Im sure some of you have seen my about.me page, through that i found out about a site called Smarterer, it is a website that has many tests, apparently you can use these tests in getting a job, but what i found really cool, was the fact you could create your own tests and with my love for the PS3 Scene and PS3, i soon found myself creating my own test, which i was soon made professor of, several people have added questions too it and you can too, the question is, can you answer the questions and pass the test, taking PS3HaX Homebrew Dev TizzyT of the top spot ?

Take The Test

Good luck and have fun

Well the one who don’t read anything about Arthur C. Clarke is doomed but not all is lost!!!. Here Visceral Games and EA released some new screenshots about this new game.
The game that *reshaped* the survival horror in third person with a nice mix of old school designs (of the 60′s) and many references of *cult* movies like = Event Horizon (Were the ship goes to hell, and famous quote: Where we are going we won’t need eyes to see).
Well all that alchemist cocktail gave you the chills in the previous ones.
Now with an intensive co-op style (like Resident Evil 5 and probably 6) you have to fight your way trough to find another MARKER!! wow. I can’t wait for this. (really)

To quote:

Visceral Games and Electronic Arts have released a batch of screenshots for upcoming survival-horror (or action-horror depending on who you ask)Dead Space 3 and, surprise, they look gorgeous.

Regardless of how you classifyDead Space 3, there’s one thing that can’t be denied: these screenshots leave an icy chill.

The new images show off a variety of gameplay experiences like Necromorphs, flying through space, weapon crafting, Isaac’s new suit and, of course, co-op gameplay.

Needless to say, they look amazing, but that’s never been the question surrounding Dead Space 3. We all knew it would look great, but the big concern seems to be on the apparent shift in gameplay. Although Visceral and EA have repeatedly say the game will still be scary, many are worried that the focus has shifted towards more of an action-horror game, especially with the addition of co-op gameplay.

Trailer of the Dead Space 3:

Well since many of you probably likes smashing pumkins i will leave the trailer of the dead space 2:

[Source] = Gameinformer 

Well since i don’t have many ideas to post something that worth a good read with a nice cup of coffee. Here is another release of the *seeker of the truth*.

Enjoy

PS3 Changes Since the 0.9.6 Official Release.

• Added Core: Mednafen_Wswan
  —Bandai WonderSwan
  —Bandai WonderSwan Color
• Added Core: Mednafen_PCE_fast
  —Turbo GrafX 16 / PC-Engine
  —Turbo GrafX CD / PC-Engine CD
  —Super GrafX
• Core Updated: Genesis_plus_gx version 1.7.0
  — Sega CD Support Added
• Added: multiMAN compatibility to all libretro cores
• Improved stability / error trapping
• ZIP extract modes expanded – it can extract the contents of a ZIP file to the current directory, and/or extract to current dir and immediately load the first ROM/game file.
• Improved GUI
• Various changes under the hood to many to mention.

[Download for 3.55 CFW] =  RetroArch 0.9.7 Official

[Download for DEX 3.41 OFW]:  RetroArch 0.9.7 Official

[Sources] = xbins.org / Ps3crunch.net / PSX-scene

[PS3 Emulators - Permalinks thead by @LoboGuara]:  Click here

Regards

Hellsing9
P.s: STL Don’t play with your cards anymore.

Im sure by now you have heard of the group N0DRM, they brought you “Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition TB EBOOT PATCH CRACK”, you were able to play the game without a diseased reDRM dongle, now the group has released four more eBoots:

Binary Domain BLES01211:

Download

DRIVER San Francisco BLES0089:

Download

Soul Calibur V BLUS30736:

Download

Street Fighter X Tekken(EUR) BLES01252:

Download

More to come, i hope pretty much explains the workaround, it’s up to you to get things working with the modifcation of PARAM.SFO and many other things that your will read in this conversation.

<Anon> Something to mention is that those pkgs when downloaded from $0ny either need modification of the PARAM.SFO inside, or the HD db needs to be rebuilt once the  PARAM.SFO is updated.
<Anon> not much can be done about that without releasing the full pkgs
<Anon> which is not for me to do.
<Anon> there are tools for that already
<Hellsing9>  hdd encryption?
<Anon>  nah any tool that allows modifying a pkg, just need to replace the PARAM.SFO inside the pkg
<Anon>  or use spoofing.
<Anon>  when the pkg is installed the PARAM.SFO is used to create the db entry for the title
<Anon>  so if you install the sony pkg with the normal PARAM.SFO it will insist you need 4.xx firmware to run the title
<Anon>  modifying the PARAM.SFO after installation will not be reflected until the HD db is rebuilt from the service menu
<Anon>  spoofing gets around that.
<Hellsing9>  cool
<Anon>  they need to backup files
<Anon>  preferable that person has spoofing.

