With the PSP Go already confirmed and out of the shadows, the rumor mill has once again trained its rose-colored sights on the PSP2. The latest rumor this week is that the next PSP will have a quad-core GPU to amp up its graphical capabilities more than ever. Things were better on the software side as each of the big updates we saw this week were backed by hard evidence. In Monster Hunter Freedom Unite's case, we even saw some official numbers. Read on for the rest of the PSP Weekend Warrior.

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The Hardware:

• PSP FW 5.55 spotted in Japan Expo. Link
  
• Rumor: PSP2 will have quad-core GPU. Link
  
• Japan to get downloadable Manga for PSP. Link
• PSP Go:
  
• Sony: PSP Go's 480MHz clock speed reference was for USB, not CPU. Link
  
• SCEE: French retailers NOT refusing to stock PSP Go. Link
  

The Games:

• Kazunori Yamauchi talks Gran Turismo. Link
  
• Soul Calibur Broken Destiny destined for August -- but with a catch. Link
  
• PSP-PS3 connectivity confirmed for Assassin's Creed 2. Link
  
• Action Oriented Fullmetal Alchemist Game Coming To PSP. Link
  
• Warriors Orochi 2 PSP US launch slated for August. Link
  
• Dissidia Final Fantasy Onion Knight Video Montage. Link
  
• Joining the Tales of VS cast: Kohak, Farah and Caius. Link
  
• Myst coming to PSP via PS Store. Link
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite:
• Capcom promises weekly DLC for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Link
  
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite sets PSP record in Japan. Link
  
• New Monster Hunter Freedom Unite free quest up, has lots of cats. Link
  

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And that's it for this week's PSP Weekend Warrior round up folks. See you again in seven days for another edition of our weekly news recap.