The upcoming PSP port of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available -- in both UMD and PSP Go-friendly downloadable formats -- on October 20th. Rockstar Games still hasn't shown what kind of enhancements will be made to the one-time DS game, nor have they released any screenshots of the game in action. We understand Rockstar's penchant for secrecy, but considering this is one of the few titles 2K Games has planned for the holiday season, we recommend they get the hype-wagon (pictured above) revved up soon.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/gt...-october-20th/ ...

The upcoming PSP port of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available -- in both UMD and PSP Go-friendly downloadable formats -- on October 20th. Rockstar Games still hasn't shown what kind of enhancements will be made to the one-time DS game, nor have they released any screenshots of the game in action. We understand Rockstar's penchant for secrecy, but considering this is one of the few titles 2K Games has planned for the holiday season, we recommend they get the hype-wagon (pictured above) revved up soon.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/gt...-october-20th/ ...

The upcoming PSP port of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available -- in both UMD and PSP Go-friendly downloadable formats -- on October 20th. Rockstar Games still hasn't shown what kind of enhancements will be made to the one-time DS game, nor have they released any screenshots of the game in action. We understand Rockstar's penchant for secrecy, but considering this is one of the few titles 2K Games has planned for the holiday season, we recommend they get the hype-wagon (pictured above) revved up soon.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/gt...-october-20th/ ...

Want to boost the popularity of your latest iPhone app? Ask Reverb Communications! 'When it comes to winning in the App Store, this PR firm has discovered a dynamite strategy: throw ethics out the window. Reverb Communications, a PR firm that represents dozens of game publishers and developers, has managed to find astounding success on Apple's App Store for its clients. Among its various tactics? It hires a team of interns to trawl iTunes and other community forums posing as real users, and has them write positive reviews for their client's applications. ... Reverb claims that their clients have sold over $2 billion of product under their watch

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/0...-the-App-Store ...

Okay, first off I'm sure you have have heard other sites talk about this subject before and also some of you may remember my news post for an unbranded 3600mah fake over here. However, I'm going to share this with all at DCEmu UK anyway...

Today, my 2200mah battery arrived at my doorstep just a week after I ordered it from eBay. Here's what it looked like inside the wrapper...



...and the reverse side too. Looks official all round. However, after opening the packaging and picking up the battery to test the weight and finding it light and hollow on around the top, I knew it wasn't going to last long when used.



Here below is my old 1800mah battery side-by-side with the so-called 2200mah one and the reversed sides.





Since it was cheap at £4.37 with free shipping, I proceeded to open up the 2200mah battery. Result? Look below and see...



Inside the flimsy shell is a small cell pack which really holds around 900mah, about 35% smaller than an official cell pack. What a joke. No wonder it only lasted about 2 hourd or less in my 1004 series PSP even when fully charged up set at 222mHz clock speed, lowest brightness with a UMD being played compared to my old 1800mah one at 3-4 or so hours. (An official 1800mah cell pack fills out the entire shell which can be tough to break into and has a bigger internal circuit board too.)



These days, for owners of the 1000 series PSP particulary, the batteries that came with their machines from the start are most probably wearing out, probably holding about 70% or less of charge as they used to. Then there's owners of the 2000/3000 model who may want some more runtime from their machines and the 1000 series batteries would fit the bill for that. In short, finding genuine batteries is becoming more and more difficult.

If anyone's on the scrounge for genuine spare PSP 1000 series batteries (PSP-110), just be careful on eBay or anywhere else even. If a price looks too good, it's most likely a fake. One could try asking the seller if they're genuine and maybe get them to provide photos of proof. Oh also remember that many fakes aren't pandorable like this one.

Remember, if in doubt, even with free shipping don't bother buying as if it turns out a fake, you've wasted about £5 or so on something worthless which could have been better spent on better things like lunch, stuff at the local store or a couple of pints at the pub. ...

Okay, first off I'm sure you have have heard other sites talk about this subject before and also some of you may remember my news post for an unbranded 3600mah fake over here. However, I'm going to share this with all at DCEmu UK anyway...

Today, my 2200mah battery arrived at my doorstep just a week after I ordered it from eBay. Here's what it looked like inside the wrapper...



...and the reverse side too. Looks official all round. However, after opening the packaging and picking up the battery to test the weight and finding it light and hollow on around the top, I knew it wasn't going to last long when used.



Here below is my old 1800mah battery side-by-side with the so-called 2200mah one and the reversed sides.





Since it was cheap at £4.37 with free shipping, I proceeded to open up the 2200mah battery. Result? Look below and see...



