Zone of the Enders Limited Edition Comes to the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360

October 1st, 2012, 13:19 Posted By: wraggster

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it will release a Limited Edition of Zone of the Enders HD Collection in North America on October 30th. The gold, metallic packaged bundle will include a full copy of the game with the METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE demo, an import soundtrack featuring remixes of the music from the series, and a 100 page art book featuring new work from Yoji Shinkawa.

Developed by Kojima Productions, Zone of the Enders HD Collection will include fan favorites Zone of the Enders, and the European special edition version of its sequel Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. This will be the first time these games are available in fully remastered HD, and the first time this version of Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner has been released stateside.
The essential Zone of the Enders series features thrilling robot fights in a futuristic interplanetary setting. Players experience high-flying robot combat as they grab enemies, unleash a whirlwind of blade strikes and fire off guns from a distance, all while spiraling freely in open air. Partnering with legendary animation house Sunrise, Zone of the Enders HD Collection will also include a brand new opening animation, as well as fully up-resed renders of the original opening animations from the original games.

The Zone of the Enders HD Collection Limited Edition will be available on October 30th for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

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ARKEDO SERIES for PS3 will hit the American PlayStation Store on October 16th

October 1st, 2012, 16:49 Posted By: wraggster

Arkedo and Sanuk Games are ecstatic to announce that the critically acclaimed ARKEDO SERIES will be available on PlayStation®3 in America on October 16^th, just 14 months after the initial announcement was made.

“Sony America demanded that the 3 games be grouped into one offering�, explains Sanuk Games’ Yan Marchal, “as opposed to being sold individually, like we did in Europe. This required a little bit of extra work, and at the time we didn’t have the bandwidth for it, therefore we postponed the release for a while.�

Then, a ‘difficult’ submission process delayed it further. “The approval took me by surprise�, Marchal adds, “I was almost not expecting it anymore. I would like to thank everybody at Sony America who supported us and argued in our favor throughout the twists and turns of the system. We’re glad we can finally bring these little jewels to America!�

The ARKEDO SERIES consists of 3 tightly crafted arcade games that will douse your console in a colorful world and challenge you with some serious old-school action.

First comes “01 – JUMP!� – A platformer where your 8-bit hero must collect bombs before they blow up, while avoiding nasty little bats, 2-way powered crabs, sharp stalactites, spikes from hell, and a bunch of other oddities. The game is so truthful to the old-school experience that it has no ‘continue’: once you’ve lost all your lives, you have to start it all over again – but in a good mood!

Then comes “02 – SWAP!� – A Match-4 game where you must clear blocks before they reach the top of the screen. Combos, bonus blocks, power blocks and time freezers will help you escape critical situations and dominate the five worlds contained in the game. And once you think you’re done, you’ll find out that there are still a number of things waiting for you in Challenge mode.

Last but not least comes “03 – PIXEL!� – The platformer that will have you finally understand why you bought such an expensive HDTV: the halo surrounding big fat pixels had never looked so good! You direct Pix the Cat (a character that also appears in the critically acclaimed PIX’N LOVE RUSH) through his nocturnal adventure in a pixilated world.

Initially published on XBox Live Indy Games as a “one game per month� experiment, the ARKEDO SERIES got scores of enthusiastic reviews. Jamie Davies from console-arcade.com called “01 – JUMP!� a “colorful and highly entertaining platformer that’s crammed with charm�, while Brandon Daiker of n-sider.com felt like he would best describe it as a “fistful of Altoids stuffed straight up your ass�. The two other games received similar praise, although not with the same eloquence.

The ARKEDO SERIES for PS3 will be available in the American PlayStation Store as one package of 3 games for only $5.99.

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WRC 3: Challenges And Boss Battles Come To Road To Glory

October 1st, 2012, 16:50 Posted By: wraggster

Barely one month before the official launch of WRC 3, the new and much awaited racing title developed and published by Milestone, new challenges and the boss battles have been announced for the career mode. Created as special events, where the goal is to master a specific game mechanics.

Click here to watch the Challenges video.

The challenges will include:

• Drift Contest: Coloured poles are positioned along the road and the driver is awarded points to drift the car as near to them as possible.
• Rally School Contest: The player has to race on a section of a Special Stage trying to keep the car inside the cones.
• Crash & Run: Negotiate with the tracks hitting the bonus points and avoiding the minus points.
• Gate Contest: Reach the finish line avoiding obstacles along the track. Obstacles consist of a series of gates, some of them fake which can be easily destroyed and others that are far thicker, slowing the car down when hit. Every gate has an indicator that shows if it's a fake or not. However, the indicator is only activated when the player is very close. It's all about speed and reflexes!
• Survival Contest: Your car will degrade as the clock counts down, the only way to pass the challenge is to reach the finish line as fast as possible whilst passing over Repair Kits that will give the car a bit of health back.
• Top Rally Contest: The player races through a Special Stage driving to beat his opponent who is in a "Special Vehicle". Beat the vehicle to earn the highest points.
• Combo Contest: Mixes two or more mechanics from the other challenges.

Finally, the Boss Battle – in total 7 – will try the players abilities through a special head to head mode. They will have the chance to race against the boss driver of the track trying to reach the first position. This final stage race will allow access to the next track on the career mode.

Sébastien Pellicano, Milestone's Game Director affirmed,
"This year we've decided to make WRC 3 more accessible to players who are new to the franchise, through a brand new career mode. We can assure hardcore gamers that this won't change the nature of the WRC license itself. Plus we strongly believe that these new contents will offer a more dynamic experience to all the players who relish in the authenticity of WRC 3".

Developed and published by Milestone, WRC 3 will be available on the 12th of October 2012 for Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3, PC and PlayStation®Vita.

WRC 3 is available for pre-order now from the following retailers: Amazon,Play.com and Zavvi.

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Assassin’s Creed III: Inside Ubisoft’s biggest ever project

October 1st, 2012, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster

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Release set for Vita outing Silent Hill: Book of Memories

October 1st, 2012, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster

Konami has confirmed a UK release date for Vita-only release Silent Hill: Book of Memories.
The game will be arriving at European retail on November 2^nd.
Book of Memories differs from other entries in the series by offering multiplayer-focused gameplay presented via a top-down perspective.
As well as the usual puzzle-solving elements the game also encourages players to share items wirelessly wit one another.
The game will be available both as a card-based physical release and via download.
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New PS3 SKU propels hardware sales upwards

October 1st, 2012, 22:03 Posted By: wraggster

The arrival of the new ‘Super Slim’ PS3 has boosted sales of the console in the UK.
Despite offering no significant price cut, PS3 sales were up 138 per cent last week according to UKIE and GfK Chart-Track data.
The new 500GB machine accounted for 37 per cent of all PS3s sold for the week ending September 28^th. And with the new machine releasing last Friday, that means it clocked the numbers in just two days.
A European-only 12GB Flash memory based SKU will be released in the UK on October 12^th. It’s retailing for anything between £180 and £200.

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PS3 hits 4m in France

October 1st, 2012, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster

The PlayStation 3 has hit the 4m unit sales mark in France, according to new numbers from GfK.
Sony points out that it expects additional growth in France this year, despite the general downward trend of the global market. It also expects PS3 to establish itself as the leading platform in the country in 2012.
"With the overall French video games market down six per cent compared to 2011, the PS3 ecosystem is likely to be the only source of growth for the sector in 2012,� SCE France CEO and SCE Europe VP Philippe Cardon stated.
“We just hit 4 million PS3 sales in France and can state that the PS3 is and will remain the leading platform in 2012.�
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Sony: Consumers have decided 3D is not "hugely important"

October 1st, 2012, 22:07 Posted By: wraggster

Platform holder Sony has admitted that consumers have effectively killed off the 3D gaming revolution.
“Consumers decide how relevant it is,� SCE UK boss Fergal Gara told Eurogamer. “It's fair to say consumers have decided it's not hugely important at this time.
“It's a capability we've got. It may have a bigger life a little further down the line. It's great we can do it. It doesn't seem to be the most powerful USP at the moment, so you've seen us shift our effort onto fresh new exciting IP. I'm certainly really pleased to see the strength of that as we look into next year. We've seen a resurgence really with the strength of the output from the studio network.�
It’s certainly a stark change of tact for the company having spent years trying to convince consumers that 3D would be the next big thing.
In 2009 chief exec Sir Howard Stringer famously claimed that 3D TVs would be “in every home� by the end of 2010.
The following year the company predicted that 3D would revolutionise gaming, dubbing it as a “significant long-term strategy� with SCEE president Andrew House later predicting that 3D would experience a swifter uptake than HD.
And it’s perhaps no surprise that it’s the need for glasses that has eventually come back to haunt the technology. Indeed, detractors have since the beginning warned that the need for glasses would ultimately prove to be 3D’s downfall.
“Whether you look at movies or games, wearing the glasses and consuming 3D in that way in the home isn't hugely popular,� Gara admitted. “That's just a fact. I haven't read detailed research on it, but the glasses will certainly be a big part of the hassle factor.
“I also think there's a bit of a difference between the highly focused viewing and the more casual viewing. In the home people tune in and tune out a bit, and doing that with glasses on and glancing at your tablet or pausing for a bit, compared to the cinema experience which is a solely focused experience, you know there is a difference emerging there.�

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Vita price cut possible; Vita/PS3 bundle not ruled out

October 1st, 2012, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster

Sony is looking to cut the price of the PlayStation Vita – but not until 2013.
The high-powered handheld still retails for on or around the RRPs for which it debuted – that’s between £200-£220 for the Wi-Fi model and £250-£270 for the 3G machine.
It looks unlikely, however, that Sony is going to move to alter these prices before Christmas is well out of the way.
“We always aim to establish price cuts,� Sony’s UK boss Fergal Gara told Eurogamer. “So the question is not so much if, but when. We won't have an across the board price down this Christmas. But what you will see us doing is work very hard with our retail partners to add value to the product to make it more compelling.
“Even this week there are some tremendously attractive bundles out there, for example Wi-Fi Vita plus LittleBigPlanet at the £200 price point. We will be working that very hard over the coming weeks as more and more software arrives.�
Gara than added to CVG that a hardware bundle including both PS3 and Vita hardware is not out of the question.
"We'd have nothing against that whatsoever," he added. "And it's not out of the question that we would do that this Christmas if we wanted to.
"We put together packages for retail, and there's no reason why we shouldn't create a 'Vita plus PS3' bundle, which could feature games that use cross-play, as well as include a PlayStation Plus subscription that both devices could use.
"There is really a story there of the two consoles building a partnership. 'Better together', as I say. If we want to continue to promote the partnership between PS3 and Vita, we have to look at ways in which we can show that.�

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Spend $100 on PSN this month, get $20 back

October 1st, 2012, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster

SCEA has kicked off a new promotion that offers PlayStation Network users a rebate for frivolous spending on the PlayStation Store this month.
If you spend $100 on the US PS Store in October Sony will credit your PSN Wallet with $20 - essentially a 20 per cent rebate.The offer, however, only accounts for the first $100 spent - you can't spend $200 on the same PSN account and get $40 back.
Hitting $100 buying $6 PSN would have been tough, but with the recent introduction ofSony's 'PSN Day 1 Digital' program - which offers PS3 retail games digitally on the same day as their arrival in shops - hitting that mark should be easy. Especially with Resident Evil 6 and Need for Speed Most Wanted on the list of titles included in the program this month.
The promotion counts any and all purchases, so buying a PS Plus subscription, and spending funds that was in your wallet prior to October is all acceptable. $100 spent is all that matters.
More details on the PS Blog.

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Next-gen projects are testing dev resources, Sony exec admits

October 1st, 2012, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster

The managing director of PlayStation UK has admitted that work underway on next generation games is challenging the group's studio resources as it tries to create content for Vita and PS3 as well.
Fergal Gara has said Sony has plans to support PS3 for several years, claiming that the hardware "hasn't even peaked yet" across Europe and indicated it would be foolish to cut it loose."We're nowhere close to giving up on PS3," Gara said in an interview with CVG.
"When you look at the UK market, it's easy to say that current consoles are fading. But if you look at PS3, it's holding up a lot better than others, so it warrants support. But if you look at continental Europe, PS3 hasn't even peaked yet. Why would you run away from a console business when you're not even top of the hill? We're certainly not going to run away from it."
Yet, despite significant PS3 support planned for the years ahead, CVG asked Gara whether there was a conflict of interests from the threat of giving Microsoft a head-start on next-gen consoles again.
"We do have a challenge to manage that, particularly in terms of dev studio resources," he replied.
"The more platforms you have, and the amount of rich content you have to deliver on all the systems you are supporting, clearly puts pressure on decisions made across the studio network, which is something we are battling with."
He admitted that, perhaps due to dev resource constraints, PlayStation has "not got that big triple-A game this Christmas", though said there were stronger alignments with third-party studios.
"I take huge confidence in what is coming down the line though. Of course we'd love to have a new triple-A game, but we have a great strategy for this holiday period.
"We don't have to talk to the same audience all the time. We have a stronger play on family this Christmas, and for the core games we will leverage third parties a bit more. I'm convinced we've got some great games coming out next year, such as The Last of Us and Beyond."

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DEAD OR ALIVE 5 - Free Costume Pack Released

October 2nd, 2012, 14:24 Posted By: wraggster

Today Team NINJA released downloadable content for the new generation of DEAD OR ALIVE combat, DEAD OR ALIVE 5, which is now available at retailers worldwide on PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360®. Available now for free download, Costume Pack 1 opens up a variety of new costumes that add even more flash and sizzle to select fighters on the DOA 5 roster. To showcase the new downloadable content, Team NINJA has created all-new screenshots and stills featuring the characters in their new costumes.

Among the staple DEAD OR ALIVE characters who see updated threads courtesy of Costume Pack 1: Kokoro, who gets a new festival outfit; Zack, with a new alien costume; Helena, who reveals her swallowtail outfit; and Bayman, rocking a new beret. The master Gen Fu steps out in his new Tiger Kung Fu uniform, Christie gets even hotter in her new leather gear, Tina dons a new blue ring outfit, and the all-new character Mila takes on a little cosplay. Even the included Virtua Fighterâ„¢ characters, Akira, Sarah and Pai, see a whole new round of costume updates, and all free of charge!

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 incorporates a wealth of martial arts fighting techniques into its distinctive fighting style to create a captivating new generation of DEAD OR ALIVE combat. Players will once again take on the roles of the legendary cast of DOA fighters in an action-packed brawler set in visually striking locations from around the world. The famed DEAD OR ALIVE hand-to-hand combat unfolds in new 3D stages that dynamically change as the fight progresses. The game’s sterling cast includes not only stars from the DOA series but also select fighters from the iconic Virtua Fighter series.

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FIWC 2013 sets off on the road to Madrid

October 2nd, 2012, 14:28 Posted By: wraggster

FIFA and Presenting Partners EA SPORTS™ and PlayStation® are pleased to announce that the FIWC 2013 kicks off today, with participants able to take part in this year’s tournament online through PlayStation®Network by registering in the game EA SPORTS FIFA 13 on their PS3™ (more information on how to register can be found on www.fifa.com/fiwc).

For the very first time, the venue for a Grand Final was put to a public vote in order to empower the FIWC community and involve the players in the organisation of this year’s tournament. Madrid emerged as the most popular destination ahead of London and Rome, giving reigning champion Alfonso Ramos the opportunity to defend his title at home.

To coincide with this news, FIFA has released the results of a survey of over 10,000 FIWC players from around the world which show that Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is the footballer they dream most of playing FIFA 13 against. 25% of those surveyed chose the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or winner, followed by the illustrious pairing of Cristiano Ronaldo (19%) and Wayne Rooney (10%), who occupy second and third place respectively.

Outside of football, FIWC players were more interested in playing against global icons from a variety of backgrounds. The survey found that Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal is the most popular celebrity opponent as he received 13% of the votes, narrowly beating current US President Barack Obama (12%) and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (9%) to the top spot.

