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As promised, we did hear again from the guys at the RRS dev team with their jammin’ PSP homebrew game, Guitarway to Heaven Riffs. And what do you know, it’s now in its final version.

If you’re only just hearing of this app, then you’re just in good time. Guitarway to Heaven Riffs is actually similar to the Guitar Hero series, where you play along to the notes of a song. The more timed you hit those notes, the higher your scores will be. But of course, as with every challenging game, if you keep missing those notes, then you will lose the game.

This final version has now upped the number of songs to a total of 24, a huge leap from its humble beginnings of five songs. Plus, the graphics have improved by a long mile now.

Anyway, we’ll let you enjoy the Final Version of Guitarway to Heaven Riffs now. Just be sure to check out the readme for proper installation instructions and whatnot.

Download: Guitarway to Heaven Riffs (Final Version) Part 1
Download: Guitarway to Heaven Riffs (Final Version) Part 2

• PSP Homebrew: Guitarway to Heaven Riffs

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Homebrew dev raing3 has released an improved and renamed version of the Memory Stick IPL Dumper he released last week. The app now goes by the name of Memory Stick Utility. Here’s what’s new aside from the name change:

• Fixed crash which occurred when injecting ms0:/ipl.bin twice in the same session
• Fixed bug extracting unknown IPLs
• Made many other minor alterations
• Rewrote the documentation

Raing3 says that he still hasn’t worked out how to correctly dump all IPLs and detect their correct filesizes. If you want to help or you just want to learn more about this app, hit the Visit link below.

Download: Memory Stick Utility v0.4
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

• PSP homebrew - Memory Stick IPL Dumper released

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DJB has released a new update for his PSP Pandora Deluxe PC app. This brings the app to version 2.7. It looks like this release is focused on fixing some compressions problems that cropped up in earlier versions.

Here’s the full changelog for this release:

• Fixed bug with unpacking files that was in v2.3 - v2.6.
• Updated the following Support Tools:
• Hold 3.2 (XMB)

This release comes in two flavors: a full version and an update pack for those who already have PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.6. Remember, this app is for PCs running either Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista. You also need to install Microsoft’s .NET Framework v2.0 in order to run it.

Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.7 (full version)
Download: PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.7 (update pack for v2.6)

• PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.6
• PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.5: updated with CFW 5.00 M33-3 support

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GTA anyone? According to a study conducted in the United States and Japan, violent games make you aggressive. If you’ve been itching to pound your roomies for squeezing the toothpaste the wrong way, the you should probably lay off Gears of War.

The study used three samples of students with varying age ranges: 9-12 years; 12- 15; and 13-18. All groups have mixed genders. It was found that those who played violent video games showed signs of increased aggression while the others remained in control. It was even found that the results of the study were consistent between different cultures.

So if you’re sitting there disagreeing with everything that the study says and swearing you’ll square off to prove who’s right, then you might want to read up it again. Who knows? Maybe skipping those excess hours of blood and gore may actually help your social life.

The full report of the study is published on the November 5, 2008 issue of Pediatrics Journal. You can check it out via the source link below.

• California to revive violent video game law in federal appeals court
• The California video game law is back and may even go to the Supreme Court
  

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Persistence is key, so they say. Couple that with a big title and you know you’ve got a hit on your hands. Just when we all thought the UMD format is done for good, Sony has decided to give it another jolt with Resident Evil Degeneration.

Yep, they’ll be bringing the movie to your PSP’s UMD (at least for those in Japan) on December 17, 2008 for a slightly cheaper price at 3,990 yen (US 40). But the Degeneration infection won’t stop there. It’ll also be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray, with the DVD Collector’s Edition going for 4,980 yen (US 51).

Apart from these, you’ll also definitely want to get your hands on this movie’s copy because it’s got two language tracks: Japanese and English. Time to go bilingual, folks.

Also, if you’re a diehard fan and would like to get a little extra special from the home entertainment release of Degeneration, then you might as well go for the Limited Edition Blu-ray boxset.

Along with the movie, you’ll be getting a figurine of a mutated one-eyed monster (Patapons gone bad, anyone?). And you’d want to hurry, too, cos there are only 5,000 pieces made for this. The Blu-ray Limited Edition will be tagged at 12,800 yen (US 120).

If you’re in Japan at that time, or if you’ve got friends in the area, then maybe you’d want to pick up a copy of this movie. To check out more details, head on to Degeneration’s official site below.

