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Atari has just made available to the North American market the classics that made Atari what it’s know for.

Some of the best games of the past is now available for the PSP! Games such as Battlezone, Centipede, Millipede, Missile Command, Tempest, Lunar Lander, Super Breakout, Warlords, Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe and pong.

Besides the 11 classics mentioned, there are 40 more original titles that you can unlock.

There is nothing like the older games, which by todays standards might not cut it, but it holds onto our psyche and we can’t seem to let it go.

“Gamers today have gotten used to the increasing complexity of video games,” said Todd Slepian, Producer, Atari, Inc. “But it’s always nice to take a break from these monstrous titles and go back to the games that defined our childhoods. With so many fun classic games packed into such a small disc, it’s hard not to crack a little smile for days gone by.”

It’s time to take a look at Atari Classic Evolved and play your heart out.

Griffin’s iTrip for the PSP will transmit sound from your PSP to a FM radio channel.

The iTrip connected to the PSP takes very little space and blends nicely with the PSP.

The transmitter on the iTrip will shut off automatically after two minutes if no audio is heard for two minutes.

iTrip does have the potential for static, as any radio broadcasts would, and it requires it’s own battery power.

CNet gives a 6.9 on it’s Editors’ rating.

Read more at: CBS News.

Sony has released a firmware upgrade for the PSP to version 3.73 today.

The new firmware will fix the issue of the UMD drive occasionally freezing and failing to reload data.

Download the latest firmware from Sony.

News from 411mania.

Ah Hellboy, the demon child that grows up to save the world from evil… What a twist!

Fans of Hellboy will be rewarded with the release of “Hellboy: Science of Evil” on the PSP, PS3, Xbox 360 and even on your mobile phone around June 0f 2008.

The initial date of the release was sometime in 2007, but Krome Studios shows ETA and no dates showing for the release, currently, even thought their trailer shows 2007…

The E3 2007 game trailer looks like it’s for the PSP. YouTube commentors pretty much think the graphics look like its more for the PS2.

It does look pretty bad on YouTube, but I think it’s more due to the compression of the video, either that or its a PSP game trailer. Check out this video from Krome’s webpage link, it’ll take you directly to the quicktime vid.

Sony reps are now stating that the Indian Economic Times misquoted Jim Ryans about the possibility of a PSP mobile phone.

What’s interesting is that Sony Computers Entertainment Europe is working with BT to provide a VOIP-based phone, text, and video services to the PSP devices for European market.

You can read more about it at Strategy Eye.

Of course, you can make VOIP calls with your PSP, right now, if this You Tube vid is correct…

Note that the call is made with the PSP but it uses your regular phone to make local or international calls.

This PSP phone on YouTube, is it real or fake? Read what Jim Ryan of Sony Computer Entertainment has to say about the PSP phone, below.

The PSP is a wonderful portable gaming system and it’s even better with the new slimmer PSP model which allows you to watch UMD movies on the big screen, but the latest news is the possible release of a PSP phone!

In an interview with the India Times, Sony Computer Entertainment’s Jim Ryan said, “Such a mighty gadget is definately plausible.”

Jim also believes such a combination of the PSP with a Sony Ericsson wouldn’t be a problem. He says, “The Playstation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson. It is hugely intellectually seductive to have a console oriented phone.”

Read more on T3.

Back in May 31, 2007, Sony Ericsson had filed a patent for a PSP Mobile phone which was big in the media and blogging community. Read the india times article.

Go to Palm and download Astraware Sudoku for free.

Install the “My Palm” software, select “Offers” option from the webpage and select Sudoku.

For those with a Wii, DS, or PSP: Sudoku

Game developers for the PSP system can now work easier, thanks to Dassault Systèmes with their newly upgraded Virtools 4 platform programming environment.

Virgile Delporte, VP electronics entertainment of Dassault Systèmes commented, “With Virtools Solutions for PSP at the core of Virtools’ authoring platform, developers are able to focus on game play and optimisation.”

Read more about Virtools for PSP.

Apple users can thank mark/space for getting it right and allowing Mac users to utilize the PSP with some impressive features.

The Missing Sync v1.0.3 allows for mac users to sync their PSP with their Macs.

• It encodes videos for optimized viewing on your psp from sites such as YouTube and Google Video.
• The software is native on both Intel based and PowerPC Macs. With an Intel Mac, the converting videos is even faster.
• Websnacks is another feature when Wi-Fi is not available. Websnacks will allow you to download your favorite blogs, MySpace pages, news sites, and websites for offline reading. When you sync your PSP with your Mac, new content will be updated.
• Bookmarks are copied over from your Safari bookmarks and folder hierarchy is maintained in your PSP.
• Slideshows will sync photos from your iPhoto albums. It will sync with your iPhoto album every time you sync your PSP.
• iPod features allow your to copy over selected iTunes playlists over to your PSP. It will not play protected songs from the iTunes Music Store. It will play MP3s and unprotected AAC songs and off course podcasts.
• Address book and calendar are downloaded as styled web pages when you sync your Mac and PSP. Best part is that contact photos remain with the sync and you can view the contacts.
• Notes feature will store your text, URLs, and pictures from your graphic notes off of your Missing Sync feature.
• Theme features will allow you to customize how your PSP screen looks, from your calendar, notes, tasks, etc…
• Sync Mac folders making it useful for backups and such.
• Missing Sync now supports Leopard.

Missing Sync goes for $29.95. Macworld gives it 4 1/2 mouse.

It seems new images from the Aliens vs Predator: Requiem shots have been released by Sierra. The pictures look like shots from a cinematic movie part from the game and it looks pretty good.

The release date still shows Nov. 2007 on Play-Asia and Sierra.