“We are excited to be kicking off the latest edition of the FIWC,� said FIFA’s Head of Strategy and Brand Management, Ralph Straus. “Together with our Presenting Partners, we are eager to continue the incredible growth of this event, building on the 1.3 million players who competed last year. The player vote on the Grand Final venue is a great example of the research we conduct amongst the FIWC community in order to align the strategic development of the tournament with their preferences and expectations. I look forward to welcoming the finalists to Madrid in May.�

The FIWC is the largest online gaming tournament in the world and is an official FIFA tournament offering football fans the chance to indulge in their passion for football and interact with other fans worldwide. With the 2013 season under way, participants can now compete to qualify for this year’s Grand Final, where the winner will receive USD 20,000, an invitation to the FIFA Ballon d’Or to meet the biggest stars of world football and a host of unforgettable experiences.

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NiGHTS into dreams... and Sonic Adventure 2 Now Available for Digital Download

October 2nd, 2012, 23:44 Posted By: wraggster

SEGA^®of America Inc. and SEGA^® Europe Ltd. today announced that the HD remakes of SEGA classicsNiGHTS into dreams…™ and Sonic Adventure 2™ will be available for digital download today on the PlayStation®Network (PSN) in North America, and will be available tomorrow, October 3, on PSN in Europe for $9.99/£6.49/€7.99. Both titles will also be available on October 5 for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

“Both of these titles represent something special in SEGA’s history, and that made them natural choices for the SEGA Heritage Collection� said Chris Olson, Vice President of Digital Business at SEGA Networks Co., Ltd. “NiGHTS offered 3D gameplay that had never been seen before on a home console, and Sonic Adventure 2 introduced rival character Shadow the Hedgehog to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. I hope players enjoy the opportunity to play these classic SEGA titles in their finest form to date.�

Both NiGHTS and Sonic Adventure 2 have been remastered in high definition and upgraded for current consoles, now featuring full support for achievements and trophies.

Sonic Adventure 2 also offers players the ability to grab the “Battle Mode� downloadable content for an additional $3.00/£1.99/€2.49/AU$4.25/240 Microsoft Points this Friday, adding in maps and characters from the the Gamecube re-release of the game. Players who buy a copy of NiGHTS into dreams…, meanwhile, will receive free access to the Christmas NiGHTS bonus content, containing levels previously only available through special promotions and SEGA Saturn holiday bundles.

As a further bonus, anyone who buys a copy of either game on the PlayStation Network will receive a free, exclusive NiGHTS or Sonic Adventure 2theme for their PlayStation 3!

For more information on NiGHTS into dreams… and Sonic Adventure 2, both of which will also be coming to PC digital download in the coming months, please visit http://www.sega.com/.

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Resident evil 6 available from today

October 2nd, 2012, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster

Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, is very proud to announce that the highly anticipated Resident Evil®6 is available to purchase across retail outlets throughout North America and Europe from today for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. A Windows PC version will follow in the coming months.

This latest addition to the multi-million selling franchise has already wowed critics receiving review scores of 9 out of 10 from PlayStation The Official Magazine (North America), Xbox 360 Magazine Ufficiale (Italy), Playstation Magazine Ufficiale (Italy), 9.3 out of 10 from PlayStation Revista Oficial (Spain) and 39 out of 40 from Famitsu (Japan).

Featuring four distinct, yet interwoven campaigns, Resident Evil 6 delivers terror on a global scale with the action moving from North America to Eastern Europe and China as the game’s seven main protagonists face a new horror, the C-virus, which threatens to wipe out the entire world’s population.

Launching alongside the game is ResidentEvil.Net, a free web-service designed to enhance the Resident Evil 6 experience and bring together players from around the world. View all your game statistics and those of your friends, receive updates via your mobile device or social networks, plus compete in events with the chance to win in-game prizes.

“With its four campaigns offering both single and co-op play either online or offline plus additional modes such as Mercenaries and Agent Hunt, Resident Evil 6 is the most ambitious and comprehensive title of the series,� commented Michael Pattison, Senior VP Marketing, North America and Europe, “Furthermore the promise of post release content and ResidentEvil.Net show Capcom’s commitment to support RE fans for many months to come.�

Since the landmark release of the first Resident Evil® videogame in 1996, the franchise has firmly established itself as a truly worldwide entertainment brand and mainstay of contemporary culture with a series of live action movies, CG anime, manga, novels and numerous merchandising lines. To date the Resident Evil® series of videogames has achieved global sales of over 50 million units.

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Sony aims to win over families with new PS3

October 3rd, 2012, 02:39 Posted By: wraggster

Sony wants to capture the lucrative family market with its new 12GB PlayStation 3.
The firm has bundled two of the biggest family products coming this Christmas with the console. Parents can get a pack that includes the firm’s new Wonderbook offering, as well as a set that features the next game in the Skylanders series.
But the new PS3 bundles are not all about the families, with the 500GB edition of the machine designed for the more ‘committed gamer’.
“PlayStation will have something for everyone this Christmas,� said SCE UK chief Fergal Gara.
“With the recent announcement of a brand new design for PS3, we are offering a slimmer, smaller console at great value. For the more committed gamers who want to download more games, movies and entertainment content, they can take advantage of the huge 500GB hard drive.
"And for the more casual consumers for whom price is a consideration, we have introduced the 12GB version offering a more accessible entry point, but still the same high-level of spec and performance. And when you layer on top of all this amazing games such as the truly magical Wonderbook: Book of Spells, then you can see there’s a great offer for the family audience.
“We are working closely with our third party publishing and retail partners to build plans that offer a high value consumer experience. So whether you are family taking your first steps into the PlayStation universe or a seasoned gamer looking great HD gaming and entertainment, we expect to have a compelling offer for everyone.�
Other hardware bundles includes Assassin’s Creed III and Epic Mickey 2 sets.

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Left 4 Dead series moves over 12m copies

October 3rd, 2012, 02:44 Posted By: wraggster

Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 have combined for over 12m lifetime sales, according to Valve writer Chet Faliszek.
Faliszek revealed the figure to VG247, as well as speaking on the company's PR approach, which consists of them pretty much shutting up and letting their products do the talking.
“We just let the game speak for itself because the internet has made this thing where, you can’t pull the wool over people’s eyes any more� he said. “They’re going to know you’re hyping. But when a game does really well at pre-release, they’re going to know that you’re not just talking a bunch of PR crap.
“I mean, the Left 4 Dead series has now sold over 12 million copies. That’s amazingly cool, and that wasn’t because I was out there like, ‘Oh my god! This game is amazing! Buy it!’�
Faliszek also confirmed the likelihood we'll see a L4D3 sometime in the future to Eurogamer.
“A 3? You know, some time down the road. Like anything, I would say that to all of our games. So that’s not a promise of when or where. I really love working on that series. It’s one of my favourite series. It’s just so much fun with the characters and the world. I love zombies and I love horror. So, yeah.�

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Sony's 2012 PlayStation torn down, shows its evolved roots (update: another teardown)

October 3rd, 2012, 11:28 Posted By: wraggster

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Assassin's Creed 3 Season Pass confirmed

October 3rd, 2012, 11:37 Posted By: wraggster

The AC3 Season Pass, only previously rumored when a claimed internal GameStop document was leaked, has been officially confirmed via this week's US PlayStation Store update, which offers gamers the opportunity to pre-order the game with a Season Pass for an extra $30 over the usual $59.99 price.The PS Blog update confirms, Ubi will offer an Assassin's Creed 3 Gold Edition which, at $89.99, will come with a Season Pass which is expected to give gamers access to much of the 'extensive' DLC the developer has planned for AC3.
When asked in the blog comments if the Season Pass would be offered separately, a rep replied replied "Yup, it will".
There was no mention of a standalone price, but the $30 mark up on the Gold Edition of the game is a solid hint.
Ubisoft has confirmed an Assassin's Creed 3 release date of October 31 on PS3 and Xbox 360, with an Assassin's Creed 3 PC release date to follow on November 23. A Wii U version will be available at the console's launch.

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US PS Store update: Sonic, NiGHTS, Resident Evil 6

October 3rd, 2012, 11:38 Posted By: wraggster

This week's US PlayStation Store update bring loads of goodies, including HD re-releases of Sonic Adventure 2 and NiGHTS Into Dreams, NFL Blitz added to Plus subscribers' Instant Game Collection.
This week also kicks off Sony's new Day 1 Digital release program, with the digital release of Resident Evil 6, and the opening of digital pre-orders for Assassin's Creed 3.And for Vita owners, New Little King's Story is out now, along with a long list of PSOne classics now purchasable on the portable.
Here's the full list:
PlayStation Store Update
Pre-Orders
Assassin's Creed III Gold Edition + ACIII: Liberation ($119.99)
Assassin's Creed III Gold Edition ($89.99)
Assassin's Creed III ($59.99)
PS3 Full Games
NBA 2K13 ($59.99)
Resident Evil 6 ($59.99)
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 ($19.99)
PSN Games
Sonic Adventure 2 ($9.99)
NiGHTS Into Dreams ($9.99)
PS Vita
New Little King's Story ($39.99)
PSOne Classics Added to Vita Store
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite
Spec Ops: Covert Assault
Spec Ops: Airborne Commando
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Maga Man 3
Mega Man 4
Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers 3
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Pocket Fighter
Breath of Fire IV
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantast VI
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Tomb Raider 2
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Gex
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Fighting Force
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve II
Xenogears
Legend of Mana
Threads of Fate
Vagrant Story
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
PS2 Classics
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon Special Edition ($9.99)
Farm, raise livestock, and help your neighbors on Heartflame Island put a stop to an ancient curse in this futuristic Harvest Moon!
ESRB: E - Everyone // File Size: 1.29 GB
Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy ($9.99)
Hunt down the missing Piglots as bounty hunter Ruff Trigger uncovers an evil plan to take over the galaxy.
ESRB: E10+ - Everyone 10+ // File Size: 1.91 GB
Apps
Neon Alley ($0.00)
PlayStation Plus
Instant Game Collection:
NFL Blitz
Pre-Order Deals:
Dishonored (10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $53.99
DOOM BFG Edition(10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $35.99
Need for Speed Most Wanted (10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $53.99
Full Game Trial:
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Discounts:
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (80% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker HD (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $5.00
Spelunker Championship Area 2: Nasty Cave with a Stream (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 3: Fiendish Ancient Ruins (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 4: Frigid Icy Depths (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 5: Ancient Creature's Fossils (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 6: Cave of Glowing Moss (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 7: Scorching Cave (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 8: Mysterious Mining Facility (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 9: Unforgiving Characters (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 10: Heinous Creature's Lair (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Last Chance (Leaving on 10/9):
Instant Game Collection - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Instant Game Collection - Sideway New York
Full Game Trial - Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Pre-Order - Dishonored (10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $53.99
Discount - Alex Kidd in Miracle World (80% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Discount - Tokyo Jungle (20% Off) - PS Plus Price $11.99
Free Add-On - Tokyo Jungle - Pomeranian Black
Free Add-On - Tokyo Jungle - Pomeranian White
Free Add-On - Tokyo Jungle - Silky Terrier
Free Add-On - Tokyo Jungle - Fat Cat
PS3 Game Demos (Free)
Sonic Adventure 2
PS Vita Game Demos (Free)
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Price Change
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - PS3 Full Game (now: $29.99 original price: $39.99)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $29.99)
Saints Row: The Third - PS3 Full Game (now: $39.99 original price: $49.99)
Sales
Foosball 2012 - PSN Game (now: $5.99 original price: $7.99)
Foosball 2012 - PS Vita Game (now: $5.99 original price: $7.99)
Hyberballoid HD - PSN Game (now: $2.99 original price: $4.99)
Susume Tactics! - PSP Game (now: $2.49 original price: $4.99)
PS Vita Add-ons
Escape Plan
Director's Cut ($4.99) - The Director's Cut pack is filled with the most devious and evil tricks that Bakuki ever conceived, including the Slap-a-ma-tron 9001, and a butt-ton of mind-bending puzzles. Continuing with tradition, we have added four new costumes to the dressing room. Dress Lil and Laarg in a new spectrum of costumes such as Timeless and Lost Clause.
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
The Pirates! Costume Pack ($2.99) - Arrrr! Download this costume minipack to dress your Sackboy or Sackgirl in swashbuckling pirate attire! This includes the Pirate Captain, Cutlass Liz and Black Bellamy costumes. Cross-entitled for PS3.
Treasures of Montezuma Blitz
1,000 Crystals Pack ($0.99) - Crystals are the game's Virtual Currency. They can be earned while playing the game or purchased here to bypass the balancing restriction. This pack provides the player with an additional one thousand Crystals. Crystals are used to rent and upgrade bonuses that increase a player's chances of racking up a high score.
1,000,000 Crystals Mega Pack ($69.99) - Best deal on ToM Blitz Crystals! Crystals are the game's Virtual Currency. They can be earned while playing the game or purchased here to bypass the balancing restriction. This pack provides the player with an additional one million Crystals. Crystals are used to rent and upgrade bonuses that increase a player's chances of racking up a high score.
PS3 Add-ons
Dead or Alive 5
Costume Pack 1 ($0.00) - Fight in style with this free pack of costumes for 11 Dead or Alive 5 characters.
LittleBigPlanet 2
The Pirates! Costume Pack ($2.99) - Arrrr! Download this costume minipack to dress your Sackboy or Sackgirl in swashbuckling pirate attire! This includes the Pirate Captain, Cutlass Liz and Black Bellamy costumes. Cross-entitled for PS Vita.
NBA 2K13
Blue Diamond Jewelry Collection ($24.99) - Unlocks a diamond jewelry set for your MyPLAYER that provides a +10 boost to all attributes. Collection includes diamond watch, bracelet, earrings and rings. Attribute boosts are applied upon ownership, and jewelry items need not be worn to receive boosts. Collections do not stack, and if multiple collections are owned, only the highest boost will be applied to your MyPLAYER.
Gold Jewelry Collection ($4.99) - Unlocks a gold jewelry set for your MyPLAYER that provides a +3 boost to all attributes. Collection includes gold watch, bracelet, earrings and rings. Attribute boosts are applied upon ownership, and jewelry items need not be worn to receive boosts. Collections do not stack, and if multiple collections are owned, only the highest boost will be applied to your MyPLAYER.
Platinum Jewelry Collection ($9.99) - Unlocks a platinum jewelry set for your MyPLAYER that provides a +6 boost to all attributes. Collection includes platinum watch, bracelet, earrings and rings. Attribute boosts are applied upon ownership, and jewelry items need not be worn to receive boosts. Collections do not stack, and if multiple collections are owned, only the highest boost will be applied to your MyPLAYER.
Spanish Commentary Pack ($4.99) - Enjoy in-game NBA commentary in Spanish from three of Spain's most prominent basketball journalists - Antoni Daimiel and Sixto Miguel Serrano from Canal+ along with Jorge Quiroga of Marca - with this Spanish Commentary Add-On pack.
Sonic Adventure 2
Battle Mode ($2.99) - Up the ante in the fight between heroes and villains with Sonic Adventure 2's Battle Mode DLC! Upgrade your Sonic Adventure 2 experience with six new characters, 21 additional two-player battle maps, and Chao Karate from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle!
Street Fighter X Tekken
Boost Gem Trial Pack 6 ($0.00) - A total of 3 Boost Gems that all characters can use. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
Color Palette Add On 8 ($0.00) - The 8th color pack (4-color set) for character color customization. Note: This add-on is exclusive content for STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN.
SF Boost Gem Pack 13 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. If you are being the aggressor in a match, as you attack the effects will activate.
SF Boost Gem Pack 14 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. A stronger version of the Gems that activate upon performing a technical action. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
SF Boost Gem Pack 15 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Street Fighter characters. These Gems activate upon performing normal moves. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
TK Boost Gem Pack 13 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. These Gems activate as you are on the defensive but looking for your chance to strike. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
TK Boost Gem Pack 14 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. The activation conditions for these Gems are simple and the effects are well-balanced. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
TK Boost Gem Pack 15 ($0.99) - 10 Boost Gems exclusively for Tekken characters. These Gems activate upon countering your opponent's attacks. Note: If you would like to see the effects of the Gems individually before purchase, please use the Store from the game's Main Menu. The effects of the Gems may be subject to change.
Rock Band 3
Down ($1.99) - 311
Amber ($1.99) - 311
Beautiful Disaster ($1.99) - 311
311 Pack 1 ($5.49) - Includes "Amber," "Beautiful Disaster," and "Down."
Adonaï ($1.99) - ETHS
Move Your Body ($1.99) - Eiffel 65
That'll Be the Day ($1.99) - Jerry Naylor
The Restless Mind ($0.99) - Francisco Meza
This Round's On Me ($1.99) - Blackguard
RockSmith
Bright Lights ($2.99) - Gary Clark Jr.
Caring is Creepy ($2.99) - The Shins
Paris (Ooh La La) ($2.99) - Grace Potter and The Nocturnals
Spelunker HD
Championship Area 9: Unforgiving Characters ($1.99) - The pyramid cave is filled with pretty unforgiving chambers.
Championship Area 10: Heinous Creature's Lair ($1.99) - The lair of this mysterious creature is truly heinous.
Game Videos (Free)
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES ESCAPE TRAILER
NEON ALLEY Trailer
PAGE CHRONICA GAMEPLAY TRAILER
PLANETS UNDER ATTACK TRAILER
REALMS OF ANCIENT WAR - COOP MODE TRAILER
REALMS OF ANCIENT WAR - THE ROGUE TRAILER
ROCKSMITH BASS EXPANSION DLC TRAILER
The Last Of Us E3 Extended Demo Video
PS3 Avatars
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - ADA AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - B.S.A.A. AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - CHRIS AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - HELENA AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - LA VITA NUOVA AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - LEON AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - PIERS AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - SHERRY AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 -D.S.O. AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 -JAKE AVATAR - $0.49
RESIDENT EVIL 6 PSN AVATAR BUNDLE - $1.99
PS3 Themes
Dynamic Comic Hero 3 Theme - $2.99
Dynamic Fairy Tale Red Riding Hood Theme - $2.99
NIGHTS INTO DREAMS PREMIUM THEME - $1.49
Partytime Dynamic Theme - $2.99
Platonic Dream Dynamic Theme - $2.99
RESIDENT EVIL 6 CHINA INVASION DYNAMIC THEME - $2.99
SONIC ADVENTURE 2 PREMIUM THEME - $1.99
TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON - DECEPTICON THEME (PUBLIC RELEASE) - $2.99
Typescape by Wallzo Dynamic Theme - $2.99
Available In-Game Only (Not on PlayStation Store)
Rock Band 3
Down ($0.99) - Pro Guitar (In Game Only) - 311

