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jinushaun: Behold, the end of Unity3D? more »
ZaxxonQ.com: You just had to compare it to Fleshlight, didn't ya? Great, now Adam is gonna try fucking a V-Screen. X-( more »
Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow: I prefer to think of it as that weird headset Stallone put on in that movie to enjoy "boning" that chick that fell for him in that weird futuristic-ty... more »
Valkyrie Ice: What is sad is how few people actually see what this represents. This isn't really about gaming. It's about the slow evolution of the smartphone into... more »
abadpun: really!? lamest attention grabbing title ever. You see even if the graphics are better on an iphone, the psp and ds both have a huge advantage that r... more »
SAMtheMAN99: Yet no Mac support yet? more »
vapour: frame rate sucks, controls suck, battery life nonexistent nothing to see here folks more »
TailsNZ: That's all well and good (very good actually!) but even in the 15 second tech demo you can see a major problem with controls (until we evolve to have ... more »
knwldg: Um, no, this won't be the end of the ds or psp, because they have dedicated controls. more »
gloveofpower: Death of DS and PSP, yeah right, not a chance. Two words: D-PAD, BUTTONS. iPhone controls=fail, intolerable crap. I love the iPhone dearly, but I ... more »
m4ximusprim3: battery life: 5 minutes. more »
Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nothing against the iPhone, but it's more like "Behold, yet another incredible performance demo for the iPhone that will do nothing to even scratch DS... more »
crikerat: I like the tease that we'll be seeing this engine on another mobile platform next year. Most assume it will be Android and that would be a good choic... more »
Aashish Bhagyanagar: this shit is effin revolutionary.....the present iphone's lack of physical buttons will always be a bottle neck for serious handheld gamers. AFAIK , ... more »
gumwrapper: I would love to have a prepaid iPhone if I could use it with Tracfone or T-mobile prepaid. Just telephone & wifi. more »
ea: Instead of calling it a shooter, call it a head crusher. Just pinch their heads with your fingers. more »
met2art: The end of the DS (or PSP)? Hardly. Cost of entry would be a major barrier. Parents will happily buy a DS for the kids, because it's fairly low cost a... more »
Algerad: Who cares about a shooter engine on the iPhone anyway? Yeah it's good to show off its power, but it's a terrible choice for showing off mobile gaming.... more »
zachff: I liken gaming on my iPhone to boobs without nipples. I mean yeah, but really? more »
atrus123: Let's see it on Android, and then I'll be interested. more »

#gaming

V-Screen Faux-3D PSP Kit: Yes, It Actually Works
A lot of people wrote about the V-Screen 3D kit for the PSP when it was announced. Jokes may have been made! But now Ars has actually tried one, and their results are surprising: It's not perfect, but it works. More »
#iphone3gs

Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
I'm sure you have the same reaction I did, seeing Unreal Engine 3—yes, the same Unreal Engine 3 that powers games like BioShock, Gears of War and Mass Effect—running on the iPhone 3GS: WTFFFFFF. More »
#advertising

How Will We Look Back On Today's Gadget Ads?
Looking back at vintage advertising can be a sociological horrorshow. It could never be printed now. But it also seems inevitable that some of today's tech ads will eventually seem utterly backwards, too. The question is, which ones? More »
#psp

PlayStation Digital Comics Now Available For PSP
Coming good on its promise, Sony's PlayStation Network Digital Comics service has launched, with PSP owners in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa able to download Marvel classics for as little as 99 cents. More »
#psp

Use Your PSP as a Wi-Fi Scanner
While having a netbook slightly decreased the hassle of whipping out your laptop to check for wireless nodes, it's still a pain. If you keep your PSP in your gadget bag, put it to work as a Wi-Fi scanner. More »
#imagecache

I'm Not Sure This Shot Is Going to Sell Any PSPs
Yeah, this is about how I feel playing any portable gaming device. Tiny screens, cramped controls, no thank you. [Gigazine via Kotaku]
#gadgetporn

Sony Gadgets Of All Ages Stripped Down And Photographed
iFixIt and Wired got together to cajole people into tearing down their favorite Sony products. And while autopsies usually give me the creeps, I'll admit that seeing this hardware spread apart left me hot under the collar. More »
#mods

Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs
Seriously, what is wrong with the PSPGo? Is the handheld so ho-hum that people are purposefully modding it into awful things, or is it just a really hard device to work with? More »
#pspgo

Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
One intrepid PSPGo owner—no doubt frustrated, like Mark was, with the portable's strange pricing structure and continued lack of dual thumb sticks—has attempted to spruce it up with a bit of color. More »
#rant

The Same Game Costs More on PSP Mini Than on the iPhone... Why?
Wow, as if we needed more incentive to not invest in the PSPgo, a new trend has arisen during the first day of Mini availability. The same games cost more on the PSP/PSPgo than they do on the iPhone/iPod touch. More »
#pspgo

PSP Firmware 6.10 Lets the PSPgo Tether to Bluetooth Cellphones
The PSPgo hits stores today, and it's about to get firmware that lets it jump online via a Bluetooth device like a cellphone or laptop. Sony's update also gives all PSPs support for "SenseMe" automatic music categorization. Watch the demo: More »
#psp

Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
Starting this November, some Blu-ray releases will include digital copies that only play on PSPs. More »
#android

ODROID Gaming Handheld Runs Android; Now Available for Pre-Order
No, it's not a new Wonderswan, it's the ODROID. This curious little gaming handheld has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, Android 1.5 OS, 512MB of RAM, and the same 833MHz Samsung CPU as the iPhone 3GS. More »
#photoshopcontest

34 Portable Gaming Devices That Aren't So Portable
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to invent some completely unportable portable gaming devices in honor of the PSPgo. As usual, your minds are more demented than I'd even imagined. More »
#pspgo

PSPgo Dissection Reveals Questionable Long-Term Durability
In case you missed it in our PSPgo review, iFixit performed one of their notorious teardown on the handheld. The biggest news is that the Go's battery is tucked under a warranty-voiding sticker. Other tidbits: More »
#reviews

PSPgo Review: PSP Goes Nowhere You Haven't Been
Four years ago I got married to the most wonderful woman in the world. The evening before the wedding she knocked on my hotel room door and handed me a surprise wrapped package. It was the original PSP. More »
#pspgo

Converting Old UMDs for the PSPGo Is a No-Go
A few months back, Sony's John Koller broke to us that PSP owners who wanted a PSPGo would be able to digitally acquire those games for the PSPGo's built-in storage. Now Sony has reneged on that offer. Sort of. More »
#gaming

PSPGo Converter Cable Turns the Tiny Console Into a Big Wheel
No, what you see is not the PSPGo's upcoming Gran Turismo steering wheel adapter. It's Sony's solution for backward compatibility on all your old PSP peripherals. More »
#apps

Restrictions on PSP Minis Make them Nearly Pointless
PSP Minis, coming to the PSP Go, are just like iPhone/Android apps (just more focused on gaming). But the list of things developers can't do on the platform destroys any point of its existence in the first place. More »
#playstation

Sony's High-Res Image Enlargement Engine Gives PS3, PSP Infinite Zoooooom
Imagine Google Maps for individual images. Or Gigapan, without loading delays. Or Silverlight Deep Zoom, for Sony products, with video. Or, or, or...just watch Sony's High-Res Enlargement Engine on video, because a moving picture's worth a million words, or so. More »
#ds

WaSaBi Cases Reimagine Your DSi in Aluminum
In case you're one of those people who can't stand conforming to society, holding a DSi decorated in spartan, matte black, these "WaSaBi" cases from Gametech can dress up your system while adding a bit of extra protection. More »
#peripherals

Octopus Cable Charges 10 Devices for Just 10 Dollars
There are USB cords and there are USB cords...and there are USB cords with like 10 different adapters coming out. But rarely are such monstrosities this cheap. More »
#psp

PSP Gets Mini, App-Store-Like Games
Sony has confirmed rumors that the PlayStation Store will be offering smaller titles called Minis for download on the PSP, similar to Apple's App Store. These games will be limited to ~~1MB—yes, 1MB,~~ 100MB. Among other titles, PSP owners will score Fieldrunners, which is probably the best game on the iPhone to date anyway. [Kotaku]
#psp

