PSP Hot News: June 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

PSPgo 6.20 kernel exploit found, but still no HEN release in sight

Some recent developments in the PSP homebrew scene has the community revving up again. Apparently a few coders now have access to a possible kernel exploit for newer PSP firmwares.

Homefront trailer shows the softer side of insurrection

THQ wasn't just promoting its upcoming shooter Homefront with a fake North Korean platoon at E3, you know. The company also released the title's first gameplay trailer, which you'll find posted after the jump. It's actually a troubling minute-long vignette of our dudes getting wrecked by their dudes, but hey -- at least the music is pretty.

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Homefront trailer shows the softer side of insurrection originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New puzzler Influence coming to PSP, PS3 says ESRB

It looks like Sony will be bringing another Japan-only puzzle game overseas. The ESRB has a new listing up for Influence, a new game from one of the minds behind Intelligent Qube.

Preview: Tron Evolution: The Video Game

A new Tron movie signals the arrival of a new Tron video game. Unfortunately, this one could fall into the trap of licensed games -- substandard gameplay leaning heavily on an anticipated license. And the team at Propaganda Games has a big hurdle to overcome, as they're not only expecting to get this prequel out the door by the time the movie releases, but before.

That said, even though the game borrows a lot of ideas from action/platforming games like Prince of Persia, what's there is nicely polished and makes good use of both the license's history and the new movie's aesthetic. If nothing else, Tron Evolution: The Video Game might end up being a fun way for fans of the Tron setting to further explore the mythos.

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Preview: Tron Evolution: The Video Game originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Telltale's Jurassic Park games to be 'cinematically much more serious'

Ever since Telltale announced an agreement with NBC Universal to develop an episodic series of games based on Jurassic Park, we've been kept awake at night, wondering just how one goes about defeating a Tyrannosaurus Rex using nothing but an umbrella handle, a lightbulb and a unicycle. There are at least seven ways to do it -- trust us -- but Telltale design director Dave Grossman informed us at E3 that Jurassic Park won't quite fit the company's traditional adventure structure.

"... in the case of Jurassic Park, we've wanted to kind of step out and do something that's cinematically much more serious than the kind of.... you know, we feel like we're getting pigeonholed a little bit as a company that makes funny cartoon games about talking animals, whereas really what we think of ourselves as is a company that makes games about cinema," Grossman said. "And so we want to explore some different territory. How is the gameplay supporting the tension of the scene, and what kind of tension is it? How is the game paced? And so you're going to find all of that stuff in the Jurassic Park series."

While Jurassic Park will feature adventure mechanics deemed "appropriate," it seems its focus won't necessarily be on laid-back lateral thinking. "I don't want to have it be a game about hanging around and solving thinky puzzles at your own pace," Grossman explained. "It just doesn't seem like the right thing to do for that." And while that might seem to suggest an action-oriented approach, Grossman wasn't willing to characterize it to such a simple degree. "You can definitely expect tension elements, let's say. Whether they're action or, well, there are a lot of ways to do that. I think there'll be a liberal mix of stuff in that game."

Let's hope we learn more before Telltale's Jurassic Park begins its monthly excursions from Isla ~~Sorna~~ Nublar this winter.

Telltale's Jurassic Park games to be 'cinematically much more serious' originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Sony teasing new hardware for E3

Sony is teasing something for E3, and it could be big. Like new hardware big.

Assassin's Creed series creator leaves Ubisoft

Ubisoft has confirmed that Patrice D�silets, the creative boss behind the Assassin?s Creed series, has left the company to take a break from the industry.

PSP homebrew game - SuperTux v1

Looking for more games to add in your homebrew archive? Well here's one courtesy of our resident forumer mootjeuh. The dev has released a PSP port of SuperTux, a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller similar in style

Sunday, June 20, 2010

PSP homebrew - HostCore for CFW 5.50 GEN-D3 Beta 2

Homebrew coder BuDdA has dropped by our forums to release a new version of HostCore, a handy homebrew app, originally coded by Poison, that allows you to access music files, videos, games on your PC straight

There's a lot of cutting in Kojima Productions' teaser

Kojima Productions is at it again on their site you'll find another vague teaser that will later turn into an E3 announcement. This year's teaser is a montage of mini clips with one noticeable common denominator

PSP homebrew - PSPVC v3.91

Good news guys, homebrew developer Nick Swardh is back to release a new version of his feature-pack PSP Video Converter. The latest update has added some new features, more fixes and various other improvements. Download:

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