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PSP Firmware 6.31 released
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 29th, 2010
As expected, Sony has today released the new 6.31 firmware for PlayStation Portable. As mentioned, this is a useful update to improve stability during the execution of some securities. Obviously , this new version of system software prevents the use of Half Byte Loader.
iCheat R4
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 29th, 2010
The Z640 developer has released a new update for iCheat the homebrew that allows us to install directly from some of the most popular PSP utilities dedicated to cheating like cwcheat , DayPR , NitePR . Among the novelties of this release, there is to signal support for SocomPR beta.
Following the full changelog and download link .
R4 Changelog :
Quote:
- Added beta SocomPR
- Added NitePR Legacy Files ( A- J )
- New Features
PS3, PS2 and PSP Sales Figures Paint a stuttering picture for Sonys Consoles
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 29th, 2010
Microsoft announced a few days ago that Xbox 360 has shipped 41.7 million units worldwide, although it has had a year longer on the market than its main competitor.
2.4 million sales of PS3 in Q1 represents a 118 per cent increase on last year's 1.1 million sales, although things weren't so rosy for the PSP, sales of which declined slightly to 1.2 million compared to 1.3 million in the same period of 2009.
The mighty PS2, meanwhile, sold a sterling 1.6 million units.
Money-wise, the Networked Products & Services division, of which games is a component, saw sales rise 32.4 per cent to 325 billion yen, of which games contributed 142 billion yen and PCs the rest.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ps...nits-worldwide
Valkyria Chronicles II Coming to PSP Later this Summer
Posted by Jeff Rubenstein in Featured Post, PlayStation Games, psp, sega, valkyria chronicles II on July 29th, 2010
Valkyria Chronicles is one of those hidden gems from the early-ish days of the PS3; a strategy-RPG with third-person shooter controls and stunning anime styling. If you’re into any of those genres (or World War II, for that matter), I highly recommend you procure a copy.
While Valkyria Chronicles didn’t top the sales charts, it inspired intense fandom among many who played it (be prepared to open your wallet wide if you want to get ahold of the detailed Valkyria figurines coming out of Japan). Like many of these fans, I’m particularly excited about the prospect of carrying the game’s sequel with me for most of the 2nd half of this year.
So I took the short trip to Sega’s US HQ to play an English build of Valkyria Chronicles 2 for PSP, and report back to you. VC2 may be shrunk down to portability, but there are significant advancements in this sequel, including multiplayer.
We’ll have more details on Valkyria Chronicles II soon.
Coming Tuesday to PSN: Earthworm Jim HD for PS3
Posted by Jen Kye in PS3, PSN, PlayStation Games, earthworm jim hd, gameloft on July 29th, 2010
Remember playing Earthworm Jim during the glorious 16-bit era? How about battling Major Mucus and Evil the Cat? Or saving Princess What’s-Her-Name?
If you don’t recall ever playing Earthworm Jim, I can only shake my head with utter sorrow. Who else but an ordinary earthworm can transcend fleeing from crows and eating dirt to become a mutated superhero?
Cue the dramatic music.
Get your Plasma Baster ready for some trigger happy times in the sweet world of high definition graphics — thanks to the amazing team at Gameloft, they’ve given all the original levels in the single-player campaign a healthy HD face-lift. As an added bonus, you’ll discover three exclusive levels which you can now venture through in a never-before-seen setting.
Not one for solo adventures? Gameloft has you covered. Earthworm Jim HD offers local and online 2-4 player co-op gameplay in 15 multiplayer levels! You can also team up with your buddies to (you know) launch cows or madly whip space ships.
Did I mention, launching cows?
Simply strap into the Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit™ (Super Suit for short) and be prepared to take down Psy-Crow!
Earthworm Jim HD will be hitting the PlayStation Network on August 3rd at an awesome price of $9.99!
Prometheus v0.6 BETA 1 Released
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 28th, 2010
Short but sweet Liquidzigongs magic EBOOT.BIN that somehow gets 6.00+ titles running on the custom firmwares of today well, custom firmwares of a couple years ago, but you know is now at v0.6 BETA 1.
