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October 1st, 2018, 20:30 Posted By: wraggster
There will be no PlayStation Experience this year. Sony Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden confirmed the news in an appearance on the PlayStation Blogcast today, saying the annual fan-focused showcase would not be held this year.
"The reasons behind that really are we have a lot of progress we're making in our games and we're seeing that coming out," Layden began. "Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we're looking down in 2019 to games like Dreams and Days Gone. But we wouldn't have enough to bring people all together in some location in North America to have that event. We don't want to set expectations really high and then not deliver on it. It was a hard decision, but we have determined this year we will not hold PlayStation Experience."
Sony has been holding the PlayStation Experience in December of each year since 2014. It also ran a Southeast Asian PlayStation Experience event in Malaysia in 2017, and followed that with another in Thailand last month.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ence-this-year
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October 1st, 2018, 20:28 Posted By: wraggster
Last week, Sony Interactive Entertainment finally enabled PlayStation 4 users to play multiplayer games with their friends on other consoles - specifically Fortnite, albeit in a test beta with the suggestion that more titles may follow.
It's a feature consumers and developers alike have been demanding from Sony for a couple of years now and Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, has discussed why it took the platform holder so long to comply.
Speaking on the latest episode of PlayStation Blogcast, as spotted by Eurogamer, the exec attributed it to a myriad of technical, business and customer service issues.
"We know this is a want, this is a desire, and we want to be able to deliver that in the best way possible," he said. "Now, enabling cross-play isn't just about flipping a switch and 'there you go'. It's a very multi-dimensional kind of attribute or feature.
"So we had to look at it from a technical point of view, we have to work with our partners from a business point of view, we have to make sure that if we enabled this, do we have the right customer service support, do we have the right messaging out there, do we have all these different things that you have to get in line? It's rather ordinal - they have to go in a certain order to get them all set up."
Layden's comments suggest a strong focus on quality, perhaps backed up by Sony's previous statement that it wasn't enabling cross-play because it wanted PlayStation 4 to be the best place to play.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...y-took-so-long
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September 21st, 2018, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster
LightningMods has released OrbisMan for your hacked PS4. This is a piece of homebrew which offers lots of the functionality that was until now available in multiple other payloads and/or homebrews. In other words, a swiss army knife for PS4 hacking, that you can launch directly from the PS4 Menu.
The full feature list can be found below (from the developer):
FTP Automatically On once XMB is started Up
——– See IP and FTP Port at the buttom of the screen————-
Sub Menus
+Section 1
– Enable and Disable Background Music (selection saved as a Gamesave)
– Credits
+ Section 2 (Kernel Menu)
– Kernel Dumper
– Key dumping (PSID, Partial IDPS, EAP Key) – ALL will be written to USB0
– Spoof Target Id (Devkit, TestKit, Retail)
– Spoof FW (9.99, 5.55, Restore 5.05)
– UART (On, Off)
+ Section 3 (HDD Menu)
USB0 ONLY!
– Backup and restore App.db
– Decrypt and Dump FS (Reboot Required to avoid System problems)
– Dump misc (notifcation.db, SceShellCore)
– System Partition R/W (On/Off)
+ Section 4 (Misc)
– Linux Loader
– Reboot to Recovery
– Remove Parent Controls
– Update Blocker LITE (On/Off)
– Wipe notifications
+ Section 5 (Game)
– Lightbar changer (Green, Blue and Red) Orbisman is compatibe with PS4 firmwares 4.55 and 5.05.
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You can Download Orbisman from the author’s site here.
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September 20th, 2018, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
Sony Interactive Entertainment is jumping on the trend for diminutive retro hardware with PlayStation Classic, a new version of its first groundbreaking console.
PlayStation Classic will launch worldwide on December 3, the same day as the original PlayStation's release in 1994. The hardware will be pre-loaded with 20 games, of which Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms have been confirmed.
The hardware is 45 per cent smaller than the original consoles, according to Sony, and it will come packaged with a HDMI cable, a USB cable, and two controllers for local multiplayer.
PlayStation Classic will be available for $99.99 in the US, $129.99 in Canada, and €99.99 in Europe.
This is just the latest in a growing line of retro consoles pre-loaded with classic games. The most successful examples are from Nintendo, which has enjoyed great success with new, smaller versions of its NES and SNES hardware.
New versions of the Sega Mega Drive and SNK Neo Geo are also scheduled for release.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-on-december-3
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September 20th, 2018, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster
Sony has revealed that it will cease production of the PlayStation Vita in Japan sometime next year.
