Friday, July 20, 2007 - Posts

Friday, July 20, 2007 6:27 PM

Korean Lumines HEN & Downgrader Now Available

The Noobz team has released another version of the 3.50 downgrader that exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the original Lumines UMD's game save files, this time offering compatibility with Korean copies of the game. That means that this version supports all unpatched region encoded Lumines UMDs and all regions of PSPs. Head over to the homebrew software library to download the newest version and remember that firmware modifications can potentially render your PSP completely useless so use this software at your own risk.

Download 3.50 HEN & Downgrader (All Regions)

Via Noobz.eu

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Friday, July 20, 2007 6:26 PM

Slim PSP will launch in Europe early September, confirms Sony

Sony has confirmed that the new slimline PSP will launch in Europe before it arrives in Japan and will be priced at €169, as announced by David Reeves at E3 last week.

Speaking at SCEE's special E3 event Reeves told the audience, "It will come out at 169 Euros in all the PAL territories at the beginning of September." The new PSP is due to launch in Japan on September 20.

A spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has confirmed to GI.biz, "As David said in his speech last week, the new PSP will launch in early September and will be the same price as the existing one."

The original PSP currently retails in the UK for GBP 129.99.

Ellie Gibson
July 20, 2007

Source: GamesIndustry.biz
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Friday, July 20, 2007 6:25 PM

Sony draws up Leipzig battle lines

SCEE boss David Reeves says E3 was a phoney war

SCEE's president and CEO David Reeves has told MCV that E3 was a phoney war, and that Sony will let off the first of its peak season “fireworks” in Leipzig next month.

Talking exclusively to MCV, he intimated that a series of big announcements will be made at the Game Convention trade and consumer show in Germany – massively enhancing the appeal of both the PlayStation 3 and PSP.

“We prefer to make our big statements in Leipzig, it suits us much better,” Reeves told MCV. “Yes it has been a bit of a slow summer, but we feel that we have kept the momentum going.

“There will be absolute fireworks at peak, that I can promise you. We will be doing things no-one has seen yet for both PS3 and PSP.”

Stuart Dinsey
July 20, 2007

Source: MCV
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