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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely gettting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released...

Stamp, another PSP cancelled game comes to light

From Elder Scrolls to Saints Row, there were many big name projects in the works for the PSP that got binned. Perhaps as they weren't feasible or the PSP was approaching end of life. But its the quirky original projects that never saw the light of day that are of more interest to me, like Shaolin Streets and now this... 


Chalk up another one in the guise of Stamp from Japan Studio, revealed in a series of documents and clips 15 years after the fact. It uses the PlayStation face buttons as part of the game to create platforms, break and bounce or delete them. 

Perhaps it was too much like Little Big Planet, or it just didn't meet the developer's high expectations?  Either way, check out this thoughtful investigative video and dream of what could have been. With talk of online modes, competitive play and other ideas, it could have been seriously fun! 

 As a bonus, here's a lovely concept box art by marcaeg! Hopefully now Sony is looking past the whole games as a service thing, developers will get to revisit some of the many ideas that remain in the Japan Studio and other vaults as PlayStation looks to get its mojo back. 



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