The news was confirmed by Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda when speaking with Famitsu (via Gamatsu) at Tokyo Game Show this week.
It comes just over a year after SIE America president and CEO Shawn Layden said the console is "still viable" and stressed its popularity in Asia.
The future of the console was called in question in May this year when Sony confirmed it would be ceasing game card production in the US and Europe on March 31, 2019.
Given that Japan is the only market where the PS Vita found notable success, it looks like the last hurrah for the struggling handheld.
Oda also confirmed that Sony currently has no plans develop a successor to the PS Vita.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...apan-next-year
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September 20th, 2018, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster
Sony is expanding its PlayStation Now subscription streaming gaming service. The company today announced that over the next couple of days, it will roll out the ability to download titles and play them offline instead of just streaming them.
While PS Now is available on PC and PS4, the download option will only be offered on PS4 systems. Furthermore, it will only be added to PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 4 titles.
Sony has said "almost all" PS4 games in the PlayStation Now service will be downloadable, noting Bloodborne and Until Dawn among the examples of high-profile downloadable titles. The company did not explain why the download option is not being extended to the service's PlayStation 3 titles, and an inquiry was not immediately returned.
Unlike streamed versions of games, PS Now downloaded games will be fully compatible with downloadable content and PS4 Pro enhancements. Sony has also said subscribers to its separate PlayStation Plus service will be able to bring any game saves from streamed games over to work on their downloaded games through the PS Plus cloud save functionality.
While PS Now downloaded games will be playable offline, users will need to get their systems online "every few days" to verify their subscription and maintain access to downloaded titles.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...tion-now-games
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September 17th, 2018, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster
TheFlow seems to be on a roll with VitaShell updates as he released his previous one, version 1.96, only 5 days ago. VitaShell 1.97 brings about support for shortcuts and raises the QR code scanner back from the dead among other things!
VitaShell 1.97 got us the following:
- Support for sysmlinks (bookmarks/shortcuts) in LNK format. These can be useful if you regularly open folders nested inside other folders. These can be accessed by pressing left on the d-pad and SQAURE simultaneously.
- Recent files are also a thing now and can be accessed by pressing left on the d-pad and TRIANGLE at the same time.
- The QR code scanner is back and now, you can open it by pressing left on the d-pad and CIRCLE at the same time
- A bug was fixed in the ad-hoc dialogue in which X was always the enter button
- VitaShell 1.97 GitHub page: https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/V...eleases/latest
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/17/vitashe...and-bug-fixes/
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September 17th, 2018, 21:34 Posted By: wraggster
Thanks to homebrew, the PSVita got a variety of new uses including being used as a notepad, a voice recorder and a book/comic reader. The PSVita’s book reader is called Bookr Mod and does a pretty good job but, until this release, it had some pretty important features missing.
Now, pathway27, its developer, has given Bookr Mod a well deserved update which brings along:
- Support for zooming (L/R triggers), bookmarks and rotating so that you can read your books/comics in portrait mode!
- A SELECT menu with options to rotate your screen, manage bookmarks, fit to width/height (although this didn’t work too well in my experience) and do book traversals
- A part of the software used in Bookr Mod was updated to the latest version of muPDF (v1.13)
- An important bug fix which addresses crashes/blank pages after putting the PSVita to sleep
To get the latest version of the PSVita’s only ePub, PDF and CBZ (and other formats) viewer, simply follow this link or get it via VHBB. Bugs are to be reported in the Issues Tab of the GitHub link.
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/16/this-we...igma-and-more/
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September 17th, 2018, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster
If you’re even slightly into giving some style to your PSVita then Red Squirrel’s Custom Themes Manager is the ideal homebrew for you. The homebrew is quite fully fledged with a great UI that has touch/button support, the ability to download themes from a huge online repository, a dumper for official themes and many more features including a utility to back/up restore app.db.
Custom Themes Manager 4.0 brings about many new features so that your experience is made better!
Like all good homebrew developers, Red Squirrel is still giving it updates and the recent 4.0 update includes:
- The ability to change the installation direction of custom themes to ux0,ur0 or uma0. This could prove useful if you’re into installing lots of themes
- An update checker for installed themes
- Sort by ‘validation score’ (how complete the theme is) is now an option while browsing themes
- The validation report can be opened in the browser as well by pressing SELECT on the theme you’re viewing
- Many other improvements including a bug fix when checking for available space during unzipping, the ability to jump to a specific page when browsing the online repository and the ability to load locally stored previews from ux0:/ctm.
