Rockstar's upcoming wild west epic shooter Red Dead Redemption is looking mighty good. If you still haven't heard of the game, check out this intorductory trialer.

The wait is over guys. Homebrew coder Yoshihiro and the rest of Team Gen has finally released the much awaited Custom Firmware 5.03GEN-C installer for those who have to rely on the HEN to get homebrew running on their PSP-3000s and 2000v3s.

*UPDATE* Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3 released.

Download: Custom Firmware 5.03GEN-C

Download: Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D3

It's been awhile since we last heard from homebrew coder Zack, but now he's back to release a new version of LuaPlayer Euphoria, a feature packed Lua Interpreter for the PSP based on LuaPlayer v0.20 by Shine. The latest update has added some nifty new features, bug fixes and various other improvements.

Download: LuaPlayer Euphoria v8 (Update)

Download: LuaPlayer Euphoria v8 (Full)

While some studies put video games in a bad light, there are ones like this that actually encourage gaming. According to the study conducted by Dr. Silvia Bunge, a neuroscientist at UC Berkley, some video games help enhance kids' reasoning and processing skills. Findings even yielded that some games helped in raising kids' IQ points.

It's been a while since Monolith released anything F.E.A.R.-related, but rumors suggest that they may be getting ready for another run-in with Alma.

The first annual Inside Gaming Awards were held last December 11th in Los Angeles, and looking at 16 awards that the guys at Infinity Ward took home, it's safe to say that they were all over the place. But by no means were they the only ones who went home smiling. In recognition of the names that stood out over the past year, the winners are...

It turns out that the iPhone isn't the only new handheld frontier Dirk the Daring is out to conquer this month. Digital Leisure today announced that Nintendo's DSiWare service will soon be home to Dragon's Lair as well.

Rolf Nelson, a Wheaton College psychology professor, has just released the results of his study which aimed to shed some light on the impact of playing video games between tasks. The study, which is directed to the speed and accuracy of accomplishing tasks, yielded that those who played an action game managed to finish a task faster but less accurate, while those who played a strategy game got it more accurately, but required more time to do so.

This one might've fallen off your radar, but all you PSP-owning tower defense fans out there may want to put some money aside and add Savage Moon: The Hera Campaign to your Christmas gaming purchases. Developer FluffyLogic today gave the game a release date.

Ahoy there, mateys! Get ready to weigh anchor, hoist the mainsail and all eyepatched and peglegged pirate jazz. LittleBigPlanet's finally getting some water next week via the piratey Pirates of the Caribbean pack.