If youre not sure what Prometheus is all about, click here. If you are, proceed to the download and get updated.
Prometheus v0.6 BETA 1:
[!] Fix a few minor problems
pergame.prx: update 0.3.3
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 28th, 2010
Desc:
Pergame is a small module that loads other modules as if they were in /seplugins/game.txt
The difference here is that pergame.prx loads on a per-eboot basis. Thus one doesn't need
to toggle a specific module on or off if they only need it to make one game run in m33, and cheat programs that break some homebrew can be told only to load for isos/umds.
Games that require m33_620.prx/etc run successfully when using this loader instead of
/seplugins/game.txt.
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/pergame/
Changelog:
0.3.2: Putting autosort=1 in pergame.txt will cause launched homebrews/iso to move to the top of the xmb menu.
0.3.1: * Fixed issue with config parser croaking with too many #comments.
0.3: * now loads GAME.iso.plugins, GAME.plugins, EBOOT.pbp.plugins, EBOOT.plugins and launches module
entries within.
* pergame.txt now handles umdID's with dashes, and paths that start with '/'.
* 'umd' now matches physical UMDs only, 'iso' now matches iso/cso only.
* logging function is less crappy
* spammy verbose logging with logging=2
0.2: * UMDID detection now works via direct memory read.
* relevant modules from 5.03 prometheus, altered to load entirely from MS, are now included.
default settings in pergame.txt will now cause prometheus to load for any iso beginning with
'prm' in the following folders: /iso, /iso/cat_game, /iso/cat_mini.
Current compatibility (tested) list:
game - module - note
any - freecheat
any - cwcheat
any - psplink - only when loaded from pergame
NOT eboot demo - prometheus
NOT eboot demo - m33_620
KHBBS - khbbs translation modules
Current incompatibility list:
game - module - loaded from - result
iso/umd - macrofire - pergame.txt - game start fails with 0x80020321 (no such device)
homebrew - macrofire - pergame.txt - macrofire menu opens in a loop
any - psplink - game.txt, before pergame - psp crashes, or 0x8002013c (library not found), loads in pergame however
any - psplink - game.txt, after pergame - pergame fails to load some modules (freecheat)
eboot DEMO god eater jp - prometheus/m33_620 - pergame.txt - loads module but fails to work
eboot DEMO phantasy star 2 jp - prometheus/m33_620 - pergame.txt - loads module but fails to work
Installation/usage:
snag: http://code.google.com/p/pergame/downloads/list
latest svn (bin+src): http://pergame.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pergame-svn.zip
Throw the prx anywhere and add to ms0:/seplugins/game.txt. put pergame.txt In the same folder
and edit. Syntax is (per line):
module identifier
where 'module' = 'ms0:/path/to/a/plugin.prx'. No spaces. Case insensitive. If path stats with '/', assumes
ms0:/PATH
and 'identifier' = ms0:/path/, /path/, gameid (ie jpjp65535), or 'umd'. Spaces allowed. Case insensitive.
GameID can contain a dash, or not.
Examples:
/seplugins/cwcheat/cwcheat.prx ms0:/iso/cat_game/name_of_game.cso
ms0:/freecheat/fc_3xx.prx usls-99999
/seplugins/m33_620.prx /iso/cat_newgames/
/seplugins/lolmodule.prx /psp/game/cat_testing/lolhomebrew/eboot.pbp
/seplugins/lolmodule.prx /psp/game/cat_testing/lolhomebrew/eboo
See pergame.txt for more examples.
Also, the module will attempt to load the following files, which can contain one module name per line:
/iso/name_of_game.iso.plugins, /iso/name_of_game.plugins, /psp/game/name_of_homebrew/eboot.pbp.plugins,
/psp/game/name_of_homebrew/eboot.plugins
Examples:
/iso/flow.cso.plugins or /iso/flow.plugins
/psp/game/filer/eboot.plugins or /psp/game/filer/eboot.pbp.plugins
Tested with:
CFW 5.00m33, m33_620.prx, stargate.prx, freecheat.
