2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, today announced that Ghost Rider, the action-packed combat and motorcycle video game featuring Marvel Comics’ iconic supernatural superhero, is now available in North America for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system and Game Boy Advance. The title will be available in Europe as the movie releases in different regions. The Ghost Rider video game reflects the stylized action of the successful Marvel comic series and Sony Pictures’ upcoming Ghost Rider movie.

The game was developed by Climax and its storyline was authored by famed comic writers Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti. In the video game, stuntman Johnny Blaze is brought back as his alter ego, Ghost Rider, to protect others from experiencing his Hell on Earth. Ghost Rider haunts America’s highways, inflicting his righteous wrath upon the souls of the wicked and the damned. The unique storyline takes Ghost Rider to a large variety of scenes and locations, while facing off against familiar faces from both the Marvel comic universe and Sony Pictures’ movie.

“The Ghost Rider video game offers an exhilarating gameplay experience in a fast-paced environment. Ghost Rider can battle multiple enemies from the Marvel Universe using his trademark weapons, the Hellfire Chain and Hellfire Shotgun,” said Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. “Fans of the comic book series will love its true-to-form style.”

Features:

-Ride the terrifying Hell Cycle, swinging Ghost Rider’s chain at enemies and using the bike’s powers to ride on water, boost over jumps, and power down under obstacles.

-Travel through several locations from the movie, including the Quentin Carnival and Caretaker’s Graveyard and take a ride down the skyscraper that links Earth to the depths of Hell.

-Upgrade the Hell Cycle, gain new moves and increase Ghost Rider’s stats using the essence of defeated foes as currency.

-Besides possessing superhuman strength, speed and durability, Ghost Rider can force criminals to experience a level of emotional pain equivalent to that which they have caused in others with his Penance Stare.

-Fight in spectacular boss battles with key Ghost Rider villains, including Lilith, which will put players’ combat skills to the test.

-Unlock original Ghost Rider comics, artwork, “making of” footage and developer interviews.

-Extended replay value with bonus characters, challenging players to dig deep into the experience.

-PSP offers new gameplay including game sharing, and Wi-Fi multiplayer racing for up to four players.

These demo’s are official Sony releases of some of the best PSP games available.

PSP Demo Download Instructions (using a PC):

1) DOWLOADING - simply download the PSP Demo you wish to play onto your desktop (you can download it elsewhere but it is easier to find on the desktop).

2) EXTRACTING - right click the zip file and choose ‘Extract All…’ to bring up the Extraction Wizard (built into Windows XP and Vista). Click the ‘Extract’ button and after a few seconds a new window will popup with a single folder in it and should have 4 letters followed by 5 numbers such as ‘UCJS10036′ … some demos have a suffix such as ‘-1′ or ‘-demo’, don’t delete they are important. This is the demo’s folder you need to copy onto the PSP’s memory stick. Right click this folder and select ‘Copy’.

3) TRANSFERRING - the easiest way is hooking the PSP up to the PC via USB. Once the PSP is detected you usually see a popup asking what you want to do, select “Open folder to view files” which will open a window which has your PSP’s folders listed. Open the PSP folder … then open the GAME folder. This is the location you want to copy the demo’s folder. Right click on a blank area of this window and select ‘Paste’. After a few seconds of transfering the demo folder (files are contained) you are ready to disconnect your PSP and play the demo.