Those who use or want Custom Themes Manager should get the VPK from this link and install it via VitaShell. Bugs should be reported to the linked BitBucket page.
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September 14th, 2018, 20:37 Posted By: wraggster
Developer xDPx has released a GUI tool named PSP HD GUI, which allows you to repack PSP isos into an fpkg. The aim is to run PSP games on your (hacked) PS4 within its integrated PSP emulator (PSPHD).
It’s important to note that this is just a GUI that helps making the process of installing PSP isos on the PS4 easier, not that it will magically make them work better: running PSP games on the PS4 appears to be somewhat possible, but compatibility so far has proven to be very low. PS3Dev Wiki has a PSP on PS4 compatibility page which reports that 5 out of 37 tested games so far actually run in a playable state.
Nevertheless, such a GUI could help people give it a try themselves, and confirm whether or not a larger portion of the PSP library could ultimately run on hacked PS4s.
Download PSP HD GUI
PSP HD Gui 1.0 can be downloaded from the developer’s github here. Please note that at the time of writing, we have not tested this tool.
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September 13th, 2018, 20:55 Posted By: wraggster
Developer Zer0xFF released a pretty useful tool for hacked PS4 owners: PS4_db_rebuilder.
In some cases, your PS4 might crash and get your games database corrupted. The official way to fix this is to restart the PS4 in safe mode and do a “rebuild database”. Unfortunately, if you have a hacked PS4 and a bunch of fpkg files (homebrew or “backups”) installed, the official tool will not retrieve those, and although they’ll still use space on your hard drive, you’ll be unable to reach them in any way (formatting + reinstalling everything probably being the only option).
PS4_db_rebuilder addresses this issue by actually retrieving the fpkgs and fixing the database by including them as well.
From the developer, as to specifically who can benefit from this tool:
there seem to be a small level of confusion about this, especially from people that never had a db rebuild before, so to those lucky few, if your PS4 crashes just at the right time, it will corrupt your game list database and the next time the PS4 boot it will try to rebuild it. When that happens, the PS4 will ignore all your fpkgs, and so, they won’t show up in the the PS4 menu, nor the storage menu, so you won’t be able to play or remove them, but they are there and will still count toward your storage space.
This script, will find those games and add them to the database again. It don’t nothing else. If you’re upgrading your hdd, if you’re formatting your PS4, if you have your games on external HDD, if you’re restoring a previous backup, this does nothing for you. Download and use PS4_db_rebuilder
PS4_db_rebuilder is a python script that you can download from the developer’s github here. (You’ll need Python to run this).
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/13/release...n-the-process/
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September 13th, 2018, 20:51 Posted By: wraggster
VitaShell is the TheFlow’s famous file manager that’s installed on almost every HENkaku/taiHEN-enabled PSVita/PSTV console. TheFlow didn’t just stop at making it a great file manager but kept on adding features to make it even better.
VitaShell 1.96 brings along:
- The ability to skip between pages (17 on-screen items) in the file browser and SFO viewer by using the L/R triggers
- Ability to move files between partitions by executing a ‘copy and remove’ command
- A bug was fixed in which VitaShell forgot whether the user wanted to disable the VPK install warning dialogue
- Some changes relating to USB mass device file transfer were undone due to issues with VPK installation
- Hopefully, the memory card corruption fixed in VitaShell 1.95 doesn’t re-emerge
- The QR code reader/downloader no longer works because the way to trigger it (holding the L/R trigger) has been reassigned to something else (see point 1)
VitaShell 1.96 manual download page: https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/V...eleases/latestTheFlow’s Twitter (further updates): https://twitter.com/theflow0
TheFlow’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOfficialFloW
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September 13th, 2018, 20:48 Posted By: wraggster
If you thought Nintendo was the only one with a big 6.0 firmware update releasing soon, then you were wrong. Because Sony has just pushed out a surprise update for PlayStation 4 version 6.0 firmware. In terms of features, it does absolutely nothing except state "This system software update improves system performance," which is akin to a stability update. What makes things baffling is that this is a major milestone update of a new version number, yet it offers no new features or offer anything relevant. The last time we saw a firmware update that added new content was 5.50, which added a supersampling mode to PS4 Pro consoles. All regions can now download the 447 megabyte patch by going to the system update menu. Of course if you're looking for homebrew, then you might want to hang on and stay at the firmware you've already got.
via https://gbatemp.net/threads/playstat...s-well.517948/
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September 11th, 2018, 21:20 Posted By: wraggster
Like what happened when FW 3.61 was released, new games will not immediately ask for the new firmware. This is because physical cartridges are flashed days or weeks before release due to shipping. Digital-only games may be updated to require the latest FW quicker but this isn’t always the case. For example, Minecraft (v1.49) kept on supporting FW 3.60 until late May 2017, a whopping 9.5 months after FW 3.61 was released.
