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Sony Japan has boosted the number of titles that adhocParty for the PS3 supports to over 100 titles including many that go pretty far back in the system's lifespan. It looks like the application has turned out to be just what I hoped it would be -- a generic matchmaking service that can take many adhoc-only games for the PSP online. If the titles keep piling on like this it'll be a welcome replacement for the stringent hardware requirements and configuration vagaries of XLink Kai.

Still no word on a US release for the adhocParty software, and while there are instructions online for getting it using a Japanese PSN account I'd much rather have something officially supported for North American gamers.

There are a great number of titles I'm happy are on this list. I don't own many of them and have seen some of them disappear at retail after being liquidated, but I would try picking some of these up if I had the chance at a bargain price.

Here are the titles that interest me most, and remember these are the Japanese names: Read more »

New features on the PS3 haven't exactly been kind to older games, but the new adhocParty feature, currently only live in Japan, is going to change that trend at least when it comes to PSP titles. AdhocParty, in case you've missed the coverage so far, is basically voice chat, matchmaking and tunneling software for the PlayStation 3 that will let you connect select adhoc-multiplayer-only PSP titles to other gamers across the internet and voice chat with them using the PS3 while you play. It turns out that some older games are compatible with it. Read more »

It looks like Sony's PSP Store promised earlier this year is coming closer to reality. This Fall in Japan gamers will be able to download content and games from the Store directly to their handheld machine. Read more »