Homebrew developer basfreak has released a new game for the PSP, EarthInvasion, where you let yourself be abducted by aliens, sans probing. This is his entry to the NEO Spring Coding Competition. Details after the link.

Download: EarthInvasion v1
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Homebrew developer Art has released an update to Laser Invaders, the homebrew which lets you hunt down aliens with a real laser blaster. The game makes use of the Go!Cam to detect laser movements to let you shoot down them nasty invaders. So what's new in this version? Changelog after the link.

Download: Laser Invaders v2
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Now we give you news from the French PSP homebrew front. Coder Dark_alchemist has just come up with a new game called Ovni (UFO in English) to keep your fingers literally busy.

Basically, the objective of the game is to catch the UFO that is circling around the screen. This might sound easy at first, but the alien's movement gets faster and faster as you progress in the game. More details after the jump!

Download: Ovni

  

For those of us currently having fun with Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS), then here's some very good news for Sony PlayStation Portable owners: every Friday going into November, Team 17 is going to be rolling out new content for the game easily downloadable by going into Infrastructure mode. That's right, new stuff directly downloaded onto your PSP that's relevant to the game where you control worms blasting each other to chunks. Awesome!

So what's going to be available for download? We're not quite sure what could be posted up for grabs, but if the first downloadable pack that went online is anything to go by, then it's definitely going to be a blast. If you haven't yet gone into Infrastructure mode on your PSPs to get a look-see, the first downloadable pack contained six extra flags (Yin Yan, Shotgun, Victory, UFO, Pointing and Peace) and four landscapes (Winter, Tugboat, Robot and Race). This means that it might not be too long before Team 17 starts shipping out new weapons for your Worms to mess around with.

Certainly a very good update for the game that fondly reminds us of games such as Warheads and Scorched Earth. Updates as we get them!



Buy: [Worms: Open Warfare 2 (PSP)]
Buy: [Worms: Open Warfare 2 (DS)]

  

THQ is at it again as they release the latest in its human-annihilating, brain-eating, alien loving Destroy All Humans! series with Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed. The game is one of two titles promised by THQ and it aims to deliver the same brand of alien wholesale destruction Destroy All Humans! is known for.

Set as a prequel to the other iterations of the series, Crypto is back to pave the way for his other alien friend as he literally cooks up another scheme to take over the planet and... well, destroy all humans.

The developers from Locomotive Games will still be including all your favorite Disintegrater Rays and Ion Detonators at your disposal to take care of those pink skinned humans. Aside from Crypto's galactic standard UFO, you can also wreak untold amounts of havok with the Big Willy mech - and man is it big!

For those of you who enjoyed the previous Destroy All Humans! games, you'll definitely enjoy the simple pleasures of human stomping this newest game promises to deliver to gamers on the PS2, PSP, and Nintendo Wii. Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed is scheduled to be released this coming February. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the screenshots we have on the game.

The Wii, PSP screenshots await after the jump!

   

We have here three gameplay videos for the upcoming compilation video game Atari Classics Evolved on the PlayStation Portable. If this is the first time you've heard about this one, note that it is exactly what the title says: a compilation of classic games released on the platform Atari 2600.

In these videos, we revisit the ageless gameplay gems strewn with aesthetic improvements: Asteroids requires you to blast as many asteroids and UFO ships as possible, Battlezone on the other hand puts you in a tank tasked to destroy enemy super tanks, and Centipede turns you into a gnome who must protect the garden from insect swarms.

Atari Classics Evolved is sure to make some of you reminisce the good ol' simple days. While the younger generation of gamers should give it a try to know what kept their moms and dads up all night. The game itself will be released on November 15.



See the other videos after the jump!

When PSP homebrew coder almost219 released Ultimate Flash Operation v2.2 a few days ago, the developer also announced that a much safer version 3.0 of this flasher application would be coming soon. And here it is - UFO's latest update, which carries the previously announced security checks to minimize bricking, along several other new features:

• Flash Unlimited Themes (OE, M33)
• Flash a Countless Number of Files (OE, M33)
• Dump Complete Firmware (OE, M33)
• Backup Files for Recovery (OE, M33)
• Recovery Mode (OE, M33)
• Mix n' Match Mode (OE)
• LOLstation Fix (OE)
• Create Flash Mode (OE) (Testing on M33)
• Multiple Security Checks (OE, M33)
• Simple File Browser (OE, M33) (Recoding for more functionality)
• USB Mode (OE, M33)
• Take Screenshots (OE, M33)
• Automatically Overclocks PSP for less lag (due to custom fonts)
  

Users are reminded that UFO has been designed to work on PSP firmwares 3.30, 3.40, and 3.51 only. almost219 also notes at the QJ.NET Forums that this release does not carry 3.51 M33-7 themes, so you'll have to create your own. Lastly, for the CFW 3.51 M33 users, be sure to have your themes properly converted before flashing them to your PSP. Failing to do so may lead to bricking your unit.

