SuccessHK have posted on their site of the news that GTA: Liberty City Stories is up for preorder, the price is USD 49.55 which is around £27, is that good well untill other stores post prices im not sure:



This PlayStation Portable GTA edition is an all-new game set in the seedy, sprawling underworld of Liberty City, the New York-Chicago hybrid that was also the crime scene for Grand Theft Auto III. Developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with the franchise creators at Rockstar North, you can expect all manner of adult felonies from car theft to robberies, murders and more. As has become a standard for the ambitious and controversial series, Liberty City Stories will shine on Sony's handheld with interactive, open environments, superb voice talent and diverse, cool music. ...

Mr Modchips have let me know they have the latest in PSP Replacements and in the UK:

Replacement TFT LCD screen



Brand New Sharp LCD Screen replacement part for Sony PSP. This replacement part will fit all current Sony PSP models. This is brand new LCD screen, 100% working and no dead pixel, not pulled out from PSP system. If you have problem with broken LCD screen or screen does not function correctly. This should cure the problem.

Replacement UMD Laser Lens



Replace your fault PSP laser lens with this Brand New Replacement. PSP UMD Laser Lens. Brand New from Sony. Fits all current PSP models ...

Michael Ryssen (Kokak) has released a new version of his Amstrad emulator for Series 60/Nokia N-Gage, heres whats new:

* Support for snapshots.
* Support for frameskip.
* Screen rotation choice (left/right).
* Support for DSK dependant config files.
* Support for Sound Volume.
* Support for pressing several phone keys at once.

Download Here --> http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/s60-cpc.shtml ...

Gamespot analyze the new firmware update:

Sony Computer Entertainment has released a new patch for the PSP that updates the handheld's system software to version 2.50. The update gives the PSP a number of new features, with the biggest addition being the Location Free Player option.

PSP owners will be able to watch TV and play back video recordings through the Internet using the handheld's wireless LAN connection and one of Sony's Location Free TV Base Stations (LF-PK1). The LF-PK1 is a network-enabled TV tuner that lets PCs remotely view television, and it sells for around the price of 29,800 yen ($260).

By hooking up the base station to the Internet, PSP owners can remotely access and check out various TV shows, even if they're overseas. The base station also connects to DVD-HDD recorders and other home video equipment, letting PSP owners remotely play back recordings from their homes.

The PSP update to 2.50 comes with other convenient features as well, one of which is the function to automatically sync the hardware's clock to the correct time via Internet connection.

Sony Computer Entertainment warns that this update to 2.50 is only for Japanese PSPs with model numbers of PSP-1000, PSP-1000 K, or PSP-1000 KCW. There are no guarantees that the patch will operate properly on other PSPs. The company will release patches for PSPs in other countries in the near future, as soon as they are ready.

Details on the 2.50 update patch are below:


Network Functions:
- Added Location Free Player support
- Added Auto-Select and Unicode (UTF-8) as text encoding options in Internet browser
- Added function to save display mode and font size settings in Internet browser
- Internet browser now saves form input history


Video Functions:
- Added capability to play back copyright protected movies saved on Memory Stick Duo.


Settings Functions:
- Added function to automatically set time and date through Internet, via wireless LAN.
- Added WPA-PSK(AES) as network security format.


Miscellaneous Functions:
- Added Korean input through keyboard. ...

Earlier this month, Nintendo reported a drop in revenue of almost 7 percent and laid most of the blame on the sluggish performance of the GameCube. Nintendo senior managing director Yoshihiro Mori went so far as to say, "It looks like the product's life is nearing its end."

Nintendo doesn't want it to go without a fight, however. Earlier this week the company announced a Mario Party 7 GameCube bundle for North America that would include the system, the Mario Party 7 game, and an extra controller, all for the same $99 price the system currently goes for on its own. The company has also released a $99 Pokémon XD GameCube bundle that includes the system, the Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness game, and a limited edition Pokémon XD faceplate. Now word arrives that the company is planning to push the system in its homeland as well.

According to retail sources in Japan, Nintendo will be slashing the price of the GameCube in that country on October 27. However, the size of the cut is unknown, since Nintendo is no longer giving an MSRP for the console. Some retailers are already starting to accept preorders for GameCube shipments after the date for 9,700 yen ($84), which is roughly 30 percent less than the current street price of 13,800 yen ($120).

