Just barely a month after releasing Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus in Japan, it looks like Namco Bandai has already cooked up another Gundam game for the PlayStation Portable. Listed in the the Japanese Amazon database is a brand new title, Gundam Assault Survive.

2009 had its fair share of crazy controversies, but which among them all topped the list as the best newsmaker? Famitsu handed out a survey, and the result was that the PS3 Slim announcement was the biggest news of them all.

It's been a while since we last heard from homebrew coder aznag88 but now he's back to release a new version of his homebrew game, Naruto (Contra Edition). In case you're not familar with the game, Naruto (Contra Edition) is a sidescrolling beat 'em up based on the classic NES game Contra. The latest update of the brew features a brand new tile engine, more code cleanups and a brand new map.

Download: Naruto (Contra Edition) v3

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Homebrew coder Zack_PSP has dropped by our forums to release a new version of his Battery Warning Plugin app for the PlayStation Portable. If you're not familiar with the app, this handy homebrew plugin displays a warning message right on your screen as soon as your battery level hits 15% or less. The latest update of the brew has added some new features and now works on custom themes.

Download: Battery Warning Plugin v0.2

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It's the New Year, and it's time to gear up for all those games pushed back to 2010 instead of being released in 2009. But before all of that, we're kicking off the year with quite a diverse line-up of titles. Surprisingly, we've also got a handful of M-rated ones, both for retail and online releases.

Manga fans rejoice! Homebrew coder ChaoticXSinZ is back to release a new version of his nifty onemanga.com client reader for the PlayStation Portable, OneMangaPSP. The latest update of the brew has added a bookmark feature and music playback support.

Download: OneMangaPSP v1.0 BETA

Great news guys, the DaedalusX64 team has once again revised their ever-popular Nintendo 64 emulator for the PSP, DaedalusX64. Notable features of the latest DaedalusX64 update includes another round of fixes, code cleanups and various other improvements.

Download: DaedalusX64 Alpha Rev 450

Who's the most recognizable video game character? Who went on the longest gaming session, for how long, and what game was it? Know the answers to all those and other interesting superlatives on the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition which hits retail in the US today.

In Japan, it's customary for companies to come out with statements regarding their plans for the new year. It's like us going crazy with fireworks and getting outrageously drunk after. Drop that last part, that might just be me. Anyway, we've already heard from Square Enix's Yoichi Wada, now it's Capcom's turn.

They may not have big multinational publishers backing them, but that's not gonna stop these independent game developers from putting the "in" in "indie". So who's in? Find out right now - the finalists of the 2010 Independent Games Festival have now been announced.