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It’s only April but what a year it’s been for PSP gamers this far. We found ourselves performing deadly combo attacks with God of War: Chains of Olympus, reviving past memories with Final Fantasy: Crisis Core, controlling odd looking but dangerous little creatures in Patapon and even took our current music collection to the next level with Beats. It’s without a doubt been a truly spectacular year for the PSP (as seen by the recent PSP sales figures).

P.S. The new firmware update 3.95 can now be automatically downloaded via the network update feature on the PSP.

So is this the end of all spectacular PSP events for this current year? Well we're glad to inform you that it’s just the beginning.

Note: Some of the following titles have already been released in certain countries.

Let’s start by looking at PlayStation Store titles still scheduled for 2008.

• Cool Boarders 2
• Cool Boarders 3
• Destruction Derby 2
• Gauntlet Legends
• G-Police
• Klonoa
• Kurushi Final
• Metal Gear Solid
• Motor Toon Gran Prix
• Namco Museum Series
• Omega Boost
• Ridge Racer
• Ridge Racer Type 4
• Roll Cage
• Tekken 1 & 3
• Vib Ribbon

Then there are of course some major PSP titles we can look forward to such as; Secret Agent Clank, Lego Batman & Indiana Jones, R-Type Command, Space Invaders Extreme, N+, Destroy All Humans, Star Wars: TFU and Iron Man.

There are also a couple of rumored PSP titles for 2008 floating around including; Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Oblivion, Cannon Fodder, Dino Crisis, etc. We do however have no idea of how true these rumors are.

Other things that's also worth mentioning are bigger memory sticks (which will also reduce the pricing on the smaller versions), Firmware release 4.0 (which hopefully includes the long awaited DivX functionality), Qwerty Keyboard and some other secrets that Sony doesn’t want to reveal at this point and time.

All and all, PSP gamers can rest assured that 2008 is still packed with goodies so stay tuned for more information.

All PSP owners should by this time be familiar with the recently added service Go!Messenger (GM). PSP users should also be familiar with the fact that there are hardly ever people online. Currently we have about 146 contacts on our list and we've only seen someone online about four times.

The primary features of this service are voice and video chat. The problem however is that very few PSP users actually own the peripherals that allows this. Yes you also have the option of instant messaging but without the not yet released Qwerty keyboard this can be quite a tedious task. I personally like the idea of connecting to PSP users worldwide even if it’s only to say “hello” but due to the lack of users owning the proper accessories this service is really losing its potential.

Most people use their PSP for games or music and even by reducing the price on the peripherals very few users will actually bother using the service which is quite a shame. A much easier option would be to simply install GM on your PC for easier text messaging but that would pretty much defeat the object of having the service on your PSP altogether.

In the end Sony had a good idea here but unfortunately the service is pretty much dying. Hopefully the Qwerty keyboard will be released soon at an affordable price (which we pretty much doubt).

Feel free to add your GM nickname in the comments section and maybe you might just get lucky and find some people online.

I’ve honestly seen some really weird PSP accessories but this one takes the cake. Can you imagine playing God of War while taking a shower, having a bath (hey wait I do that) or even while swimming? These Japanese dudes however seem to think it’s perfectly normal with their Aquatalk waterproof PSP wallet.

I actually thought really hard about why someone would actually buy one of these and could seriously not come up with any sane reason. Yeah it might be quite funny actually owning one of these things (South Africa won’t see it I promise you) but how many people will actually go buy one?

Surely there must be a production line for these accessories since I can’t really see them promoting the product if it doesn’t sell. Some really weird people out if you ask me. Well on your next trip to Japan be sure to check out the local swimming pools since you might just find some chap swimming and playing Final Fantasy on his PSP.