Nintendo hasn't officially announced a price cut yet, but it did confirm on Wednesday that the console would move to an "open price" starting October 27, meaning the machine will no longer have an official MSRP. The practice is adopted as a standard in Japan's electronics industry, since it gives manufacturers the flexibility to freely reprice their products depending on the market situation. Sony's slimline PlayStation 2 also carries an open price.

If the cut is as substantial as retailers are expecting it to be, the GameCube will become the cheapest current-generation console available in the Japanese market today, even more affordable than the Game Boy Micro, which currently goes for 12,000 yen ($105). The change should boost sales of the console, which has been staggering in recent months. For the week of September 26, Media Create reports that the GameCube sold 1,958 units in Japan, less than one-tenth of the 24,638 PS2 units sold in the same week. ...

The GameCube may be slumping, but Nintendo's DS is helping pick up the slack, according to the top 100 sales charts for the first half of fiscal year 2006 (March 28-October 4), as reported in the latest issue of Famitsu.

While the PlayStation 2 commanded more spots in the top 10 than any other system (5), and also claimed the top spot with Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (884,130 units sold), four Nintendo-published DS games and a Sega Game Boy Advance game helped split the chart 50-50 between Nintendo's handhelds and the PS2.

Nintendogs took second place by selling 697,940 copies, followed closely by the surprise hit Nou o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (615,074 units sold), a puzzle game intended to enhance brain activity in adults. Another brain-teasing DS game, Yawaraka Atama-Juku, ranked sixth (531,750 units sold), while the handheld's Shonen Jump-inspired anime battle royal Jump Super Stars sneaked in to the top 10 with 375,745 copies sold.

While the numbers look good for the DS and the PS2, those systems' respective homebound and handheld counterparts had disappointing showings. As for the rest of the top 100, the highest-ranking GameCube game, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, only made it to 20th place (194,775 units sold), while PSP offerings topped out at 35 with World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution (137,337 units sold).

Overall, the PS2 fielded the most entrants into the top 100, with 57 games, followed by 17 games for the DS, 12 GBA offerings, 8 PSP games, and a half-dozen GameCube releases. No Xbox or PSOne games managed to crack the top 100. ...

Evil Dragon posted this news:

Well, I just had a nice chat with Anna from GamePark Holdings, and got some brand new information for you!

First, the gp2x has been awarded! It got the Venture Design Award, which is a korean government Award. They will receive the certificate on October the 28th, I will post pictures then.

Also, besides the TV Out Cable, there will also be an AC adaptor, a Wrist String and a Carry Case available from GPH. The accessories will arrive this Friday at the GamePark Holdings headquarters, so they should be available with the first devices!

Aaaand: Last, but not least, she send me a link to some REALLY nice new pictures... Click Here ...

Now heres some great news for any unfortunate person who got their DS Bricked, Ahead Games for $29.95 will fix your Nintendo DS.

So Dont Despair and check out Ahead Games now. ...

Now this is long overdue and to be honest an extremely foolish thing to do in the first place, but the creator of the DS Brick Apologises, heres the full post:

I want to say sorry to everyone out there. I should have realized the impact. Not just few DS'es that were hurt, but all the damn media and whatnot.
I cannot really justify my actions. It was also very selfish to draw some attention, which I tend to do in odd ways.
It caused some harm to some non-targetted and targetted people owning a DS with non-Nintendo-approved hardware.
And that is a terrible thing to do. Even more so with the reputation I had in the DS homebrew scene that now completely abandoned me.
I do not have clear reasons and I can't blaim the little headache I had at the time. I just had to realize the idea I had after seeing the PSP variant of a bricker.
The files do not come with any form of name/signature of me, a thing I would do if it could be trusted.
I won't release any more of this crap for DS and I don't think parts of this trojan or the idea itself will emerge in future homebrew releases.
The point is probably clear. Do not run any form of untrusted code that just suddenly appears without any name.
If you only use official Nintendo games, there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
Untrusted code includes ROM loaders and that sort of stuff. It's probably not a very good reason since it has been proven before.
I can tell that the negative feedback is far greater than the positive ones. I received one donation of $6.66 and I'm not proud of it.
One news site completely ignores the r0mloader version and reasoning behind it. grrrrr.
Another common mistake: A TROJAN IS NOT A VIRUS! That means that it does not propagate on its own. And thus non-intrusive.

Heres his site: --> http://darkfader.net/ ...