JANUARY
3rd of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3 hacking websites start posting a video of what claims to be “the first working Backup System for Playstation3”, it was reported that it came all the way from Korea and was designed for “PlayStation cafes”.
Source(Video) – 400
Source – 401
5th of January 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Darksiders
7th of January 2010
David Scherer beats the record for longest GTA4 game play, previously set in 2009 by Chirantan Patnaik, the new record is 55 hours.
Source – 402
12th of January 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Army of Two: The 40th Day
EA Montreal
Vancouver 2010
13th of January 2010
Sony releases a statement saying that it is delaying Gran Turismo 5(GT5)
13th of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Devs on PS3News announce that they have dumped the PS3’s Hypervisor LV1 and Bootloader LV0.
14th of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot posts that the SPI hardware is done.
“Spent today rigging this up. Soldered to the bridge side of the SPI and the Cell side of the SPI. Cut the traces. The FPGA passes through the pins while the switch is on. So I power up the system with the switch on, chip gets configured, then turn the switch off to connect the Cell SPI to my USB parallel adapter. Now it’s just a matter of the PC side SPI software and figuring out a way to use the myriad LV1 registers available to me to map the hypervisor.”
Source – 403
14th of January 2010
SCEJ announce torne, a Digital terrestrial tuner which is similar to PlayTV.
Source – 404
14th of January 2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez releases a statement, calling PlayStation games “poison”, a quote from the statement:
“These games they call PlayStation are poison. Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game. ‘You’ve got to find Chavez to kill him”
Source – 405
19th of January 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dark Void
19th of January 2010
VG247 report a rumour suggesting the PS3s up coming motion controller will be called “arc”.
Source – 406
20th of January 2010
Sony announce that its motion controller due for launch during Spring 2010, will be delayed until Autumn 2010.
Source – 407
26th of January 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MAG
22nd of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot announces that he has finally hacked the PS3.
“I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I’ve also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip.
3 years, 2 months, 11 days…thats a pretty secure system
Took 5 weeks, 3 in Boston, 2 here, very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software.
Shout out to George Kharrat from iPhoneMod Brasil for giving me this PS3 a year and a half ago to hack. Sorry it took me so long 🙂
As far as the exploit goes, I’m not revealing it yet. The theory isn’t really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can’t post dumps. I’m hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone’s KBAG.”
Source – 408
25th of January 2010
The BBC interviews GeoHot
“It’s supposed to be unhackable – but nothing is unhackable.
I can now do whatever I want with the system. It’s like I’ve got an awesome new power – I’m just not sure how to wield it.”
Source – 409
26th of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
iQD posts an article on SKFUs blog rubbishing GeoHots claim of hacking the PS3.
“So the PS3 is hacked ? Well that’s nothing more than an urban legend.
Altough it’s nice to capture all these HV calls and stuff from a plain (not encrypted) lv1 binary, but this will never lead to a hacked PS3.”
Source – 410
26th of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot releases his exploit.
“This is the coveted PS3 exploit, gives full memory space access and therefore ring 0 access from OtherOS. Enjoy your hypervisor dumps. This is known to work with version 2.4.2 only, but I imagine it works on all current versions. Maybe later I’ll write up how it works”
Source – 411
27th of January 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
SKFU starts investigating folding@home
“One thing which got me interested, is that the “game” has more permissions than any other game or application. Normal games do not have access to the root of /dev_hdd0/ but F@H has”
Source – 412
27th of January 2010
[PS3 Model Release]
Sony release a Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT PS3 bundle.
Source – 413
28th of January 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Last Rebellion
Resonance of Fate
FEBRUARY
2nd of February 2010
In an interview with IGN, the man in charge of PSN states that the PS3 will be around in ten years and that the 360 won’t.
“I’m confident we’ll be around in 10 years and I can say that because we’ve done it twice. PS3 will be around in 10 years and probably much longer than that. I have my own opinion, but I’ll ask you the question. Do you think the 360 will be around in 10 years?”
Source – 414
4th of February 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International9th of February 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
BioShock 2
Dante’s Inferno
5th of February 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
After replicating GeoHots exploit, xorloser starts his first in a serious of guides on how other people can also replicate it, the first guide is titled “PS3 Exploit: Software”.
