29 June 2009
Daily Telegraph
Claudine Beaumont
Reports from Japan have fuelled fresh rumours that Sony could be about to launch a new mobile phone that incorporates its PSP hand-held gaming system. More on the Sony PSP phone

26 June 2009
Daily Mirror
The Sony PSP Go - the UMD-less, slide-out revamp of the handheld console – is to get “non-gaming applications” Sony has officially confirmed.

Non-gaming applications for the device had already been rumoured, but speaking to CNet, Sony’s Al De Leon said: “A significant reduction in price of development tools [would] enable developers to be able to develop content for the PSP. It will be mostly games, but there’s certainly an opportunity to look at some non-gaming applications.” More on non-gaming app’s for the Sony PSP Go

22 June 2009
Gadget Review
Jeff Bordeaux
Though no pricing or availability has been announced, Rockstar has divulged that ‘GTA: ChinaTown Wars’ will be a downloadable game for the PSP Go. More on GTA: ChinaTown Wars for the PSP Go.

17 June 2009
Play.TM
Luke Guttridge
The new PSP Go handheld out this winter will apparently support some games that will be playable when the device is ‘closed’, the revised PSP sporting a sliding front design. Only the L and R shoulder buttons are accessible when the handheld is closed, but a Sony representative has told Joystiq that some games will still be available in this state. There is also ongoing conjecture about a touch-screen interface. More on the PSP Go supporting a closed gaming system

13 June 2009
Pushsquare
Unnamed sources have confirmed that Sony are planning an app store for the PSP Go. Set for announcement at GamesCon, the new PSP Go shop front will feature “smaller, ‘non-retail’ games and applications”, which will be priced at roughly $2-$6 and must come in at under 100MB. More on an app store coming to the PSP Go

12 June 2009
PSP Go for Free
In general, I would say advertise your blog anywhere and everywhere! That doesn’t mean to say you should be spamming your blog to the extent you become blacklisted, but that there are key places or sites to focus on!

1. Article writing - many bloggers have got where they are because they have submitted useful articles to directories such as ezine articles and articlebase that become linked to by other sites, followed on Twitter etc and become known as ‘an authority’ on this particular area.

2. Search engine submitting - Now this might seem an obvious point, but rather than waiting for Google and other sites to pick up on your blog, submit it manually, as it usually will get indexed a lot quicker. There are sites that will do this for you, but if yours is a pretty mainstream blog, I would suggest submitting them manually saving you both time and money.

3. Social media - Sites like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace have really taken off and are a fantastic resource for advertising your blog. Aside from being able to message friends with updates on your blog, Facebook in particular offers paid advertising which you can use to target certain groups, you can also set up your own groups inviting like minded people, or join groups yourself. Twitter can be used for posting announcements about you blog, and following other like-minded people in the aim that they will also follow you. If you don’t wish to target people in this way, Youtube allows users to post videos of interest while at the same time advertising their content.

4. Forums - Again, forums, like social media can be used to target people with similar interests. In most forums you can create a signature which appears in your posts (I would advertise checking though so it doesn’t seem like spamming), and as you gradually build up a presence on the forum, you can introduce your site into your posts. This is a longer term method however so that it doesn’t come across as spamming your site.

5. Classified Ads - Another useful method is Classified Advertising. Sites such as Craigslist provide a method of posting an advertisement advertising your site rather than advertising goods themselves, but can be used in the same way. Another UK based option is gumtree or Adtrader.

6. Digg.com - Digg is a site allowing users to publish news items, videos and images of interest to the general public in the form of original content you have published on your site. By submitting it, the more ‘diggs’ (hits) an item gets, the more likely it is to appear on the home page or become one of the more popular items.

7. Signatures - Linked to forums to some extent, but that can also be based around your email, are signatures, providing both a link and some relevant text to your site.

8. Link exchanges/submission/rss feeds - These vary, in that link exchanges are exchanges with other sites of relevance to yours, generally I would aim for higher PR ones, the higher the better, whereas link submissions are submissions to link exchange sites without having to provide them with a link back on your site. I would limit both these though as Google can sometimes see it as link farming.

9. Paid advertising - In some cases this can work, using methods such as Facebook, or Google adwords, but you need to word your adverts very carefully, and do the same with keywords, otherwise you’re targeting the wrong people with the wrong keywords totally.

10. Press releases/ news items - Sites such as searchbyheadlines.com, as well as many others, allow you to submit your own press releases to them which are then distributed to various companies.

Video Games Republic
12 June 2009
Stephen Ebert
Michael Pachter’s one of the gaming industries most respected analysts, so when he accused the PSP Go of being a rip-off it caused a stir. Now he’s apologised. Michael Pachter’s apology regarding the PSP Go

11 June 2009
The Mirror
The Sony PSP Go’s price is too high, according to Wedbush Morgan’s infamous crystal ball gazer/analyst Michael Pachter. Pachter says the US price of $249 “is too much, period.” Particularly as Pachter believes that the PSP Go will cost less for Sony to produce than the PSP-3000, priced $80 cheaper. More on PSP Go games

10 June 2009
Pushsquare
We’re constantly excited over new Resident Evil announcements. We may write about Sony, but we are big fans of anything Resident Evil. Thus, hearing Sony announce a new PSP Resident Evil game caused us to squeel a little bit. Who doesn’t want new Resident Evil games huh?

But details are scarce. So scarce in fact that the words “totally different” from Capcom’s Chris Kramer’s blog warrant an entire news story. Many speculated a remake of the original Resident Evil, but thankfully not as Capcom are touting an “all-new title created specifically for the PSP platform, with the PSP Go in mind.” More on Resident Evil for PSP Go

9 June 2009
PC World
Darren Gladstone
In essence the Sony PSP Go is a Mylo with the keyboard ripped out and replaced by game controls. Indeed, we wouldn’t be too surprised if Sony used most of the scrapped cases from that funky, defunct device. But we digress. After spending some time with the Sony PSP Go, it felt great in-hand. More on the first look at the Sony PSP Go