GTAPortable.com has posted the first screenshots, scanned from GamePro, of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
The GamePro article also reveals a number of details about the game, including the lead character – Victor Vance (Lance’s brother), a 28 year old marine who was gunned down at the beginning of the original Vice City.
So, [...]

The US retailer Target has pulled the plug on UMD movies in all of their stores due to poor sales.
Recently, Reuters reported that Wal-mart also considered pulling all UMDs from their store shelves. From ProGamer:
An unnamed movie executive says that UMD situation is "awful," and that "[UMD movie] sales are near zilch." The studio exec [...]

Utilising the PSP’s Wi-Fi capabilities, a french modder has come up with a homebrew app which allows him to control his drinks trolley robot via the PSP. The frenchman plans to add camera support in the next version.
It’s hardly jaw-dropping stuff but cool nonetheless.

News4Gamers reports that SCEE is looking for a Senior/Lead Designer to "realize the future of WipEout on PSP and PS3".
From SCEE’s Recruitment page.
Senior/Lead Designer – URGENT Wipeout Wipeout is the most revered, innovative and respected arcade/action racing franchise of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.
The Task To have a key role in realising [...]

Further announcements on Sega’s Road to E3 reveals Sonic Rivals coming to the PSP.
Sonic Rivals is a head-to-head competition between Sonic and his top rivals, where the gloves are off and winner takes all! Built from the ground-up, the engine allows gamers to rip through tracks in some high-spirited single player and [...]

Daedalus, The N64 open-source emulator, has just been released for the PSP.
The emulator still needs a lot of work before its ready to take on the likes of GoldenEye and Zelda though. Theres currently no sound support; no savegame support; low framerates; not all the N64 controls are supported; and it can’t boot up [...]

A poster on the Gaming Age forums has posted what he claims to be a release list from the developer Bethesda Softworks. The list includes ports of the recent PC hit game Oblivion being scheduled for release on both PS3 and PSP in November 2006 – making it a potential launch title for the [...]

The first real Gameboy emulator has just been released for the PSP.
It currently only works with the Japanese 1.0 PSP firmware and as yet theres no sound support – but it’s amazing how quickly these homebrew apps are being developed.

The Korean PSP Value Pack (unlike the US version) includes a Network Utility Disc, featuring a video/music player, web browser, E-Book reader and more. Someone has taken photos of the various applications running, check them out at Blog.Dreamwiz.com.
The value of this disc to the PSP hacking scene is more than apparent, even if the least [...]

If you’re looking to customize your Logitech Playgear Pocket PSP case, this template from PSP.Turbosweet.com should do the trick rather nicely. Just place your image in the template, print and cut it out, then carefully place it in-between the protective layer and the outer part of the case. And if it’s bothering you, a bit [...]