“As I’m sure everybody heard, the memory access exploit for the PS3 hypervisor was released recently by geohotz. I was finally able to replicate his hack so I thought I’d take the time to help out others who may also have trouble due to being linux n00bs like me 🙂 If I were to post everything at once it would be too much work and I’d never get around to it, so I’ll post bits at a time to ensure I actually do post it heh. Today’s post will talk about the software side of the exploit.
Please note that the geohotz exploit software was hardcoded for the v2.42 firmware, I have made a small fix that attempts to dynamically support all firmware versions. I have only tested and used it on v3.15 however.”
Source – 415
8th of February 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
xorloser releases his second exploit guide, titled “PS3 Exploit: Hardware”.
Source – 416
8th of February 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
xorloser posts an image of his exploit setup.
Source – 417
13th of February 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaroToKS releases a kernel module which maps the real PS3 memory to a device in /pro
Source – 418
16th of February 2010
Datel releases the Space Dock, a HDD dock for the PS3 that lets you connect 2.5″ and 3.5″ HDDs up to 1TB in size.
Source – 419
18th of February 2010
Sony patents a Universal Game Console Controller.
“A universal game console controller that has an LCD presenting, depending on what type of game console a user has input, a controller key layout for a first type of game console or a controller key layout for a second type of game console.”
Source – 420
Source 2 – 423
18th of February 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Heavy Rain
19th of February 2010
Owen Stampflee, Linux Product Manager for Fixstars Corporation creates a post on the Yellow Dog Linux forums, stating that he was told that OtherOS would be removed in a future update.
Source – 424
19th of February 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
History Great Battles: Medieval
22nd of February 2010
In an interview with Edge magazine, Valve state that they are not yet ready to work with Sony on the PS3.
23rd of February 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
24th of February 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
xorloser releases a PS3 HV Dump setup script for IDA.
“This script will setup function tables including the hypercall (syscall) table, mmcall table, OPD, TOC, GOT. It will find common functions such as puts and printf and very importantly it will fixup all rtoc references which are used to access global variables and strings.”
Source – 425
27th of February 2010
Geoffrey Levand reconfirms what he said in August 2009 in regard to OtherOS on non slim PS3s, though he also notes:
“Please understand that in my position as PS3-Linux maintainer, I can really only provide users with technical support for Linux and the LV1 hcall interface.
The text above was provided to me by SCE management(See 22nd of August 2009).”
Source – 426
MARCH
1st of March 2010
Owners of Fat PS3’s around the world, start experiencing a bug with their consoles, which stopped them connecting to PSN.
1st of March 2010
Sony released a statement regarding the bug affecting owners of Fat PS3s.
“As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.
We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.”
Source – 427
2nd of March 2010
Sony announce they have bought Media Molecule, the developer behind the PS3 exclusive, Little Big Planet.
Source – 428
2nd of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Major League Baseball 2K10
MLB 10: The Show
2nd of March 2010
Sony announce that they have fixed the PS3 bug.
“We are aware that the internal clock functionality in the PS3 units other than the slim model, recognised the year 2010 as a leap year. Having the internal clock date change from February 29 to March 1 (both GMT), we have verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally.”
Source – 429
4th of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
xorloser releases XorHack, a PS3 exploit toolkit.
Source – 430
7th of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
modrobert releases PS3 Glitch Finder v1.0.
Source – 431
8th of March 2010
Sony Santa Monica reveal that they spent $44 Million on God of War III.
Source – 432
10th of March 2010
Sony finally reveal the name of its motion controller, PlayStation Move(PS Move).
Source – 43
11th of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Red Seeds Profile
11th of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
God of War III
15th of March 2010
In an interview with Edge magazine, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg claims that the reason the 360 is selling twice as many consoles as the PS3, is because the PS3 has a Blu-ray drive.
Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that, the fact that we’re able to offer a console starting at $199 is a benefit of not being burdened with that cost.
For us, our bet was on digital distribution, that was the future – the ability to [play] 1080p movies with no disc, no download required; we have the largest movie and TV library, the largest HD library of any console.
Source – 434
18th of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Yakuza 4
18th of March 2010
torne is released
19th of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
xorloser releases XorHack v2.0.