Thanks to Anon for his patience and the data

Just in case you are wondering what is SFO and about this conversation that was posted i HIGHLY recommend to check the following links:

• http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/PARAM.SFO
• http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:PARAM.SFO

Another crazy release From Anon source. Enjoy, and use it at your own risk.

## Dyad demo

patched for 3.40+ MFW

dyad_demo_eboot_patched.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mtiqwn
password: TRYITTHENBUYIT

e82c9fb78cb49bcfda458e85dd3cfa6f        dyad_demo_eboot_patched.rar

## Download pkg
http://bit.ly/Pw8VWs

## READ THE README IN ARCHIVE FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

## the sendspace link will be deleted in a few hours, so get it while you can.

[Source] = Click

[Download Patch] = Click

[Download PKG] = Click

[Mirror] = Click

Thanks to @Inspectah_Deck for this awesome groundbraker news  Hope this is the last sayonara.

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Looks like finally someone did it! 

From Max.Payne.3.Eboot.Patch.READNFO.PS3-DUPLEX:

[Source]:
http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=ps3&sysid=3187
http://www.xrel.to/console-nfo/51082…S3-DUPLEX.html

[Update]  = Second strike

Kidou_Senshi_Gundam_-_Extreme_VS_EBOOT_PATCH_READNFO_JPN_PS3-NRP:

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| | | |/ _ | |_) / _ |_) / _` |/ __| |/ / |
| | | | (_) | _ < __/ __/ (_| | (__| < |
| |_| _|___/|_| ____|_| __,_|___|_|_ |
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| _ ___| |___ __ _ ___ ___
+-+ | / -_) / -_) _` (_- | |_|____|______,_/__/___| |
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|Kidou_Senshi_Gundam_-_Extreme_VS_EBOOT_PATCH_READNFO_JPN_PS3-NRP|
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| NoRePack Presents. It’s NoT a repack ****! |
| |
| FiLENaME —— nrp-exvsp |
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| PlaTForM —— PS3 CFW 3.55 |
| |
| Region —— Japan |
| |
| Language —— Japanese |
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| Supplier —— Team NoRePack |
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| rlz.Date —— 2o12-o8-15 |
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| Serial —— BLJS10131 |
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| Finally, a hero comes to kick the ****ing TB’s ass, cheers! |
| And now we want to support dear DUPLEX with this release. |
| Gundam stands on the ground without any dongle or special |
| TB CFW. |
| Works with our release: |
| Kidou_Senshi_Gundam_-_Extreme_VS_JPN_REPACK_JB_PS3-NRP |
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| Let’s be the witness of the ruin of TB dynasty. |
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| Love & Peace! Enjoy!:) |
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| iF u LOvE or HATe THiS GAmE, BuY iT ;] ___ __ |
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+-+ | .` | / _/ / _` / _` | +——————————–+
| |_|_|_|__|(_) __,___,_| |
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| Stop the with lame p2p repacks! |
| Spend your money for piracy and NOT for *****es! |
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| We are looking for 100 Mbits+ site! |
| Want to be a NRP supplier? Contact us… |
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| NoRePack2008[MENTION=222413]gmail.com[/MENTION] |
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| / __|_ _ ___ __|_ _|__ |
+—————-+ | (_ | ‘_/ -_) -_)| |(_-< +——————-+
___|_| ______||_|/__/ NoRePack 2o1o

Playstation users have been able to watch YouTube videos on their consoles for some time, but the experience just got much better as the company announced a brand new app.

The app brings a completely refreshed UI that focuses on delivering the personalized content that YouTube has been pushing recently. Your subscribed channels, favorites and playlists are highlighted, bringing a much improved experience. Search also has been improved, with video results appearing instantly while you type. The app can also now be controlled completely with your smartphone after a quick pairing.

The app is available for free from the Playstation Store. Google is making a huge push with YouTube and the more good experiences across devices the better and this is just the next step.

