In news that will worry Sony's executives immensely - if privately - word reaches us today that official games have been ripped and played from the memory stick using the new handheld device for the first time. There are now fears that this could lead to widespread on the device, with games like Lumines and Mercury already being played stateside from internet downloads. Hackers who have already made the PSP run emulated software from other platforms have now succeeded in making copied PSP titles boot - and whilst are addressing these hacks with upgrades it looks likely that the pirates will now always be looking to stay one step-ahead of Sony's patching initiatives.

Sony are planning on enforcing anti-piracy firmware upgrades with future game releases, and have already addressed a bug in earlier software which allowed these pirated games to run, however it must be of concern that hackers are now beginning to get the better of the system, and Sony's measures to lock them out. It also looks likely that many films will pirated to the device too, with new utilities for ripping flicks arriving all the time - where homebrew programmers seem intent on opening up the new handheld - the most powerful ever.

We'll keep you posted on this ever-growing battle as we learn more.

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. ps3 Unregistered 4 years ago

    i am gonna blow you up PS3

  2. Scremo Unregistered 4 years ago

    thats great but were can i get them......for free?

  3. i cant Unregistered 3 years ago

    doit

  4. Compromise Unregistered 3 years ago

    piracy wont' happen if the games are not too expensive.
    if they can sell them at eight dollars then people would not pirate them anymore. The game makers can just make so many game copies and then all revenues will go to them.

  5. ur mama :P Unregistered 3 years ago

    yea sure their just gonna sell 80 buck games for 8 dollars each....NOT GONNA HAPPEN

  6. ranjha Unregistered 3 years ago

    yeh games companies should reduse there prices to stop piracy other wise we would like to get pirated games

  7. roky Unregistered 3 years ago

    hackers best of luck for making pirated psp games

  8. big boss Unregistered 3 years ago

    because the games are too expensive the childrens those are getting only 100 dollars monthly as pocket money how do they get a original games very chimmy you know

  9. psp Unregistered 3 years ago

    hey where can i download free psp
    games

  10. TAe Unregistered 3 years ago

    CAN I PUT PSX GAMES TO my psp to play

  11. Psp Buyer Unregistered 3 years ago

    Got any web site can download pirated game???can some1 tell me??

  12. jaz Unregistered 3 years ago

    can i get free psp games

  13. SOmeone Unregistered 3 years ago

    Where can I download FREE PSP games?

  14. pablo Unregistered 2 years ago

    why spend $80 on a real game when u could get a fake one for $5

  15. ron Unregistered 2 years ago

    can i find any psp game that is not a torrent

  16. IFAKO4reel Unregistered 2 years ago

    I love that news, UMDs are too expensive. SONY is greedy

  17. mayers Unregistered 2 years ago

    "SONY is greedy"

    the most true expression i ever read!
    nothing describes sony like that!!

  18. Try google Unregistered 2 years ago

    Use google thats what its for look for psp iso's
    check out rom sites.Look for yourself guy's it's not hard it's 2 easy if you ask me.

  19. Bahtinur Unregistered 1 year ago

    Heloo.

  20. gg@aco.net 1 year ago

    where are the games

  21. vikey Unregistered 1 year ago

    no coments