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Max Payne 3 Hostage Negotiation DLC pushed back from the ledge

October 3rd, 2012, 11:42 Posted By: wraggster

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PlayStation Mobile goes live

October 3rd, 2012, 23:08 Posted By: wraggster

Cross platform mobile gaming service is available in nine countries and offers games on Vita and other certified devices.
PlayStation Mobile is now live, giving PlayStation Vita and certified-Android device users the ability to buy third party and PlayStation-produced content.
The service is available in nine countries including Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia, with the promise of more to follow.
Picking up the story from our sister site, MCV:
For the time being there are 12 compatible devices – PlayStation Vita, Xperia Play, Xperia Arc, Xperia S, Xperia Ion, Xperia Acro, Xperia Acro HD and three THC models – the One S, One X and One V. Both the Sony Tablet S and the Sony Tablet P are also supported.
All games support both physical controls (where available) and touch screen input.
Any purchases made on the store can be installed on up to three separate devices.
Here’s the launch list:

Super Crate Box - £2.79
Aqua Kitty - £2.79
Magic Arrows - £3.99
Everybody's Arcade - Free
Nyoqix - £4.49
Incurvio - £5.59
Flick Hungry Giraffe - £2.39
Hockey - £1.79
Frederic - £3.19
Loot The Land - £3.19
Tractor Trails - £2.59
Twist Pilot - £2.79
Numblast - £2.39
Underline - £2.19
Rebel - £1.59
Word Blocked - £1.59
Wipe - £1.19
Fuel Tiracas - 40p
Samurai Beatdown - 79p
Beats Slider - 65p

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Vita’s fight for life: After almost a year, has Sony’s handheld managed to distinguis

October 3rd, 2012, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster

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PlayStation Mobile: hands-on with all 20 launch games on PS Vita

October 3rd, 2012, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster

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Resident Evil 6 patch breaks PS3 downloadable edition

October 3rd, 2012, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster

The Resident Evil 6 launch has been marked by setbacks, first critical ones and now technical. Capcom has confirmed to IGN that a day-one patch has rendered the game unplayable for some who downloaded it from the European PlayStation Store.
When affected users try to launch Resident Evil 6, they are told that there is a problem with the copyright protection information and the game refuses to run. Capcom has suggested a workaround, telling those who downloaded the game to uninstall it and redownload it. Once that process is complete, the game will no longer attempt to download the patch. However, this will prevent players of the downloaded version from playing against those who have a disc copy of the game. They also will be unable to use RE.net, the game's online stat-tracking component.
Capcom has promised a patch to fix these issues is "imminent," but gave no specifics beyond that.
Resident Evil 6 launched yesterday worldwide on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PC version is set for release sometime in 2013.

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Borderlands 3 'not in development' - Pitchford

October 4th, 2012, 01:47 Posted By: wraggster

Borderlands 3 is not currently in development at Gearbox, according to studio boss Randy Pitchford.
He said on Twitter: "Chill out internet. No one has started working on a sequel toBorderlands 2. It's fun to talk and think, but actual effort is focused on Borderlands 2 DLC, Aliens, etc."Pitchford's comments were made in response to those of Anthony Burch, lead writer on theBorderlands franchise, who recently said that Gearbox has started thinking about a third entry in the series.
"Clean and Simple truth: The only Borderlands related game development work going on right now is for Borderlands 2," Pitchford reiterated.
"Anthony was speaking to his thoughts. We're all thinking about it and it's exciting to think. But there's no project - no actual effort."
Gearbox has announced plans to release four campaign add-on packs as Borderlands 2 DLC. ABorderlands 2 Season Pass enabling players to pre-purchase all of them at a discount is available.
In CVG's 8.5 Borderlands 2 review we said the game "is saved from XP strip-mining by a sharp sense of humour and a slick, destructive multiplayer".

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Retro City Rampage's life of crime starts Oct. 9 on PS3, Vita, and PC

October 5th, 2012, 11:04 Posted By: wraggster

We've waited years to play VBlank's Retro City Rampage, and our wait ends next week. The developer informed us tonight that the PS3, Vita, and PC versions ofRetro City Rampage will launch October 9 in North America.

Your $14.99 purchase gets you a copy of the game on both PlayStation platforms; the PC version retails for the same price, and will be available from Steam, GOG, or VBlank's own website (which dispenses both a DRM-free download and your choice of a Steam or GOG key).

The European Vita and PS3 release will also happen this month, developer Brian Provinciano told us. The WiiWare and XBLA versions are coming later in 2012.

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WWE 13 DLC bundled into 'Axxess Pass'

October 5th, 2012, 11:15 Posted By: wraggster

WWE 13 offers a DLC season pass like so many other recent games, except the WWE version is called the "Axxess Program," making use of a creative spelling of the word "access" for reasons we can't fathom. The $20 pass grants access to the "Attitude Era" and "WWE" Superstars Packs, the "You're Welcome in Five Languages Pack," and Axxess-exclusive wrestlers Goldust and Diamond Dallas Page.

The "Attitude Era" pack, due on Oct. 30, includes wrestlers Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty, Grand Master Sexay, Gangrel, and Val Venis, along with an "Accelerator" to unlock all in-game items. "WWE Superstars," out in November, comes with Tensai, Ryback, Drew McIntyre, Yoshi Tatsu, Divas AJ Lee and Natalya, and special Championship matches. The third pack, due in January, includes Damien Sandow, Antonio Cesaro, Jimmy and Jey Uso, Brian Pillman, Chainsaw Charlie, and Diva Layla. It also comes with 20 new moves.

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PlayStation All-Stars features writing by Ken Levine

October 5th, 2012, 11:34 Posted By: wraggster

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Resistance Collection bundles all three PS3 Resistance games for $40

October 5th, 2012, 11:36 Posted By: wraggster

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Mass Effect 3 multiplayer gets free 'Retaliation' DLC next week

October 5th, 2012, 11:37 Posted By: wraggster

Mass Effect 3's multiplayer suite will be bolstered by a new enemy race and unlockables. The "Retaliation" DLC pack will be free to all Mass Effect 3 owners when it launches next week on October 9 – PS3 owners in Europe will have to wait an extra day, October 10.

Retaliation adds the Collectors as a new enemy faction to face off against and new unlockable kits: the Turian Havoc Soldier and Turian Ghost Infiltrator. You'll also be able to unlock new Collector weapons and outfit them with new upgrades, plus BioWare is adding new "hazard" versions of existing maps toMass Effect 3's multiplayer – certain environmental dangers like sandstorms and lightning will now challenge players in addition to the enemy.

Finally, "Retaliation" adds a new challenge system to multiplayer, a database that chronicles your performance across multiplayer and awards "challenge points" for reaching certain milestones in multiplayer. Players can spend these "challenge points" on new titles and banners to customize their character profile.

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Burn the Rope for Vita hits Europe next week, November for US

October 5th, 2012, 11:43 Posted By: wraggster

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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock gets Vita release date

October 6th, 2012, 11:19 Posted By: wraggster

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock released on PSN for PS3 back in May, so where the hell is the Vita version.
This is the question that exec producer Simon Harris has been apparently been bombarded with by fans, and now he finally brings the good news - it's out next week.The Vita version will go live on PlayStation Store on October 9 in the US and October 10 in Europe.
The Vita version - which, according to Epic, is the first Vita game to run on Unreal Engine 3 - features "re-worked" puzzles to take advantage of the touch screen, along with new Near features, and Cloud saves which lets you load your save files on the PS3 version.

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Joe Danger 2 gets PS3 release date, price, exclusive content

October 6th, 2012, 11:20 Posted By: wraggster

Joe Danger 2 will launch on PS3 in Europe and Australia next Wednesday, October 10.
Priced at £9.99 / €12.99, the PS3 version will offer players "a huge exclusive DLC pack of bonus content", according to Sean Murray, MD at developer Hello Games."The sad thing is, no one ever got to play this prototype game we now refer to as 'Joe Danger Gaiden'. It was an alternate Joe Danger for the true fan, and I still play it every now and then," he told the PS Blog.
"When we came to make the PS3 version of Joe Danger 2, I thought it would be a great opportunity to let our original fans play this unseen version.
"So what is it? Well, it's a complete game that takes easily ten hours to complete. Many of the levels will be familiar to fans of the original, and others are experiments that we loved but were too challenging or quirky for the main game.
"We've gone back and added all the cool new things from Joe Danger 2, like Pro Medals, Ghosts, new leaderboards and hidden challenges where you become a monkey on a jetpack!"
More new features and tweaks for Joe Danger 2 on PS3:

• Replays and Youtube Support: What's the point of being the World's Greatest Stuntman, if you can't show your friends? Now you can save, playback and upload to youtube your greatest stunt spectaculars.
• Developer Picks: On Joe Danger 2, you can share your own levels globally online. As well as all the extra content in Joe Danger 2, we're also getting ready some exclusive developer levels which will be ready on launch day!
• Custom Soundtracks: We love the Joe Danger music, but we think we've heard it a few too many times now. Personally we like to listen to eighties rock, while we take over the leaderboards.
• Level Editing: The Sandbox was one of our most popular features. Now that you can share your levels across the globe, we wanted to make the Level Editor even more powerful. Every Friday we'll be picking the 5 best user levels, and highlighting them on our front page.
• Unlocking Joe Danger: If you own the original Joe Danger, then you'll unlock the original Joe and his bike for Joe Danger 2. Then you can play the entire game as him if you want!
• Downloadable Tours: On PlayStation 3 we've created an area which allows us to release new Downloadable content straight into your game. This is where you'll find "Joe Danger Gaiden"! We already have another pack planned in the next month...
• Lots More: We've tried to make everything just a little bit better, from big things like how the leaderboards work, to little things like making one annoying sound a little quieter. If someone has noticed it, we've tried to fix it.
• Hidden Stuff: We couldn't resist putting in some surprises for people who have already played Joe Danger to death. Especially if you 100% completed the game, or think you have gotten all the Pro Medals, you might want to have a another look.http://www.computerandvideogames.com...usive-content/

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Planet in Distress is a fiendish new 2D platformer for PSN

October 6th, 2012, 22:58 Posted By: wraggster

Here's your first look at a new adventure platform game coming to PlayStation Network "soon".
It's called Planet in Distress, and is developer Might and Delight's first game after nearly two years of development.While studio co-founder Jakob Tuchten revealed surprisingly little in his lengthyannouncement, the debut trailer below reveals the main protagonist, a little boy, and his key skill - the ability to float through the air via self-deployed beams of light.
Both Tuchten and the trailer also reveal that the game will have a normal and a hard mode, the latter of which removes emphasis from things like story or pleasing aesthetics, and focuses squarely on kicking your arse.
Planet in Distress will release on PSN "soon".

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No Zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified

October 7th, 2012, 21:10 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified - Vita's debut CoD game - will not contain the fan-favourite Zombies mode.
Activision rep Dan Amrich confirmed as much in a statement suggesting Zombies' omission was for a "decent reason" - the prioritization of multiplayer."That makes sense to me," said Amrich. "This is the first Call of Duty game on Vita, and it needs to deliver on its core strengths - arguably, multiplayer gaming with twin-stick controls in a portable format. That's the core experience, and that simply needs to come first.
"There's always a list of things you want to do and things you need to do, and at the end of the day, realistic goals are the ones that people actually attain."
Declassified hasn't made the best of first impressions, and this news will not be welcomed.
"Declassified will offer a Hostiles Mode, which challenges you to defeat waves of enemies, but alas, those enemies are not shambling corpses," added Amrich.
Decent enough reason, readers?

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GTA 5: Why we think there'll be multiple playable characters

October 7th, 2012, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster

Multiple playable characters were rumoured by gaming site Kotaku in October 2011 - before GTA V's debut trailer on 2 November 2011 - claiming to have heard it from several sources. They also tipped an LA setting, which turned out to be true. We speculated the same in our predictions piece during September 2011.
The evidence doesn't disprove such a theory, with certain characters appearing multiple times across the official screenshots and trailer. The key figure is Ned Luke, the middle-aged man who (almost certainly) narrates the trailer. However, there's at least two other prominent figures, who might all be linked by the jewel heist seen in the trailer.It could be a trigger scene, shared by all the key characters, before the game splits to tell the story from different perspectives.
The leaked 'Rush' casting call features a character called Miguel Gonzalez, a 25-year-old, young Mexican American FBI agent, caught between a few mob bosses, who's 'very clean cut'. He'd be an ideal foil to Ned Luke's (presumed) semi-reformed gangster, allowing us to see the law from both sides. There's a Hispanic character of a similar age who appears in a number of screens.
There's also an African American character who appears several times, implying at least three key protagonists - and they're all part of the jewel heist.

