You have to hand it to Travis and the new LED mod that he was able to pull off on the PlayStation Portable. He was able to add a lot of bling on his handheld and literally put it up in lights - 30 LEDs worth of light to be exact. The mod places various LEDs around the handheld and even hooked up some of them to be responsive to the PSP's WLAN feature. Check out the video of the mod in action in our full article.

If old school arcade games are your thing, then you might be pleasantly surprised to hear a new homebrew emulator was recently released on the PlayStation Portable which can play your favorite NeoGeo, Capcom Play System or Toaplan/Cave arcade games. Based on the Finalburn Alpha emulator, FBA4PSP allows you to play games from the MC68000/Z80 arcade machines.

Download: FBA4PSP

If you're a fan of Japanese import games (like I am), then you're sure to have kept an eye on one of the most popular cult-hits to be released on the PlayStation Portable and its upcoming sequel. As such, I'm happy to say that several new updates were recently seen on the official site of Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or2. Check out our full article for more details.

Another quick update was recently spotted for the Java-based PlayStation Portable emulator from the JPCSP Team. Revision 428 of JPCSP v0.08 was just released and includes a couple of fixes to the HLE modules, as well as other new support features. Read the changelog after the jump for the complete list of new improvements.

Download: jpcsp v0.08 rev428
Download: jpcsp v0.08 rev428 (source)

It looks like a new musically inclined hero is in town. This time, you won't be brandishing a guitar, drum set, or even a microphone. Instead, DJ Hero will let you play with your own turntable and mash-up some wicked tunes in the latest rhythm-based video game title from Activision Blizzard. More details in our full article.

Giant mecha slug it out once again in the latest installment of the Gundam video game franchise for the PlayStation Portable. Making use of the well-renowned characters from the fictional universe, Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam VS Gundam is a 3D fighting game to be released by Namco Bandai. Check out the Famitsu scan featuring the game in our full article.

Homebrew developer DJB recently released a new version of the PlayStation Portable Pandora installer - PSP Pandora Deluxe v1.4. The new build fixed a couple of registry files for some of the downgrading utilities, and shuffled some of the supported homebrew tools available for the application.

Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v1.4

Ever wanted to create your own 2D-beat 'em up game with all your favorite characters Street Fighter and Guilty Gear? If you do, then perhaps you want to try your hand at some freehand modding through the use of Damon Caskey's OpenBOR v2.2000 for the PlayStation Portable. Find out more about this open source moddable game engine in our full article.

Download: OpenBOR v2.2000

With only a few hours left before the end of the PSP Updates Summer Homebrew Contest, a last minute entry just arrived courtesy of developer mathfacts. Entitled "Last Card", the homebrew game is basically a modified version of the card game Uno adapted for the PlayStation Portable. Find out more about it in our full article.

Download: Last Card
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Blasting chickens out of the sky can make for an enjoyable, if somewhat humorous, distraction. This is essentially the theme of the latest homebrew game from developer Sony_PSP_Player, entitled Moorhuhn PSP. The latest build of the game (version 3) has been recognized as an official entry for the PSP Updates Summer Homebrew Contest.

Download: Moorhuhn PSP v3
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