Square Enix has just released their planned game line-up for this year's E3. While Final Fantasy XIII didn't pop up anywhere in the list, Square's PR indicates that the PSP's two Star Ocean titles are due for an English port. Details are available in the full article.

Developer Code Red has released a new homebrew game for the PSP titled Deer Avenger Mini. As its name implies, this game is quite the role-reversal from your typical deer hunter game. Further details are available in the full article.

We might be seeing more of the war-like antics of the Patapon tribe and the cute and adorable LocoRocos by the end of the year. This week's issue of Weekly Famitsu confirmed the arrival of Patapon 2 and LocoRoco 2 for the PlayStation Portable. Find out more about the upcoming games in our full article.

Homebrew developer J.F. recently got around to updating the Mac emulator for the PlayStation Portable, Basilisk II PSP Port. Marked as the sixth test release of the program, it cleans up a lot of the old code from previous versions and includes several major changes to its audio and video features. Find out more about these new additions in our full article.

Download: Basilisk II PSP Port test release 6
Download: Basilisk II PSP Port test release 6 (source code)

Torch has informed us that the Hold+ plugin for the Sony PSP had been updated to version 2.3. Further details on this release's features are available in the full article.

Download: Hold+ v2.3
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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.