Sony is at it again. In a not-so-surprising move to further combat piracy on the PSP, Sony has blocked CFW 5.50 GEN-B users from accessing the PlayStation Store.

Yep, you read that right folks. Mere days after its launch and somebody's already hacked the PSP Go. Hold your horses, though! There are a few caveats.

In case it wasn't painfully obvious, the new PSP Go is Sony's next move in their ongoing battle against piracy on their gaming handheld. From firmware updates to the non-removable battery, it seems Sony has really done the research.

A college student from Cal State Fullerton was arrested by federal agents on Monday by illegally running a home business of modifying Xbox, Playstation, Wii and other video game consoles to enable the machines to play pirated video games.

Surprisingly, we've got quite some bare pickings from the industry this week. Guess what comes down must go up. If last week we've had software/hardware dilemmas in terms of quantity, this week, we've got them updates by the truckloads, and the Industry News section takes the backseat.

Ubisoft is hell-bent on putting its foot down against piracy as they are targeting this year to come out with a piracy solution for their games on the various platforms. The publisher has admitted that their products have been dealt a heavy blow because of the piracy, and they are now working on a tool that should cushion the impact of the said problem.

French site PSP Gen has got some curious and interesting tidbit regarding certain games that can actually recognize a Custom Firmwared PSP, which in turn blocks you from being able to play it. On such game is Evangelion: Jo, currently available only to the Japanese market.

Another bit of sad news for the PSP scene today as reports are coming in that the much awaited music game Rock Band Unplugged has already been leaked in the internet, less than a month ahead of its scheduled release date.


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Everybody's got something to say about PSP piracy. Understandably enough, developers and publishers see the issue as a huge detriment. Dissidia: Final Fantasy director Takeshi Arakawa believes, however, that as bad as the piracy situation on the PSP may be, Dissidia is good enough to convince gamers to actually buy the game.

This week in PSP news: a new OFW surfaces, home console game Dante's Inferno gets a PSP version, Sony finally lets out something concrete about their PSP offerings for E3, and SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille likens PSP piracy to Hannah Montana. No, not really, but he did call it "sickening". Which is close enough if you ask me. Read on for the PSP Weekend Warrior!