The US PlayStation Network update for this week is now available. And yes, finally, the Mercenaries 2 demo is live - they probably got stuck in traffic along the way - as well as the demo for Fracture. PSP owners also get two downloadable titles this week, both from D3 Publisher: PQ and Cube.

PSP Homebrew developer Red_Squirrel has released the latest version to M33xEver, drastically outliving its original purpose. The program can now customize the info displayed on your unit's System Info page. You can even customize the speed of the waves on the dashboard now. Details after the "read more" link below.

Download: M33xEver v3
Visit: QJ.NET M33xEver Forum Thread

Homebrew developer Red_Squirrel has updated the Alternative VSHMenu to version 4.0. This comes as a pleasant surprise to fans of this application considering it was previously announcemed that the Alternative VSHMenu v3.5 would be the last version released. More about this homebrew at the full article.

Download: Alternative VSHMenu v4.0
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

If you missed going to the recent 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, then here's a chance for you to catch up on some of the great events that happened during the show. Jeff Rubenstein, Social Media Manager on the PlayStation Blog, was kind enough to compile these questions and answer the many queries brought up by the PlayStation fans.

Read more in the full article after the jump!

(Editor's Note: Sleigh bells ring; are you list'ning? From here on out, all QuickPeek editions will start giving thanks to our weekly tipsters! Yay!)

It's QuickPeek 23! After Black Friday and all those festivities (ooh, and last week's QuickPeek too, of course - Optimus Prime FTW!), we're now moving into the Christmas season. Ole Saint Nick's already stuffed a bit of gaming goodness down the QJ.NET chimney, and here we are, ready to give you the lowdown for the week! Enjoy!

(Editor's Note: Are your wallets feeling cobwebbed inside lately? Not surprising - it's raining game releases all week like white on rice. And that's across all consoles, across all platforms - just the way we like it!)

Whew! Too many games, too little time! QuickJump QuickPeek 21 is rounding up news from this week - "this week" here, A.K.A. "Assassin's Galaxy Crysis Ops+ week". Ok, that's probably forcing it. Let's just let it slide for now, shall we? From last week's QuickPeek, let's roll out!

VSHMenu for M33 custom firmwares, as it stands, is already a great PSP tool, but this isn't stopping PSP homebrew developer Red_Squirrel from improving it.  He just dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and released an application that does exactly that.

Simply known as Alternative VSHMenu, the program is currently on version 2.0. Red_Squirrel mentioned that aside from sporting all functions that can be found in the VSHMenu, this program also comes with a lot of useful utilities.

Download: Alternative VSHMenu v2.0
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum

Birdman1 has updated his handy font pack for the PSP. This new version includes over 175+ custom fonts for the PSP's Gui. This tool gives you the ability to change the default PSP font to your liking. With a custom background, and game loading screen, the font pack completes your custom PSP Dashboard experience. If you haven't played around with Fonts on your PSP it would be beneficial to completely read the included ReadMe.txt file and understand the steps required to run this application. If you enjoy this font pack make sure to leave Birdman1 feedback in his forum thread (link below) and tell him what you think.

This recently updated version includes:

• Over 175 fonts
• Registries for 2.0 - 2.8
• X-Flash for 1.5
• Fonthacker program for 2.0 - 2.8
• Devhook Instructions
• Methods for fixing your registries, restoring your personal settings.

Download: [ Birdman1's AIO Font Pack ]