If you've been ever asked what you could get if you modify a modified homebrew app, here's one embodiment to your answer: a remodified app. Remember AnonymousDev2's modification to Red Squirrel's Psar Dumper utility? Well, someone managed to send the source of that build of the Psar Dumper to Poison, and by request had it tinkered with to decrypt and dump Sony's PSP official firmware 4.01.

Download: Psar Dumper for PSP FW 4.01

Electronic Arts has complied with the Federal Trade Commission's requirements and has submitted necessary information to allow the government probe against possible antitrust law violations. The company has also promised to take no actions in its takeover quest of rival Take-Two until late August, ensuring that the competition is safe for now. Full details after the jump.

Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy is catching the attention of a lot of gamers. Being a tribute to 20 years of FF games, this cross-over title for the PSP looks like it's got a lot to offer. Join us as we delve deep into the confirmed (and not-so-confirmed) details of the game: story, characters, and whatnot. Heck, we might as well take a walk down the memory lane of yester-decade's Final Fantasy games while we're at it! Keep your eyes peeled, you just might find Valkyrie Profile's Lenneth doing a cameo!

Well, it looks as if the merger between Activision and Vivendi has finally reached its end. We've just received a press release that lets us fully make use of our Activision-Blizzard tag. Learn more about the merger after the jump!

If you feel that more memory sticks for the PlayStation Portable is a good thing, then you might want to know that you can pick one up for as low as US$ 30 now. Want to find out more? Then head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link.

The UK once again shows its love for anything Mario: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (which was only released on the region by the tail end of last month) is still smashing on top of the charts, and former hotshots Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto IV are nowhere to be found on top 10. Don't mess with Mario. What else is on top of the UK charts? Check it out in the full article.

Japan's PlayStation Store has recently unveiled a new demo for Gundam Battle Universe, Namco Bandai's successor to Gundam Battle Chronicle on the Sony PSP. Further details on the download are available in the full article.

Download: Gundam Battle Universe (Japan) demo

Developer Sangheili has unveiled version 0.4 Alpha of the PSP Pileup homebrew game. This new build ports the game into OSlib, as well as adding a new game mode. The rest of the changelog is available in the full article.

Download: PSP Pileup 0.4 Alpha

Homebrew developer MadMax11 recently dropped by the QJ.NET forums and informed us that the latest build of the space-faring RPG Maelstrom is now available for download. The latest release marks itself as the second alpha release and includes a lot of interesting new features for this promising homebrew game. You can read about the new changes in our full article.

Download: Maelstrom Alpha2
Visit: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum

Developer thecobra visited the QJ.NET Forums earlier to announce the release of Change-D v0.3. Among other updates, this PSP homebrew plugin now features an improved button configuration to prevent it from conflicting with the handheld's other functions. Further details on the changes are available in the full article.

Download: CHANGE-D v0.3
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forum