Source – 435
19th of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MotoGP 09/10
Fireburst
23rd of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
How to Train Your Dragon
Just Cause 2
25th of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage
28th of March 2010
On the official PlayStation Blog, Patrick Seybold posts about an upcoming firmware, which will disable the OtherOS feature.
“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.”
Source – 436
29th of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot releases a statement about the upcoming PS3 firmware.
“First off, I want to apologize to all the people who use Linux on their PS3. Before releasing, I weighed the pros and cons, and considered the possibility of an impact on OtherOS support. My logic was this. OtherOS support had already been removed from the Slim(not for technical reasons; I believe it only existed in the first place to promote the Cell for IBM) The builders had apparently no intention of including it in future products. So for the purposes of openness why not release? Not like anything else has(or probably will be) done on the PS3.
Now you go and remove a feature that people expected to be included with the expensive device they purchased, citing “security concerns”. What security concerns? It’s not like the exploit can be run even close to without the users knowledge. You have to open the fucking thing up. How could this harm users? Your blog post doesn’t list positive reasons for upgrading like I think most users expect. Instead it lists things you will lose if you don’t upgrade. Seriously?
The PlayStation 3 is the only product I know that loses features throughout it’s life cycle. Software PS2 emulation, SACD playback, and OtherOS support are all just software switches you can flip. It’s unbelievable you would go and flip one, not just on new boxes you are shipping, but on tens of millions already in the field.
Again I’m sorry users. Sony, I expected more from you.”
Source – 437
29th of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot releases another statement warning people interested in the exploit not to update.
“A note to people interested in the exploit and retaining OtherOS support, DO NOT UPDATE. When 3.21 comes out, I will look into a safe way of updating to retain OtherOS support, perhaps something like Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher. I never intended to touch CFW, but if that’s how you want to play…
Two things, some people seem to think CFW will enable some sort of piracy. It won’t. It’ll just be a custom version of 3.21 that doesn’t lose OtherOS support. Hacking isn’t about getting what you didn’t pay for, it’s about making sure you do get what you did.”
Source – 438
31st of March 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Prison Break: The Conspiracy
31st of March 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
jaicrab dumps the PS3 Hypervisor and bootloader.
Source – 439
APRIL
1st of April 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.21]
This firmware removes the OtherOS feature, it also adds a security patch for a vulnerability found in MP4 playback
1st of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Professional Baseball Spirits 2010
1st of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
JaicraB releases V2 pulse generator for PS3.
Source – 440
2nd of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
JaicraB and DemonHades release a dump of lv2(GameOS).
Source – 441
2nd of April 2010
A member of NeoGaf reports receiving a partial refund from Amazon, over the removal of the OtherOS function on the PS3.
Source – 442
4th of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Disane makes a post stating that the GameOS dump from 2nd of April 2010 is not a complete dump.
“erm, I hate to say this but, it appears this dump only has 2-3 percent of the lv2 kernel. There are no hv call tables dumped. It appears that they loaded in a whole Linux kernel which overwritten the important parts. I guess it’s better to just use the cell reset line and use a boot loader with a small kernel module that allocates it’s memory at a custom address, then dumps the important areas.”
Source – 443
4th of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
d0zs releases Auto-Start PS3 Proxy Server.
Source – 444
7th of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot hit back at Sony and showed a video where he had restored OtherOS to firmware 3.21.
The method to fix the OtherOS function was a type of Custom Firmware, which GeoHot dubbed 3.21OO and he promised to release soon.
Via his blog he stated:
“Note to the people who removed OtherOS, you are potentially turning 100000+ legit users into ‘hackers’. There was a huge (20x) traffic spike to this blog after the announcement of 3.21. If I had ads on this site I guess I’d be thanking you.”
Source – 445
8th of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
ZiNgA BuRgA releases Simple rcomage GUI.
Source – 446
10th of April 2010
Qore airs its final ever episode on the PlayStation Network
11th of April 2010
Famitsu reveal that Sony have sold over 5 million PS3s in Japan since release.
Source – 447
13th of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
14th of April 2010
Sony’s David Wilson, releases a statement regarding refunds for the removal of OtherOS.
“We do understand the frustration a small number of consumers may feel at SCE’s decision to provide an upgrade to the firmware to disable the Linux operating system but we refute any suggestion that this action is in any way a contravention of the terms of Sale of Goods Act.
