Wii developer Hell Hibou has released the latest version of Wii Homebrew Launcher, which sports several new features and a couple of bug fixes. Wii Homebrew Launcher is basically a Wii Menu-like GUI for organizing your homebrew. Details on what's new after the link.

Download: Wii Homebrew Launcher v0.11

PSP developer FOL has released a new version of Amiga homebrew emulator PSPUAE. This release adds FAME/C functionality.

Download: PSPUAE v0.72 FAME/C Edition

In an interview with David Cage, writer and director for Heavy Rain, he explains that it isn't necessary to save the world just to tell an exciting story. In Heavy Rain, you won't be a superhero or a gangster. Instead, you'll be someone normal, someone real.

Unfortunately, keeping it real also means the game will only be a single-player experience. Details after the link.

New Dissidia scans from Famitsu! And they aren't your usual weekly character spotlight either. With the Japanese release looming ever so close now, it looks like Famitsu is milking everything they can from Square Enix: this Dissidia feature is huge. Like... Huge huge! Tentacled baddies, geostigma'ed dudes, some fanservice for the females, EX modes and the lot of 'em, plus... probably the greatest secret of all: FFXII getting some representation in Dissidia!

*Update* Epic translations finally surface!

A fighting game with maids in skimpy outfits, with the promise of skirts flying all over the place. Sounds like fun? Then check out the full article for a vid of the upcoming PSP fighting game, Kamen Maid Guy Poyoyon Battle Royale.

As you might have guessed from the title though, one of those maids has more than a feather duster under that skirt.

Last month, the Qore team promised us something "big" and something "free" with episode 7 of the e-mag. Turns out, it's the episode itself! As a way of saying Happy Holidays, the team from the PlayStation Network is making Qore Episode 7 away for free.

Man. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G just keeps on raking all those prizes and milestones in Japan, doesn't it? And what's the latest award of MHP 2nd G? It just won the Double Platinum prize in SCEJ's PlayStation Awards 2008 ceremonies where developers and publishers were given huge pats on the backs for their excellent PSP, PS3, and/or PS2 games. The event was held just earlier in Japan, with MGS4 and Crisis Core, among others, also bringing home the bacon.

It's rare that a 30-second teaser trailer could create as much buzz as Uncharted 2's did. In case you were wondering, yes, the video was rendered in real-time. No fancy-shmancy pre-rendering here.

Is it wrong that I was more excited to see the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man than the Ghostbusters? Check out the latest trailer of the Ghostbusters video game in the full article.

The PSP gets an attitude with Sony's new Urban PSP campaign. They have a new website up showing off  new skins for the PSP, each an homage to the country's largest cities. More after the link.