Resistance: Retribution is a 3rd person adventure with an all new story, levels, weapons and enemies, as well as a proprietary targeting system and game engine that pushes the system to its limit, allowing more detailed characters, special effects, and terrain that captures the look and feel of the Resistance universe. Amazon is offering fans who pre-order before Jan. 12, 2009 will receive a download code for the demo before its Feb. 24 launch.

Features:

-Game: A third person action-adventure game created specifically for PSP that bridges Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2.
-Storyline: Dramatic storyline set against the battle to retake the European continent, follows a single soldier's grim determination to avenge his fallen brother.
-Engine: Utilizes Bend Studio's third generation PSP engine that allows for more enemies on screen, more detailed characters with higher resolution bitmaps and specular highlights, and a memory buffer system that allows for larger and more detailed worlds.
-Revolutionary Targeting System: Advanced third person targeting system designed specifically for the PSP.
-Portability: Liberal checkpoint system makes the title ideal for small bursts of gameplay perfect for the on-the-go gamer.
-Weaponry: Weapons include favorites from Resistance: Fall of Man like the Auger, Carbine, and LAARK, as well as new weapons based on hybrid Alien/Human technology – including the BM001 Razor and the Longbow 1S-1K “One shot, one kill” sniper rifle.
-Enemies: Over 10 different types of enemies, including Chimera from Resistance 2™ and Resistance: Fall of Man – including the Titan, Slipskull, Hybrids and Leapers – and all new enemies like the Hag and Cloven.
-Multiplayer: Intense eight player multiplayer gameplay with five game modes including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Containment and Assimilation available via ad-hoc and infrastructure.
-Resistance Franchise: Web based franchise that ties into the Resistance franchise web portal.

Resistance: Retribution is currently scheduled for release in Japan on March 12, 2009, and in North America on February 24, 2009.

The unhackeble psp 3000 (also known as PSP Brite) has finally been hacked, or at least we see hoped and this time without the need for a downgrader tool. MaTiAz's "The Sparta!!!" exploit was allegedly discovered after overwriting the player's name in a GripShift save file with "this is spartaaaaa..." -- with 57 a's tacked onto the end -- and is now available for download along with a new SDK. It's said to work with PSP firmware versions 1.52 through the current 5.02. The Hello World proof of concept video is after the break. psp 3000 Welcome to the real world and be free once again.

Source: lan

What are Sony looking forward to from the PlayStation family in 2009? Console exclusives naturally, And "making money." This is a pledge that was made last March and is something that they still very much on target to achieve. SONY say that 2009 promises to be a very exciting year for PS3, with blockbuster titles such as Killzone 2 followed by a fresh, new take on the superhero/anti-hero open sandbox genre inFamous, a mind-bending thriller Heavy Rain, a massive 256 player simultaneous online shooter MAG, an augmented reality, virtual pet in your room experience EyePet, and some more big titles that they have not even announced yet. as for the PSP will continue to prosper and sell in incredible numbers, with some great games coming out, But that's all about the love of the PSP gets from developers and SCEE execs.

Sourcer: playstation

If you thought the Americans played with only next-generation consoles, mmmmm well they are wrong, because in a recent list published by The Nielsen Group, we can read that the most used console in the U.S. is the Playstation 2. Playstation 2 continues to talk even with large companies that is been so many years on the market. Below is the list of the consoles more used in the U.S.

1 - PlayStation 2 (31.7%)
2 - Xbox 360 (17.2%)
3 - Wii (13.4%)
4 - Xbox (9.7%)
5 - PlayStation 3 (7.3%)

Well folks, it has been a long time in waiting and to all involved I apologize. Noob911's own tbdawg reviewed the D2SUN/Wii-Clip combo awhile back, but because of technical issues with the site and personal issues on my part I am just now getting it posted.The D2SUN and Wii-Clip used are V1.1 and V5B respectivly. I know they are older models, but the function, use, and ease of install are still the same with the newer versions.

So without further delay I present tbdawg's D2SUN/Wii-Clip review and video.

Please click the "read more" button for the full review.

Finally Miriam released the new CFW 5.02GEN-A so yeap he's back and giving us in this new year a new custom firmware.

Features:
- Suspend, Reset and Pandora options added in the recovery.
- Hide MAC Address can be enabled via configuration in recovery.
- VSH Recovery can now be opened with an option in the vshmenu.
- You can quickly exit the recovery by pressing the Select button.
- Game Categories Plugin by Bubbletune integrated (enabled by default, can be disabled in recovery).
- Option to reboot in to official firmware in the recovery, it will remain like this until the next cold reset.
  (Slim Only, support for the Phat PSP might be added later)
- Slim Colors Patch by Bubbletune integrated, enable in the recovery and flash 13-27.bmp to your flash0.
  This will allow you to use the Slim Colors on your Phat PSP.
- Higher homebrew compatibility compared to other 5.02 custom firmwares.
- Functional 5.02 pops (keep pops compatibility in mind).

Using Game Categories (taken from the original readme):
- Create folders prefixed with 'CAT_' in the GAME, GAME150, GAME5XX or ISO folder.
- Fill them with everything you want to appear for that specific category (if you have the same category name in two or more folders they will be mixed).
- Keep the Sony file length limitations in mind, due to the name of the category being added to the total length, the length of each filename will increase even more.
  If a corrupt icon shows up, try lowering the length of the filename.
- Boot your PSP, open vshmenu and select the appropriate category.

As for the 1.50 Kernel he will release in a few days. 5.00 popsloader from DA can be used in this CFW and yes now you have two choices before you install 5.02GEN-A

1.-Lite version: This version of the custom firmware aims at supporting game developers and allowing things such as running homebrew, modding your XMB, etc. But removing support for POPs and ISO's.

2.-Full version: as we know them so far support POPs and ISO's.

                  5.02GEN-A                                                     OFW 5.02

dev-team promised, 0.9.1 beta yellowsn0w for the iphone 3G with the 2.2 firmware with 02.28.00 baseband. The unlock works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00. This baseband is provided by the latest firmware update (2.2) from Apple.  You’ll need to upgrade to this release using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to activate etc. There are plenty of tutorials about this on iclarified, bigboss, and other established tutorial sites.  Because it works on 02.28.00, it is available to everyone on the planet.  This means we don’t need to unnecessarily expose holes in earlier basebands, which is an important concern.
The application is a small daemon that is launched on boot.  It injects the payload at boot and also whenever there is a baseband reset.  You won’t notice anything about it other than that your third-party sim now works.  It’s a small program and unobtrusive.  There is no GUI (this is by design).
You can add the application using the sources outlined below (coming soon). There are Cydia and Installer sources available, so use whichever you are comfortable using.
yellowsn0w is completely removable through Cydia, the command line, and iTunes. for more information about this tools and downloads click here Dev-Team