The PS3 is first and foremost a games console and our marketing materials for the console reflect this. The console packaging and the in-box manual for the console do not refer to the use of Linux on the console. Rather, the console packaging states that the product’s design and specifications are subject to change without notice and that the system software within the console is subject to a limited licence between SCE and the consumer, and this licence permits SCE to update the system software and services offered from time to time.”
Source – 448
15th of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise
18th of April 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
In an interview with Maxconsole, Mathieulh states that Sony could have closed GeoHots exploit without removing OtherOS.
“Yes of course they could have, there are several existing ways to close this exploit effectively without removing the otheros feature, they wanted it removed and used it as another pretext to do so”.
21st of April 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.30]
Stereoscopic 3D games can now be played
22nd of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Nier
23rd of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dead to Rights: Retribution
27th of April 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Super Street Fighter IV
27th of April 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
A PS3 owner Anthony Ventura files a class action lawsuit against Sony for the removal of OtherOS.
Source – 449
30th of April 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
A group of five PS3 owners file a class action lawsuit against Sony for the removal of OtherOS.
Source – 450
MAY
4th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Iron Man 2
5th of May 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Two more PS3 owners file a class action lawsuit against Sony for the removal of OtherOS.
Source – 451
6th of May 2010
A fourth lawsuit is taken against Sony for the removal of OtherOS
Source – 452
11th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Lost Planet 2
Skate 3
11th of May 2010
Sony release a PS3 remote play app for their Sony VAIO P netbook in Japan.
14th of May 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
After refusing to update his PS3 and lose OtherOS, madshaun1984 works on getting XBMC running on PS3 Linux, this is the final result.
Source(Video) – 453
17th of May 2010
VG247 reports that Sony will reveal Premium PSN at E3 2010
Source – 454
18th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Red Dead Redemption
Shrek Forever After
Split/Second: Velocity
21st of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
ModNation Racers
25th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Blur
UFC Undisputed 2010
25th of May 2010
In an interview with NASDAQ, Sony’s Jack Trenton reveals that they have landed a deal with HBO to offer programmes such as True Blood o the PS3.
Source – 455
27th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Pure Football
28th of May 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Alpha Protocol
JUNE
1st of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Backbreaker
2nd of June 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
A class action lawsuit is filed against SCEA and Square Enix, due to Final Fantasy XIII causing PS3’s to brick.
Source – 456
4th of June 2010
Vivid Entertainment, reveals that talks with Sony broke down and that they wouldn’t be supplying PS3 owners with HD Porn.
6th of June 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
madshaun1984 releases an all in one package aimed at helping people install XBMC on PS3 OtherOS.
Source – 457
8th of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Green Day: Rock Band
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
10th of June 2010
Sony Japan release 3D updates for WipEout HD, Super Stardust HD and Pain.
15th of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
15th of June 2010
At E3 2010 Sony reveal PlayStation Plus, a premium PSN service, which will cost $49.99 per year.
Source – 458
16th of June 2010
Sony reveal the Sony CECH-ZVS1, a surround sounds system designed specifically for the PS3.
Source – 459
17th of June 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
NTAuthority manages to get the official Sony Vaio Remote Play app working on other Windows 7 devices.
Source – 460
22nd of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Transformers: War for Cybertron
24th of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
White Album
25th of June 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4
Singularity
28th of June 2010
In an interview with IGN, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, said the company was finally making money on the sale of the PS3.
This year is the first time that we are able to cover the cost of the PlayStation 3. We aren’t making huge money from hardware, but we aren’t bleeding like we used to.
When we bring the cost of hardware down, we are looking at opportunities to adjust prices if we believe that will increase demand. At the moment, we are trying to catch up our production.
We have lots of great games coming out and innovations with Move and 3DTV, so we don’t believe this is the time for us to think about a price drop.”
Source – 461
29th of June 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.40]
Video editor and uploader added under video section, support for PlayStation Plus is added, you can now rate products you have bought on the PlayStation Store
JULY
1st of July 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
8th of July 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
White Knight Chronicles II
9th of July 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Debug(DEX) Firmware Leak]
PS3 Debug firmware v3.21 is leaked.