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Wave’s Loader 3D 1.0

October 7th, 2012, 21:48 Posted By: wraggster

Wave’s Loader 3D 1.0 is a new 3D homebrew application which was made available to the PlayStation Homebrew community for PSP users . This cool homebrew application is capable of Reading 3D files and out putting it on your PSP Screen . Now this is awesome, Now developers who use this homebrew tool will be able to create some cool 3D homebrew game and or application using Wave’s Loader 3D 1.0 . So how does this work , Well below is a bit of information from the developer on how this PSP Homebrew Application known as Wave’s Loader 3D 1.0 works for the PSP System . It is quite simple, it serves to “read�, somehow format files. Obj and display them on the screen of the PSP. Not as lines corresponding to the code of the file, of course, but as a 3D image, the. Obj being a standard in 3D modeling.
Also the author he provided with his homebrew, 6 obj files to show what Lua is capable, although it is a programming language yet simple enough for beginners and especially, as too “basic� . This ranges from simple cube gigantic elephant through a pretty bow and a strange ship.
Wave’s Loader 3D could therefore be used in future projects of developers, but it shows pending 3D on PSP is accessible to all.

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Music Downloader 1.0 Fix

October 7th, 2012, 21:49 Posted By: wraggster

Music Downloader 1.0 Fix has been updated and released to the PSP Homebrew community . This cool Homebrew application known as Music Downloader 1.0 Fix will let users download some of their Favorite Music right into their PSP with ease . This application is pretty awesome and offer a better compatibility and stability then previous version which was released in Alpha mode . If you are using a older version of this homebrew application, Then feel free to download this latest version which was made available on October 5th of 2012 to the PlayStation Homebrew community . Below is a bit more information from the developer about this release . WARNING: You must use this application responsibly, but accounts with a legal copy of the song and / or the CD, you should not download it. Neither the author of the application, nor the author of the story, nor SceneBeta are responsible for the misuse of this application.
Description:
Music Downloader is a Homebrew created by Jorge_97 to easily download many songs in MP3 format. This simply must have a Wi-Fi access which we must be able to make use of this great application. So far no player has, but the author assures us that it will implement in the future.
In addition, the application has a download history and searches can be enabled and disabled from the Settings menu.
Note: Downloads are stored in the MUSIC folder located in the root of your PSP memory stick.
Controls:
Menu:
Digital Pad: Move between options.
X: Select.
Or: Go back.
Triangle Show more results.
Music Downloader v1.0 Fix
improvements:
Fixed bug that prevented see the extent of the folders to get into the player.
Added a player to listen to MP3 sound.
Added the “More results�.
Graphical improvements.
Added an option to show the connection status, intensity and its adjustment.
Improved search list in the songs.
Added an indicator elements.
Fixed a bug when searching more than once without restarting the APP (showed the same results).
Fixed a bug that prevented searches to find spaces.

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Vita CFW leaked, Coldbird leaves the scene -

October 7th, 2012, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/01/vita-cf...ves-the-scene/

There’s lots of things to be said about what just happened over the past couple days, and sadly I don’t have much time right now, but answers will be given asap to all of you. What matters for now is that a PSP Kernel exploit, as well as a CFW relying on it, fully working on the PS Vita, was leaked 2 days ago by a “Sam Jordam� guy on Youtube (download links below). One of the main persons behind this work (which wasn’t supposed to be released now), famous PSP developer Coldbird, decided to leave the scene today, after this leak happened.

I will give as much details as I can in the days to come, but for now let me just say that the files that were leaked have been confirmed by Coldbird to contain a Kernel exploit, but these files are encrypted, and potentially useless for anybody who does not have strong reverse engineering skills. Coldbird has confirmed to me (and in his blog) he has no plan anymore to release this CFW, so what we have here is a Kernel exploit that will most likely be wasted since I expect Sony to patch the vulnerability in a firmware update.In addition to the Kernel exploit leak, the name of a game with a usermode exploit (as well as the user mode exploit) was also leaked. That game is the PSP Mini Urbanix, which, if you can read between the lines, readers of this blog already knew was vulnerable. If you are on 1.81, I recommend you get this game before it gets removed from the PSN, fully knowing that as of now, I personally don’t have anything running on this exploit (in particular no VHBL release is ready for this yet).
People who are running on 1.80 with the Monster Hunter exploits might want to stay on 1.80. If anything useful ever comes out of the kernel exploit, I am sure it will run fine on Monster Hunter as well.
At this point I think a bit more info is required about the leaker and how all of this was leaked. A private group of beta testers existed for this exploit, and in a sad chain of events, this person (who goes by the names of Sam Jordam, Batman:beyond, or ipadboy, among other of his identities) got his hands on these files through some basic social engineering, and decided to publish them.
It needs to be emphasized that all people involved were aware of the legal risk of publicly releasing such a tool, but this person seems to not be afraid of that (good for him, I guess, he probably thinks he can succeed where geohot and graf_chokolo failed). The hackers even went as far as encrypting the files to limit the damage in case those files were stolen, which is why, in their current state, the files are useless.
I also need to insist on the fact that, in unrelated events, this person had threatened the security of my site several times in the past, involving threats of hacking this site, attempts at stealing information, illegal port and vulnerability scanning, as well as threats to some members of our community and some of our moderators. This person also insists on his video that hackers were trying to hide this hack from the scene in order to enjoy the hack for themselves, which is not true. Simply, most hackers working on that type of thing are realistic about the legal risks of enabling piracy on Sony’s latest device, which doesn’t seem to have crossed that individual’s mind. In other words, a truly great person, who doesn’t seem to worry he is doing illegal stuff.
Some of you might question the decision from Coldbird to leave the scene and not release his work after this. Please understand that it was not an easy decision for him, but there is way too much risk in releasing a Kernel exploit on the PS Vita right now, from a legal point of view. Sam Jordam took the risk of being the first person to release a tool that could easily enable PSP piracy on the PS Vita, while reasonable hackers were all clever enough to avoid these dangerous waters until know, and keep their work for themselves. Will this lead to Sony taking legal action against this guy? I can’t tell for sure, but other hackers didn’t want to be the ones testing the waters for that. Their files were stolen, so legally everything is on this guy’s shoulders, and I understand that nobody else would want to share the legal burden with a leaker, so there is a huge risk nobody will ever even try to touch these files.
There is also the feeling in the community right now that this person should not be helped. He decided to leak some files? Good for him, now let’s let him reverse engineer the files, and figure out a way to get it to work for everybody else. And if some of you disagree with this and think he could use some help, for the good of the community, then knock yourself out, the files are out in the open, I won’t judge (I’m sure most users would be happy with a PSP Kernel exploit on the vita right now).
As far as I’m concerned, I will try to get at least VHBL to run on the Game exploit, in order for this to not go to waste, and some people have already offered some help on that (they will be named in time).
Keep in mind that all that’s happening today is the result of the actions of one single person, and that is the only person to blame.
TL,DR: Some files containing a User mode exploit in Urbanix, as well as a Kernel exploit (that still has to be reverse engineered) were leaked by a youtube user named Sam Jordam. This guy was a known a##hole for some time already, and has proven to be up to his reputation. The files he stole then leaked are encrypted and not usable for anybody in their current state. One of the only persons who could have helped with this, famous hacker Coldbird, decided to leave the scene after this. There is so far one can go for the love of homebrews.
Bye Coldbird, and thanks for everything !

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The current state of PS3 hacking (September/October 2012) Continued

October 7th, 2012, 21:59 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/02/the-cur...012-continued/

In addition to Darkanubis74 post, there are some things I’d like to add and address. In his post, he referred to 3.55 and its hackability. In regards to this I have found several different sources of information and possibilities.
First, you must ensure that your console is hackable by checking the date on the console. Unlike the majority of consoles, model number is unreliable as they shipped the same models with various Firmware at certain points – there are 120 and 160gb PS3 that have the possibility to be hacked, so bear this in mind. Having said that, it is known that 3000 models cannot be downgraded, and some 2500 also cannot. To downgrade the PS3 however, it is only possible to do so via a hardmod – either E3 Flasher or Progskeet AND Teensy ++ USB.
It is possible to DualBoot on the PS3, meaning you can run 3.55 CFW (read below) and up to 4.20 OFW although I have no information on whether or not this works with 4.21, so be careful. For those of you interested in developing homebrew, it is also possible to DualBoot Linux and FreeBSD with the use of OtherOS++.
3.55 hosts a range of different custom Firmware available. For instance, there are: Waninkoko, Wutangrza and Geohot. All of which host different pro’s and con’s, so if you are planning to look into this, then I have one piece of advice; Read, Read, Read and Read! (Then again, the same always applies, does it not?)
A recent exploit that has hit the scene like a storm is the CEX to DEX exploit. This allows PS3 users of 3.55 and below to convert their PS3 from a retail console, to debug. There are a few benefits to this, which I shan’t go into. The main however; is that you can update your FW to the latest, and revert as you do so desire. There are drawbacks to this however, as one would imagine. For instance, it’s possible that Sony could patch this in the future (if it has not been done already), also from what I’ve sourced, you lose the ability to play Bluray and DVD. If you want more information then click *here*. Also, zadow28 has found a way to run PS3 games in full debugging mode, which is also a nice addition to this.
Finally, Deank has confirmed that a new custom Firmware is on the horizon known as “Red Power’s 4.21�. As the name suggests, it’ll be working with the latest Firmware, which is a very nice surprise. There is little information regarding this at present, but for those with consoles that are unable to be downgraded, you may, in the future have the ability to get in on all of this juicy goodness!

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6.60 TN-A CFE. Custom Firmware (PSP) for the PS Vita by Total_Noob

October 7th, 2012, 22:05 Posted By: wraggster

Total Noob, famous for his TN Hen tool for the PSP a few years ago, is back on the Sony scene with an insane release: a PSP Custom Firmware compatible with the recently leaked Urbanix Exploit!
Total Noob just published a PSP CFW that works on the PS Vita on firmware 1.81 if you own the Urbanix Mini. That Mini can still be purchased on the PSN as I type this, and if you’re lucky enough to have a European account, you can get the mini for free by going to this url.
I haven’t tested this yet, but I can pretty much guarantee this is not a Fake, and the person behind this really is Total_Noob. More explanations will come later about the features of this CFW, but in the meantime hurry up, get yourself a copy of Urbanix, and give this a try.
You will notice that Total_Noob mentions that Coldbird got access to his exploit from a “trusted� person on the scene. That person is me, and I broke the trust TN put in me by doing so. I already apologized to Total_Noob for this, but more explanations and a public apology will come in another post. What I think is important to mention for now is that Coldbird’s CFW (the thing that was leaked) was actually not using TN’s exploit.

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Total_Noob announces CEF 6.60 TN-B for “Later this week�

October 7th, 2012, 22:07 Posted By: wraggster

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In a very short statement on PSPKing.de, famous PSP/Vita Hacker Total_Noob announced he will be releasing an update to his recently published eCFW – emulator Custom FirmWare, a new term to design a PSP Custom firmware running within the PSP emulator on the PS Vita – later this week.
Total_Noob said the new release, named CEF 6.60 TN-B, will have bug fixes, improvements, as well as potential new features. The developer is asking the community to provide a comprehensive list of bugs if possible (rather than individual reports) so that he can start working on fixing as much as he can. We do have a thread where you guys can discuss bugs, but if one member of our community could compile this thread into a “clean� list, that would probably be super helpful for him.
Stay tuned, as more stuff keeps coming almost every hour for this exploit.

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Recent Events and The Future of the Vita.

October 7th, 2012, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/07/recent-...e-of-the-vita/

Recently the have been some monumental changes within the PSVita scene as you all (should) know. But where do they leave us now? And where do we go from here?
To summarise, we’ve had a user known as Sam Jordam (or Ipadboy to those of us on Wololo’s Forums) Coldbird leaving the scene, and a very cleverly named eCFW released by Total_Noob. These are incredibly significant in not only the current state of the PSV but also what’s to come.
Sam Jordam is a name that we all know, and probably hate right now for being a bit of well… an ass. He wasn’t very liked on the forums, and as Wololo has stated, he had also been threatening to hack this site and close it down although clearly these threats were empty however, it never occurred to me that someone such as himself would have such a large impact on the future of the Vita. If you are interested finding out more about Sam Jordam and his antics and Coldbird’s departure, you can find more information here.
If you decide to watch his other videos (Sam Jordam), you’ll notice he starts off by saying things such as “not my files, not my problem� and that he is actually helping us, then he releases a video claiming that it was a mod from Wololo’s forum’s fault THEN he releases another video claiming to apologize for the departure of Coldbird, however it’s just under a three minute long video of several images of dead birds, and two videos of people throwing about and otherwise abusing the corpses of some – not worth watching, and sickening if you do. Furthermore, he ends this video with a troll face, which sadly sums everything he has done up until now which may have destroyed our chances of a fully customisable Vita and full use of its hardware – however, there are many skilled Devs on the case, so only time can tell.
Coldbird had already left the scene in the past due to the ridiculous demands placed upon his blog by people that seem to believe that Devs have no life of their own, and simply sit in front of computers all day doing nothing but coding, which is of course; completely and utterly incorrect (and a ridiculous thought to boot). Finally getting fed up of this, he left the PSP scene returning to the Vita scene over a year later. He had been actively participating in the Vita’s development, and had spent four months writing his own Custom Firmware which had not long been complete when Ipadboy leaked this to public – though, I won’t go into the ins and outs of how he got these files. I guess this just restored the idea of how dramatic and aggravating people can be for Coldbird who had enough and decided to leave the scene once more, which is a massive blow, as there are few people who are as skilled and dedicated to the scene as he was, plus, he joins a list of many other Devs to have quit the scene, due to either the public or specific individuals. So from us all; Goodbye, Coldbird – thank you for all your amazing work!
Total_Noob has been working very hard, and released a Custom Firmware that works on the Vita known as 6.60 TN-A. What’s more is that Total_Noob has promised to release a new Firmware at the end of this week labelled 6.60 TN-B – if you want to know more about this, click here.
This may look like a positive thing coming from a very, very bleak circumstance, and it is – we have a lot to thank Total_Noob for. However, what’s to come in the future? Well, although this remains purely down to speculation I will still state some possible outcomes as I see them: there are multiple groups still working on the Vita, and probably a lot of independent Devs, but the issue arises that there is a possibility that they are using the same, or very similar kexploits (kernel exploit). These files are readily available, as such they can easily patched by Sony in the future which would hinder future developments, or possibly completely stunt them altogether.
The outcome of this is that yes, we have a Custom Firmware with Homebrew and Iso loading capabilities (which for those of you who are unsure, is limited to PSP Iso files), however it may be that sadly, we may never unlock the full capabilities of the console.
What do you think is the future of the console?

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yMenu for CEF 6.60 TN

October 7th, 2012, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/07/release...r-cef-6-60-tn/

Developer yosh (a.k.a. wth), known among other things for the VHBL port on Everybody’s Tennis, but also for creating a great alternate menu for VHBL (yMenu), just released an update of his menu that is now compatible with Total_Noob’s eCFW for the Vita.
This menu brings nice features and animations to the original by Total_Noob: improved stability, the possibility to customize your background, etc…
To install, just extract the zip in your Urbanix save file, and copy the savefile again on your PS Vita, using OpenCMA
Alhough there should be no risk in this operation, be sure to have a backup of your vita system handy everytime you touch something related to Total_Noob’s exploit. We’re hearing horror stories of people who wiped out their game by mistake and didn’t have a backup. Remember that you can’t download the game from Sony’s stores anymore (and the day they put it back, the firmware will have been patched!)