Looking at what happened in Aug-Sep 2016 when FW 3.61 was quite new, I was able to conclude that games released a few weeks to a month after the new FW have a good chance of still requiring the previous FW. Keep in mind that FW 3.61 was released on August 8, 2016 and the following were released after that date but only required FW 3.60:
- Alone With You – Aug 23, 2016
- Claire: Extended Cut – Aug 30, 2016
- God Eater 2 – Aug 30, 2016
http://wololo.net/2018/09/11/a-look-...y-these-games/
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September 11th, 2018, 21:14 Posted By: wraggster
Earlier today, Sony has started pushing firmware 3.69 to the PS Vita. It’s now been fully confirmed that this firmware update patches h-encore, the exploit that lets us fully hack the PS Vita up to firmware 3.68.
PS Vita 3.69 patches h-encore exploit, no plans for future hacks
Hacker TheFlow, who was behind h-encore, has confirmed on twitter that Sony patched the kernel exploit. He however mentioned that another bug was involved in his hack, that Sony did not fix.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t mean that 3.69 can be hacked anytime soon. For all intents and purposes, h-encore has been patched by this new firmware update, and TheFlow has confirmed he will not be releasing a new exploit for the console. Given how involved that kind of work is, and the dying popularity of the PS Vita (among users as well as hackers), there’s a strong possibility that 3.68 could be the last hackable firmware for the console.
http://wololo.net/2018/09/11/ps-vita...e-the-exploit/
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September 11th, 2018, 21:02 Posted By: wraggster
Besides the particular trait of being nice, there’s not much information about firmware 3.69 yet, or why it got released just now. The previous firmware update, 3.68, was released 5 months ago by Sony, and it was pretty much everyone’s expectation that we wouldn’t see significant firmware updates for the Playstation Vita moving forward.
Firmware 3.68 is vulnerable to h-encore, a full exploit on the PS Vita. There’s a possibility, although it’s not been confirmed, that 3.69 patches the exploit. Alternatively, it could be an unrelated patch to close some Vita related services on the PSN, just like we’ve seen a few years ago with an unexpected PSP update.
At the time of writing, Sony’s official site still says the latest firmware is 3.68.
As always, if you use a hacked console (or want to hack it at some point), we advise not to update, until details surface on what firmware 3.69 actually brings to the table.
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/11/ps-vita...3-69-released/
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September 10th, 2018, 20:00 Posted By: wraggster
Sony could face legal action in Germany after the Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (Verbraucherzentrale NRW) filed a complaint regarding the terms and conditions of PlayStation Network.
In a cease and desist letter reportedly sent to Sony, the Verbraucherzentrale NRW found three areas in which the terms and conditions of PSN were "incompatible with the law".
First and foremost is the "customer-hostile" policy regarding prepaid credit on the platform, which expires after 24 months if left unspent.
Additionally, the Verbraucherzentrale NRW has complained about the clause which finds parents accountable for any costs incurred by their underage children spending money on in-game purchases.
Finally, criticism has been levelled against Sony's policy governing a consumer's right of withdrawal. The Verbraucherzentrale NRW found that there is no indication that customers must explicitly agree to forgo this right when completing digital purchases.
The Verbraucherzentrale NRW confirmed that it will apply for a court order if the cease and desist is not heeded.
Sebastian Schwiddessen, an associate with multinational law firm Baker McKenzie said: "This is common practice. German consumer associations typically have deep pockets and pursue alleged violations until the highest possible court level.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...and-conditions
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September 7th, 2018, 22:33 Posted By: wraggster
Custom Boot Splash is a plugin by PSVita developer Princess Of Sleeping who seems to be quite fond of messing around with system files.
This plugin allows you to change your PSVita/PSTV’s boot screen to any static image you desire which, in my opinion, increases the coolness factor of hacking your PSVita ten-fold! Obviously, this supports FW 3.60/5 as it requires Enso to work.
In order to avoid any confusion, what is shown when the PSVita boots is explained here in order:
- Boot Logo – this is the Enso or PS logo
- This plugin can’t fully bypass this so it’s momentarily shownn
- Custom Boot Splash takes over and your custom image is shown
- This replaces the Enso/PS logo which stays there for a few seconds without this plugin
- Epilepsy Warning
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