Source – 462
13th of July 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NCAA Football 11
13th of July 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot leaves the scene, he most likely did this because he was fed up with the impatient, ungratefully people who tended to troll his blog and harass him on Twitter, before he closed his blog and Twitter account, here are a few of his final tweets at the time:
“it was a cool ride, and i’ve learned a lot about a lot. perhaps one of these days i’ll do a more formal goodbye.
I didn’t fully realize most of the current scene don’t care unless they are getting something. Now I do.
The real reason behind no release isn’t technical. It’s just that it will never stop, after blackra1n, people demand unlock, after blacksn0w, people demand untethered. I miss the days when jailbreaking and unlocking were difficult, it attracted a much higher caliber crowd.”
Source – 463
20th of July 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ned.smitty gets the Sony Vaio Remote Play app working on Windows Vista
Source – 464
26th of July 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.41]
Recommended products are now displayed
29th of July 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Sengoku Basara 3
29th of August 2010
Sony reveal that they have sold 38.1 million PS3s worldwide since launch day in 2006.
Source – 465
AUGUST
10th of August 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Madden NFL 11
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
11th of August 2010
[PS3 Model Release]
The PS3 is officially released in Brazil, the 120GB slim model cost an extortionate $1,130
17th of August 2010
At gamescom 2010, Sony reveal two new PS3 models, one with a 320GB HDD and the other with a 160GB HDD.
Source – 466
19th of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PSX-Scene announced that they had been in contact with “PS Jailbreak”, they claimed that they were able to prove this as they had a working dongle, of course we had the same scepticism as usual and who could blame us, after all the fakes and let downs, but things seemed different this time, we had a reputable website, that had been in the PS2 scene for a very long time telling us they had sample dongles.
Here is what PS Jailbreak was promising:
“PS Jailbreak is a USB plug and play solution that installs in seconds, keeping your valid warranty seal in tact.
Easy to use installer and GUI takes you step by step.
Compatible with all production models FAT and SLIM. Supports all regions: USA, JAP, PAL and KOREA
PS Jailbreak disables forced software updates and will never brick your console.
Supports all games (it does not allow backups of bluray movies , dvd movies , or past consoles games)
Backup games to your internal hard drive or external hard drive through USB, and boot directly off GUI. Eliminating the need for expensive blueray burners and costly blank media.
Play backups off your hard drives 2x as fast as off the blueray drive. This eliminates lags and glitches to provide you with smoother game play.
Open up your console to a new generation of homebrew applications. Load homebrew apps/games off any USB hard drive/flash drive.
Fully updatable with new features/updates by connecting PS Jailbreak to any computers USB port.”
Sounds like Belzar and Zpack doesn’t it, well it wasn’t long until, some of the PS3’s scene main guys were on to it, this was Sony’s Armageddon, though there was one slight problem, the device cost $130+, but a device that allowed you to play backups and homebrew overwrote the extortionate price for some, for others, that couldn’t afford, nor was willing to pay such a device, it was a waiting game.
Source – 467
19th of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
RixhDevX and Mathieulh confirm PS3 Jailbreak is legit.
19th of August 2010
Mainstream gaming/technology websites such as Digital Foundry start reporting on PS Jailbreak, here is a quote from Richard Leadbetter.
“Based on OzModChips’ YouTube offerings, the dongle itself appears to be activated when the system is booted by holding down the power followed by the eject button. This might suggest that the USB dongle is an adapted form of debug equipment used by Sony itself in testing production and refurbished PS3s, and several consoles locked into “factory mode” have escaped into the wild before now.”
Source – 468
20th of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
planetadejuego.com posts teardown images of the PS Jailbreak dongle.
Source
22nd of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
SKFU and RichDevX warn that the use of PS Jailbreaks Backup Manager is detectable by Sony
22nd of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
An anonymous developer releases a GUI for make_package_npdrm.exe from Sony’s official SDK.
Source – 469
22nd of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
logic-sunrise reveal a PS Jailbreak clone called X3jailbreak.
Source – 470
22nd of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mathieulh claims the people behind PS Jailbreak used GeoHots PS3 exploit.
24th of August 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Mafia II
26th August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The PS Jailbreak device is Reverse Engineered by Gamefreax.
Source – 471
26th of August 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A PS Jailbreak clone called PS3Stinger is announced with claims that it will go on sale for 49.99 Euro, which is a fraction of what the PS Jailbreak device costs.
