Sony's putting up a show under the big tent for Asia. Via press release, SCE Asia has announced that there will be two new colors available for the PSP-3000.

According to the press statement, it's going to be under what's called the "Carnival Colors" series. Check 'em out in the full article, it's Vibrant Blue and Radiant Red.

So, you wanna go crusin' for a bruisin' again on your PSP? There's some good news especially if you like 2D fighting games. It appears the Guilty Gear Accent Core XX Plus is headed to the handheld this July replete with new modes and characters. Full story follows after the jump.

Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan (SCET) and Gaia Industries said today that the PlayStation Portable game Coded Soul is being planned for a Chinese release by early next month.

To celebrate the announcement, new screenshots of the game were also released. To see the media and know more about this development, just click the "read more" link below.

Cosplaying. It's weird, it's goofy, and in some cases, it's Narutard-extreme. Whatever the case, anime otaku and gamer alike love the idea of dressing up as their favorite characters come convention time; everyone wanna see how far they can push their luck impersonating their favorite manga/pixelated hero.

We found these vids over at TechEblog, which are all fan-made skits of all our all-time favorite games. Kinda shows you what a dedicated gamer can do when they've got a bit of money, creativity, and a helluva lot of time on their hands.

The first video up is a skit on Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. It was made by students over at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Hmm, early concept for the Wiimote?


The video up next is a homage to everybody's favorite tactical espionage game (Not you, Sam...). This MGS skit was done way over in Taiwan, and we gotta admit, we like the way they adapted an abandoned building for the game's original Arctic setting. On a side note, their Meryl looks cuter than the original, in a Tifa sort of way.

Click on the jump to see the rest of these skits!

Okay, do us a favor. Open pspupdates on a new tab, and then go type the name of DEVHOOK Launcher/VSHEX Mod's developer on the search box. You'll see that Chunglam's been very busy. That's how many updates in how many days?

The guy just keeps updating, and updating, and updating, and updating, and updating...  Anyway, we'll skip to the important things you guys would want to know, like, er, what's new in this version.

Changes for Version 1.65b

• Added font5x10.LATIN1, font6x12.LATIN1, font10x10.GB and font10x10.BIG5 - Chunglam says that the quality isn't very good though, since they were generated from TrueType font.
• The menus of launcher and vshexmod can now be in SJIS, GB, BIG5 and LATIN1 encoding format. Chunglam asks that you specify encoding format in your language file.
• Updated Chinese name macro "names.gb"(GB) by angelspsp(CNGBA) / eavlvoe (MaxC). Added Chinese name macro "names.sjis"(SJIS) by friend from Taiwan.
• Added Simplified Chinese language file by CrUmp Zhao. Added Polish language file by derdzik. Added Portuguese Brazil language and help file by Pender666.
• Changed background image contributed by tv8 and Whiplord.
• Added firmware 2.00 config text files.

What's new with the Launcher?

• You can now remove "ms0:/dh/kd/devhook046.prx" to prevent launcher prompt you "Switch Devhook" menu. Chunglam says that this is a little something for all your Devhook 0.45 fans out there.
• Re-added firmware 2.00 selection.

Notes for Vshexmod 1.25b

• Auto load name macro (names.*) if encoding format is specified in language file otherwise load "macro.txt"
• List only compatible fonts if encoding format is specified in language file.
• Added loading cover bitmap "cover0.bmp" in root of ISO/CSO image.

Great work Chunglam! Anyway, at the rate Chunglam is updating we think it's safe for you guys to keep posting your inputs on how he could improve his amazing app on the comments. Oops sorry, it seems that you guys have already been doing that. Silly me.

Download [DEVHOOK Launcher/VSHEX Mod 1.65b]

Sony has taken legal action against companies and sellers in China and Taiwan that are selling fake memory sticks with the Sony mark on them. eBay sellers have been making a fortune ever since the launch of the PSP through selling fake Memory Stick Pro Duo's through the online auction site for half price, making out that they are genuine Sony/Sandisk memory sticks. In April we wrote an article on the difference between the Real and Fake memory sticks, as well as a report on the quality of memory sticks sold on eBay.

With Sony suing companies, its pretty obvious that most of the memory sticks on eBay will disappear, or will be re-branded with something else. The thing is, most people that buy the fake sticks know they are fake. All the sellers have to do is add another brand on them, and I'm sure they would still sell in the thousands. I know that for the price I bought my fake stick for, I'd still buy it with another label on. Make way for the Sonny Memory Stick Pro Duo!