Q-Games’ president Dylan Cuthbert offered up two pieces of news for PixelJunk fans today, revealing that PixelJunk Monsters 2nd Lap is hitting PSN later this spring and already-released PSP title PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe is making the jump to UMD. more »

Always the perfectionist, delays are almost second nature to famed gamed designer Hideo Kojima. PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is no exception. Previously scheduled for a May 25 debut in North America, Konami announced today that Snake’s latest portable outing will arrive on June 8. Don’t fret kiddos: it’s only a two week setback, nothing major.

In related news, Sony lifted the wraps on a limited edition PSP bundle package. more »

Square Enix today announced that Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is heading stateside this summer.

Serving as a PSP-exclusive prequel to the original Square and Disney mashup that started it all, Birth By Sleep follows the story of three youngsters — Terra, Ventus and Aqua. With each character faced with a distinct destiny, the trio find themselves thrust into a crisis affecting worlds far beyond their own following the disappearance of a Keyblade Master known as Xehanort. more »

It’s safe to say that Codemasters has had a rough time with the PSP. Speaking to Edge, company VP Gavin Cheshire has lashed out at Sony’s flagship portable platform, calling it a “bollocking useless waste of space.”  These fighting words rage on in the full quote: more »

A user who goes by the pseudonym of Flasher over at French site PSPGen recently cracked open his newly bought PSP, uncovering a never-before-seen motherboard revision: TA-093. Highlights include the removal of a micro-processing unit that was present on earlier boards and a modified UMD latching mechanism. In addition, other on-board components have been shrunk or removed entirely.

For an up-close look at the differences, above is a comparison snapshot of a TA-090 and TA-093 board.

Looks like Sony is employing cost-cutting measures on the hardware front with these newer units. That leads us to ponder. Is Sony paving the way for a smaller PSP, perhaps? Certainly is a possibility, given their fervent stance towards incremental hardware refreshes. more »

This week’s PlayStation Store update gets infused with the nostalgia-inducing goodness that is Mega Man 10. If that isn’t enough of a workout for your thumbs, other notables worth checking out include add-on content for MAG, BioShock 2, Dragon Age, and GRID. Rounding this week’s lineup of goodies on the PS3 side of things is Resident Evil 5’s Untold Stories bundle, a single DLC pack comprised of episodes Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape.

Alongside the addition of downloadable titles The Eye of Judgment Legends and Rock Band Unplugged Lite, PSP owners can check out Rocket Racing, a new Mini title. Full content listing is after the break. more »

Victorious for the month of February, that is. While industry sales on the whole took another year-over-year slump, the latest figures from NPD paint a rosy picture for Microsoft. Throughout February, 422,000 Xbox 360 units were shifted across the US, edging past Nintendo’s venerable Wii by around 25,000 units.

Whether or not this strong momentum will continue remains to be seen. Next few months should prove to be interesting. See the complete breakdown of figures past the break. more »

Originally released on PS2, XS Games has announced that its top-down shooter and beat ‘em up mashup is slated to hit PSP and iPhone. The handheld edition is due for a facelift, with the developer promising a “fresh visual polish” in addition to “improved controls.” more »

Ubisoft is taking Olympic gold medalist Shaun White into the virtual skateboarding genre with Shaun White: Skateboarding. While Shaun is perhaps best known for his prowess in the extreme sport of snowboarding, he isn’t too shabby of a skateboarder either, having walked away with the prestigious honorary achievement of a gold medal during both the Summer and Winter X Games.

“I can’t describe how excited I am about the skateboard game,” said Shaun White. “We’ve been working on it for a while now and it’s ready to melt minds.”

Melt minds? We’re sold. In all seriousness, though, this could prove to be a worthy competitor to EA’s Skate. Not to mention, given that the Tony Hawk franchise has seemingly been stuck in a rut ever since it left Neversoft’s hands, fresh attempts to break into this sport are more than welcomed.

This week’s PlayStation Store update brings forth a torrent of deals across both formats, PSP and PS3. Notably, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has been discounted to $7.49, while PSP titles Hero of Sparta and Let’s Golf have been permanently knocked down to $4.99.

To round out these price reductions, the digital edition of Warhawk has also been marked down from $29.99 to $14.99. This particular special lasts till March 11.

Elsewhere, time-shifting puzzler echoshift and PSOne RPG classic Grandia are now up for grabs, along with a playable God of War III demo. This is the same one that shipped with God of War Collection, comprised of gameplay bits first shown off at E3 2009. All in all, this update delivers, definitely above average. For those still left feeling unsatisfied, we’d have an inkling to call you crazy. Full list of goodies after the break. more »