License:
GPL. Feel free to distribute, alter, or mutiliate - but you must distribute the source code
of any derivative works.
Caveats:
This is written for CFW 5.00m33 (primarily for selective use of m33_620). Determining
which iso is being launched is done by reading SystemController's memory. The ISOOFFSET
(0x0000B108) defined at the top of main.c is where one can adjust this. If you can
provide an offset for a particular firmware I'll include it in a future version -
which will have version detection.
This uses a StartModuleHandler, and I have yet to determine how to turn it off.
Todo:
DONE: Fix UMD-IDs and real UMDs.
Maybe? Automatic on-the-fly prometheus patching via temporary SceIO hooks.
There Is, Yet Another, Version Of Disgaea For PSP
Posted by wraggster in PSP News Forum on July 28th, 2010
Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong announced the game and shared a few screenshots of the Chinese version. No details on if Disgaea Portable will have anything new aside from the localization.
Curious to see if this boosts Nippon Ichis bottom line when their financial report comes out since few Japanese RPGs are localized into Chinese.
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/07/28...sgaea-for-psp/
This Week in PlayStation Home: MAG Personal Space, Community Theater update
Posted by Locust_Star in MAG, PSN, PlayStation Home, PlayStation Network, lockwood on July 28th, 2010
Everyone’s favorite massive multiplayer first-person shooter, MAG, is unleashing yet another awesome personal space into the ever-evolving world of PlayStation Home — and just in time for the Zipper Interactive’s v1.07 update! Come Thursday, July 29th, soldiers from the Raven faction will be able to assemble their clans and plan the next course of attack in PlayStation Home’s new Raven personal space. Releasing alongside a slew of Raven furniture items, the Raven personal space is a strategic outpost situated in the heart of the jungle — dedicated to Raven Industries military operations — and a true must-have addition to any member of what is inarguably the most technologically advanced private military corporation’s repertoire.
In other news, the PlayStation Home Community Theater will be receiving a huge update this Thursday, with the next edition of PS Nation’s wildly popular (and PlayStation Home-exclusive) videocast. Serving to bring players closer to their favorite gaming websites, blogs, podcasts, videocasts (and other media outlets) while further uniting the enormous audience under the shared interest of the best PlayStation games, the PlayStation Home Community Theater has been a huge success since we launched last month.
We caught up with PS Nation head honcho Glenn Percival earlier this week to chat about the newest addition to PlayStation Home’s Community Theater, and this is what he had to say:
We are very excited to bring you the next episode of our exclusive PlayStation Home Community Theater videocast! This time around we are featuring highlights from E3 2010, the awesome PSP version of Gravity Crash (don’t miss our interview with Stewart Gilray in our Episode 173 podcast), and show that, even in stick-form, Joel is just irresistible to all. Judging by the latest batch of download stats for our PS Nation Podcast, some of you apparently enjoyed our first video (they’ve increased almost 5 times since our first episode aired in PlayStation Home! Thank You!)
Finally, the PlayStation Home Mall will receive an update this week. Check out the Latest Update tab in your Menu Pad (simply press Start > Community > Latest Update) for a full list of new content. Personally, I think the new Lockwood Wings, available in the Sodium store this Thursday, are going to be a hit — but as always, it is your feedback that drives the development of all content in PlayStation Home. So be sure to head to the PlayStation Home General forum to let us know what you think about all the new content after you’ve given it a try.
See you in Home!
Digital Comics Store Update
Posted by Grace Chen in Comics, PSN, PlayStation Network, digital comics on July 28th, 2010
We’ve got a huge update this week for the PlayStation Store Digital Comics. First off, you can now buy a complete digital comic series or story arcs. This is perfect for all of you comic readers who want to buy a full series rather than have to buy each issue individually. Plus when you purchase a comic bundle you’ll get it at a lower price than you would if you bought each issue individually. The full list of PlayStation Comic Store ‘Bundles’ is noted below.