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Missed the Urbanix exploit? TN has something big coming for you

October 7th, 2012, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/07/missed-...oming-for-you/

In the past 9 months, we have released 4 user mode exploits on this site, by letting our forum’s members know about them first, then making public announcements. This has been reasonably successful, and people who know where to look have been usually rewarded by knowing the name of the exploited game long enough in advance. Some people still haven’t figured that out. One typical uneducated comment I can see here or on other scene websites, when we do the public announcement, is “why do you guys announce it publicly, now Sony will patch it and nobody will get the exploit in time�. Well, for those who didn’t get it yet, we announce the exploit publicly days after members of our community have known about it. This way we guarantee that people who are really interested in homebrew on their vita actually get a good chance to get the game.
The rules slightly changed with the Urbanix exploit, as the exploit for this specific game was leaked. We did try to organize a Ninja release around this leak, but we had to give up when Total_Noob released his own eCFW for that game, and Sony took the game away within hours. As a result, many people missed the chance.
But Total_Noob announced something big today on PSPKing: his upcoming update of CEF TN will bring “another chance� for people who missed the Urbanix exploit, and this will happen on Tuesday. In other words, if you missed the Urbanix exploit, there’s another game exploit coming for you soon.
Of course, if you’re actually waiting for Tuesday to get the name of the game, you are probably missing the point of my article. And by the time you actually get the information (on a related note, believe strangers at your own risk!), it will be a matter of hours, not days, for you to take the decision and buy the game or not. Not only will the game be removed from the store as soon as the announcement is public, there is the additional risk that the kernel exploit actually gets patched with an upcoming firmware.
For people who are on the Monster Hunter exploit or other previous exploits that were used in VHBL, Total_Noob told me recently his upcoming update CEF TN B will make it much easier to port his work to existing game exploits. At this point, I cannot really say if it is better for you to stay on your current exploit, or if you’d rather download the new game. In any case if you have one of those previous exploits, do not update until you actually know what the new game is.

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More info on CFW 4.21 and CFW 4.21 Theory

October 7th, 2012, 22:31 Posted By: wraggster

A lot of noise on the PS3 scene recently, with a CFW 4.21, the possibility of a new dongle Blue Disk and many of Eboots release.





Summary of Comments of the Chinese team. (Briefly translated) Quote:



- During our first "demonstration", we did not say anything about marketing or not this Custom.
- The Blue team Disk never published before dongle 3.55.
- We understand that many users are not satisfied with previous dongles 3.55, we prepared two versions:
-> You can not update to the latest CFW and you will remain on this custom.
-> You can upgrade to the CFW more recent. We offer changes "handware" and free updates. We undertake to update this CFW ever.
- Both versions are very economical and we will announce the price later.
- Prepare other surprises when we launch the Blue Disk. FAQs - The Blue Disk is compatible with consoles Downgradable ONLY, and may be on consoles 3.55 or earlier. - No need to change your device after updating to this new CFW and you can return to a 3.55 back via a PUP. You can upgrade to an OFW. These actions can be done so repeatedly. - No risk of Bricke known (do not power off during the update). - Launch backups since BDCFW via internal or external hard drive without any modification. - The Blue Disk can be removed after the launch of the CFW. No need to leave it plugged in all the time. - The BD team develop more features for the dongle as emulation PS2 cheat codes offline / online.


Later, people were ConsoleCrunch contacted anonymously by a former developer and have a few theories about this. Citation:


ConsoleCrunch Hello, I'm an old dev and I have great news about CFW 4.21, some people call me a liar, and now they use what I explained about the CEX-DEX, the decryption Eboots etc ... I'll tell you some news on CFW 4.21. It is easy to make a CFW 4.21, first you must have a PS3 4.21 DEX, which will help you decipher all the "dev_flash" & co .. . You'll also need to empty the LV2 from the DEX (to decrypt the LV2 4.21) and after all that you have to do is resign and play a custom with peek & pook. 4.21 Remove the pup Cex , decrypt files with Dex Ps3 4.21, collect keys, make a custom Pup 4.21 with 4.21 signed new files / changed. Mujarrad Hi, already tested long ago ... It was one of the solutions, you can Kernel dump from 4.21 to 4.21 and Dex example above to create your own custom Dex. To Cex is almost similar, but you need a Ps3 Dex for development. You can encrypt and decrypt what you want with Dex Ps3 4.21 and good applications. For example Multiman you dumped the Lv2 4.21 and decrypt it with the PS3 (you must also activate the Log) which will record all your actions and save them on a USB device. This is used by the team for NodRm Ps3 games, you can do it yourself, if you do not want to wait for the release. applications One of the best is "memdump" which allows you dumped the LV1/LV2 and Flash, do not forget this application it Dex is useful 4.21.


Finally, the same source has shared the following information with some bonus files. Citation:


This is only the beginning, if you do not want to read all you can spend the bonus. Issue 1: A man is talking with someone about a long history happened in the past, this man finds all solutions but did not have time to show all he knows. After that, the poor people who do not respect the open source solutions make their own dongle. Issue 2: Asked a commercial private. How can you sell a product that does not yet exist? The business will tell you that it is simple, keep waiting, they are waiting more easier it is to sell ... Because people want what they do not need and is inaccessible (Apple method). We call this easy money with an easy. Issue 3: Watched my ad before and after the behavior of these devs ... action / reaction ... Trying to defend themselves to hide the real point is the method devs who want to make money and you never know do it alone. The fact is, if you work on a project, you should not worry about what people say and continue to work until to the end, and leave out the open source ... The difference between a commercial and open source dev. Issue 4: The PS3 community is not at all stupid, stupidity is the gesture. Done simply by buying the dongle True Blue is not stupid because you believe that the product will give you an advantage over the PS3, which is stupid, this is the dev that leaves you thinking that you're stupid. Item 5: A suitable point 4, the commercial position (show a little rather than all, it is better to trade). since the beginning We know how to work on PS3, but we do not show anything until he has something bigger and useful ... With the supportive position of SCE (Jailbreak, SCE tools, CEX-DEX and nothing really coming from the devs, only the one who has everything). Stage 1: the output of commercial dongles 3.41 (Jailbreak) does not work that much, we will publish this for free on all platforms (N900, Palm Pre, Texas instruments ...) we know almost everything about the PS3 firmware 3.41. Stage 2: CFW come out for PS3 keep patient community, welcome to the 3 55 (you know, after all, that Sony will release a firmware update ...) Output 3.6x, ok, it's time to plan the True Blue ... Let them believe in this product. Exit True Blue and the alternative (money money does not work on 3.41) You know all the new products from a new company need a start. For the next product, it will be easy to sell because the company has enough time to know what the public wants. Back to the story ... Let us a little about the True Blue because it begins to know what happens ... Phase 3: someone returns it and says all too much about the CEX-DEX and how to decrypt Eboots ... We need to find another solution and try to find a new product ... Because people will not accept to pay a new True Blue .. Oh damm ... Talk about a new CFW-> they will talk about on the web and later say that people have to pay to use and you can use it on 3.55 ... Conclusion: About point 5 and phase 1/2/3, check the reaction of the PS3 community each commercial product released and make a new product that we can sell it again without any problem ... Playing with old stuff that we know from some time to do new things ... Most of these devs do not know what they do, because the work is already done and we received great help PS3 Official Development Source (the CEX-DEX is a not great, but with the help of SCE, as the JIG / Jailbreak) Now think about it, why release a CFW 4.21/4.25 compatible only 3.55 when you can get a compatible PS3 .. Because, as I said, most of these devs do not know anything about it or how they can off the new PS3 ... Be a way to do it, but the problem is that you must use official tools from Sony, which conclude the point. Bonuses I'll explain two ways to properly exploit your PS3 3.55. 1) Forget CFW 3.55, the conversion CEX to DEX is already the best step you have to do even better than CFW. You can do whatever you want, but some devs do not tell you (look at what is just going after leak ). Would definitely recommend to be DEX and read all Pdf provides (1-2-3), you can do what you want after (do not be lazy to run things and do not be afraid You can not really Bricke a PS3 if you have a jailbreak (hardware flasher?) next to you.) After reading this, you should know how to decode / run all programs and even make your own custom firmware, what you patched need ... 2) For pros and amateurs devs or anyone wanting to learn FreeBSD & Co. You must build a FreeBSD base under Ps3 Dex and make your own kernel with the latest driver (gpu / cell / etc ...). petitboot Use for GameOS or started under OtherOS ... So you can charge large parts of the system to work with (decrypted, make your own custom ...). Can launch application and games from FreeBSD, but you must make your own loader, seriously for a dev is a breeze. idea is to use the emulator in the PS3 Cell Dex, load the Kernel Ps3 dumped and decrypted what you want ... The debugger is the job for you. Methodology for PS Vita Remote Play: You can force 480p on the Vita and play all games in 480p and even 576p up. - You need a Ps3 Dex - In 4.20/4.21, save your Vita in the ps3 with the function stored in a private network - 3.55 Downgrader by Dex - In DEX CFW 3.55, go to your computer and take all the "Param . SFO "of your game in the last PS3Gen and forced the" 480p only PS Vita " - Connect Vita remote play ps3 in the Dex (the system will keep the Vita recorded on Ps3) - On the Vita, go to settings Debug and force the resolution to 576 - Now you can run games 480/576

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PS Vita FTP Tool

October 7th, 2012, 22:40 Posted By: wraggster

This weekend the developer The Z (The Zett) a release FTP client for Ps Vita and VHBL. installation: - Works with VHBL 1.67 to 1.80. Works on Monster Hunter - Download OpenCMA - Place the folder ULES of the archive in the folder "PSAVEDATA" on the PC (C: \ Users \ NAME \ Documents \ PS Vita \ PSAVEDATA \ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) - Connect PC to Vita and started Content Manager on the Vita - Select "connect to PC" and "PC to Vita" and scroll down - Select backup DBZ: Tenkaichi Tag Team - Start VHBL and install the zip - Navigate the menu to SAVEDATA and HBL Click or round cross on it - The HBL will ask to install the homebrew, answer yes - The homebrew is installed and can be launched from the GAME folder, if all went well, a new sub-folder with your homebrew was created here. You can only access the PSP memory stick, but it's still better than having to connect with CMA to transfer homebrew PSP.

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Install Homebrew Package

October 7th, 2012, 22:41 Posted By: wraggster

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Deroad released a utility to install a Ps3 pkg without the option of the XMB.

The author tells us PSChannel always work (even if it has no release date) and has developed this new option. This application is useful if for some reason we do not have access to install pkg from the XMB. Their installation will create a new icon on the XMB, just put a pkg to the root of a USB device (maximum Pkg 100 and a maximum size of 4Gb each), plug the USB to the console and launch the Homebrew. The console will reboot once installed Pkg. Package Install Homebrew Official website: devram0.blogspot.it

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Playstation 3: Custom Firmware 4.21 (Red Power 4.21) Information.

October 8th, 2012, 13:16 Posted By: wraggster

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In one of my previous posts, I mentioned Red Power 4.21. I noticed in the comments that there were people who were slightly confused so I thought I would spread a little light on the matter.

Information is still incredibly scarce, so what I say isn’t carved into stone and is of course subject to change.

The Red Power Team (Hereby referred to as RPT – although the only person I can confirm working on this is Deank) have been working on a CFW that works on 4.21 however; there are still teething issues. It can be run on 4.21, but has been known to crash and fail during the writing process thus leaving the user on 4.21 so of course, it’s incredibly risky (though this will probably be fixed prior to the release of the CFW).

The only information available at present points to the fact that your console will be required to be in CEX, though this information seems rather unreliable, so simply keep it in the back of your minds, but know that it is a possibility.

In regards to it requiring a dongle; Deank has declined this. So ignore sources that state otherwise unless Deank or any other (if indeed there are) other members of RPT state otherwise.

Some of the features of Red Power 4.21 will include:
•Working Blu-Ray (tested 2 movies so far with full functionality)
•Working DLC Pkg install
•Many new games working which include:

- Resident Evil 6 (Demo)
- PES2013
- Dynasty Warriors MR2 HD
- Dead Or Alive 5
•Working PSX Games (from PSN – other Eboots unconfirmed)

What will not work:
•Connecting to PSN as it will force an upgrade
•Hatsune EX (This allows access to PSN via a Bypass. Sadly, will not work)
•Homebrew (Major sad-face for this one, but RPT have stated that only MultiMAN will work – no other homebrew).

A new version of MultiMAN is also being released for this CFW, which will bring a plethora of new features including: direct disc access, a BD-movie region changer, sc36 BD-emulator and raw access to physical media.

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eCFW 6.60TN-A for MHP3rd (JP)

October 8th, 2012, 13:17 Posted By: wraggster

Via http://wololo.net/2012/10/08/release...for-mhp3rd-jp/



Following the release of TN-A for Urbanix by Total_Noob, Japanese porters, hiroi01 and teck4 are bringing us yet another sandboxed PlayStation Vita HEN, this time for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.The Japanese release of Monster Hunter 3 for the original PSP was originally found to be exploitable in the past month. Since then hundreds of users have had the chance to download the vHBL port. Following the release of TN-A for the PSP Mini, Urbanix, many were left to wonder which vHBL releases the HEN would be back ported to.
Wonder no more, as this marks the first of what will possibly be numerous back ports to older Vita Homebrew Enabler releases. Just as the Urbanix exploit for the European version of the game was ported to the US and JP versions, there’s no doubt Monster Hunter will follow the same suit. It is asked, however, that you practice patience while the porting takes place.
If you are one of the lucky few who own MHP3rd on 1.80 or lower, you can hit up the source link for the official release of the save game you will need to start enjoying eCFW 6.60 TN-A on your Vita. There you will find instructions on what files to place where and how to execute the exploit. Stay tuned for further information and releases in the coming days and don’t forget to check out Wololo’s recent blog post regarding Tuesday’s ninja release and TN-B. Special thanks to Total_Noob, hiroi01, teck4, and Wololo for this release.

http://hiroi01.com/igateway.cgi/cKNG..._MHP3rd_JP.zip

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The Possibilities Behind the Vita’s Only Publicly Available PSP Emulator Kernel Explo

October 8th, 2012, 13:18 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/08/the-pos...ernel-exploit/

Over the past few week or so the PlayStation Vita scene has changed drastically. We’ve seen the leaked work of former developer, Coldbird, and the released work that is TN-A, a HEN equivalent for the Vita’s PSP emulator, but what really can we do with a sand-boxed PSP emulator kernel exploit. In it’s most basic form, the recently released HEN allows homebrew, plugins, and PSP UMD backups to be run, but what really is the purpose of a kernel exploit? After all, it’s not all that common as you would think.





Many of you who are long time members of wololo.net recall the past 9 months of vHBL releases, and possibly even before the PlayStation Vita, back to the original PSP 1000, 2000, and 3000 series. The constant cat and mouse game of exploits and updates has been going on for nearly 7 years, beginning with the launch firmware on the PSP 1000. In this time period, nothing has really changed. A usermode exploit allows for homebrew, created with the SDK, to be run, as well as other unsigned code. Furthermore, escalating higher than just usermode, we have the kernel mode exploit we are presented with today.

A kernelspace exploit allows for anyone to have access to the flash0 of the PSP, or in the case of the Vita, the sandboxed flash0, memory. This allows for custom firmware to be created and deployed, homebrew to be run, PSP UMD backups to be played, cheats to be used, themes to be changed, plugins to be installed, and so on. A kernel exploit in it’s highest form is one of the best forms of access to any given console. Once you have the kernel exploited, you can do pretty much anything.

How about in the case of the Vita, how far is too far? Sure, we’ve all seen Davee play ISO’s back on the Vita in March, and “Tony� play PS1 games in the same fashion, but what really can be done? The answer lies in the form of the PSP 1000. You see, Sony decided that it would be best to effectively emulate the PSP 1000 in terms of software and ram, inside of the Vita’s own user interface. The PSP emulator on the Vita is launched with any game that you have downloaded from PSN or transferred from your PS3. When the game is launched, the PSP is technically being emulated, such as it would if it was running in an emulator on your computer. Emulators have been around for years, this is no different.

By not having to allow a lot of ram to the PSP emulator, the Vita can continue to process everything it needs to in the background. This is good for the average user, but perhaps not so much for the developer.

I write this article purely on theory at this point, as I have to wait until Tuesday like the rest of you to get my hands on a kernelspace exploit, but I have come to an understanding of what really can be done inside of this sandbox Sony has lent us.

