In stark contrast to the PSP Go's dismal first-week sales in Australia, the PS3 has been performing admirably in the region. Since the PS3 Slim's September 3 launch, the console has been outselling both the Xbox 360 and Wii.

Today we have some more details about the "Interconnect Features" found in the PSP title,Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, and its PS3 console cousin, Assassin's Creed 2, thanks to the boxart for the former's PSP bundle. Hit the jump for connectivity options.

Har har, so many people complain and nag about PlayStation Home being boring, but here's something to un-bore yourselves with. Home community manager TedTheDog has announced just a few hours ago that they've got a special event for all you Home bodies lying about. It's a PSP-3000 scavenger hunt!

Do you still have money to burn for the holidays? Figured out how to spend it yet? Well, Famitsu went on a survey, asking the Japanese about their holiday game spending plans. Read what the Japanese are planning to buy and why they're getting them. It might actually help you decide on which stuff to get after you read the full article.

The latest numbers in Japan are now in from Famitsu, showing strong sales of the PSP-3000. The industry as a whole seems to be suffering in the region though; the data says that sales keep falling since last year. But that's probably just because everyone in Japan already has a console. Details after the link.

Europe gets a hefty serving of DLC this week. This batch of updates see the arrival of the LittleBigPlanet add-ons, including the Spaceman and MotorStorm costumes. Also this week, the Alone in the Dark: Inferno demo goes live. Full list after the link.

The PSP-3000 continues to make huge waves in Japan. All in all, the PSP saw sales more than twice all the consoles and the DS combined. I think "wow" would be the best word in this situation.

Also in the news, the Xbox 360 continues to outsell the PlayStation 3.

Numbers after the link.

The other SCEA - Sony Computer Entertainment Australia - has just announced a couple of new bundles for PSP and PS3 owners down under. Details in the full article.

With the launch of the PlayStation Store on the PSP, Sony's established a milestone in their ongoing journey through the realm of content downloading from the PS3 Store to the PC Store and now, the PSP Store. Will the previous rumor of seeing all PSP games in 2009 as downloads eventually prove true? If that were the case, then some of you might be worried (for the nth time now) about the UMD format's future. A Sony executive responded to this concern, keeping optimism for the UMD alive.

At the Tokyo Game Show, Cloud and Terra were finally announced to be the missing members of the Dissidia roster. Though I'm not particularly surprised. What else is Square Enix up to down at TGS? Well how about a customized PSP-3000 with a Dissidia theme? Check out shots of the handheld in the full article.