Team tOc is proud to announce the release of Battery InfO!

Battery InfO
v1 by Team tOc

Members of Team tOc are: EvilSeph, Moca, TUW (The Unique Warrior), MaTiAz, Ahadiel and kando

Battery InfO is an OE PRX that provides you with easy access to detailed information about your PSP's battery. Why is this needed? Well, usually to get such information you'd have to go through your xmb and go to Battery Information. With our PRX, it's all right there on the screen already. Battery InfO is just a small part of a larger project we're busy thinking about (maybe working on...who knows? :P). One cool feature apart from the customization of how the information is presented is the ability to hide and show the information at the press of a button. By default the Battery InfO displays on the screen.

When displaying some screenshots of what we were working on some people gave us suggestions and that resulted in completely different versions of one plugin, so, we decided to give everyone the best of all three worlds.

We were going to be the first to do this, but then hallo007 released his first. We chose to make ours better before releasing it and tried to make it as useful as possible, as well as aesthetically pleasing.

As always, we stress that you read the readme.txt AND, in this case, the configuration text too as they both contain important information.

On a side note, please welcome MaTiAz to our team!

Download can be found in the downloads section on our site or attached to this post.

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According to 1UP's Sam Kennedy, Warhawk for the PS3 is not going to be a full retail game after all. He believes this could be a great demo by Sony, indicating their desire to provide not only fun arcade games but quality and in-depth games.

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BG Split/Merge v1.3 by xmOD

This app lets you split/merge the 01-12.bmp file on your PSP which holds the default backgrounds on your PSP. With this, you can fully customize your default backgrounds.




Please read the readme for help and release notes.
Also note that this app requires Microsoft .NET framwork 2.0 or higher.

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hallo007 has made an update to the great plugin for custom firmwares that shows the percentage of battery left, aswell as how many minutes you have left.

The release notes:


Put battery.prx in ms0:/seplugins, add the line ms0:/seplugins/battery.prx in vsh.txt and enable in the recovery menu. Should work for most custom firmwares.



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Developed by Core Design Free Running is the world's first ever video game based on the urban phenomenon of parkour.

Rebellion acquired all rights to Free Running game along with the registered trademarks, through its acquisition of the former Core Design Studios in Derby from Eidos earlier in the year.

In addition to featuring characters based on the leading free runners in Europe, Free Running has been developed with the help of the sports brand specialist Adidas. Their Free Running apparel and high fashion training shoes all feature in-game.

Peter Rezon concludes; “The initial launch will take place across Europe in Q1 2007, with the US release coming shortly after that.

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Developed by Core Design Free Running is the world's first ever video game based on the urban phenomenon of parkour.

Rebellion acquired all rights to Free Running game along with the registered trademarks, through its acquisition of the former Core Design Studios in Derby from Eidos earlier in the year.

In addition to featuring characters based on the leading free runners in Europe, Free Running has been developed with the help of the sports brand specialist Adidas. Their Free Running apparel and high fashion training shoes all feature in-game.

Peter Rezon concludes; “The initial launch will take place across Europe in Q1 2007, with the US release coming shortly after that.

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Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced Holly Hobbie & Friends for the Nintendo DS™. Developed by Frontline Studios, Inc. and scheduled to launch this fall, Holly Hobbie™ & Friends features the girl with heart, Holly Hobbie, and her best friends Carrie and Amy, as they take part in themed mini-games.

“With a growing licensed product line that includes DVDs, toys and craft books, the Holly Hobbie property is as popular as ever,” said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco. “Our Holly Hobbie™ DS game offers a positive play experience for today’s young girls while letting fans of the property interact with Holly on the go.”

In Holly Hobbie™ & Friends, players will get to know Holly’s family, her two best friends and their pets Bonnet, Doodles, Cheddar and Cider. Earning letters in the “H-E-Y G-I-R-L-S” club motto lets girls unlock additional mini-games including cooking, ice skating, biking, dancing, designing posters, organizing a sleepover and more. A Holly Hobbie Journal lets players record secret notes, drawings and high scores, while a Holly Pop Quiz tests how well players know their Holly Hobbie Trivia.

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THQ announces that the upcoming sequel to its street-racing game will be heading to Nintendo DS.

THQ has announced plans to launch a Nintendo DS version of its upcoming street racer, Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, alongside versions for PC and consoles, excluding Wii.

The game will feature unparalleled vehicle customization, an adrenaline packed drift racing experience and ultra-realistic “Driver DNA,” according to THQ, and it'll be the only title to allow players to showcase their skills at Hot Import Nights events.

Bob Aniello, the senior vice president of worldwide marketing at THQ, said, "THQ studio Juice Games is utilizing its vast racing pedigree and proprietary technology to deliver groundbreaking new game-play features in addition to working closely with Hot Import Nights to accurately capture the tuning and street racing culture. We look forward to bringing this global franchise to next-generation systems for the first time."

Colin Bell, the general manager of Juice Games, said the game will introduce "a thrilling new drifting component and lets players personalize their experience both on and offline with ultra realistic Driver DNA. In addition to a ton of exciting new features, we’ve significantly expanded the rewarding driving experience, track choice and customization our fans have come to expect," he added.

"Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights is an amazing extension of the Hot Import Nights lifestyle experience, bringing the modding, characters and racing finale to life for gamers and tuning fans worldwide," said Michael Munar, the Executive Producer of APG Events/Hot Import Nights. "This is the first time a top-tier racing game has blended with a true-to-life global tuner event and we can’t wait for its release." ...

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HGZine, for handheld gaming, brings top quality editorial to gaming fans of the Sony and Nintendo mobile platforms.

(PressZoom) - After the successful launch of 360Zine for Xbox 360 gamers and PCGZine for PC gamers in 2006, Cranberry Publishing Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of HGZine for Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and mobile phone gaming enthusiasts. The launch issue is available now from the Gamerzines website.

“As an avid handheld gamer myself, it's great fun to edit a magazine dedicated to DS, PSP and mobile games. They're usually herded to the back of multiformat print mags and never given the attention they deserve - it's time to redress the balance. ,” says HGZine Editor, Keith Stuart. “With HGzine, we can offer the editorial values and beautiful, readable design of a print publication, with the immediacy of online. It's absolutely the best of both worlds.”

Keith is a veteran game journalist, and is one of The Guardian’s game bloggers. He has previously worked on respected games magazine, Edge.

HGZine is written by professional games journalists and made available in digital format for free. On top of the high quality editorial, the magazine is enhanced with embedded video and interactive media, such as quizzes, annotated screenshots and animated images appearing on the pages themselves.

Issue 1 includes reviews of Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Mario vs Donkey Kong 2, Ghost Rider, Dungeon Siege Throne of Agony, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin and Bomberman Land Touch. There are also previews of Driver 76, Burnout Detonator, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Manhunt 2 and Call of Duty Roads to Victory, and many more.

HGZine is a Gamerzine, published in PDF format. Readers simply require a copy of the free Adobe Reader ( version 6 or above ) to read the magazines. Each Gamerzine includes more than 30 pages of professionally written games journalism and is enhanced with embedded video and multimedia.

HGZine can be downloaded now from: http://www.gamerzines.com/ ...