Though Sony and partners have announced plenty of quality software support for the device in recent months, the PlayStation Portable’s hardware hasn’t seen much of a change — at $170, the only real selling point for the new PSP-3000 was a higher-quality LCD screen than its predecessors. But though that screen displays some of the most [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Last month, we had a chance to offer a preview of Yggdra Union, a PSP remake of the GBA strategy-RPG of the same name. Developed in Japan by Sting Entertainment and put through Atlus’ localization process, the game tells the story of an epic, nation-spanning war across the realms of Fantasinia, featuring clashing armies, magic, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I had the chance recently to spend some time with Yggdra Union, a colorful fantasy strategy-RPG from Atlus and Sting Entertainment. The game, a quirky, card-based, semi-real-time tactical JRPG, is actually a PSP remake of a GBA title which was released in 2006. I never had the opportunity to try the original, but according to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Kaz Hirai reminded us about it last month, but SCEA President Jack Tretton confirmed it this morning, at Sony’s 2008 E3 Press Briefing: TV shows and movies are now available for purchase and rental via the PlayStation Store. Speaking to an eager crowd about upcoming features of the PlayStation Network, Tretton revealed that the new video [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
Hi there, and thanks for consciously choosing not to read GameSpyte instead of just glossing past it. Your brief consideration is all we need. Today, we’ll be celebrating pirates, but not the cool marketable kind with eyeliner and slurred dialogue — the boring, digital kind. Step aboard!
Continue reading...Monday, April 7, 2008
Because not everyone has enough pocketable presidential portraits to drop on one of them newfangled “next-gen” gaming machines.
Continue reading...Friday, April 4, 2008
Sales of Sony’s PlayStation Portable handheld accounted for exactly 50% of all Japanese game hardware sales last week, according to a report at Gamasutra. Attributing to the incredible popularity of March 27th’s release of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, Sony’s device trounced the DS and all other challengers.
Continue reading...Friday, March 28, 2008
A PSP Fanboy reader, poking around Sony’s online instruction manuals, found a placeholder image that suggests work has already begun on the third iteration of the PSP handheld game system.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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