You've got the Star Wars franchise, Batman, and Indiana Jones - all of them getting their own multiplatform Lego treatment for the past few years. And just last month, talks of a Harry Potter Lego ran rampant, with Warner giving a "no comment" response to the rumors. Now, it's been revealed that, whether or not Traveller's Tales really is Lego-fying Hogwarts, it definitely won't happen next year. Meanwhile, they might just throw us a new (err, newly recycled?) Lego game instead.

Being one of Konami's biggest studios, Kojima Productions has some big plans for 2009. What are they up to? What's big man Hideo Kojima working on? And more importantly, are David Hayter and the rest of the gang still willing to work on more Metal Gear games despite some (questionable) psychological trauma?

It looks like homebrew possibilities on the PS3 have yet to die out. StreetskaterFU has informed us that he has released a USB logger that could help devs get more info on the USB traffic of a PSP or PS3 port. Hit the full article for details.

Flarejune has updated his FreeCheat plugin to version 1.0.12.18. The download doesn't include a changelog, though, so I can't really say what's new in this version. Click on through to the full article for more info on the FreeCheat plugin.


Download: FreeCheat 1.0.12.18 EN

And we have a "Hello World!" PSP homebrew devs MaTiAz and FreePlay have released a Hello World version of the GripShift exploit along with a binary loader and an SDK so that other devs can make their own homebrew using the exploit.

Download: GripShift Hello World
Download: Sparta SDK v1
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

Tired of keeping track of all your charging cables for your handhelds? Then trust my snarky, car-salesman - yet dulcet - voice and take a look at this 7-in-1 USB charging cable from Brando!

Developer TokyoDrift has released a new Quiz game for the PSP, complete with its own Database Manager. The program's looking pretty well-made, and I'm particularly taken with the polished interface. Details after the link.

Download: Quiz Beta 1
Download: Quiz Beta 1 (Database Manager)
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Sufferin' succotash, not another Lego rumor! (Yes, I mutter Looney Tunes curses when I hear facepalm rumors.) One of videogaming247's sources is claiming that another Lego game is in development. A Rock Band Lego game, at that.

The holidays will soon be over, if not already over for a lot of you. I know it's over for me, I'm back in the office. Anyway, if you're going back to school or to university soon, this app may come in handy. It's hardhat's long-lost PSPFlash-Card - excellent for cramming.

Thanks to dargx001 for the tip!

Download: PSPFlash-Card v0.5
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Ne0h's homebrew file manager for the Sony PlayStation Portable, Xplora, has just recently been updated to version 1.8. The changelog for this release is pretty long, so just click on through to the full article for all the juicy details.


Download: Xplora v1.8