Digital Reader (and Marvel Comics) Coming to PSP
A Digital Reader for comic books is coming to the PSP, along with a Marvel Comics partnership (though eventually, more partnerships will be available). It'll arrive in North America and the UK this December. [Kotaku and Gamespot]
#unconfirmed

Select PSPGo Games May Look Just Like iPhone Games
According to an unconfirmed leak by PocketGamer, Sony will not only price downloadable PSPGo titles at prices competitive with the App Store—the company is actually recruiting iPhone developers to port their games to the Go. More »
#warranties

News Flash: Best Buy's Extended Warranties Are Rip Offs
Most savvy gadget shoppers know that extended warranties at places like Best Buy are the equivalent of lighting money on fire, but now HD Guru Gary Merson has done some investigating to show just how bad they are. More »
#psp

Sony Thought About Giving PSPgo Dual Analog Sticks, But Opted for "Perfectly Compatible" Suckage
I love the logic at Sony: They wish now that the PSP had dual analog sticks, and thought about adding them to the PSPgo, but they didn't want to trip up developers who'd gotten used to developing around terrible controls. More »
#psp

V-Screen Adds Faux 3D To The PSP
RealView Innovations' mysterious V-Screen certainly looks interesting, but does it really deliver a portable 3D experience? More »
#gaming

Razer Moray+ Gaming Headset Has Mic Dongles for DSi, DS Lite and PSP
Razer's original Moray headphones were good for $40—Moray+ adds a mic and has dongles so you can mouth-breathe into your PSP or DSi/DS Lite for $60. But, uh, how often do you wanna do that? [Razer]
#psp

Rumor: PSP2 Already In the Works, About as Powerful as the First-Gen Xbox
Eurogamer's Spanish outpost is claiming to have "insider sources" that know all manner of stuff about a forthcoming PSP2, which is alleged to have Xbox-like graphics capabilities. Too soon? Probably. Iffy? Quite. Intriguing anyway? Well, sure. More »
#badideas

Sony Promotional Image Shows Some Dangerous Behavior
Sony's new press image is all fun and cheeky until that model drops his PSP into the tub and ends up with a seriously embarrassing obituary. [Kotaku]
#sony

Sony Opens "Official Licensed Product" Program For PSP, PS2, PS3 Peripherals
Sony will soon start slapping their new seal, seen at left, onto approved third-party peripherals for their game consoles. This could mean a) more vetted, decent accessories or b) nothing at all, except higher prices and some new stickers. More »
#rumor

Nikkei Reports Sony Is Working On Famed PlayStation Phone
Nikkei, one of the largest media conglomerates in Japan, is reporting that Sony has been working on a combination cellphone/game system for nearly a year. It's a rumor we've been hearing for years, so what's different this time? More »
#roundups

Our Favorite Kotaku Posts of the Week
As a Friday treat, I'm going to load up some Magic: The Gathering on XBLA and curse that the deck customization is gimped. But what has Kotaku been up to all week? More »
#playstation3

The Biggest Game Publisher Threatens to Ditch PS3/PSP
This is bad. The prisoners have grabbed the keys. Activision Blizzard, the world's largest producer of video games, is publicly threatening to abandon Sony's PS3 and PSP platforms. More »
#change

How Our Game Platforms Will Change In 2009
PSP, DSi, and Xbox 360 owners can expect their consoles to gain some new abilities over the next month — many for no added cost. We've broken down the big changes coming. More »
#pspgo

Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games
So what will happen to all of your old UMD games if you buy a PSP Go? You'll be able to procure digital copies of those discs, maybe even for free. More »
#e32009

Hands On: Is The PSP Go! Too Small?
I just finished groping the PSP Go! After a few minutes with the new handheld, I know why Sony is keeping the classic PSP intact. Updated with video. More »
#sony

Everything You Need to Know About the PSP Go!
The PSP Go! is official and it looks great. Check out the features of what could potentially be a Nintendo DS—and iPod Touch—killer, along with the Playstation and Media Go store. More »
#e32009

Sony's E3 Keynote Liveblog Archive
Sony's E3 press conference is about to start, and we're here waiting to see what they'll announce. PSP Go!? PS3 Slim? Who knows?! We're starting now.

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