KEY TO REGION CODING:

(U) - US REGION DEMO
(E) - EUROPEAN RELEASE DEMO
(J) - JAPAN RELEASE DEMO

The Games:

Airport Hero NaHa
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Airport Hero Narita
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Ape Academy 2
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (E)

Ape Escape Racing
Requires Firmware 2.82 and up - (J)

Ape Escape: Saru Saru
Requires Firmware 3.50 and up - (J)

Blokus Club Portable
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (J)

Bounty Hounds
Requires Firmware 2.80 and up - (J)

Brain Trainer Portable 2
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Computer Science Lab 1
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Computer Science Lab 2
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

DJ Max Portable 2
Requires Firmware 3.11 and up - (J)

Doko: Let’s Gakkou!
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Eiyuu Densetsu
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Exit 2
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (J)

Full Auto 2
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (U)

Go! Sudoku
Requires Firmware 2.71 and up - (J)

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Gurumin
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Homestar Portable
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Hot Pixel
Requires Firmware 3.50 and up - (E)

Intelligent License 2
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Kanji Trainer Portable
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Killzone: Liberation
Requires Firmware 3.02 and up - (U)

LocoRoco #1
Requires Firmware 2.71 and up - (U)

LocoRoco #2
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (J)

LocoRoco #3
Requires Firmware 2.82 and up - (U)

LocoRoco #4
Requires Firmware 3.02 and up - (U)

LocoRoco #5
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Lumines 2
Requires Firmware 3.11 and up - (J)

Mawaskes
Requires Firmware 3.51 and up - (J)

Medal of Honor
Requires Firmware 3.03 and up - (E)

Mercury Meltdown #1
Requires Firmware 2.80 and up - (J)

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Mercury Meltdown #2
Requires Firmware 3.02 and up - (E)

MGS Portable Ops
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (E)

MLB 07
Requires Firmware 3.30 and up - (U)

Moto GP
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (E)

NBA 07
Requires Firmware 3.03 and up - (U)

Ridge Racer 2
Requires Firmware 2.81 and up - (E)

Shichoka Crossword
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (J)

Smash Court Tennis 3
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (E)

Socom FTB 2 #1
Requires Firmware 3.40 and up - (U)

Socom FTB 2 #2
Requires Firmware 3.50 and up - (E)

Syphon Filter
Requires Firmware 3.03 and up - (U)

ToCA Race Driver 3
Requires Firmware 3.03 and up - (E)

World Tour Soccer 06
Requires Firmware 2.80 and up - (U)

World Tour Soccer 2
Requires Firmware 2.80 and up - (U)

Worms Open Warfare 2
Requires Firmware 3.52 and up - (E)

Xyanide: Resurrection
Requires Firmware 3.50 and up - (U)

1. Get a Memory Stick for your PSP:

Before you can load any data onto your Sony PSP, you must have a memory stick to store the files onto. The PSP comes with a tiny 32MB card that is only big enough to store a relatively small amount of files. If you plan on watching video clips and installing lots of games on your PSP, you will need to purchase a larger Memory Stick Pro Duo card. These cards come in several different sizes. Exact sizes vary depending on compression rates and quality, but on average, you will need about 5MB for every 1 minute of video. Before you can use a brand new Memory Stick with your PSP, you need to reformat it. If you don’t know how to do this, here’s a quick tutorial on how to format a PSP Memory Stick.

2. Format your Memory Stick on your PSP:

Before you can use a brand new Memory Stick with your PSP, you need to reformat it. If you don’t know how to do this, here’s a quick tutorial on how to format a PSP Memory Stick.

3. Download this test video clip and thumbnail to your computer:

Right + Click (PC, Mac) or Option + Click (Mac) to save each of these two files to your Desktop. Joe Vs. Wade (ZIP file, 32MB)

4. Connect the PSP to your computer:

If you haven’t already, you need to connect the PSP to your computer with the USB cable that it came with and put the PSP into USB mode. Press the HOME button located on the bottom left of your PSP and then scroll left to the SETTINGS column. Scroll down to USB CONNECTION and press X. The Memory Stick inside your PSP will now mount on your computer.

5. Copy the video onto your PSP:

In order to playback video files on your PSP, you must copy them into the proper folder. The correct file path is MP_ROOT > 100MNV01. If you place video files anywhere else on the Memory Stick, they will not playback properly. If the MP_ROOT and 100MNV01 folders don’t already exist on your PSP’s Memory Stick, then you need to make two new folders and name them in ALL CAPS. Just a reminder, the 100MNV01 folder goes inside the MP_ROOT folder. The PSP requires video (M4V) and thumbnail (THM) files must be named starting with M4V and ending with five random numbers ie. M4V12345.