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PSP homebrew developer lbicelyne has released another update for the CPS1, CPS2, CPS3, and NeoGeo emulator for the Sony PSP. Here’s the changelog for version 11p3:

• You can configure the global key/configure set value now. Just refer to fba4psp.ini in file FBA4PSP.rar
• Update game drivers to the latest version of FBA. Some game runs better now. A few new drivers are added in.
• Fixed Save/Load bug. You can save/load as you wish in most games.
• Some other small changes.

The developer also reminds those who use this emulator that returning to the menu has been remapped to R Select instead of the L-button configuration in earlier releases. This version also does not work properly under the 1.5 kernel mode.

Download: FBA_lbicelyne 1102 V11p3

• FBA lbicelyne 1021 V11P1 - CPS 1, 2, 3 emulator for PSP

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After EA’s disappointing quarterly report, followed by a drop in video game shares last week, investors are now abandoning the publisher, mainly because EA management has shown indifference in handling their predicament.

Despite having similar problems, Activision has made steps to ensure investors of their company’s strength and growth. EA, on the other hand, has remained aloof on the matter.

Industry analyst Michael Pachter writes,

The reason for the disparity in valuation is simple: investors believe that [Activision] has “good” management, given that the company has consistently beat expectations and raised guidance, while being incredibly investor friendly; in contrast, investors appear to believe that EA has “bad” management, given that the company has consistently missed expectations and lowered guidance, while projecting an appearance of smugness bordering on hostility to investors.

Pachter has pointed out before that EA is very much capable of turning things around. Pachter still maintains that EA remains strong and is on a road to improvement, although, their only shortcoming would be in ignoring investor concerns. This is even complicated further by the fact that investors are no longer showing confidence that EA can indeed turn things around. EA has dropped 18 in shares since Thursday.

EA has yet to make a statement on the matter, but it appears that they have to take action - and fast.

• Market analysts unimpressed with EA
• Video game software sales drop because of sales fears
  

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All you Final Fantasy music fans out there are about to have a merrier Christmas. We’ve just received word on the prospective release date for Square Enix’s Dissidia: Final Fantasy’s Original Soundtrack. Now do note, the operative term here is “prospective”. Still, it’s better than nothing, yes?

So, news is that it’s gonna come out on the eve of Christmas, December 24, 2008. Apart from that, the OST will have two kinds: the regular edition and the Limited edition. We’re not sure what’s different with the two editions, save for the price, though. The regular edition will apparently be sold at a retail price of about 3,000 yen (about US 30) while the Limited edition will cost an extra 500 bucks (around  US 35).

That’s all the information we have for now, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as they come.

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Remember lmtlmt and yongobongo’s old XMB Destroyer game? QJ.NET forums member phlippi has done some work on it and made it playable on PSPs running custom firmware 5.00-M33. The app has also been made playable on PSP Slims.

Aside from the firmware update and Slim compatibility, it looks like this release is still pretty much the same as the old XMB Destroyer: you get a bunch of tools to mess up a screenshot of your XMB.

The old XMB Destroyer had a total of 11 weapons. Phlippi says he just fixed it for 5.00-M33 compatibility, so I guess it’s pretty safe to assume that all the weapons are intact. Check it out and reduce your stress a bit.

Download: XMB Destroyer 5.00-M33 and Slim Fix
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

• XMB Destroyer v0.98

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ZX-81 continues his barrage of homebrew emulator releases with PSPMSX v1.4.1. This release makes the MSX emulator for the PSP compatible with custom firmware 5.x-M33.

There are also a couple of bugfixes included in this release, so if old-school MSX gaming is your thing, we recommend upgrading to this version. Here’s the full changelog:

• Finally fix issue with “Home -> Exit” !
• Text editor to write your own comments on games
• Display first comment line while browsing game files
• Digital pad is now usable in file requester even when danzeff keyboard is displayed
• Fix inconsistency between zip rom file names and save game name.
• Improve cheat menu & memory monitoring engine
• Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file
• Tested on new FW 5x-M33
• Bug fix in unzip function (if you tried to unzip more than 10 files, it wasn’t able to open any other files, and you had to restart the emulator)
• Add option to disable auto fire in settings menu

As always, be sure to read the readme file included with the download bundle. Everything you need to know to install and run PSPMSX is there.

Download: PSPMSX v1.4.1 (fw 5.x)
Download: PSPMSX v1.4.1 (fw 1.5)
Download: PSPMSX v1.4.1 (source)
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

• MSX emulator gets huge update for cheatorz: PSPMSX v1.4.0

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