A big hello to the dungeon crawler crowd! Today we get some media content from Falcom for their upcoming Brandish title for the PSP: we got two custom XMB themes, two PSP wallpapers, and finally, a debut trailer! Ha! Free stuff! Always a good thing, ya? Check out the full article for more of the media.

Download: Brandish: The Dark Revenant Custom Theme 1
Download: Brandish: The Dark Revenant Custom Theme 2

Homebrew developer Mr305 has released a quick but minor update to TweakDisplay, a plugin that gives a set of 20 visual effects to your PSP. This update provides a "possible performance improvement." Changelog after the link.

Download: TweakDISPLAY v0.7.729
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Over on the QJ.NET PSP Development forums, PSP homebrew developer a_noob has released version 1 of EffectsMB, a plugin that lets you customize the look of your PSP even further. More details and screenshots at the full article.


Download: EffectsMB v1
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

There are a lot of other PSP wallpaper-making tools and sites out there but this particular one boasts of the ability to resize and convert larger jpeg, png, gif or bmp pics and that it's fairly easy to use. Try it out.

Download: PSP Wallpaper Maker v1.0

Homebrew developer Mickael2054 has released an updated version of his F1Dumper and manager app. This app lets you dump your PSP's Flash1 directly onto your memory stick. Very useful for those who want Flash1 backups. Changelog is at the full article.


Download: F1Dumper & Manager V2.5

The battery-saving plugin gets an update. This baby extends your much-needed PSP battery life, which gets dead useful when you're playing outdoors. It's still a bit rough around the edges, but it's coming along pretty good. More info and changelog in the full article.

Download: Hold+ v3.41
Visit: PSP Development Forum

Okay, so what's in store for all those lucky folks who got invites to Sony's PlayStation Home v1.0 beta? Quite a lot, so it seems. So start jumping to the full article to get the full lowdown on v1.0 of the PS Home beta. Gotta check out those Clubs now.

FrozenIpaq's rendition of the classic Squarez: Puzzle homebrew game from Socals was released just the other day, and already other coders are getting into the project. Enter this new version from NeilR: it gives Squarez: Puzzle some extended CFW compatibility, since the previous release wasn't able to run on some systems.

Download: Squarez Puzzle 3.xx-5.xx patch

Homebrew developer Torch has released a new plugin for the PSP called Lockdown In-Game. What it does is ask for password input every time you resume your PSP from suspend mode. Very useful for keeping other people from messing with your games when you suspend your PSP while playing.

Download: Lockdown In-Game v1.0
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

 I bet you've gone to a point in the game where you stopped to ask, "Where's that one-hit kill game mode that the manual says?" That and other issues are listed down on the thread in My Resistance seeking to clarify a lot of known issues in Resistance 2. View the full list in the full article.