Here's some good news for gamers in Europe. Konami Germany has apparently sent out a press release announcing the arrival of Metal Gear Solid on the European PSN this week.

A new version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator for the PSP based on Snes9x is now available for download. The latest s9xTYLmecm update includes some more performance improvements and other bug fixes.


Download: s9xTYLmecm 091115

This is the week, guys! No more filler games! Well, alright, so we still have a couple of titles from the Imagine and Petz series, but never mind that. Big titles are coming out this week, and the publishers did not fail to beef up the lineup just before the Black Friday sales. It's a deluge of games, alright. Can your wallet handle it?

The PSPKVM dev team has released the third test version PSPKVM v0.5.5. In case your not familiar with the homebrew, PSPKVM is a port of SUN's phoneME Feature that enables MIDP/JavaME applications to run on the PSP. The latest update improves the file-based MP3 playback capability with additional new features and various GUI enhancements.

Download: PSPKVM v0.5.5 Test 3

Homebrew coder PixelDragon has dropped by our forums to release a new version of PSPedict, a handy Japanese English homebrew dictionary for the PSP. The latest update now includes support for Tanaka Corpus example sentences, a few bug fixes and some minor improvements.

Download: PSPedict v0.3
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum

Homebrew coder pen has released a quick update of MacroFire, a handy homebrew plugin that allows you to reassign the PSP buttons, adjust the analog stick's sensitivity, and enable the rapidfire mode.The latest update fixes the error problem that some games have encountered.

Download: MacroFire v3.0.11

Tech blog Digital Foundry reports that sources "intimately involved with the alliances and deal-making within their sector" have effectively confirmed that Nintendo and nVidia are teaming up for the next DS. The report also mentions that Sony has formed an alliance with IMG for the PSP2, which is expected to be a "technological monster." While neither devices have been flat-out confirmed by both groups, Digital Foundry tosses around some tentative tech specs for the next generation of handheld gaming supposedly leaked by industry insiders.

Hombrew coder QBRADQ has release the first version of PSPEText, a simple text reader for the PSP. This handy homebrew plugin allows you to pause a game at any time and read text files stored in your PSP.


Download: PSPEText v1.0

Homebrew developer pen is back to release a new version of MacroFire, a multi-purpose plugin that allows you to reassign the PSP buttons, adjust the analog stick's sensitivity, and enable rapidfire mode. The latest update has added some more nifty features for the handy homebrew.

Download: MacroFire v3.0.10

Electronic Arts and Visceral Games' video game interpretation of the Divine Comedy, Dante's Inferno (PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360) is looking pretty sharp. Now while we're still waiting for the demo to drop in December, the developers has released a brand story trailer of the game giving us a more in depth view of Dante's journey to hell. Watch the video after the break.