Perhaps the ram allowed for the emulator isn’t enough, but what I do know is that the entire system’s firmware is present, this is evident in the flash dump we had quite some time ago.

With all of the required files in place, I strongly believe that the PSP emulator inside of the Vita can be used in the same way a PSP you buy can be used. This means all the things you’ve grown to love as an original PlayStation Portable user, and everything mentioned above. Whether it be the Cross Media Bar (XMB) or anything else under the sun, I’m willing to bet we will at some point see it in the emulator on the Vita.

You might be asking yourself, does this mean we could see a full fledged PSP customer firmware running inside of the Vita’s PSP emulator? The simple answer to that very detailed question is fortunately a solid, yes.

Just as the PSP 1000 has it’s fair share of CFW, I believe the Vita will too inside it’s PSP environment.

Think about this. What if you were able to launch any PlayStation Portable game from PSN and be presented with the XMB you remember from the PSP’s golden days? From here you could watch movies or play games, and even homebrew. All this could very soon be possible.

Simply by having this one kernel exploit, and the many games that can be exploited to launch it (read: Monster Hunter, Urbanix) we have a whole world of opportunities.

As we approach what is soon to be another update, by definition of the cat and mouse game between Sony and us developers, I urge you not to update to whatever the newer firmware may be (be it 1.82 or 1.9) no matter the cost, as the only publicly available kernel exploit will be gone, forever.

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6.60 TN-A H.BIN mod by Hiroi01: run TN HEN on any usermode exploit

October 8th, 2012, 13:22 Posted By: wraggster

Via http://wololo.net/2012/10/08/release...rmode-exploit/

Good news, everyone! If you happen to be running VHBL on one of the previous exploits such as Monster Hunter, this is for you: Japanese developer Hiroi01 created a new loader that makes Total_Noob’s 6.60 CFE TN-A compatible with your game. That’s right, this is not limited to Urbanix anymore.Please note that I haven’t tested this yet, and I suspect it might only work on 1.80 and 1.81, so technically this could be a solution limited to Monster Hunter owners (as far as I know, some offsets are different between all these firmwares, and that could prevent TN’s exploit from working correctly on earlier firmwares), but please give it a try and report success or failure.
Installation is relatively simple, but requires you to follow the steps carefully, don’t mix up the files

• Get VHBL for your user exploit (for example, VHBL for Monster hunter if you have Monster Hunter and are running on 1.80). The purpose of this step is not to get VHBL, but to get the exploited savegame for your game. VHBL is actually not used at all in this process.
• Get Total_Noob’s TN-A for Urbanix (yes, it’s the Urbanix version, at this point it does *not* matter that you don’t have the game Urbanix
• Get Hiroi01′s mod here
• Replace your VHBL’s H.BIN with the H.BIN from the mod
• Install all of that to your Vita with Open CMA, and run the exploit like you would normally run VHBL
• TN’s exploit should load.

Again, I haven’t tested this yet, so please report failure or success

http://hiroi01.com/

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Rpcs3 SVN r43, Pc emulator now reads Homebrews

October 8th, 2012, 13:31 Posted By: wraggster

RPCS3 is an open-source project that aims to become an emulator for Playstation 3 even if there is a way to achieve huge before.

For the moment it is mainly used for disassembly, the first step towards the beginning emulator. Do not expect to play a commercial game before long. 's new / fixed: - Emulated more PPU / SPU instructions. - Fixed some syscalls PPU. - Fixed issue 4. - Improved CompilerELF. Adjustments can be carried out for the report (output to screen). rpcs3 r43 Official website: code.google

http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=3147

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pspudb v1.10

October 8th, 2012, 13:37 Posted By: wraggster

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pspudb v1.10 is released. pspudb is a rewrite of pcsp-udb this time using advanscene database. Atm it only stands as database viewer but many capabilities are planned.

pspudb v1.10 changelog:
-Fixed a bug in renaming tool , (a title with ":" can't be renamed properly)
-screenies are now in 2 categories duplicate and standalone. Standalone are scanning from their discid while duplicates are scanning from duplicate id.
-Added fixup firmware
-Added image scanning and adding it to database. Now user can add it's own images
-Finished eboot.bin /boot.bin status correction. Now it should work fine
-Added the dialog for displaying images which are not into database
-Changed prepending for iso number since expected isos,csos,7so might extend 10...

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r80254

October 8th, 2012, 13:38 Posted By: wraggster

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r80254 is compiled. PCSX-Reloaded is a fork of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes/improvements.

PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r80253
-NSURL fileReferenceURL] didn't do what I thought it did. Instead, Bookmarks do that
r80254
Fixing something I goofed on last commit.


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Capcom downplays Resident Evil 6 on-disc DLC complaints

October 8th, 2012, 22:17 Posted By: wraggster

Modders have unearthed a host of hidden files on the Resident Evil 6 game disc that demonstrate the presence of future DLC on existing copies of the game.
They show that the game will at some point offer a new difficulty mode – No Hope – as well as additional costumes and animations for the multiplayer mode.
"We still have unannounced DLC for RE6 that will be revealed in the coming months,� a Capcom spokesperson told MCV.
“While virtually all such content will not be on the disc there will be one piece of content, that for technical reasons, requires the use of a combination of newly downloaded data and data that is included on the retail game disc.�
In March of this year Capcom found itself trapped in a media whirlwind after it was discovered that much of its planned post-release DLC for Street Fighter X Tekken was sitting on the game disc consumers had already purchased.
“The character information and files were intentionally included on retail versions of the PS3 and Xbox 360 game to save hard drive space and to ensure for a smooth transition when the DLC is available, allowing players who choose not to purchase the content the ability to play against players that did,� a Capcom spokesperson told MCV at the time.
However, by May Capcom had softened its stance, suggesting that the practise would likely be avoided in the future.
“We would like to assure you that we have been listening to your comments and as such have begun the process of re-evaluating how such additional game content is delivered in the future,� Capcom’s corporate officer and senior VP Christian Svensson admitted.
“As this process has only just commenced in the past month or so, there will be some titles, where development began some time ago and that are scheduled for release in the coming months, for which we are unable to make changes to the way some of their post release content is delivered.�
Marketeers would argue that in reality there’s no difference between on-disc DLC and downloadable DLC – the on-disc content would not be there were it not for planned revenue generated by the consumer payout, they say.
Others argue, however, that paying for post-release DLC such as GTA’s Lost and Damned is a world away from paying to access data on a disc that the consumer already rightfully owns.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/capco...laints/0104132

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PlayStation 3 Slim review (late 2012): is the third time a charm?

October 8th, 2012, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster

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King of Fighters XIII free to PS Plus subs this week

October 9th, 2012, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster

King of Fighters XIII will be the latest game added to US PlayStation Plus subscribers' Instant Game Collection.
The Instant Game Collection is an assortment of both full retail and PSN-only titles made available to PS Plus subs to download at no extra charge.Last week saw the addition of NFL Blitz to the collection, and tomorrow's PS Store update will add King of Fighter XIII to that list.
In addition, The Revenge of Shinobi will be put on sale for just $1 to PS Plus subs this week, while new release Derrick the Deathfin will go for $5.59 - and 30 per cent discount on the normal $7.99 everyone else will pay.
Instant Game Collection has proved a huge hit with PlayStation gamers, as Sony accredited a surge of sign-ups in June to the initiative's announcement at E3.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ubs-this-week/

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Retro City Rampage hits PSN in this week's crowded PS Store update

October 9th, 2012, 00:14 Posted By: wraggster

The wallet pain starts now. This Autumn's release line-up is mental, and Sony is kicking things off with a strong (if a little overcrowded) PSN update this week.
Tomorrow's US PS Store update will see the arrival of the sweet-looking 8-bit GTA-inspired Retro City Rampage. It's an open-world urban crime game with NES graphics and sound. We're sold. Check out a video here.The Devil May Cry: HD Collection will also be tempting for series fans, while Machinarium brings awesome point-and-click adventuring to PS3 and Worms Revolution adds modern physics to a classic turn-based battle game.
Want more? Here's an early list for US PS Store releases tomorrow:
Retro City Rampage (For PS3 and PS Vita)
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (For PS Vita)
Derrick the Deathfin (PSN Exclusive)
Spy Hunter
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Birds of Steel
Devil May Cry: HD Collection
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Machinarium
Naughty Bear
Warlords
Worms Revolution
We hope you have those electronic wallets full of cash ready to be emptied.

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Pre-Packaged eCFW TN-A for Older vHBL Releases

October 9th, 2012, 14:09 Posted By: wraggster

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As announced early this morning, a modified H.bin has been created to effectively utilize Total_Noob’s TN-A on the older vHBL releases. This is great news for everyone who hasn’t updated, and doesn’t plan on updating to 1.81.





Thanks to VIP user & owner of zload.net, The Z, you can now download prepackaged TN-A releases for older vHBL releases.

Simply head on over to zload.net‘s Vita section and download the archive of your choice, named according to the exploited game you have.

You will need OpenCMA installed before attempting. You can read on how to achieve this here.

Then, once you have downloaded the archive from zload.net and have installed OpenCMA on your computer extract the archive to your C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\PSAVEDATA\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \ folder (in Windows, path may be slightly different for MAC/Linux) and transfer the content to your Vita using the Content Manager app.

Load up your game and load the exploit just as you did with vHBL, and you will be presented with TNLoader.


Most importantly, remember to have fun, and thank the numerous people involved in these releases.

Note by Wololo: It has been confirmed that this will not work on any firmware below 1.80, so technically this is useful only for Monster Hunter owners. The problem comes from offset differences in older firmwares, that prevent TN’s exploit from running in its current state. Bringing compatibility to older firmwares is just a matter of changing the offsets to the right values, but that requires somebody to do the dev work.


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6.60 TN-B for Urbanix and Mad Blocker Alpha

October 9th, 2012, 14:12 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/09/release...blocker-alpha/

Total_Noob just released an update to his eCFW for the Vita, CEF 6.60 TN Hen. The game makes compatibility with previous exploits easier to achieve, brings some bug fixes, but more importantly, brings compatibility with the game Mad blocker Alpha.





We organized a Ninja Release for the game, and hopefully many people were able to buy it in time, but sadly, the name of the game was leaked by a handful of people, and got pulled from the Sony PSN (this is at least confirmed for Europe, people in the US might have better luck) before we could do this public announcement. 15’000 members of our forums were part of the Ninja release, and in all honesty I wouldn’t expect all of them to keep their mouth shut, but it is sad to see that some major scene websites contributed to the leak, in the form of “rumor� articles and falsely naive posts. In the long run, those things hurt the scene more than necessary.

That being said, hopefully all the people who were looking for the ninja release got the info in time, and, well, if you missed the Monster Hunter exploit AND the Urbanix exploit AND the Mad Blocker alpha exploit, maybe the world wasn’t ready for your Vita to be hacked. There might be other opportunities in the future, but to be honest, a Kernel exploit has that “once a year� kind of feeling to it, if you ask me. And the “extra opportunity� for those who missed the release was actually the Mad blocker Alpha one, which really wasn’t planned initially.

For people on previous exploits who haven’t updated to one of the 3 exploits mentioned above, I’d say stay tuned. At some point TN’s work will be made open source (as he said a few days ago), and porting the eCFW to your exploit will become possible at that point.

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Tomb Raider collector's editions announced

October 9th, 2012, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster

Square Enix has announced pre-order details of the survival and deluxe collector’s editions of upcoming saction adventure game Tomb Raider.
Tomb Raider, which is due for release next year, will come in three editions: standard, survival and deluxe.
The Survival Edition will include the game, a mini art book, double sided map of the island setting and a protective survival pouch. It will also include a digital code to download the Tomb Raider soundtrack and a weapon pack.
The Deluxe Edition will house everything from the survival edition but also feature a 6� Play Arts Kai Lara Croft figurine in a metal survival box.
Square Enix have also teamed up with several retailers to offer plenty of pre-order incentives for consumers.
GAME will offer the Explorer bundle, which adds an additional challenge tomb and an upgrade that lets Lara climb mountain faces faster.
Tesco have the Combat Strike pack that gives gamers that extra boost with pistol silencer, headshot reticule, pistol burst mode and animal instinct upgrades.
Online retailer ShopTo.net offers an exclusive digital Tomb Raider: The Beginnings comic book. Written by Rhianna Pratchett and cover art by Tomb Raider art director Brian Horton, the 48-page comic touches on the story of the Endurance ship.
Amazon also has exclusive DLC, which has been designed specifically for the online giant, but details will be announced in the New Year.
Tomb Raider is out March 5th, 2013 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

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US PS Store update: Retro City Rampage, Machinarium, Worms

October 10th, 2012, 00:37 Posted By: wraggster

It'll be an expensive week for keen PlayStation gamers this week as SCEA packs the PS Store with a load of notable new games.
Retro City Rampage is top of our purchase list, but Machinarium, Worms Revolution, Joe Danger 2 and The Walking Dead Episode 4 will also be calling for your electronic dollars.Here's the full list:
PS3 Full Games
Dishonored ($59.99)
Birds of Steel ($29.99)
Devil May Cry HD Collection ($29.99)
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes ($39.99)
PSN Games
Retro City Rampage ($14.99)
The Walking Dead: Episode 4 - Around Every Corner ($4.99)
Derrick the Deathfin ($7.99)
Machinarium ($9.99)
Joe Danger 2: The Movie ($14.99)
Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise ($14.99)
Warlords ($9.99)
Worms Revolution ($14.99)
PS Vita
Retro City Rampage ($14.99)
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock ($9.99)
Spy Hunter ($39.99)
Sunflowers ($3.99)
PSOne Classics Added to PS Vita Store
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV
Destrega
Saiyuki: Journey West
PlayStation Plus
Instant Game Collection:
The King of Fighters XIII
Pre-Order Deals:
DOOM BFG Edition(10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $35.99
Need for Speed Most Wanted (10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $53.99
Discounts:
Derrick The Deathfin (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $5.54
The Revenge of Shinobi (80% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
King of Fighters XIII: Iori with the Power of Flames (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $2.44
King of Fighters XIII: Mr. Karate (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $2.44
King of Fighters XIII: Nests Style Kyo (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $2.44
King of Fighters XIII: Unlock All (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $3.42
King of Fighters XIII: Billy Saiki (Human Form) (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $.48
King of Fighters XIII: Unlock Customize Colors (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.46
King of Fighters XIII: Unlock Gallery (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.46
King of Fighters XIII: Unlock Icons (30% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.46
Last Chance (Leaving on 10/16):
The Revenge of Shinobi (80% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Pre-Order DOOM BFG Edition (10% Off) - PS Plus Price: $35.99
Spelunker HD (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $5.00
Spelunker Championship Area 2: Nasty Cave with a Stream (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 3: Fiendish Ancient Ruins (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 4: Frigid Icy Depths (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 5: Ancient Creature's Fossils (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 6: Cave of Glowing Moss (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 7: Scorching Cave (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 8: Mysterious Mining Facility (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 9: Unforgiving Characters (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
Spelunker Championship Area 10: Heinous Creature's Lair (50% Off) - PS Plus Price: $1.00
PS3 Game Demos (Free)
Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Retro City Rampage
Warlords
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Apps
CinemaNow (Canada)
Available without a subscription, CinemaNow gives you access to new releases movies, the same day they come out on DVD, and TV episodes the day after they air. CinemaNow has over 13,000 movies & TV shows, and you can rent movies in stunning HD complete with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound. Best of all, your library of content also plays on any CinemaNow enabled device including your computer, TVs, Blu-ray Players and Mobile Devices!
File Size: 17 MB
Price Change
Ben10 Galactic Racing - PS Vita Game (now: $14.99 original price $29.99)
Disney/Pixar's Brave - PS3 Game (now: $29.99 original price: $49.99)
FIFA Soccer 13: FIFA 13 Creation Centre All Packs in One - PS3 Add-On (now: $5.99 original price: $7.99)
Sales
Age of Hammer Wars - PS Mini (now: $2.99 original price: $4.99)
Hamsterball - PS3 Game (now: $4.99 original price: $9.99)
Rock of Ages - PS3 Game (now: $4.99 original price: $9.99)
The Red Star - PSP Game (now: $4.99 original price: $14.99)
The King of Fighters XIII Add-ons
Iori with the Power of Flames - Add-On (now: $3.49 original price: $4.99)
Mr. Karate - Add-On (now: $3.49 original price: $4.99)
Nests Style Kyo - Add-On (now: $3.49 original price: $4.99)
Unlock All - Add-On (now: $4.89 original price: $6.99)
Unlock Billy Saiki (Human Form) - Add-On (now: $0.69 original price: $0.99)
Unlock Customize Colors - Add-On (now: $2.09 original price: $2.99)
Unlock Gallery - Add-On (now: $2.09 original price: $2.99)
Unlock Icons - Add-On (now: $2.09 original price: $2.99)
PS3 Add-ons
Birds of Steel
Great Lions Pack ($12.99) - This DLC adds 700,000 lions to your profile.
Big Lions Pack ($6.99) - This DLC adds 400,000 lions to your profile.
Small Lions Pack ($3.99) - This DLC adds 200,000 lions to your profile.
Borderlands 2
Premiere Club ($9.99) - The Borderlands 2 Premiere Club features a number of extra in-game content, including the Gearbox Gold Gun Pack, a Golden Key, which unlocks rare items in the mysterious Sanctuary Loot Chest, a Vault Hunter's Relic, which boosts gear-hunting fortune, and the Mechromancer, a 5th playable character class.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Khyber Strike ($9.99) - Khyber Strike, is the third downloadable content pack for Ghost Recon Future Soldier. Set in the arid ancient city of Peshawar, Ghosts and Bodark square off in three highly contested areas of the city to take control of the strategic crossroads of the Khyber Pass. Download this all-new multiplayer DLC pack now!
Mass Effect 3
Retaliation Multiplayer Expansion ($0.00) - Harbinger's Black Arks have arrived! Mass Effect 3: Retaliation unleashes the Collectors against the allied forces, adding an all-new fourth faction to battle. Cerberus Dragoons and Geth Bombers reinforce their troops and the allies fight back with new weapons, mods, kits, and ammo types. Six firebases are now swept by hazards as well as enemies!
Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise
Mjolnpaw Hammer ($0.99) - Mjolnpaw Hammer is the ultimate bashing weapon.
Teddy Krubear Set ($2.99) - The Teddy Krubear Set contains: A Nightmarish Fedora, 475 degrees shirt and gardening gloves.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
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Can an $89 replica gun controller be better for Call of Duty than a pad?

