fate is turning.

Source: [IGN.com]
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Sony Introduces PhyreEngine for PSP
10 Mar 2010
via IGN

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that PhyreEngine for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system will become available to PSP game developers this spring.

PhyreEngine is an advanced graphics rendering engine provided as source code and tools to PlayStation 3 game developers, publishers and Tools & Middleware licensees, and used in a number of titles released on the PlayStation Store and Blu-ray Disc. PhyreEngine for the PSP system will enable game franchises to be efficiently developed to make use of the strengths of PSP platform.

At the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, PhyreEngine for the PSP system and "Tunnel Shooter," the game demo using one of the original PhyreEngine "game templates" (vertical slices of different game genres provided as full source code with PhyreEngine to help game developers quickly assemble proof of concepts), will be showcased at SCE Booth this week.

"We're very happy to see the continued popularity of PhyreEngine with the global game developer community," said Teiji Yutaka, Senior Vice President, Technology Platform of SCEI. "PhyreEngine for PSP was developed in response to requests from the game developer community, and we hope that the release of the PSP version demonstrates our commitment and support for game developers on all our platforms."

SCE will deploy various measures to further reinforce game development for the PSP system and will continue to expand the platform to offer interactive entertainment experiences only available on the PSP system.
Source: [DCEmu.co.uk - PSPEmulationNews]
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