 

[Source]:  youtube-global
[Source] 2:  Cnet Review

According to source, Chinese dev eid0dex1 achieved in this release CEX and DEX switch within eight seconds (faster than Bolt). This was roughly translated SO BE ADVISED, if you mess up it’s not either my fault or source fault. I strongly recommend to test it once the translation is *better*. Word of advise.

Close enough?

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To quote:

About ReActPSN v2.22: (Rough translate)

• Add new type NP KEY to Triangle fix mode: 0×4,0×6,0xA,***,***(3.60)
• ReActPSN v2.22 CEX2DEX DEX2CEX (untested 256M NAND FLASH)
• You need to be on 3.55 with peek and poke patches to switch between CEX and DEX.
• Run reActPSNv2.22 and keep pressed BUTTON_RIGHT about 8s, auto reboot.
• Then you must Do system update to DEX3.55 or CEX3.55!
• Dump and Backup PS3 FLASH first.
• Test it on 3.55K and Itskamel’s 3.55 DEX more than 50 times, all is ok.

• The triangle button to crack the mode new 0×4, 0×7, 0xA,***,*** the NP KEY support previous versions only support 0×1 type of the NP KEY.
• Retail machine reActPSN v2.22 and development of machines, a key conversion
• Before using this feature, please backup your FLASH!
• All work on the 3.55CFW and peek & poke DEX3.55 firmware.
• Run reActPSN and continued to press the right arrow key about 8 seconds, the machine automatically restart after a successful conversion.
• Retail machine can be converted to a development machine, development machine can also be converted into a retail machine.
• Please upgrade to DEX3.55 or 3.55CFW.
• 256M NAND FLASH models untested 16M models to test the more than 50 times occasionally crash, but no brick.
• Please have the FLASHER tools first try, there are a lot of success without brick report the average user to use this feature.

Answer the questions below concerning reActPSN used in DEX v2.22:
patch 2.0 features have VSH 2.1 features theoretically available in the crack OFW. of DEX some folder write permissions too low, no effect on not tested. 2.2 features should be able to peek and poke) 3.55

[Download]: ReActPSN v2.22

[Source]: bbs.duowan via Psx-Scene 

ThatOtherDev has released an update of his homebrew game UFO Racer, which fixes the graphical problems that occured in the last version.

Download UFO Racer v3.2 from PlatonicRobot.com
Download UFO Racer v3.2 from Brewology.com

Source: ThatOtherDev.com

Rogero, famous for his work on Rogero Manager and Rogero CFW, has released an application he calls PS3 Nor Dump Auto-Patcher. The application patches valid PlayStation 3 NOR dumps with proper downgrade files necessary for downgrading/unbricking PlayStation consoles. More from Rogero:

N.B:
Always make several Nor Dumps and Validate your dump properly before proceeding to patch it and Flash it back.
This Link have all the info needed to validate the Dump –> PS3 DevWiki, Validating flash dumps
A Ps3 without a valid Nor/Nand Dump is non-recoverable.

PS3 Nor Dump Auto-Patcher v0.01 by Rogero 11/Aug/2012
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- Compatible with both E3 and ProgSkeet Nor dumps.
- Checking your PS3 Nor Dump if it is Byte-Reversed or No.
- Applying the correct downgrade patches depending on the Dump type detected.
- Eliminating the need to byte-swap the dump in order to apply the patches.
- Making the patching easier rather then using several programs to do it.

[Download]
[Source]

Since most of the new users of our community *Fail* to see the BIG AND FULL OF COLORS banner i will clarify this:

DOWNGRADE:

First you have to CHECK if you can downgrade your PS3:

• Use MinVerChk PUP from ps3devwiki = download
• Use as reference the SKU models = click
• ON NAND you have TO SOLDER. USING PROGSKEET OR TEENSY++.
• ON NOR CONSOLES You can USE E3 FLASHER (CLIP = NIGHTMARE IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY SEAT IT! WARNING!!!!) IF YOU CAN DOWNGRADE YOUR PS3, EVEN IF YOU CAN DOWNGRADE YOU HAVE TO DO TRISTATE/SBE SOMETIMES IN ORDER JUST IN CASE TO AVOID A BRICK OR IF YOU BRICK GET A CHANCE TO UNBRICK YOUR PS3. (And TEENSY++ and progskeet as well if you have serious soldering skills)

FLASHING YOUR PS3 WITH E3 FLASHER:

• Keep in mind that the CLIP if it’s bad seated can be give you 10000 BAD DUMPS so you can brick on worst case PERMA-BRICK .
• The CLIP is the worst nightmare and most of the times the main reason of bricks, you have to read and read more to avoid getting in more problems.
• Check and double check as many times you need your DUMPS!!! If you NEED HELP JUST ASK!!!

