Get those noses up into the air and start sniffing! PSP homebrew coder Gaby_64 is back with another test version for AirCrack-PSP. From test 0.54, we jump to test 0.57 with a ton of new additions and fixes.

Thanks to Torodd and Bu11y for the tips!

Download: AirCrack-PSP test 0.57

Tired of cluttered homebrew apps and games littering your PSP's memory stick? No worries, since developer xart has come up with another quick update to the very useful homebrew organizer and launcher app for the PSP with Choice2 v2.0.1.1.

This short update already includes a patch which fixes a previous bug enountered with the last build, as well as other updates. More details after the jump!


Download: Choice2 v2.0.1.1
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum

Sierra Entertainment has revealed new videos for SWAT: Target Liberty, featuring authentic weapons you'll be taking baddies down with and snippets of the game's mission briefings. After watching the trailers, we'll have to say SWAT: Target Liberty for the Sony PlayStation Portable is locked and loaded with all the SWAT action you'll ever need.

Like other SWAT games, there's a plethora of weapons to choose from. The Benelli M4 Super90, Sig SG552 Commando, and other sweet firearms are present to make the gun savvy swoon. We see them being used a lot, while keeping tactical squad-based elements intact.

The Mission Briefing trailer gives us a glimpse at how missions roll in SWAT: Target Liberty. Objectives are laid out, and you'll find out which ones you nailed when the operation is over. Instead of more teasing, we'll just leave you with the video below.

Find the Mission Briefing trailer at the full article!

Coming this fall from Sierra Entertainment and Vivendi Games is SWAT: Target Liberty, the first PSP entry in the popular tactical shooter series. Firing Squad recently had a chat with the game's producer Paul Pawlicki to get some inside info on the game.

SWAT: Target Liberty is a shooter, so of course it has to have an impressive array of guns. "No need to worry about firepower," said Pawlicki. "SWAT: Target Liberty has plenty of it." Sierra lucked out on getting 3G Studios, who had physical access to each of the weapons used in the game, as a developer. Pawlicki noted that 3G's authentic representations add "a really nice touch" to SWAT: Target Liberty.

Alright, so the guns look real, but what weapons will the players have access to? "Players will get to select from authentic SWAT weapons, like the SIG's SG 551-SWAT, a gas-operated weapon conceived specifically for Special Forces and elite units," said Pawlicki. "There's also the SSG 300, FN303, Benelli M2 and tactical grenades to choose from but as a player progresses through the game's unlockable weapons are made available including the FnH P90 and the Benelli M4 Super 90 to name a few."

As for multiplayer, 3G has designed a random level generator to keep up to four players on their toes in the game's head to head multiplayer mode. SWAT: Target Liberty's AI also look impressive, with the inclusion of a morale system for the enemies. "Take too long in a firefight and they will begin to flank you and become less likely to give up," Pawlicki explained. "If you take out a few of men out then you will see them retreat and start to give up more easily."

Pawlicki also assured shooter fans that SWAT: Target Liberty is right on track for its fall release. There's currently nothing in development at the moment, but Pawlicki said that "could easily make the leap from PC to next-gen consoles and provide a fun, tactical shooter experience unlike any other game out there."

Sometimes, it's the simple things that rock. The Swiss-made Sig-550 assault rifle for example swapped out standard issue tin rifle mags for a clear-plastic set, which not only made the gun lighter and more reliable (plastic doesn't dent like tin, hence less jams), but also allowed the trooper using it to just take a glance at the mag to see how much ammo he had left without having to rack the bolt and yank out the mag, as with what Solid had to do in his trailer (You know you want one, Snake).

As far-fetched as it sounds, we were thinking that when we picked up this short video clip cannae45 posted over at youtube. Nothing fancy here - he just remade his PSP UMD door with a viewing port, which allowed the user to get an eyeful of the UMD's metal cradle, and the title of whatever game he pops into the console. Sure, it ain't as pimpin' as a light-up door, or even a PSP port of the PS2 analog stick, but like we said, there's an elegance to subtle but practical mods like these we love. Enjoy the vid.