October 10th, 2012, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster

Can an $89 replica gun controller really make you better at Call of Duty than a traditional pad?Yes says David Kotkin, whose Delta Six invention hits shops early next year (not sure about UK shops yet).The Delta Six has a built-in accelerometer so you tilt to aim. There doesn't appear to be any kind of sensor bar to track where you're pointing, which looks a bit clumsy to me.Have its hopes been Delta blow?

There's recoil, plus pressure switches you can activate with your cheek. You can mimic the removing and reloading of magazines to restock ammo, too."This wins against a reg controller even with and Avenger adapter on it!" David Kotkin, who also invented the Avenger controller, commented."We're more excited about Delta Six than any other project to date. The Wii and the Move tried but could not make a fun and innovative motion control for FPS games. So we had to."This is fun for adults, not for gamers younger than 21," he added.Delta Six can also be reassembled to mimic sub-machine guns and sniper rifles as well.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...uty-than-a-pad

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6.60 TN-B for Monster Hunter (all regions) - PSP Vita Custom Firmware

October 10th, 2012, 14:09 Posted By: wraggster

Another Firmware release for the Vita:

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/10/release...r-all-regions/
Hiroi01 and NowCry have ported Total_Noob’s eCFW to the Monster hunter exploits (respectively JP, and EU/US), for those of you who are using these exploits on 1.80.Less than a day after Total_Noob’s latest release, his eCFW has been ported to the Monster Hunter exploits. People running on these exploits were already able to enjoy TN-A, but it’s always nice to have an update
TN-B brings the following improvements:

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OpenBOR v3.0 Build 3713

October 10th, 2012, 14:16 Posted By: wraggster

The guys over at Lavalit have released a new version of the beats of rage clone for the Dreamcast, Dingoo, PSP, Linux, Windows, GP2x, Nintendo Wii and Wiz.

OpenBOR is a continuation of the Beats Of Rage 2D game engine, which was originally
created by the wonderful folks over at http://www.senileteam.com.

In 2004, Senile Team released Beats of Rage, a free beat-'em-up for DOS inspired
by SEGA's Streets of Rage series and using sprites from SNK Playmore's King of
Fighters series. The game spread only by word of mouth, but it nonetheless
amassed popularity very quickly. Senile Team soon released an edit pack allowing
anyone interested to create a mod for the BOR engine.
In 2005, Kirby2000 asked Senile Team to open the source code to BOR. They
agreed, and OpenBOR was born. Development on the engine was continued by the
community, and still is to this day.

Heres whats new:

r3713 | utunnels | 2012-10-08 22:29:00 -0400 (Mon, 08 Oct 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /engine/openbor.c
Force memory clean up after reallocating a freespecial/cancel.

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r80326 - PS1 Emulator For Windows

October 10th, 2012, 15:04 Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.emucr.com/

PCSX Reloaded SVN r80326 is compiled. PCSX-Reloaded is a fork of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes/improvements.

PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r80326
Quieting a warning found by Clang's static analyzer.
Properly clean up after ourselves.
Our code doesn't use Carbon, and implicitly links to System.framework (which, on OS X, is just a pointer to libSystem).
Don't include debugging symbols on release builds.

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Jpcsp SVN r2763 - PSP Emulator for Windows

October 10th, 2012, 15:05 Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.emucr.com/

Jpcsp SVN r2763 is compiled. JPCSP is the most advanced PlayStation Portable(PSP) emulator, allowing you to play your PSP games on a PC. Even though Jpcsp is written in Java, it can already reach 100% PSP speed on a lot of commercial games... and the emulator performance is constantly increasing. Jpcsp takes full advantage of dual-core processors, matching the PSP dual-core architecture. Even a quad-core can give a small performance improvement by leaving free CPU cores for the Java JIT Compiler and the graphics cache.

Jpcsp SVN changelog:
r2760
Fixed GE command PSUB: a patch division of 0 has the same effect as 1 (checked on a PSP using the splinesurface demo).
This should fix the WARNing "Unsupported bezier patches patch_div_s=2 patch_div_t=0".
r2761
Improved sceFontGetFontInfo: this function can be called on a closed font (tested on a PSP).
Improved sceFontFindOptimumFont: new algorithm to find the optimum font. Tested on a PSP.
r2762
Added tests for sceFontFindOptimumFont and sceFontClose to "Font Test" application.
r2763
Improved compatibility of sceIoDevctl: some operations do not delay/yield the current thread. This is important if the sceIoDevctl operation is performed by a thread having a high priority so that it does not give control to threads having a lower priority.

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Survey reveals 40 per cent of teens own an iPhone – is this the end for Vita and 3DS?

October 10th, 2012, 23:41 Posted By: wraggster

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PES 2013: Wii, PS2 and PSP versions dated

October 11th, 2012, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster

Konami has announced PES 2013 release dates for the Wii, PS2 and PSP versions of the game.
PES 2013 will be available on PS2 and PSP on Thursday October 25 in Europe, and presumably one day later in the UK.Wii owners will be able to pick up the game from November 15 in Europe, and the following day in the UK.
A 3DS edition "will follow shortly afterwards", according to the publisher.
Check out how the game will utilise touch and motion controls in this PES 2013 trailer showing off the Wii and 3DS versions.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ersions-dated/

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When’s the next Ninja Release?

October 11th, 2012, 17:02 Posted By: wraggster

via http://wololo.net/2012/10/11/hey-wol...ninja-release/

In 2012 the scene has released 6 user mode exploits in PSP Games, that were leveraged to run either VHBL, or, more recently, Total_Noob’s CEF. These releases accelerated recently with the publication of 3 game exploits in the past 3 weeks: Monster Hunter, Urbanix, and Mad Blocker Alpha. Despite this, some people weren’t able to grab the exploits and are asking me when the next one is coming.





There are many things to say about this. First, I want to make it clear that I did not develop any of these exploits myself, and I certainly do not own a patent for the concept of “Ninja Releases�. In other words, anybody with a usermode game exploit could make their exploit compatible with Total_Noob’s CEF, then handle a Ninja Release on their own, or even contact me to handle it.

For those of you who still didn’t figure that out, in order for Total_Noob’s CEF to run, 2 exploits are required: a usermode exploit to be able to run unsigned code (that’s the game exploits), then a kernel exploit to do a privilege escalation (that’s Total_Noob’s exploit). The kernel exploit itself is not tied to a specific game.



I think it is really essential to understand that there is nothing that really makes me necessary in this process at all. Sure, we have a huge community focused mostly on the PSP and the Vita, which makes the Ninja Releases very relevant to guarantee that a maximum amount of people get the information before Sony pulls the game, but what I’m saying is, begging me for a new release is not necessarily the best way to get what you want.

Again, finding usermode exploits in psp games is not difficult, and is well documented (also here). All you need is a hacked psp, lots of free time, and a brain. Some of you might wonder “well duh, if I had a hacked psp, why would I even want to look for more psp exploits?�, and I will reply that if everybody thought that way, we wouldn’t be enjoying Total_Noob’s CEF today. Others might think it’s too difficult… I am baffled at the amount of people who keep asking me where to find the info to find those exploits, when again it’s relatively well documented, and google is your friend. It’s not like there is a “psp hacking school� or something

Back to the recent Ninja releases, some people are wondering why we revealed two game exploits for firmware 1.81 (“why didn’t you guys wait for firmware 1.82?�), while others ask if we plan to release more.

As to why we released 2 game exploits for this, there are two reasons. First, the Urbanix exploit was leaked, and we feared the information didn’t spread fast enough for people who would have been interested in Total_Noob’s CEF.

Second, it is really essential to understand here that firmware 1.82 (or whatever comes next) will most likely patch Total_Noob’s Kernel exploit. If we had waited for firmware 1.82 to reveal the MBA exploit, it would have been “less� useful, as people wouldn’t have been able to use Total_Noob’s CEF, but rather something like VHBL, which provides less features. In other words, usermode exploits are less valuable than a Kernel exploit, so it made sense to “waste� a second usermode exploit on 1.81 rather than wait, especially since there are lots of other game exploits lying around.

So, why not release yet another game exploit before 1.82 then? Well, again, I do not control all the releases, and if you have a game exploit that you want to share for this, feel free to release it, or to contact me for a ninja release. But I see several reasons to think it wouldn’t really be worth it.

First, I strongly believe that people who were able to miss 3 exploits (Monster hunter, Urbanix, and MBA) in the past 3 weeks would not be able to catch a 4th one. Seriously, if you didn’t see the previous 3 ones, what makes you think you’ll see it this time?

Then, well, the Mad Blocker Alpha release wasn’t even planned initially, I just decided I’d try to contact Total_Noob and Frostegater on that subject, and they agreed it was a good idea… but my point here, people who ask for a second chance.. well, Mad blocker Alpha *was* that second chance… and technically, if you include all the previous exploits, it was like the 6th chance you had (yeah, Total_Noob’s CEF is still not ported to previous exploits besides Monster Hunter, but I am still convinced this is only a matter of time). Sure, a few people in there were really following all these events, and just got unlucky for various reasons, but the thing is, at this point I believe they probably represent a tiny minority that does not justify releasing a new usermode exploit (unless, of course, one of these guys actually has one and wants to share)

Finally, given how fast Sony removed Mad Blocker Alpha from theirs online stores, and the amount of leaks that happened for this release, I think the Ninja Release concept has shown its limits, and we need to adapt it. At least, we will be revising the list of trusted people more thoroughly.

On that point by the way, several people have contacted me to tell me the ninja release should happen progressively, so that less trusted people get the information after the others. This is already what’s happening, and this is why the information started to leak only days after the Ninja release had actually begun.

Well, I guess that’s what I had to say on this. Bottom line is, no extra Ninja release planned by me so far for 1.81, but of course nothing’s written in stone

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3K3Y Coming Soon - A PS3 Blu-Ray Emulator ODDE

October 11th, 2012, 17:08 Posted By: wraggster

The team Xk3y known in the world for the first Xbox 360 DVD emulator (DEDA) returns to the load on Ps3.

Just like the Xbox, you must dump the key BD player to do this, the team will release a software 3K3Y running custom firmware 3.55. Once the dump is, you can update to a newer firmware, thus including the Psn. The team 3K3Y aka XK3y currently looking for other ways dumped the key. Voila what revived once again the Ps3 hack.

http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=3148

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Sony unveils new-look PlayStation Store

October 12th, 2012, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster

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PS3 smashes through 5m barrier in the UK

October 12th, 2012, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster

The PlayStation 3 has surpassed 5m consoles sold in the UK, MCV can reveal.
The firm reached the milestone as a new-look 500GB PS3 hit the market on September 28th, causing a 138 per cent jump in sales that week. A 12GB SKU is out today (October 12th).
And the firm’s UK MD Fergal Gara told MCV that the momentum is behind PS3, buoyed by strong showings at Gamescom and E3, plus the formation of a new UK team.
“It is fantastic that we passed the 5m mark,� Gara told MCV. “But most importantly to me is not the milestone itself, but the fact that there is momentum behind it. And with the new chassis, and the way the market is panning out this year, PlayStation definitely has the momentum.�
SCE UK has undergone a restructure over the past 12 months following the arrival of Gara. These have included the recent appointments of marketing director Murray Pannell from Ubisoft and commercial director Alex Coultate from Universal.
“I am pleased with the talent we’ve got on board,� Gara added. “You can actually feel the energy going through the business. These guys know that they have a lot to do to make sure the Christmas plans are sharp and focused, and they have come to them relatively late. So they are working at a hell of a pace.
“I can already feel a positive buzz that wasn’t there only a few weeks ago.�

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GTA 5 demo revealed to press today, expect details next month

October 12th, 2012, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster

It seems Rockstar is finally set to pull back the veil on Grand Theft Auto 5, with a demo ready to be revealed to the outside world.
The developer is showing the game to press today, as confirmed by Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara, who posted onTwitter moments ago: "In NYC, about to check out December's cover game #GTAV", with an accompanying picture of Rockstar's logo.So, GTA 5 will adorn the cover of GI's December issue, due out next month, and asKotaku points out, it often reveals first details on its cover games shortly ahead of the magazine release.
So those of you tired of the slow drip-feed of info we've gotten so far will likely get your fill of new details next month if not sooner.
As reported earlier today, GameStop UK is listing a Grand Theft Auto 5 release date of Friday March 1, 2013. Probably placeholder, but March has been previously rumored.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ls-next-month/

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Final Fantasy 14 for PS3 exists, and here are the screens to prove it

October 12th, 2012, 00:45 Posted By: wraggster

Square Enix rebooted version of Final Fantasy XIV, "A Realm Reborn," is still coming to PS3 as well as PC. The company released the first screenshots of the PS3 version today, revealing the new UI for the console version.

The new UI allows players to set up their own button configurations, of course. Square says it's been "designed with the traditional Final Fantasy controls in mind to give the game a classic RPG feel, familiar to any PlayStation 3 RPG gamers." So that means you press X to confirm menu items? And use the d-pad to move between them? We've never put that much thought into "traditional Final Fantasy controls."