Use PS3DEVWIKI E3 PAGE and READ! = CLICK

PSN:

• IF YOU DOWNGRADE YOU HAVE NO PSN ACCESS EVEN IF YOU CONVERTED TO DEX.
• IF YOU CONVERT TO DEX YOU DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO PSN.

SERIES 3K or 3000:

YOU CAN’T USE A DOWNGRADE FLASHER ON 3K MODELS IS USELESS! SO YOU CAN’T DOWNGRADE!!!

Regards

Hellsing9

Thanks to @LoverboySimer for this awesome news about this emulator

Great news for PS2 (not to be confused with PlanetSide 2) fans as the best emulator for Sony’s console has hit a milestone. PCSX2 has released its first publich version, 1.0. According to the team behind it, PCSX2 runs a great majority of the games, and there are no important issues that could possibly be fixed without requiring major modifications to the emulator.

And that’s precisely why the team decided to stop thinking of new things to do for a bit, polish the stability, compatibility and existing features and release the result as the first major version of PCSX2.

PCSX2 team stated:

“There have been tons of changes since the last release, including improvements to Jake Stine’s wxWidgets GUI overhaul, cottonvibe’s new multithreaded VU core and improvements on the primary plugins.”

Here is the changelog for version 1.0:

Windows

Core:
Video timing adjustments
microVU fixes for Metal Gear Solid 2 and others
General speedups
microVU speedup
New GIF unit that mimics the real one better
microVU elementary function bug fixed (affecting Valkyrie Profile 2, Radiata Stories and Star Ocean 3)
Implemented Multi-Threaded VU! A new speed hack with almost 100% compatibility with games, using a third core to run the VU1 unit separately
CDVD fixes (Time Crisis boots now)
Added support for progressive scan timings
Path 3 arbitration and timing refinements
Added Finnish, Malaysian, Korean, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Polish translations

SPU2-X:
Configurable output volume
Fixes to reverb
Various sound looping fixes
Improved time stretcher
Reverse phase audio quality improved

GSdx:
Fixed RGB mode movie recording
Texture cache change that fixes some black screening games
Implemented NVidia FXAA 3.10, page up key activates it
Better multithreading
Arc the Lad bad fog fix
Fixed shadows in software renderer
Implementation of GSdx “Shadeboost” project (saturation, brightness, contrast settings)
User configurable hacks in the GUI
Fixed flickering in many FMVs
Implementation of GSdx “Cutie” project (various extra CRC hacks)

Lilypad:
Pad state getting stuck with savestates bug fixed

USBqemu:
Revamped it a bit

Linux:

OnePad changes:
New dialog configuration panel
Improved support of various pad (sixaxis)/mouse/wiimote
Added support for more controllers
Added support for pressure-sensitive buttons

GSdx:
GSdx ported for Linux! Based on OpenGL 3.3 with some 4.x hardware independent extensions. Requires OpenGL 4.2 drivers and is still in experimental stages. Don’t expect the hardware renderer to run properly, but the Software renderer should be fine.
Added support for configuration and keyboard shortcuts from PCSX2

ZZogl:
Added support for configuration and keyboard shortcuts from PCSX2
Added a GLSL backend to replace CG. Like GSdx, it requires OpenGL 4.2 drivers. Only available with PCSX2 self-compilation.

PCSX2 GUI:
Added thread timing information to see the CPU usage in the status bar
Fix multiple frame/box letters sizing.

