A leak today hints that a true second-generation PSP is in development that could have graphics better than the iPhone 3GS and last-generation consoles. The Spanish branch of Eurogamer claims to have internal Sony information that the next handheld will use a PowerVR SGX543MP4 graphics core closely related to the SGX535 found in the iPhone [...]

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Today Sony Ericsson announced the Aino, a new phone and media device that can connect with Sony’s Playstation 3 gaming and media console. It will be able to interact with and control the media content on the user’s Playstation 3 via a local Wi-Fi network or via the Internet. It will also offer the ability [...]

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Outside Japan the iPhone is the leading 3G gaming mobile device, but in Japan, manufacturers like Panasonic fear no shame with potentially equal or better looking mobile phone games.
Today Panasonic organized a press conference to group in one event all handsets announced yesterday by both Softbank and DoCoM.

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Strategy Analytics, a strategic consulting firm, released a study today that sheds some interesting light on buying trends and preferences among mobile-phone using gamers. The study interviewed 30 gamers over five different types of mobile phone games, and asked for their preferences. It also studied their preferred methods of purchasing mobile games.

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To get you excited even more for the Palm Pre’s release, Motion Apps has released this video demonstrating how very much capable their Classic Palm OS emulator is in handling games. GTS World Racer is the game and its looks pretty impressive on the Palm Pre. Of course, this is a relatively outdated game, but [...]

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Today T-Mobile and Sharp announced the latest iteration of the Sidekick line of messaging devices, the Sidekick LX 2009. This new Sidekick retains most of the general features of the previous Sidekicks, with full QWERTY keyboard, trackball and gaming keys, but manages to have a larger, 3.2-inch high-definition swivel screen and a smaller footprint. It [...]

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Back in the day, Myst was one of the hottest games available on the PC. It had one of the best graphics of its time, and was addicting to play. Well, it’s raring for comeback this 21st century as this video shows that the game has now been ported to the iPhone.

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No one seems to have a clue where these “iBoy” iPhone incognito cases can be purchased but someone took a photo of one and it’s making the tech blog rounds with a lot of appreciative oohs and ahhs from readers. I know, I think it’s a fabulous idea, too. The problem is, we don’t know [...]

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Nokia today announced the 1661, a basic, affordable bar-style phone for T-Mobile USA’s prepaid lineup. Phone features include a speakerphone, FM radio, and an LED flashlight. It also comes pre-loaded with Soduku and Mobile Soccer games. The 1661 will be available later in April.

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Samsung today announced the Instinct S30, a successor to the Instinct. The Instinct S30 (model number SPH-M810) is more streamlined than the orginal, and will be available in two colors: “Cobalt Metal” and “Touch of Copper”. The S30 will come with Opera Mini 4.2, calendar sync, IM, and an upgraded memory card slot supporting 32 [...]

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Shortly before 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, eight months after it opened with 500 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple’s App Store passed the 30,000 mark, according to the count maintained by 148appss, which updates its list automatically. Apple 2.0 reports.

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Controls
One of the biggest questions I had about the game was controlling Snake. When you start a mission for the very first time, there are detailed instructions on how to control Snake: how to aim (drag your finger), fire (tap), shoot long-range (you pinch your fingers together), and switch weapons. It’ll also explain Snake’s life [...]

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News that an iPhone game is in the works based on Miami’s finest blood-spatter analyst is murderously exciting. Above is the game’s first teaser trailer.

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Nintendo has announced that shipments of its DS handheld gaming devices have surpassed 100 million as of March 6th. In contrast, Sony has shipped 50 million PSPs in roughly the same period of time. Nintendo released the first DS model in 2004, followed by updates such as the DS Lite in 2006. The company claims [...]

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If the culinary arts isn’t one of your forte in real life, then why not see how you fare virtually on the iPhone with Cooking Mama. That’s right folks, Taito has just released an iPhone version of their popular Nintendo DS game. The look is still quite the same, but the controls obviously are a [...]

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