Square Enix plans to release both the PS3 and PC versions of A Realm Reborn in 2013.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/11/fi...creens-to-pro/

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Ragnarok Odyssey takes on US Vitas on October 30

October 12th, 2012, 00:46 Posted By: wraggster

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12GB PS3 SuperSlim Released

October 12th, 2012, 00:57 Posted By: wraggster


Only a few weeks ago Sony released its 500GB PS3 SuperSlim and sales have been great for the company, the 500GB version is retailing at £229.

The newly redesigned PlayStation 3 is smaller and lighter than ever before; its the same old PS3 but in a brand new case!
By redesigning the internal design architecture, and removing the disc-fed tray and replacing it with a sliding top-loading disk cover, the PS3 Super Slim is reduced in size by up to 25% compared to the current Slim PS3. This new PS3 has 12GB of flash memory but if you want more you will be able to connect a SATA internal hard drive with use of an official mounting bracket, or pick up an official PlayStation 250GB internal HDD.

The PS3 12GB Super Slim which is on sale for a much friendlier £159 is a home entertainment system in a discreet and sleek console that allows you to play Blu-Ray Discs, DVD's, Music CD's and watch TV through the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 iPlayer (Internet connection required).
Included in the box you'll find:

• PS3 12GB Super Slim Console
• Wireless Dualshock 3 Controller
• AC power cord
• AV cable
• USB cable

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FIFA 13 patch rolling out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

October 12th, 2012, 18:37 Posted By: Shrygue

via Eurogamer


Those of you playing FIFA Ultimate Team and following EA Sports on Twitter will know that the developer has been rolling out tweaks and fixes to its server infrastructure ever since FIFA 13 launched to try to solve issues with trading piles, watch lists and the auction house.

Well, according to a forum post from EA's community manager CHUBOI 7 in the early hours of the morning, there will be more maintenance this week as well as a title update for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 that two-footed tackles various bugs and connectivity issues.

Maintenance that took place yesterday should have successfully addressed stuck and missing items in the FUT watch list and trade pile, duplicate match results in Seasons and Online Friendlies and being relegated from Div 1 in Seasons with matches remaining.

There will also be more maintenance late tonight US time (early Friday UK) that will result in service downtime and will allow the developers to do some work on the FUT auction house, to change error messaging in the FUT Web and EA Sports Football Club apps, and to stop leaderboards displaying incorrect gamertags.

As for the title update, that's beginning to roll out now for the PC version and will follow for PS3 and Xbox 360 users "later this weekend". Here's the full list of tweaks for that:

• Connection stability in Online Seasons when finding an opponent in the Arena, and at kick-off.
• Career Mode freeze while starting a new career with free agents.
• Career Mode hangs when using Game Face.
• Stability in Career Mode when players retire or are being bought back from loan.
• Users will no longer be able to lower difficulty settings in a FUT Seasons match.
• Freeze in FUT Online Tournament HUB on PS3.
• Napoli of Serie A will now have fully authentic kits and crests in FIFA and FIFA Ultimate Team.
• Legacy defending and passing assistance options removed in Pro Clubs.
• Freeze in Pro Clubs Results screen.
• Matchmaking settings in Pro Clubs (with "ANY" and "Match Keeper") will provide the desired results.
• Changes made in National Squad not properly reflected in Manager Mode screen.
• (PC Only) Freeze while retrieving Hospitality Settings.

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Playstation Store gets facelift Oct. 23rd

October 12th, 2012, 23:13 Posted By: wraggster

The Playstation store will get a new look on October 23rd, which Sony promises will make the user experience more streamlined and accessible.
With digitial distribution an ever more important part of the console market, the importance of ensuring that customers can find the content they want is paramount.

The newly designed store was announced on the Playstation Blog, and promises an improved interface, simplified search tool, and better content discovery.
Sony claims the PS Store now holds over 20,000 downloadable games, content packages, and themes, and over 100,000 TV shows and videos.
An interface capable of delivering all this content to an eager audience is key if Sony is to succeed in the digital marketplace.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...elift-Oct-23rd

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Could XCOM: Enemy Unknown be one of the finest translations of a game

October 12th, 2012, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster

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GameStop issues Grand Theft Auto V release date

October 13th, 2012, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster

The UK arm of retailer GameStop has gone live with what it thinks is the release date for Grand Theft Auto V.
Its listing for the game carries a UK release date of Friday March 1^st. Fridays are of course the standard release date for games in the UK.
However, Grand Theft Auto typically has a global release date, and these nearly always fall on a Tuesday – the standard US release date.
If there is one grain of hope for GTA fans, however, is that GameStop-owned US games mag Game Informer has confirmedGTA V as its cover star for its next issue.
If nothing else this means that the PR for the game is ramping up. And that means the game must at least be edging closer to release.
And if Grand Theft Auto V is to be a current-gen release then it can’t leave its release much longer – the odds remain in favour of at least one of Xbox 720 and PS4 making an appearance before the close of 2013.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/games...e-date/0104439

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SingStar going free-to-play, hints 'discontinued' Viewer app

October 13th, 2012, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster

So suggests a message that is now displayed when players try to run the SingStar Viewer app on PS3, which declares itself 'discontinued'.The full message (via Shack) reads, "Support for the SingStar Viewer has been discontinued. The complete SingStar experience will be available as a free download very soon!"
In reply to fan queries, a post on the official SingStar Twitter feed teases an announcement likely next week.
The SingStar Viewer was a free tool which allowed users to browse and purchase SingStar songs and view community videos uploaded by SingStar players. To play purchased songs, however, you need to own a copy of SingStar on disc.
It makes sense that Sony would remove the initial barrier to entry, and simply offer the SingStar game as a free download with a couple of appetiser tunes, and let users purchase more songs to their liking.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ed-viewer-app/

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Sony patents Move controller that heats up in your hand

October 13th, 2012, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster

A recently published patent document from Sony, dug up by Kotaku, shows a Move controller with a band inside it capable of producing a heating or cooling effect in a player's hands.One example of how this could be used, according to the patent, is when a player continually fires an automatic gun; the weapon becomes hot, as depicted by the warming of the controller itself. When the player is forced to wait for the gun to cool down, this could be relayed by the cooling of the controller (as well as, it notes, the changing of the colour emitted by the glowing orb on the top of the controller, which could dynamically transition from a 'cool' blue to a 'hot' red).
It also examples scenarios where the player is hit with a fireball, or the use of the controller's heating property to detect an object that's not visible on screen (like a sort of thermal metal detector, we imagine).
Sony even suggests a non-gameplay function - the ability to cool the palms of a particularly sweaty gamer (that would be me).
Sounds cool to us. Until one malfunctions and barbecues someone's palms.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-in-your-hand/

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New PS3 price shake-up: Offers start at £158

October 13th, 2012, 21:51 Posted By: wraggster

Supermarkets and mail-delivery outlets appear to be offering the most competitive prices, with many dropping below the £160 mark.Meanwhile, it appears that the new low-price model has had a trickle-down affect, with competitive offers for the 'old' Slim model available.
PlayStation Europe recently told CVG the Slim model would be discontinued, meaning that the remaining stock is limited.
Here's a rundown of the best offers.
PS3 Super Slim 12GB

Morrisons (collection only): £158
Zavvi (free delivery): £159.85
Amazon (free delivery, bundle-deal on offer): £159.99
PS3 Super Slim 500GB

Tesco (free delivery or 'click and collect'): £229.99
Amazon (free delivery, bundle-deal on offer): £229.99
Old PS3 Slim 160GB

Tesco (free delivery or 'click and collect'): £188.00
Old PS3 Slim 320GB

Simply Games (£6 delivery): £199.99

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...t-at-pound158/

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Unique shooter 'Rebel' comes to PlayStation Mobile

October 14th, 2012, 21:33 Posted By: wraggster

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PSA: PSN scheduled maintenance on Monday, October 15

October 14th, 2012, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster

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Darkstalkers Resurrection for PS3 and Xbox 360 next year

October 15th, 2012, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster

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Slender Portable 1.0

October 15th, 2012, 14:58 Posted By: wraggster

Slender Portable 1.0 is now available to the PlayStation Homebrew community . PSP Developer FouadtjuhMaster has decided to released a ported version of this pretty cool game known as Slender which was originally release for Windows PC as well as Mac . IF you have played this game on your computer, Then you are going to love the PSP version of this awesome game, Even though this game still does not have a game play on it . You could try it out to see how the game will behave on the PSP System . SO feel free to try this PSP Homebrew game Slender Portable and keep a eye out for the next version which will include a game play that users will enjoy on their PSP system .. Below is a bit more information from the developer about this PSP Homebrew game .

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Duck Hunt PSP 1.1

October 15th, 2012, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster

Duck Hunt PSP 1.1 has been updated and released . IF you are fan of Nintendo Classic Game Duch Hunt, Then you are going to love this PSP homebrew game version . This updated version includes a few bug fixes from previous version as well as some new added features . Duck Hunt PSP 1.1 is the latest version to be release as of October 14th of 2012 . If you are using a older version, Then is recommended to update to the latest version which is now 1.1 . This version offer better compatibility and stability on your PSP System . Added Info Menu
Updated Main Menu
Minor bugs fix
Duck Hunt PSP is a homebrew that lets you play Duck Hunt, as you know it on the NES. But since it is a homebrew, it’s not original like we know, since it’s called Duck Hunt “PSP�. As example, the PSP version has 2 different gamemodes and 1 minigame. And you might see a few bugs, but everything will be hopefully fixed.


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Activision scraps Call of Duty Elite subscriptions, introduces Season Pass

October 15th, 2012, 22:22 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty Elite membership will come free with Black Ops II.
The bespoke social network was once seen as Activision’s early attempt to manoeuvre the Call of Duty IP into the subscription-based market, but those plans have seemingly been abandoned.
Instead, Activision will try to generate post-sale revenue for the game via the sale of multilayer map packs or the new £34.99 Season Pass.
“For Black Ops II, we’re offering a season pass, and we’re still offering DLC map packs Ã* la carte,â€� Activision Publishing chief exec Eric Hirshberg told VentureBeat.
“The best thing for our business is to keep our players engaged. What we’ve found, Dean, is that Elite offers a lot of really engaging services that were only reaching a portion of our community. We think that by making these services available to a much wider audience, it will be better both for our players and for us.
“Absolutely. Our mission from the start with Elite was to make multiplayer a more social, more connected experience. And we accomplished that, but only for our premium members. So we’ve come to the conclusion that Elite has more value as a community-wide platform to drive engagement and connectivity than as a paid, members-only service. This is truly a win/win.�
Activision insists, however, that the CoD Elite experiment was not a failure.
“We have sold over 2.3m Elite memberships,� Hirshberg added. “I think we’ve shown that people are willing to pay for services if those services are compelling. We’re not making this change because services are harder to market.
“We’re making this change because we think there is a greater benefit to making these services available to a wider audience.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/activ...ptions/0104544

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Payday: The Heist free to US PS Plus subs

October 15th, 2012, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster

US-residing PlayStation Plus subscribers are in for a treat this week - Payday: The Heist is being added to the 'Instant Game Collection' library.
The fun four-player co-op shooter will be downloadable for free as of tomorrow's US PS Store update, and is well worth a look.Other PS Plus perks this week include early access to the brilliant Unfinished Swan, out tomorrow for subs ahead of its wider release on October 23. We gave it a deserved 9/10 score in our review, so check that out.
Subs will also get access to the PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale beta, as reported earlier. More details through that link.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-ps-plus-subs/

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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta launches tomorrow

October 15th, 2012, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster

The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta will kick off tomorrow on Vitaglobally.
PlayStation Plus members on PS3 will also be able to access the beta tomorrow in the US, and on Wednesday, October 17 in Europe, before it expands to everyone a week later.The beta will support Cross-Play, enabling Vita and PS3 players to fight with and against each other.
Here's the beta feature list, as posted on thePS Blog:

• You'll be able to play as Kratos, Sweet Tooth, Colonel Radec, Sly Cooper, PaRappa and Fat Princess.
• You'll be able to play in both the Metropolis and Hades stages.
• You'll be able to try out four-player online tournaments and 2 vs 2 online tournaments. For the 2 vs 2 games we'll be supporting friend invites, so you and a friend can fight another team online.
• This, of course, is only a tiny fraction of what PlayStation All-Stars has to offer, but we thought you'd love the chance to try it early and see what all the buzz is about. This beta is also really helpful for us as it allows us to load test the servers before releasing the game. Be sure to hop on quickly as we'll be ending the beta on 30th October

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PSPE progress (up to internal revision 152) - PSP Emulator for Windows

October 16th, 2012, 00:55 Posted By: wraggster

Well it's a long time since i updated this page but we are quite busy implementing several features on pspe4all emulator

I didn't give any specific details about the pspe progress so far , so from now on i will try to be more detailed in my further update reports

Now let's see what it's done on pspe emu so far:

GUI
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A completely rewrote GUI with :

• Native fullscreen support
• A Loader Dialog to choose between loading a UMD , or a memory stick , or a single PBP, elf file
• Configuration Dialog for enabling/disabling some extra features
• Orientation menu for rotating the screen by 90 , 180 ,270 degrees
• Filters support (Linear , HQ2X)
• A New Logging Dialog

HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer
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• A new abstract FS filesystem for local and UMD support. UMD supports the following formats , iso , cso , 7so (new pspe's format ) , dax
• A WIP Opengl render with advance error logger
• An Advanced memory manager with support for detecting memleaks and unreleased memory

LLE - Low Level Emulation
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• An interpreter version of Allegrex CPU with SSE implemented FPU and a few native x86 instructions
• WIP GE engine written from RE code
• WIP Kirk engine written from RE code

HLE - HLE Level Emulation
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• Basic Threadman code , total rewrite from previous pcsp emulator
• System Manager module , rewrote to be more effective
• Basic Audio module (sceAudio) is implemented and has the lowest possible latency (no double buffers like jpcsp)
• Basic IoFileManager support for memstick and umd
• Very startup support for the rest of the modules but this changes every day

For all of you asking when there will be a release , we haven't planned anything yet , but we will try to have a technical demo release before christmas so stay tuned for further releases
http://www.pspe4all.com/news.php

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JPCSP - PSP Emulator for Windows Latest svn builds (2774)

October 16th, 2012, 01:14 Posted By: wraggster

Hello again

Here are the latest snapshots of jpcsp. Changes includes improvements in mpeg module , improvements in GE , speedups in compiler and fixes to several modules . Atrac3plus might work a bit better now as well

Also don't forget pspudb a tool is being developing from jpcsp , pcsp team and it's a frontend that includes support for all the above emulators.Check it out at : http://www.pspudb.com

And for compatibility you can check the new compatibility site at : http://www.psp-compatibility.com


Here the links:

win32build


http://depositfiles.com/files/y5lgwkql9

win64

http://depositfiles.com/files/q89xmzduc

linux32

http://depositfiles.com/files/nvoqiebv3

linux64

http://depositfiles.com/files/9fbjekgfd

macosx

http://depositfiles.com/files/pxpzuyytq

Also you can d/l latest svn snapshots from our online svn builder at http://www.emunewz.net/forum/builds.php?filter=last

http://www.jpcsp.org/

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PCSX Reloaded SVN r80393

October 16th, 2012, 01:58 Posted By: wraggster

via www.emucr.com

PCSX Reloaded SVN r80393 is compiled. PCSX-Reloaded is a fork of the PCSX-df Project, a PlayStation Emulator, with support for both Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems as well as several bugfixes/improvements.

PCSX Reloaded SVN Changelog:
r80393
Use rect_texture if available and we're not using shaders.
Spacing changes.


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PSXjin SVN r720

October 16th, 2012, 02:01 Posted By: wraggster

via www.emucr.com

PSXjin SVN r720 is released. PSXjin is a PSX emulator with Rerecording features using pcsx core. It is intended to be an evolution of the outdated pcsx-rr with a new SPU core.

PSXjin SVN Changelog:
r720
test bot


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