[Download: PCSX2]
[Source: PCSX2 Official Website]

Good news for Linux lovers you can run it on PS2 all models, you can install it and run the live DVD  from your internal HDD. Thanks to Megaman we have a tutorial too

To quote Mega Man:

Changelog:

 
[Tutorial by Megaman] : Click Here

[Download]: PS2 Linux Live DVD v3

[Source]: sourceforge via psx-scene

Another Clip called GameKlip appeared on the Market for Android users (lucky ones). This one is one of it’s kind, seems that have a better *grip* and better security to avoid your expensive cellphone end on the ground with a broken screen or worst

To quote:

Mobile games is a growing market, people love their mobiles and a lot love gaming so it’s a winning combination. However there is only so much fun you can have with a touch screen interface. It works great for some games but not so great with others. For a start putting your hands on the screen obscures your view of the game world. In addition it’s just more natural to use a physical controller, the shapes and designs of which have evolved for decades to make the most of gaming. GameKlip  decided to pair a tried and trusted industry standard controller with you Android phone. The company chose the PlayStation 3 dual shock controller.

GameKlip is currently compatible with;

HTC One X
HTC Evo
Galaxy Note
Galaxy Nexus
Galaxy SII
Galaxy S

 

[Source: Hexus]
[Gameklip website]

Naehrwert has released an update of his scetool.

Version 0.2.8 (intermediate release):
- Fixed minor bugs where scetool would crash.
- Added SPP parsing.
- Decrypting RVK/SPP will now write header+data to file.

Download scetool 0.2.8 (intermediate release)

via Twitter

User fuckyoudh posted the *keys* of 3.60, on El otro lado . So the first source is EOL.

After this *Leak* if we can say was a leak or not it’s up to you (that’s why i say *leak* and not LEAK).
Euss confirmed that indeed the info is true and you can find all this and more on Ps3devwiki.
Also you can check in this pastie what Euss said about the info on the thread created before and stating that in fact they keys are real : http://pastie.org/4368553

Tools needed: (Keys, scetool and fairflow’s = ps3tools)

Ps3devwiki’s Keys page = Click

scetool/data/keys: for Scetool: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/files/devtools/scetool/data/ and for fail0verflow/ps3tools : http://mir.cr/WULDKSIG

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How to use scetool and download (updated) = click

Ps3keys (updated) = click

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How to (easy way): thanks @defaultdnb

Download the keys folder for 3.60.

Download deank’s ebootfix.

Add keys to eboot fix .PS3 folder.

Drag PS3_GAME folder from 3.60 game info the ebootfix.exe

Profit.

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Then you have a list of games that can be decrypted:

Reference: http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_Backup_Compatibility_List
Pastie List= http://pastie.org/4369367

3.60 titles:

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Agarest: Generations of War Zero
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
Alice: Madness Returns
Ape Escape On The Move
Arcana Heart 3
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland (Japanese release)
Bleach Soul Ignition
Brink
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Captain America: Super Soldier
Cars 2
Catherine
Crysis
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dirt 3
Dragon Age II (update 1.03)
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Fallout: New Vegas (update 1.6)
F.E.A.R 3
Gran Turismo 5 (update 1.10)
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hunted: The Demons Forge
inFAMOUS 2
inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood
Jak Trilogy
Killzone 3 (update 1.9)
Kung Fu Panda 2
LA Noire
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Let’s Dance with Mel B
Little Big Planet 2 (update 1.05)
MLB 2011: The Show
Modnation Racers (latest update)
MotorStorm: Apocalypse (update 1.04)
MX vs. ATV Alive
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
Nascar The Game 2011
National Geographic Challenge
NCAA Football 12
Need for Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed
No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension
Portal 2
Prince of Persia Trilogy 3d
Rayman Origins
Record of Agarest War Zero
Red Faction: Armageddon
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
Shadows of the Damned
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Supremacy MMA
The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns
Thor: God of Thunder
Top Spin 4 (update 1.02)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Virtua Tennis 4
Warriors: Legends of Troy
White Knight Chronicles II

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Kakaroto’s update about 3.60 keys:
Source: Ps3devwiki Kakaroto Update

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Also check the next statement:

The reverse is true: you can add the 3.56 and 3.60 keys to 3.55 and play those titles by just patching SFO : New keys to older firmwares.

So far so good, I will keep updating this one. Since the other one it’s getting very hard to moderate hence the massive questions appears at the same minute im posting this (again).

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Original source: Eol (El otro lado)
Source here in HAX: Check it
Check often PS3DEVWIKI for more information: Click

Many thanks to @euss as well as the user who posted here with the news about the keys and many others who helped me to organize this better

Regards

Hellsing9

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Update: Eboots to test (Working)  by @willemse21 (thanks to him) = Click here

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