The following two diagrams should help explain where the video files need to go:

MEMSTICK.IND

MP-ROOT

MSTK_PRO.IND

PSP

100MNV01

(videos)

6. Watch the video on your PSP:

Once the video file has finished transferring onto your Memory Stick, you can disconnect the PSP from your computer. Scroll over to the VIDEO column on your Sony PSP and you should now see the video file. Press X to watch it. Enjoy!

While Killzone: Liberation didn’t take PSP Game of the Year honors, it still has a legion of fans that love its action-packed top-down gameplay. If you missed this game last year, now’s your chance to try a sweet downloadable demo.

YourPSP users:
Connect your PSP to your computer and visit Killzone.com. You will be able to download and install the demo automatically.

Everyone else:
1. Download the demo ZIP file.
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file.
3. Connect your PSP to your computer using a USB cable.
4. Go to the PSP/GAME folder.
5. Copy UCES00279-Demo folder into directory.

Source pspfanboy.com

Sony mentioned a few days ago that they were hard at work to make key 3rd and 1st party demos available for download. Well, today you can download an official Medal of Honor: Heroes demo directly to your system. I’m a demo whore and constantly download these onto my memory stick. I play them all a few times and then just leave them there, my spoils of war.

Follow the directions below to download them directly.

YourPSP users: (European users only)

Connect your PSP to your computer and visit YourPSP.com. You will be able to download and install the demo automatically.

Everyone else:
1. Download the demo ZIP file.
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file.
3. Connect your PSP to your computer using a USB cable.
4. Go to the PSP/GAME folder.
5. Copy ULED90008 folder into directory.

Yep! PSP owners have been getting quite the demo treatment lately, and it wasn’t about to stop with TOCA Race Driver 3. Fresh from the pipeline we present to you a Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror demo. Dark Mirror is one of the best FPS the PSP has, and one of my personal favorite games.

We told you that a Syphon Filter demo was on the way. We should see the PSP SOCOM demo soon as well!

You can grab the demo now.

1. Download the demo file. (thanks anyo.org)
2. Extract the contents to your desktop
3. Connect your PSP to your computer using a USB cable.
4. Navigate to the PSP > GAME folder.
5. Copy the UCUS98641 folder into the GAME directory on your PSP.

Enjoy!

From just about day one, the holy grail of the PSP homebrew scene has been PSX emulation, and while much has been accomplished on this front, the spiffiest emulator yet happens to come courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment Itself. Of course, that emulator entails a pay-per-download scheme, limited catalog and requires a PS3 to make it all work, right? Not so much anymore, thanks to hacker extraordinaire Dark_AleX and his new Custom Firmware 3.02 OE-B, which lets you convert your very own PSX ISOs and run them at full speed on the PSP. OE-A worked as a hack for Sony-released download titles by stripping the DRM, but it sounds like OE-B is the real deal here. Sure looks like those PSP fanboys are going to be having some happy holidays this year. Keep reading to spy an incredibly blurry vid of the hack in action.

Read - DCEMUuk
Read - QJ.net

The NOOBS guide to using the PSP!

Content

1. Running Movies
2. Viewing Pictures
3. Playing Music
4. Running General Homebrew

The Guide:

1. Running Movies

To run movie on a PSP, the same method is employed by most of the firmwares. Refer to the guide below on detailed steps.

- Download your desired movie.
- The movie may in compressed in RAR or ZIP format so use the following tools for extractin stuff
corresponding format..

