The team known as Duplex, well known  for releasing PSN games, has released a 3.55 patch for Battlefield 3 (a FW 3.72 game)! With Uncharted 3 playable only a few hours ago, its definitely been a great weekend for PS3 owners.

UPDATE: But besides the fix for BF3 (note the Uncharted 3 fix is not the same “method” as the BF3 one), there is more good news that comes out of this release. We can’t say much about it right now, but I just received word that there is a VERY good chance that all the games coming this holiday season and pre-existing unplayable games will soon be playable on CFW PS3s!

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As some of you 3.55 CFW PS3 owners already know, certain games cannot be played on low firmwares, those of you that were considering buying L.A. Noire, are in luck, as a patch has been released that, will enable you to play the game, so go out and buy it

Download the patch HERE.

PS3 Game Updater is a program that identifies the games you have on your computers HDD, it then lets you check for any updates those games may have and lets you download them, here is a quote from the change log:

Version 1.11
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+ Enabled X button to close the appication.

Version 1.1
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+ Added “Settings” and “About” windows.
Use the “Settings” window to save your last used folder, open folder after downloading all updates, and determine whether to save the updates into 1 big folder, or put each update in its game folder.

+ Table now shows the actualy game path as well.

+ Select/Deselect all checkbox added.

+ Added Download speed indicator.

+ Downloading now shows the version of the donwloaded update.

+ Minor GUI improvements.

Version 1.0
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First release, only scans folder and shows details. Previously called “PS3 Game Detector”.

Here is a video demonstrating what exactly it does:

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Creator trueicecold n Twitter

EliteMossy of NGU has created a simple PS3 game patch blocker for the PS3 that does not sign you out of PSN.

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Thanks to noddy4life for the news tip.

Yes you heard it, no its not an April Fools joke. Sony has confirmed and posted on their blog today that FW 3.21 will go live this Thursday, and it will block OtherOS. We highly recommend the hacking scene to stay away from updating their PS3 coming this Thursday. This is in no doubt Sony’s response to GeoHots PS3 hack.

The next system software update for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system will be released on April 1, 2010 (JST), and will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to security concerns, Sony Computer Entertainment will remove the functionality through the 3.21 system software update.

In addition, disabling the “Other OS” feature will help ensure that PS3 owners will continue to have access to the broad range of gaming and entertainment content from SCE and its content partners on a more secure system.

Consumers and organizations that currently use the “Other OS” feature can choose not to upgrade their PS3 systems, although the following features will no longer be available;

* Ability to sign in to PlayStation Network and use network features that require signing in to PlayStation Network, such as online features of PS3 games and chat
* Playback of PS3 software titles or Blu-ray Disc videos that require PS3 system software version 3.21 or later
* Playback of copyright-protected videos that are stored on a media server (when DTCP-IP is enabled under Settings)
* Use of new features and improvements that are available on PS3 system software 3.21 or later

For those PS3 users who are currently using the “Other OS” feature but choose to install the system software update, to avoid data loss they first need to back-up any data stored within the hard drive partition used by the “Other OS,” as they will not be able to access that data following the update.

Additional information about PS3 firmware updates, including v3.21 (once it becomes available), can be found here:

http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/index.htm

PS3 owners who have further questions should contact Consumer Services:

http://us.playstation.com/support/ask/

800-345-7669 (800-345-SONY)

Definitely a shocking move on Sony’s part, dropping entire Linux support on PS3 (not to mention many people/companies who use the PS3 Linux/otheros feature).

What is your take/opinion on this? Post and let us know.

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