Inside the flimsy shell is a small cell pack which really holds around 900mah, about 35% smaller than an official cell pack. What a joke. No wonder it only lasted about 2 hourd or less in my 1004 series PSP even when fully charged up set at 222mHz clock speed, lowest brightness with a UMD being played compared to my old 1800mah one at 3-4 or so hours. (An official 1800mah cell pack fills out the entire shell which can be tough to break into and has a bigger internal circuit board too.)



These days, for owners of the 1000 series PSP particulary, the batteries that came with their machines from the start are most probably wearing out, probably holding about 70% or less of charge as they used to. Then there's owners of the 2000/3000 model who may want some more runtime from their machines and the 1000 series batteries would fit the bill for that. In short, finding genuine batteries is becoming more and more difficult.

If anyone's on the scrounge for genuine spare PSP 1000 series batteries (PSP-110), just be careful on eBay or anywhere else even. If a price looks too good, it's most likely a fake. One could try asking the seller if they're genuine and maybe get them to provide photos of proof. Oh also remember that many fakes aren't pandorable like this one.

Remember, if in doubt, even with free shipping don't bother buying as if it turns out a fake, you've wasted about £5 or so on something worthless which could have been better spent on better things like lunch, stuff at the local store or a couple of pints at the pub. ...

Okay, first off I'm sure you have have heard other sites talk about this subject before and also some of you may remember my news post for an unbranded 3600mah fake over here. However, I'm going to share this with all at DCEmu UK anyway...

Today, my 2200mah battery arrived at my doorstep just a week after I ordered it from eBay. Here's what it looked like inside the wrapper...



...and the reverse side too. Looks official all round. However, after opening the packaging and picking up the battery to test the weight and finding it light and hollow on around the top, I knew it wasn't going to last long when used.



Here below is my old 1800mah battery side-by-side with the so-called 2200mah one and the reversed sides.





Since it was cheap at £4.37 with free shipping, I proceeded to open up the 2200mah battery. Result? Look below and see...



Inside the flimsy shell is a small cell pack which really holds around 900mah, about 35% smaller than an official cell pack. What a joke. No wonder it only lasted about 2 hourd or less in my 1004 series PSP even when fully charged up set at 222mHz clock speed, lowest brightness with a UMD being played compared to my old 1800mah one at 3-4 or so hours. (An official 1800mah cell pack fills out the entire shell which can be tough to break into and has a bigger internal circuit board too.)



These days, for owners of the 1000 series PSP particulary, the batteries that came with their machines from the start are most probably wearing out, probably holding about 70% or less of charge as they used to. Then there's owners of the 2000/3000 model who may want some more runtime from their machines and the 1000 series batteries would fit the bill for that. In short, finding genuine batteries is becoming more and more difficult.

If anyone's on the scrounge for genuine spare PSP 1000 series batteries (PSP-110), just be careful on eBay or anywhere else even. If a price looks too good, it's most likely a fake. One could try asking the seller if they're genuine and maybe get them to provide photos of proof. Oh also remember that many fakes aren't pandorable like this one.

Remember, if in doubt, even with free shipping don't bother buying as if it turns out a fake, you've wasted about £5 or so on something worthless which could have been better spent on better things like lunch, stuff at the local store or a couple of pints at the pub. ...

via Kotaku


Sick of looking at these same Final Fantasy Versus XIII screen shots? Yeah. Me too. Well, the good news is that development on Final Fantasy XIII is doing wonders for that other Fabula Nova Crystallis entry, according to the developer.

Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase told us at Gamescom this week that development time on Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be "comparatively faster" than that of the core entry, Final Fantasy XIII. That reassuring update to the more action-oriented entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis project came after Kitase said that the time to model characters and enemies in FFXIII was taking about one-third the time it did at the beginning of the project.

We knew that some Versus team members had been pulled off that project to work on XIII, and Kitase said that the team's "knowledge and experience" gained from their work will help ensure Versus is out faster.

If Kitase's "comparatively faster" estimate is accurate, we'll hopefully see Versus XIII by 2011, give or take, since the game and Final Fantasy XIII have been in development for at least five years, maybe more. Still a long way out, but at least Final Fantasy XIV should be out by then, giving fans something to do in the in-between. ...

via IGN


The second round of downloadable content (DLC) for the original Mass Effect is now available. Called Pinnacle Station, the new scenario can be grabbed from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points, or US $5. Included are 13 new combat scenarios and, according to the download's description page, two to three hours of gameplay. It also says you have to reach spectre status in-game before seeing what Pinnacle Station has to offer.

Pinnacle Station arrives roughly one and half years after the first DLC, Bring Down the Sky, which was released in March of 2008. BioWare's Mass Effect, an action role-playing game, was released for the Xbox 360 in November of 2007. A sequel is expected early next year. ...