Whether you're asking for it or not, the latest installment for Bleach: Heat the Soul is already coming out in Japan next month. Three new trailers have been released to anticipate the game's release on May 15. What's more is that one of the trailers show Aizen, Tosen, and Risa.

I've been waiting for this all day. Yesterday I posted about NIS America announcing a "unique and fun" game for the PSP. I first thought it was Yuusha 30. Turns out I that wasn't TOO far off the mark. Today NIS America announced that somehow, someway, they've managed to get the license to localize and publish Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida as... Well, just look at the thumbnail on the left. That's the title. Screenshots and more after the jump!

Well now here's something definitely interesting. Tipster bitwreck sent this in; he just sniffed out a patent that was filed by Sony Japan. But... what is it?

Many thanks to bitwreck for sniffing this out and sending us the tip!

Folks hoping to fan rumors of the fabled PSP 2 will surely have a field day over this. The other day, a job posting made public by Sony Japan has the Internets whirring like crazy. See, SCEJ is looking for people to test some "new game machine" of theirs. The job listing didn't give any details about what it is, of course, but it did say it's going to be some new hardware for the PlayStation brand.

This is one tough list to get into, and so we tip our hats to the game titles that were hailed as one of Famitsu's Best PSP and PS3 Games for the past year of 2008. No surprise there, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G from Capcom took the sweet number 1 spot, with cherry on top for the Sony handheld, while Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4 leads the pack for the PS3, with no less than a shining perfect score from the reviewers.

Still can't get enough Bleach games on the PSP eh? Sony thinks there's more than enough room for another one. That after releasing the spin-off side-scrolling Bleach: Soul Carnival, the long-standing fighting series is back with the latest installment: Bleach: Heat the Soul 6. See the debut trailer in the full article!

Lucky for Square Enix, there's nothing like starting the year with a big bang in sales. The figures for Japanese game sales for January 5 to 11 have been published by Media Create. Surprise, suprise, Dissidia: FInal Fantasy is still on top!

For the rest of us who couldn't make it to the 2009 Jump Festa, here's a little taste of what went on during the event. Check out the PSP games for Capcom, SCEJ, Koei, and Square Enix with their infamous Closed Mega Theater. Details after the jump.

SCEJ has announced that Higurashi Daybreak on the PSP is now part of the official list of games supporting the Ad hoc Party service. Looks like gamers in Japan finally have some added incentive in sitting through those load times. The PSP port of the PC game also has a demo already available on the PlayStation Network. The demo is around 80MB huge, and is currently only available in Japan.

Man. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G just keeps on raking all those prizes and milestones in Japan, doesn't it? And what's the latest award of MHP 2nd G? It just won the Double Platinum prize in SCEJ's PlayStation Awards 2008 ceremonies where developers and publishers were given huge pats on the backs for their excellent PSP, PS3, and/or PS2 games. The event was held just earlier in Japan, with MGS4 and Crisis Core, among others, also bringing home the bacon.