Bob

Ghostbusters 2009 Getting “Remastered” Release on PS4

Sony has just announced they’ll be releasing a remastered version of “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” in 2019.  Sony claims the game itself will be updated with “enhanced textures and lighting” and I assume that means higher resolution rendering as well.  Also, all the cutscenes will supposedly be in 4K, as according to the blog: “All […]

Ray Commend

8bitdo releases DIY Modkits for PS1 & PS1 Classic

You can now add the Playstation & Playstation Classic controllers to the growing list of wireless options from 8bitdo. For those not familiar with the DIY kits from 8bitdo, they essentially allow you to swap the internal circuit board of an original controller from a classic console to replace it with a new Bluetooth version […]

SmokeMonster

Playstation Classics Spotted at Wal-Mart for $25

Brooklyn Video Games posted a picture that appears to show Wal-Mart clearing out Playstation Classic consoles for $25. Although no one has confirmed the deal yet. I’ve been intrigued by the PS Classic since it was first revealed to be nothing more than an extremely weak software-emulation platform based on PCSX. Almost any phone can […]

SmokeMonster

PS Vita Video-Out via Raspberry Pi

xCorra posted a video of a successful video-out solution for the PlayStation Vita via a Raspberry Pi. Most games work, and they are working on a Wifi streaming option for the titles that aren’t supported. Of course, the PSTV is an out-of-the-box solution for Vita HDMI video capture… “Hello, so this is my 2nd update […]

Bob

PSIO Firmware Update

A new PSIO new firmware was released that fixes XA audio playback among other glitches:  http://ps-io.com/news/ In order to update your firmware, you need to log into your account, then get the firmware from:  http://ps-io.com/downloads/ Some people have reported new bugs with this firmware, as well as issues updating.  The team behind it seems very responsive […]

SmokeMonster

Sony using Open-Source PCSX Emulator in PlayStation Classic Mini

Sony is using the open-source software based emulator PCSX in their upcoming PlayStation Classic Mini console. This is a major disappointment to those of use who wanted to see at least the PS2/PSP/PS3/Vita/PSTV lineage emulator used–but it is not unexpected. This makes the Classic a very weak emulator, even compared to an old phone running […]