PSP owners now have something that's actually worth downloading in this new US PlayStation Store: the demo for Sega's Phantasy Star Portable. Meanwhile, PS3 owners' steady diet of DLC continues with more add-on game content and the release of 3 on 3 NHL Arcade and the Burnout Paradise Ultimate Bundle.

QuickJump QuickPeek has already reached more than half a year old. We've had thirty three issues, not including the special editions that cropped up from time to time. Here's the latest, and probably the greatest - it's our token of appreciation from us to all of you, it's Valentine's after all. Judging from the title alone, you probably know what to expect: every single Comment of the Week, all compiled and neatly packed in one huge compendium! Ever wondered who won the first ever Comment of the Week? You'll be very much surprised indeed...

It's Valentine's day and Sony Computer Entertainment America will be giving out one sweet gift to gamers everywhere: the Patapon demo for the PSP. For those who are into ryhthm games and quirky animation, this is definitely one treat you guys should not miss. Find out more after the jump!

Thanks TheFatController for the tip!

A Happy Valentine's Day greetings comes in courtesy of developer Art, who's just released Time Baby v10e.

This new build carries a couple of new updates, including improvements to its Heart Rate Monitor Function. Details for this build are in the full article.

Download: Time Baby v10e
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

After Jeff Gerstmann,  Frank Provo, and  Alex Navarro's resignation from GameSpot, yet another long-time reviewer left the GameSpot offices: Ryan Davis. Davis, a close friend of Gerstmann's, was deeply affected by his friend's departure from the gaming information site. Do check out the full article to read Davis' statement.

aDcOoL dropped a little something at our mailbox today and told us that Winnydows has released v4.105 of his nifty video converting homebrew app for the PSP, XviD4PSP.

After giving us v4.104 on Valentine's Day, Winnydows is back with yet another bumped up version of his app which makes autocropping faster and fixed aspect detection for all NTSC DVD (to name a few). Here's the full list of stuff that's changed in 4.105...

Changelog:

• In formats MPEG-2 PAL and MPEG-2 NTSC now possible create 16:9 files.
• Fixed aspect detection for all NTSC DVD.
• Autocrop now work faster.
• DGIndex updated to 1.4.9 beta 14.
• VirtualDub updated to 1.7.1.
• NeroAacEnc updated to 1.0.7.0.
• AAC audio encoding now without sound extraction!
• MP4 PSP 480 enhanced and work on long files (now quality = PMP).
• 1-pass x264 encoding arguments now more correct.
• Mencoder updated to r22223.
• Now in file path may be more than 255 symbols.
• File info now loaded on job edit too.

As of writing, Winnydows hasn't put up the file for download yet. So make sure you stay tuned 'cuz we will update this once we get hold of the file.

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UPDATE: As promised, we now have the .exe file for XviD4PSP 4.105. Based on your response to Winnydows' app, we're guessing we won't even need to say that this was worth the wait. So go on, download XviD4PSP 4.105 now. Kudos to Charles Tovar for the heads up.

Download: [XviD4PSP 4.105]

 

Despite the fact that it's been around for quite a while now, it looks like people are still spreading the GripShift love... and just in time for Valentine's, too! Over at the GripShift website, the folks from Sidhe Interactive have recently featured a fan-made custom track that was submitted to them. Created with the in-game track editor, the entire Valentine's day track still manages to stay within the 200-piece limit, AND still get points for being cute.

Dubbed as "Falling In Love", the custom track includes a whole set of obstacles, which should send some particularly imaginative people into fits of metaphors and allegories. If you're not into that kind of thing, though, then we'll just warn you that it's pretty easy to fall off the track, and watch out for those mechanical crushers.

The track is up for download over at the GripShift website, and is available in US, European/Australian, and Japanese editions.