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Go!Messenger, the PSP messaging service powered by BT will be shutting down soon.­ According to SCEE, the service isn’t popular enough to continue. “Although Go!Messenger brought innovative communications features to the PSP community, the service has not developed the base of users that we
were hoping for. We’d like to thank all fans of Go!Messenger and are sorry to have to make this announcement.” The service, while allows gamers in Europe to send videos, voice messages and text message, will be discontinued on March 31st.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has graced Europe with its Skype alternative, Go!Messenger. Go!Messenger is alternative service to the recently released Skype client for the PSP. The service also offers free videos, VOIP, video calling (using Go!Cam ) and instant messaging features. The Go!Messenger service is exclusive to Europe so check it out if you happen to live in the region.

PSP owners in the UK can use Go!Messenger through 2,500 BT Openzone hotspots so you can now keep in touch when you are on the go. To download the service, simply click on the Go!Messenger icon from the [Network] menu on the PSP XMB. In order to use Go!Messenger, your PSP must be running Firmware version 3.90 and you must be connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot with Internet access.

The Go!Messenger service was developed in partnership with BT, one of the world’s leading telecoms providers and SCEE’s Wireless communications partner across all territories. For more details on the service, visit http://gomessenger.bt.com/.

SCEE have unveiled Go!Messenger, the wireless communications package for the PSP. The program is due for release in January 2008 in Europe and will use VOIP technology to allow PSP users to keep in touch with each other for free, using any wireless Internet connection. As part of a future firmware upgrade, Go! Messenger places a small application on PSP?s XMB, which can be downloaded separately from the web and installed to the Memory Stick, and PSP owners will be able to instant message (IM) each other when connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, using a new and intuitive on-screen keyboard.

By adding a headset, voice chat and voice messaging becomes possible, and by connecting Go!Cam, the attachable video camera for PSP, users also have the ability to make video calls to their friends and leave fun video and voice messages.

"With Go!Messenger, PSP is pushing new boundaries, adding unique communication functionalities to all the existing multimedia experiences,? said Stephane Hareau, PSP European Marketing Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. ?Enabling more than 8.5 Million PSP users across the SCEE region to communicate with each other, through Video or Voice chat, truly confirms the always evolving nature and potential of PSP."