Download:
WinRAR - http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
WinZIP - http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

- After extracting the movie to a location convenient for you, connect your PSP through the USB Type B cord
to your computer.
- You will be presented with a few folders on your PSP memory stick, namely PSP and MP_ROOT.
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You will need to put the movie in the MP_ROOT/100MNV01 folder of the
PSP if the name is M4Vxxxxx.MP4 and put it in the MP_ROOT/100ANV01
folder is the name is like MAQxxxxx.MP4 .

After these steps, you can browse to the video tab on your PSP and watch the movie.

Important Info regarding movies:
- Always see the movies follow the following naming convention - M4Vxxxxx.MP4 or MAQxxxxx.MP4
The naming is case sensitive and the “x” have to be replaced by random numbers if the name is not
already in that format.
- If you are sure that the name and format is correct and the movie still does’nt work on the PSP then the
movie will most probably be have to be re-encoded using PSPvideo9 - http://www.pspvideo9.com/

2. Viewing Pictures

This
should not be a problem with many of the uses here but for some reason,
some people still dont know where to put the pictures on their PSP.

- Connect your PSP vi USB Type B cord to your computer.
- Navigate to PSP/PHOTO folder.
- You can make a new folder with any name you want in this folder and put all your pictures in that folder.
Although its not necessary to make a folder and you can directly put in all the files in PSP/PHOTO.

Important Info regarding pictures:
-While making a folder, its important that you dont make a folder inside the folder you made in PSP/PHOTO
cause PSP cant recognise that folder so for that purpose please follow the following path.
PSP/PHOTO/your folder/your pictures

3. Playing Music

- Connect your PSP via USB Type B cord to your computer.
- Navigate to PSP/MUSIC folder.
- You can make a new folder with any name you want in this folder and put all your pictures in that folder.
Although its not necessary to make a folder and you can directly put in all the files in PSP/MUSIC.

Important Info regarding music:
-While making a folder, its important that you dont make a folder inside the folder you made in PSP/MUSIC
cause PSP cant recognise that folder so for that purpose please follow the following path.
PSP/MUSIC/your folder/your music

4. Running General Homebrew

There
are a lot of different methods to run homebrew and it differs with lots
of firmwares. People are bound to have confusion reagarding homebrew.

Check your PSP Firmware Version:
- Go to Settings on your PSP (the left most tab)
- Then enter System Settings
- Navigate to System Information and check the numbe written against firmware version and follow the
corresponding guide below for that particualar firmware.

For Firmware 1.50:

- Refer to this guide. - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/212141

For Firmware 1.52:

- Upgrade to 2.0 and then downgrade to 1.50. - http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/28/how-to-…1-50-downgrade/

For Firmware 2.0:

- Downgrade to 1.50 - http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/28/how-to-…1-50-downgrade/

From firmware 2.0 and above you are introduced to a term called “TA-082″ which if your PSP is then you cant downgrade.

To check if your PSP is TA-082 or Not see this pic. - http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=7998

For Non-TA-082 PSP’s

For Firmware 2.01+:

- Upgrade to 2.5/2.60 and downgrade to 1.50 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GdFi1NV8CpE&amp…ted&search=

OR

- Upgrade to 2.71 and downgrade to 1.50 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuHZtIU0gb0

For TA-082 PSP’s

For Firmware 2.01+:

- Upgrade to 2.71 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTtG3ffA8w&NR

NOTE: TA-082 PSP’s CANNOT BE DOWNGRADED! So if you try to do this then it WILL result in a Bricked PSP!

Well, thats the guide for all you guys to see and enjoy!

Thx to:
- Sony for giving us the PSP.
- Parents for buying it for us.
- All homebrew developers to help us run homebrew.

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS TUTORIAL I FOUND IT ON PSPUPDATES AND ALL CREDIT GOES TO: xmOD

It has been announced that Sony Corp. will launch a slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable handheld game player in September, in its latest attempt to ignite demand for its game hardware and compete better with Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Both Sony and Nintendo released their handheld gear, the PSP and DS, respectively, late in 2004, but sales of the PSP, which can play movies, music and games, have recently been outshined by the DS.