Be sure to view the file readme, and almost219's forum release thread over at our QJ.NET Forums for more information.

Download: Ultimate Flash Operation v3.0 Safe Edition
Visit: QJ's PSP Development Forum

Almost219 dropped by the QJ.Net Forums earlier to let the PSP homebrew community know that Ultimate Flash Operation (UFO) has been upgraded to version 2.1. Updates to look out for include bug fixes and improvements for the recently added support for CFW 3.51 M33, as well as expanded compatibility for other files: 

• Fixed major bug, not allowing you to backup your files, and making 3.51 M33 access the wrong files
• Displays 129x99 screenshots now
• Beginning Backup only shows up if you don't have a backup in the themes folder
• Support for flashing of all files in VSH/RESOURCE
• Added:
• auth_plugin.rco
• common_plugin.rco
• dd_helper.rco
• game_install_plugin.rco
• htmlviewer.res
• osk_utility.rco
• loadcore.prx
• loadexec.prx
• Above also added in Mix n' Match mode
• More support for 3.51 M33 Mode - won't accidentally flash incompatible files.
• Code improvements (more stability)
  

Keep in mind that UFO has been built to work on firmwares 3.30, 3.40, and 3.51 only, but Almost219 notes that more features will hopefully be added for 3.51 mode in the near future.

Given that it's a flashing application (among other functions), we advise to back up your files - mishandling apps like these may lead to bricks. Most of the info you'll need to run UFO v2.1 should be available in the file readme, and Almost 219's thread over at our QJ.Net Forums.

Download: Ultimate Flash Operation (UFO) v2.1
Visit: QJ's PSP Development Forums.

Almost219 has released a new flasher application on our PSP Development Forums. It's called Ultimate Flash Operation, or UFO for short.

Even though it's still at version 1.0, it already has a pretty impressive list of flashable files. You can check the list in the included readme file. UFO also has quite a few features that are geared towards saving space on the PlayStation Portable's flash0. Here's a list of this homebrew application's features:

• Unlimited Themes
• Flash a countless number of files
• Save a LOT of flash0 space mode: (EXCLUSIVE!)
• Complete Firmware Dump (NEW!)
• Recover any modified files
• Battery must be above 15% or charging
• Toggle USB mode using L and R
• Screenshots are taken with Triangle
• Simple file browser (credit goes to evilmana.com)(runs lua files)
• Noob Friendly
• Included themes: DNA by viBsTaR, PSP-OE by viBsTaR

UFO works under custom firmwares 3.30/3.40 OE-A, IE-A and LE-A. Since we're talking about flashing here, please always remember to be extra careful when flashing to your PSP in order to minimize the chances of damaging it. For installation and usage instructions, please read the readme file included in the download below.

Download: Ultimate Flash Operation (UFO) v1.0
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums thread

THQ recently revealed that it will be bringing two new entries in the Destroy All Humans! franchise to video game consoles next year.

The first title is Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed. The game is currently being developed for the Nintendo Wii by Locomotive Games and should be released early next year.

Jack Sorenson, THQ's executive vice president of worldwide studios, revealed that Big Willy Unleashed will let gamers cause massive destruction on foot, in Crypto's UFO or at the controls of the Big Willy mech in a funked out version of the 1970s. Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed is also slated to be ported to the Sony PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable platforms.

Another Destroy All Humans! title is also in development for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 video game consoles. According to Sorenson, this open-world game - titled Path of the Furon - will follow Crypto on his "journey of enlightenment and destruction." Path of the Furon is slated for the first half of 2008.

Click on the Full Article link for the first screenshots of these two games as well as a video of Path of the Furon.

Screenshots and a video behind the Full Article link!