Fans of the whole visual novel genre may want to check out these new screenshots from Memories Off 2nd, Cyber Front's upcoming romantic visual novel for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld video game system. Hit the full article for a bunch of screens featuring lots of Japanese text.

Take-Two Interactive Software, the distributor of Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and other games, has given word that it is planning to expand into Asia Pacific markets. The company has tapped an experienced senior executive to help them establish a foothold in Asia. For more information, don't hesitate to click on the "read more" link below.

Here's a little fun with numbers. Net Asia Co Ltd. did a survey in Japan once again regarding the use of the handhelds. Gender differences was a factor with the Sony PlayStation Portable lording over men and the Nintendo DS Lite over women. More details after the jump.

While playing Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s Echochrome (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable) can be considered a puzzling challenge in itself, perhaps the biggest mystery to the game is figuring out the various differences across the different platforms it will be released on. Fortunately, you can read the breakdown of the differences between each version by checking out our full article after the jump.

Anxiously waiting for LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, DS)? You'll be pleased to know that the game has already been dated and that Spike TV will be showing some exclusive segments on the game. Head on over to the full article for more information

Music is one thing that helps bring a video game to life. Fans of Square Enix's Star Ocean: Second Evolution are in for a treat: They may now enjoy listening to the tracks of the game with this new 3-disc OST set.

Incidentally, the Second Evolution also comes with some extra goodies. Find out what they are in the full article, right after the jump.

We just got news that Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, previously released for the PS2, will now be ported over to Sony's handheld console as Mana Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi Portable.

The latest screenshots accompany this information, showing off more of the RPG dealing with school and alchemy. To know more about this, head on over the full article.

The organizers of the Games Convention Asia (GCA) and Games Convention Asia Conference (GCAC) must be very happy about the success of last year's events. This year's show has already been dated so  those who plan on attending might want to start clearing their schedules. For the venue and dates, head on over to the full article.

Unlimited downloads for a monthly paid account? It's one of several payment options being looked into. Sony's just sent out a survey you may want to look over, which includes several other interesting possibilities for their recently launched PlayStation Store for PCs. More details over in the full article.

The Deep Red PlayStation Portable value pack that we reported about a month ago has finally gone on sale and is now available for US$ 299.90 at Play-Asia. More details on the Deep Red value pack at the full article.