A press release from SCEJ has revealed that the long-awaited PlayStation Store service for PlayStation Portable is in the works and due to arrive in the coming months. The new network service will mean PSP owners no longer have to use the PS3 or PC store to get access to downloadable content, games and demos, but will instead be able to go direct.

It just wouldn't be a proper launch without a bit of new content to celebrate it, so SCEJ will be releasing 'Mainichi Issyo Portable', a PSP version of PS3's download-only Mainichi Issyo, which is an artificial life game that has pushed a lot of PS3 innovations so far, including YouTube functionality.

Furthermore, SCEJ revealed that will allow PSP users to "to play PSP software titles featuring ad-hoc mode over the internet through PS3". Particularly handy for games where there's only ad-hoc multiplayer available and your buddies aren't sitting right next to you. My guess is that it'll still be a royal pain to organise though. Monster Hunter 2nd G falls into that category of game, and given that it's PSP's most popular game in Japan, the move makes a whole lot of sense.

There's no word of when these updates will reach the UK, but my guess is that by "Fall" Sony means "in time for the PSP-3000", so we'll expect as somewhere around the October launch window.

(via MaxConsole)

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