Lots of things happened this week on the QJ.NET PSP blog. A new firmware update came out, we saw some intriguing new Sony tech that'll supposedly be made available to game devs, and we also got a little reassurance from Sony that they ain't forgetting about no UMDs, no sirree. The software side wasn't too bad either thanks to the run-up to this year's Tokyo Game Show. Hit the jump for the rest of the week's happenings in the PSP Weekend Warrior.

Sony just keeps on pumping out some interesting technology for the PS3 console. 3D's already been dated for next year, and there's another piece of tech that allows for ridiculously high-resolution imaging not just on PS3 but on its handheld sibling as well. That's not all: they're also making SingStar's voice recognition tools available for other developers to play with.  Check out a couple of demo videos after the jump.

Sony's strategy for the PSP Go -- and to a certain extent, for older PSPs -- seems to target Apple's App Store directly. In the eyes of Sony Europe's head of developer relations, Zeno Colaco, they're not directly gunning for the App Store at all, but they will be doing things better by giving more support and visibility to developers.

Homebrew coder OlegO dropped by our forums to release his own version of 15 Puzzle, a popular sliding puzzle game that consist of 15 numbered squares in random order that are placed in box with one square empty.

 
Download: 15 Puzzle
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There was a lot of Nanodesktop-related homebrew releases this week, so kudos to pegasus2000 for all the work. The devs behind the Custom Firmware Enabler app also managed to put out a new custom firmware version of the latest official PSP firmware. Gaming-side, we saw a few releases here and there along with a couple of updates for the JPCSP Java-based PSP emulator. Hit the full article for the rest of this week's PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

It's finally here! Homebrew developer Filippo Battaglia (pegasus2000) has released  ndSuperRes, a demo of super-resolution algorithm running on PSP through Nanodesktop.


Download: ndSuperRes v1.0
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Homebrew developer Filippo Battaglia (pegasus2000) dropped by our forums to announce the latest update of Nanodesktop is now ready for download. Nanodesktop is a popular SDK that provides developers a set of libraries that make it easier to code homebrews. The dev describes the latest update as the most complex and advanced SDK ever released.

Download: Nanodesktop v0.4 (official dl site)
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The price cut on the PSP devkit has already opened PSP development to more interested parties, but apparently that's not Sony's only approach to bringing in more devs to the handheld. They're also abolishing concept approval and instituting lower price points for new games. More after the jump.

Downloadable games, music and videos won't be the only things you can fill your PSP Go with. The door has also been opened to non-gaming apps thanks to the price reduction on the PSP SDK. Details after the jump.

Are you still skeptical about the design of PSP Go? Still not satisfied with the video walkthrough we posted four days ago? Well here's another video from the tech site Engadget to get an up-close view of the white PSP Go. They also had a chance to interview John Koller and he revealed more spicy details about the redesigned PSP, including it's battery life. Hit the link for the details.