“From a distance, this PSP might not look very different from the current model … but when you have it in your hand, the difference becomes quite clear,” Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said. “It’s actually 33 percent lighter than the current PSP. It’s also 19 percent slimmer.”

Hirai, who replaced Ken Kutaragi, known as the “Father of PlayStation,” as head of Sony’s game division earlier this year, made the PSP announcement during a presentation at the E3 video game exposition, the industry’s biggest event.

Nintendo sold 23.6 million DS units in the year ended March 2007, outpacing PSP shipments of 8.4 million.

Underlining its lead both in the console and handheld markets, Nintendo last month zipped past Sony in market value and bumped the Tokyo-based electronics conglomerate off the list of Japan’s 10 most valuable companies.

A Sony spokeswoman said the slimmer PSP would retail for about $170, the same as the current PSP. Nintendo’s newest DS model, the DS Lite, sells for $130.

Like Sony, Nintendo last year launched the lighter version of the DS, accelerating already white-hot demand for the handset. The DS Lite has two screens, opens like a book and allows gamers to control play with a stylus, instead of manipulating a keypad.

Nintendo executives said on Wednesday that portable sales made up 50 percent of its hardware sales in 2006, compared with just 30 percent in 2002.

PRICE CUT

On the console side of its game business, Sony this week cut the U.S. price of its PlayStation 3 by $100 after seeing the PS3 far outsold by Nintendo’s Wii.

“This new price went into effect on Monday. Since then sales of 60-gigabyte PS3 have doubled at top five retailers,” Jack Tretton, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, said during the E3 presentation.

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and the Wii have outsold the PS3 by several times in the crucial U.S. market, leaving Sony, which has dominated the game industry over the past decade, in the unfamiliar position of playing catch up.

Its high price and scarcity of attractive titles have been cited as main reasons for the PS3′ slow start.

Even after the price cut, the PS3 costs $20 more than the most expensive version of the Xbox 360, and twice that of the Wii, whose $250 price and motion-sensing controller have made it a best-seller despite its lack of life-like graphics.

In a bid to send a message that strong PS3 titles are in the pipeline, Sony showcased some 50 upcoming games at the presentation, including the latest installments of blockbuster fighting game “Metal Gear Solid” from Konami Corp.  and popular in-house racing title “Gran Turismo.”

During the presentation, it was indicated that “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” will not be available until early 2008, giving hard-core gamers one fewer reasons to rush to store shelves.

Following the announcement, shares in Sony were up 0.3 percent at 6,350 yen by midday on Thursday, roughly in line with the benchmark Nikkei average.

Sony is slowly getting better at releasing demos online for you to try before you buy. Unfortunately though, the downloads are often time-limited or region specific. Follow our guide to download and play demos from all around the world.

On your PC, open your browser and visit PSP Demo Center. You’re presented with logos for each demo as well as the region the demo was released in (if relevant). We chose the LocoRoco Halloween demo.
Right click the game you want to try and click Save Link As… Naturally, save it wherever you can easily find it. We recommend the desktop. Click Save and wait a moment while it downloads.
Go here and click Download Now to download ExtractNow. Minimize your browser so you can see the files you’ve downloaded. Double click on ExtractNow.exe and follow the instructions to install and run it.
Drag the PSP demo you downloaded into the ExtractNow window and click Extract.
Connect your PSP to your PC with a USB cable. Scroll all the way left on your PSP’s home screen and select USB connection. Press ‘X’ and wait a moment while your PC loads drivers. Open My Computer on your PC and double-click Removable Drive.
Drag the Explorer window to the side so you can see the folder you created by extracting the file in Step 04. Drag the folder into the Explorer window. Confirm and wait a moment while it sends. Disconnect your PSP from your computer. Scroll right on the home screen to Game, then down to Memory Stick. Press ‘X’ to run.