Last month, MediEvil and Spyro 2 were pulled from the PlayStation Network Store for having serious bugs. Both games were reported to crash on certain levels crucial to the completion of the games. Since Sony is having difficulty in fixing the bugs, they will be refunding anoyone who purchased the games. The company has sent out emails to its customers that the refunds will be added to the PlayStation Store wallet within the next seven days.

Both games will be dropped from the PSN list until the bugs can be fixed. Hopefully Sony is able to correct the techical issues at a later date and have the games available to purchase from the PlayStation Store again. The official statement reads:

"You will be aware from the description of the product on PlayStation Store that some variation in functionality from the original PSone version is to be anticipated. However there appear to be more significant technical issues."

Although Incognito has not officially announced a UK release date for Warhawk, many UK retailers are listing a provisional release date of September 14th 2007. It is likely that the game will not launch globally on August 28th 2007 as promised by Incognito, although this is also unconfirmed. The game has gone "gold" and will definitely launch in North America later this month. Warhawk will be available as a download from the PlayStation Network Store and from local retailers.

Until the release date for UK is confirmed by SCEE, this article falls under the rumor category. Look out for more information soon.

Some information about the upcoming PlayStation firmware update has emerged on the Internet. However, since the information is unconfirmed by Sony, this article falls under the rumors category. A blog entry over at The Video Game Report reveals a number of features the PS3 Firmware 2.00 is likely to have. The information on firmware 2.00 has been collected from a number of message boards and not from an official Sony source.

1. Firmware 2.00 will have updated version of the built-in internet browser, including updated flash player functionality
2. Firmware 2.00 will be available in 2 different packages – one containing Home, and one without it. This results in the Home software having it’s own section in the XMB. Current Beta version are downloaded from the store and are booted from the game section of the XMB.
3. No in-game XMB access will be included yet.
4. Icons for movies/games can now move while other media types are currently being accessed.
5. Security is being worked on. You can password protect individual files on your HDD including movies, photos and pictures by pressing triangle to access the options menu.

The above list does seem a little strange, especially point (2) regarding separate packages. Until the list is confirmed by Sony, it is likely that the list is just a prediction. We will post more information on Firmware 2.00 when we get it.

A few photos of the upcoming PSP Digital TV Tuner have emerged. The 1Seg Tuner is a device that allows the PSP to view digital television and attaches to the USB port like the Go!Cam and GPS device. The TV Tuner is to go on sale on September 20th 2007 in Japan and will only work with the slim PSP (PSP-2000). Check out the photos below.

When using Wi-Fi, the PSP reverts to its old CPU clock speed of 222 MHz, despite the recent firmware update that unlocks the full speed of the PSP. David Karraker, Sony’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications, confirmed the news that the 222 MHz speed cap is in effect when Wi-Fi is turned on. What does all this mean? Slower loading times when playing ad-hoc and infrastructure multiplayer games.

“The article is correct that increased CPU speed cannot be used with the PSP’s wireless feature,” said Karraker, referring to the report. “SCEA [Sony Computer Entertainment America] is working closely with the development community to take full advantage of this new functionality where appropriate for their titles.”

Edios Interactive has announced that the first set of downloadable content for Ninja Gaiden Sigma will be available via the PlayStation Store from September 13th 2007. The downloadable content pack, known collectively as “Survival Mode” comprise of three different add-on packs, all with the basic premise of engaging an endless stream of enemies until you can no longer fight. The three downloads will provide different sorts of themed battles, with a World Ranking available for each theme.

The first of the three batches of downloadable content, “Weapon Master” is scheduled for release on September 13th 2007. This content includes five survival modes where you can use only a limited array of weaponry. The player’s objective is to master the feature of each weapon and wipe out as many enemies as you can.

“Speed Master” is the second download and the aim of this is to beat your enemies as accurately and quickly as possible. This features another five survival modes in which the time and power gauge are limited. In order to become the ultimate speed master you must master both your skills and acrobatics to survive.

In the third and final download, “Rachel Master”, you play as the new female character Rachel, in five survival modes in the quest to become the “World’s No. 1 Fiend Hunter”.

Team Wildcard has again updated their Custom Firmware. This new patch now brings Custom Firmware 3.40 LE to version 3. The patch fixes a glitch that kept power saving options from working, but apart from that, nothing else has changed. The patch can only be run from 3.40 LE or 3.40 v2. The patch contains all the bug fixes from version 2 so if you are still on 3.40 LE (version 1), you can update straight to 3.40 v3 without updating to version 2 first.

Changes in version 2 include:

• Removed non-functional File Manager option in the Recovery menu
• In recovery, detects ms0:/PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP and only launches it if it exists
• Fixed problems that kept UMDs from loading properly
• Added support for %__SCE__/__SCE__ homebrew naming style
• Re-enabled the use of GAME150 and GAME340, though you *DO NOT* need them.

[Download Custom Firmware 3.40 LE v3]

Its that time of the week when the PlayStation Store gets updated. Unfortunately, there are no new playable demos this time, instead, this week’s update focuses mainly on trailers and videos. There are two new Heavenly Sword videos: "making of" and "Legend of the Sword", as well as new Gran Turismo trailers and Blu-Ray movie trailers. Check out the list below.

• Game Trailers/Videos
  • Gran Turismo PlayStation Premiere Trailer
  • Heavenly Sword "Making Of" Video
  • Heavenly Sword "Legend of the Sword" Video
• Blu-Ray Movie Trailers
  • Ghost Rider
  • The Covenant

Issue 13 of PSP M4M: Magazine 4 Men is now available to download. DK Jr. has informed us that this issue is dedicated entirely to the Red Bull Air Race and contains over 170 pages of great content, which includes over 140 babe photos. Also included in the issue are some cool babe wallpapers for your PSP.

[Download PSP M4M Issue 13]

Team Wildcard has released a update to their Custom Firmware 3.40 LE. The update is a patch that fixes some issues with the initial release of their firmare, including support for __SCE__/%__SCE__ homebrew naming style. See below for a full list of fixes and changes.. The patch needs to be run from 3.40 LE in order to work so do not attempt to install the patch on any other firmware version.

Changelog:

• Removed non-functional File Manager option in the Recovery menu
• In recovery, detects ms0:/PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP and only launches it if it exists
• Fixed problems that kept UMDs from loading properly
• Added support for __SCE__/__SCE__ homebrew naming style
• Re-enabled the use of GAME150 and GAME340, though you DO NOT need them.

[Download Custom Firmware 3.40 LE v2]