New Release highlights:
We have two more free comics from DC this week. The first: Bottle of Awesome #1. Billy Butterman is a loser, a putz. High school is a total nightmare: all the cool guys pick on him, girls ignore him. That is, until the day he encounters a mysterious hobo, who urges him into drink from a bottle of awesome. However, he warns Billy not to drink too much, for a person can become too awesome. Will Billy heed his words?
The second free comic introduces us to the world of Ex Machina which Publishers Weekly described as “…half X-Files, half West Wing and 100% genius”. EX MACHINA is far from a traditional “cape and tights” adventure story. It is a sophisticated superhero story for readers who are sceptical of anyone who can jump over a building in a single bound.
IDW continues the epic tale of Dragon Age, the second issue is out now! We also see Jurassic Park #1 – It’s been 13 years since little Tim and Lex Murphy escaped from the island of Isla Sorna, and recent public opinion has reversed, with the world clamouring for authorities to re-open Jurassic Park! With the help of their controversial Granddad’s inheritance and their own sharp wits, a secret deal is struck to open a new park! This time they’ll get it right…right? Bob Schreck makes his writing debut on this all-new tale, under covers from fellow industry legends Frank Miller and Tom Yeates!
From Marvel this week we have more Daredevil and all six issues of The Infinity Gauntlet which happens to be one of the best stories Marvel has ever told.
Disney fans should be happy with Pocahontas. Or if you are after something more mature then check out Markosia’s beautifully disturbing Breathe #1.
Here’s the full list and as always head to www.playstationcomics.com for more info or to view our full catalog and pricing.
- 2000AD Prog #1690
- Army of Two #6
- Astro Boy: Movie Adaptation BUNDLE
- The Authority #3
- Azure #3
- Batman #635
- Batman #636
- Batman #637
- Batman #638
- Batman #639
- Batman #640
- Batman #641
- Bottle of Awesome #1
- Breathe #1
- Daredevil (1998) #104
- Daredevil (1998) #105
- Daredevil (1998) #106
- Daredevil (1998) #107
- Daredevil (1998) #108
- Daredevil (1998): Hell to Pay BUNDLE
- DMZ #15
- Donald Duck, Fethry Duck and the Factotum Cruise
- Dragon Age #2
- Ex Machina #1
- Ex Machina #2
- Fables #17
- Fantastic Four: Civil War, Book 1 (2003) BUNDLE
- Fantastic Four: Civil War, Book 2 (2003) BUNDLE
- From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker #1
- From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker #2
- From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker #3
- From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker #4
- From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker #5
- Gen13 #3
- G.I. Joe: Operation Hiss #5
- G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra: Official Movie Adaptation BUNDLE
- Green Lantern: Secret Origin – Part 6 #6
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War – Part 7 of 12 #7
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War – Part 8 of 12 #8
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War – Part 9 of 12 #9
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War – Part 10 of 12 #10
- Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War – Part 11 of 12 #11
- Groom Lake BUNDLE
- High Moon #5
- Hope Falls #5
- Huey, Dewey and Louie in the Library of Mysteries
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #2
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #3
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #4
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #5
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #6
- Jonah Hex #15
- Juassic Park #1
- Justice League: Generation Lost #6
- Kingdom Come #3
- Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft BUNDLE
- Marvel Zombies 2 (2007) #4
- Mickey Mouse and the Magnificent Doublejoke
- Planetary #4
- Planetary #5
- Pocahontas
- Powers (2000) #15
- Powers (2000) #16
- Scrooge McDuck and the Endless Game
- Star Trek: Countdown BUNDLE
- Star Trek: Nero BUNDLE
- Tank Girl – The Gifting BUNDLE
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation BUNDLE
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance BUNDLE
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance BUNDLE
- The Unwritten #4
- Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 BUNDLE
- Vampire Hunter D Volume 2 #2
- Witch & Wizard: The Battle For Shadowland #2
- Wildcats #3
- Wizards of Mickey #10
- Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer BUNDLE
- X-Men: Blinded by the Lights (2004) BUNDLE
- X-Mickey #16
- Zombies vs Robots BUNDLE