It's leaner than the past couple of weeks' hauls, but we did see some great homebrew releases this week. After a long time of inactivity, Yoshihiro burst right back onto the homebrew scene with a work-in-progress showing of his 5.50 debug firmware for PSP-1000s. OK, not really a release but it's a start. Homebrew gaming, meanwhile, was mostly dominated by one update after another for Light Cycle 3D, a beautiful-looking 3D homebrew game that brings Tron's light cycle racing to the PSP in 3D. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior!

Homebrew coder Andy_maN, together with the FuSa TeaM, has released an update for FuSa GAMEPAD, a handy app that will turn your beloved PSP into a USB gamepad. The changelog is in the full article.


Download: FuSa GAMEPAD v0.2

This week's crop of PSP homebrew was headlined by the release of GENyUS's custom firmware 5.50GEN-A. This new CFW supports all the functions of the official firmware 5.50 along with a couple of not-so-official features. We also saw some updates for great homebrew games like Apollonia and Wagic as well as for homebrew apps like the Custom Firmware Enabler. Read on for the rest of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior and catch up with the past week's homebrew releases.

Love PC gaming but hate using the keyboard? If you're running a little short to go and get a gamepad, Andy_maN makes like a handyman and whips out a quick fix for your gamepad needs. Introducing FuSa Gamepad v0.1 - a handy app that turns your PSP into a gamepad. No drivers, no hassle, just install, connect your PSP via USB, and voila, your PC will detect a game peripheral instead of your PSP.

Download: FuSa Gamepad v0.1

One of Russia's most distinguished game developer and publisher, 1C company, has announced two new game projects that will be their first on the next generation consoles. The two games are based on Captain Blood novels and the successful IL-2 Sturmovik flight combat simulation series.  Both are now heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (to North America with help), but even handhelds will feel some love as well.