During video game release dry spells, there’s nothing like an Amazon Gold Box deal. Granted, it’s not like there haven’t been pretty nice August game releases, but it’s not like there are multiple amazing games out each week. So the August 23, 2011 video game Gold Box is a good opportunity to get great deals on six games.

Now, there’s one general deal of the day today that you can get no matter what time it is. It’s Just Dance: Summer Party (Wii)! It’s basically Just Dance 2, only with all of the DLC songs on the disc instead of the regular Just Dance 2 tracklist. It’s down to $14.99 from $29.99 today.

Let’s look at the lightning deals that are only available for a limited time all day,,,

If you live in Europe, then you’re going to get a very special version of Persona 3 Portable sometime in April 2011. Ghostlight picked up the Atlus game, which was released in 2009 in Japan and 2010 in North America. So you all had to wait, but you’re going to get access to a great collector’s edition release to make up for that.

That picture at the right shows everything you get with the P3P Collector’s Edition…

There’s no fancy name or logo for the latest sale that’s popped up on the PlayStation Store, but there’s a definite theme! If you happened to check in on your PSP or PS3 last night, perhaps while you were at home enduring a blizzard, you noticed that section of the store reserved for sale games was packed with Atlus titles. And not just a few Atlus games, the ones that were good but not really big enough to get fans super excited. Major games like Persona 3 Portable were discounted…

While 2010 was a pretty good year for games, it wasn’t a very prosperous year for the PSP. Yes, there were games released for the system, but each year fewer and fewer titles have found their way to North America. Japan, on the other hand, gets a steady stream of UMDs packed with goodness. The best we can do though, unless we import, is make do with what we have.

To celebrate the coming of a new year and passing of an old one, let’s look back at some of the A+, quality PSP games that we did manage to play. Here’s Gamertell’s list of the 10 best PSP games we got to see in 2010…

Sometime between today and tomorrow, you’re going to need to pick up a PlayStation Store card. Maybe two. One of those 2gb or 4gb memory sticks might be a smart idea too. Atlus has just announced its own Black Friday-sort of sale.Technically and officially, it’s The Atlus Super-Mega-Ultra 50% Off PlayStation Network sale, but let’s just call it the Atlus PSP and PS3 sale for simplicity’s sake.

From November 16 until November 29, 2010, 10 PSP games and 1 PS3 game will be on sale for 50% off of the normal price…

With the holidays fast approaching, you need a shopping game plan. After all, looking at all those Black Friday ads won’t help if you don’t know what you want or need to get. So here’s Gamertell’s 2010 PSP gift guide. We point out 10 of the best PSP games and some PSP bundles to add to your shopping list.

Remember, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is not available on the PlayStation Store. So it isn’t a gift option for a PSPgo owner. All of the other games listed in the guide are available both in stores on a UMD or as a download from the PlayStation Store…

Persona 3 for the PlayStation 2 was a phenomenon. It not only resurrected the Persona Shin Megami Tensei spin-off series when it was released in 2006 in Japan, which hadn’t seen an entry since Persona 2: Eternal Punishment in 2000, it also brought the series worldwide acclaim. It was so successful that it even spawned a revamped edition, Persona 3 FES, that included an additional epilogue game.

In 2009, Atlus decided to take Persona 3 one step further with Persona 3 Portable. The result is a fantastic RPG adventure with two separate storylines and the best possibly version of the original Persona 3 story. It makes its US debut on July 6, 2010, and is destined for greatness…

E3 is huge. There’ll be hundreds of games, tons of news updates and press releases and all kinds of video footage. It’s incredibly easy to get lost or overwhelmed – especially if you’re only looking for information on one particular platform. To help ease your woes, here’s a brief list of PSP games you may want to keep up with through June 15-17, 2010. After all, it’ll be a lot easier to handle all those first-hand reports if you have some idea what you should be looking for. This way you can see some of the most intriguing games that will definitely be appearing at the convention next week and decide whether or not you want to watch them.

As mentioned in the DS list, not all developers and publishers have revealed the games that will be brought to E3. So this post will be updated between now and June 15, 2010, when E3 begins, so you’ll know which PSP games you’ll want to pay special attention to.

Let’s take a look at some of the most promising PSP games…

As I mentioned in yesterday’s entry, I got a little obsessed when it came to exploring Tartarus for the first time. So much so, that I ended up clearing the first “block” of levels available, and had reached a barrier that won’t clear until after the first boss battle. Whoops! Not to mention I got a little carried away level-grinding after accidentally stumbling on a mysterious floor filled with rare chests and now had a team of characters that caused all shadows to run in terror.

Of course, there is an upside to this. It means that I can have the heroine spend the days until the boss battle enjoying everyday adventures in the real world. It’s the perfect time to build up some Social Links and character stats. After all, when I sent the heroine to the ladies bathroom in the dorm, it warned me that my charm and academics would need to be higher to build some friendships. (It didn’t, however, turn my Good status to Great…)

Ah, Tartarus. Dark Hour dungeon that, as Junpei points out, sounds like a tartar control toothpaste. My dungeon crawling experiences were less than stellar when I played Persona 3 FES, mainly because I couldn’t manage my party members and I was so frustrated by the fact that people would get “tired” or “sick” while exploring. (It’s my game, dang it. If I want my party members to dungeon crawl for two hours straight so I can level grind, they’ll do it and like it!) All of Atlus’ promotional materials for Persona 3 Portable state that those issues have been rectified in this release, and I can confirm that it’s all true.

I want to try and avoid spoilers as much as possible, but let’s just say Tartarus exploration feels a lot more natural in Persona 3 Portable. Tartarus is segregated into blocks, and I sped through the first block in one in-game night. One night. Well, sped through probably isn’t the best way to put it. I devoted two and a half hours to P3P playtime today, and all of that time was spent in Tartarus…