Hombrew coder QBRADQ has release the first version of PSPEText, a simple text reader for the PSP. This handy homebrew plugin allows you to pause a game at any time and read text files stored in your PSP.


Download: PSPEText v1.0

Homebrew coder clizana has dropped by our forums to release a critical update of Goear PSP, a homebrew application capable of searching and downloading songs directly from music site goear.com to your memory stick.

Download: Goear PSP v1.2
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum

It's been a while since we last heard about Namco Bandai's God Eater. If you know Japanese (or have enough trust in your ability to navigate a menu without understanding a thing about it), you'll get to do more than hear (or read) about it soon. You can get to play the demo.

Homebrew coder Zer01ne has released a useful plugin that is compatible with CFW 5.03 GEN-A and the recently released GEN-B. Sedna is a simple PRX plugin that allows you to stay in the custom firmware even if you accidentally shutdown or restarted your PSP without using ChickHEN.


Download: Sedna for CFW 5.03 GEN-A/B

Homebrew coder clizana has dropped by our forums to release Goear PSP, a homebrew application capable of searching and downloading songs directly from music site goear.com to your memory stick.


Download: Goear PSP v1.1
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development forum

Last August, we reported on this "insider info" pertaining to an alleged PSP-4000, which will not only phase out the PSP-3000, but will also revive the neglected UMD format. Now, even the industry's foremost analysts are saying they won't be surprised at all if this turns out to be true. You know what they say: where there's smoke, there's sure to be barbecue.

retrobits checked back into our forums to release his latest work: Noiz2sa v0.8 repacked to work on 5.xx firmware. Missing out on this neat-looking shmup? Download now and try it out.


Download: Noiz2sa v0.8
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forum

Homebrew coders Sleepper, M@x and the rest of the dev team have released a new test build of PSPKVM, a port of SUN's phoneME Feature that enables MIDP/JavaME applications to run on the PSP. The latest build has added some new features and various improvements.


Download: PSPKVM v0.5.4 Test 11

It seems the fix for the 480x272 AVC problem didn't affect custom firmware 5.50GEN-D's release at all. The new custom firmware from GENyUS is now available for download.

Thanks to steffen, cmbeke, and Jsanity663 for the tips!


Download: CFW 5.50GEN-D

Homebrew developer Yoshihiro is back  to release a new update for his excellent PSP Games Decrypter. The latest update is based on the recently released EBOOT.BIN Patcher that allows you to play games that requires the OFW 5.55 on CFW M33 and 5.03 GEN. The new version of the decrypter also offers a better compatibility that will come handy for those who can't access the EBOOT patcher in Windows.

Download: Games Decrypter v3