Speaking to the European PlayStation Blog in an interview, Hideo Kojima gave some more gameplay info about his next Solid masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. After this one and Metal Gear Solid: Rising (PS3, Xbox 360, and PC), however, the real Big Boss behind Metal Gear Solid is set to leave the franchise in the hands of his younger colleagues at Kojima Productions, leaving the creative genius wide open for new games.

Homebrew coder Torch dropped by our forums to release a new update for Hold, a handy battery saving application for the PSP. The latest update is a fix release for PSP owners with busted hold switches.


Download: Hold v4.0
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A new update for PsPlugin Manager has been released by homebrew coder thecraziness1. PsPlugin Manager is a program that allows you to choose the best plugins for your PSP. It can also edit plugins that have config files, install and uninstall Torch's Lockdown XMB and many more.


Download: PsPlugin Manager v1.5
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Homebrew coder Torch is back with a new update for Hold+, a battery saving application for the PSP. The latest update now has the 5th brightness level for PSP-3000 corrected.


Download: Hold+ v3.8
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 As the name blatantly suggests, DayViewer Beta 1, this is a beta plugin that allows you to view the day of the week. If you constantly get into time-warps like I do, then this will definitely be mighty helpful for those of you who can't keep proper track of the days (and so end up coming to work on weekends).


Download: DayViewer Beta 1
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It seems things have slowed down in the PSP homebrew scene this week, but that doesn't mean we didn't get to see any new apps and games. The games side was overshadowed by app releases during the past week so I'm just gonna scrunch them together into one list full of homebrew goodness. List up ahead!

Torch is back with an update for his PSP homebrew battery-saving plugin, Hold+. This release is more of a clean-up version, with some improvements to help prevent those accidental results of pushing the power switch for too long.

Download: Hold+ v3.7

Again, Torch has released a new pack compiling his Lockdown homebrew projects. As with the previous pack, this one puts together Lockdown , Lockdown In-Game, and Lockdown XMB Style in one nice little bundle of security.

Download: Lockdown Pack 2
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Update already? It was only yesterday when BafS released this piece of dev work, now it just got an update courtesy of fabiens. This app turns into your PSP into a torch, not literally thank goodness, and the light comes in green, red, or blue.


Download: Torche v2

A couple of days ago, reports of some PSP games messing with files in the ms0:/seplugins and ms0:/iso folders came to light. In response, homebrew developer Torch released CFW Folder Blocker, a plugin that hides these folders in GAME mode so they couldn't be accessed. That release also affected homebrew apps. This release fixes that problem.

Download: CFW Folder Blocker v1.1
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