27th August 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony files a complaint against OzModChips, Mod Supplier and Quantronics and wins a temporary ban on the sale of the PS Jailbreak Dongle, with a full hearing on the 31st of August.
Source(Court document) – 472
28th August 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
OzModChips releases a statement regarding the court papers handed to them by Sony lawyers
““28/08/2010 – Hello Everyone. On Friday the 27/08/2010 we where given some documents from the Lawyers representing Sony. The documents are Federal Court orders for a temporary injunction.
The Injunction states that from 24 hours of receiving the documents to the 31st of August OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier and anyone else in Australia:
Give up all stock in our possession, including our sample
I guess it was lucky that the device was delayed by a couple of days. While many people that have received their sample and sent it off to cloners….we sent ours to a well known homebrew developer. The developer we picked showed us various homebrew applications that he had already developed for ps3 dev units, that he wants to port over to retail units. Yes, PS3 homebrew is real and will start flowing through at a steady rate as soon as next week.
Give up any stock we get between now and the 31st
We are not getting any between these times
Ozmodchips also cannot:
◦Import
◦distribute
◦Offer
◦provide
◦or deal with PS Jailbreak devices
These are from the Federal Court of Australia.
All 3 Australian stores we appear in court in some form on the 31st of August. On the 31st the court will decide if there will be a continuation of the “ban” or if we are allowed to sell them.
Our views are the same as Quantronics who posted this info HERE (Sony of Austrailia imposes injunction to stem the spread of PS Jailbreak…). This is not OzModChips Vs Sony. This is not OzModChips, Quantronics, Modsupplier Vs Sony. We would go as far as saying that is not even everyone in Australia Vs Sony. This will effect everyone that plans to buy such a device world wide. It already sets a dangerous precedent. Everyone that was using OtherOS, everyone that has had a faulty PS3 laser….and those interested in PS3 custom firmware and homebrew applications.
We cannot do it alone, we need the support of everyone the homebrew community, the media, engineers that understand the inner workings and anyone else that can provide support.
Regarding orders:
If the injunction becomes permanent we will refund everyone that has ordered from us. If it doesn’t then we will send all orders as originally planned. There will be no delay to the planned shipping date. We would ask everyone to wait until then. We have the money sitting in our account which will cover 100% refunds for everyone if that needs to happen. We kindly ask everyone to just hold off until the 31st, as we need all the time we can to prepare.
Thank you for your support!
-OzModChips Team”
31st of August 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Due to the presiding judge unable to attend the PS Jailbreakers Sellers Vs Sony, the trial is postponed to the 3rd of September.
31st of August 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
SCEA files a lawsuit against Zoomba LDC who owns shoppsjailbreak.com, over the sale of PS Jailbreak.
Source – 473
SEPTEMBER
1st of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PSGroove is released, for Teensy++ USB Development Board or AT90USBKEY, it was released by Mathieulh and his team, it is an open source, free version of PS Jailbreak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjJGVPT36IA
2nd of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
ooPo releases ps3toolchain, an open source toolchain for the PS3.
Source – 474
2nd of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ps2chiper announce he and atommann are working on an open source hardware version of PS Jailbreak.
Source – 475
3rd of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo releases his own version of an open jailbreak, dubbed PSFreedom, it had its début on the Nokia N900.
Source – 476
3rd of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo releases PSFreedom source code along with a video of PSFreedom working and some FAQ.
Source – 477
3rd of September 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony wins an indefinite ban against the sale and import of PS Jailbreak in Australia.
4th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
carlinson from elotrolado.net starts investigating how to run PSGroove from the SIXAXIS.
Source – 478
5th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases PSFreedom Dingoo, a port of PSFreedom for the handheld device Dingoo.
Source – 479
6th of September 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.42]
Blocks the exploit used by PS Jailbreak, PSGroove and PSFreedom.
6th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS Jailbreak clone ecliPS3 is released.
Source – 480
7th September
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
The very first Homebrew app is released, it is an FTP server released by CJCP.
7th of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NHL 11
R.U.S.E.
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2
8th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PSFreedom 1.0 is released.
Source – 481
8th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ooPo releases his Open Source Toolchain.
9th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MohammadAG releases PSFreedom GUI, an application for the Nokia N900 that jailbreaks the PS3
Source – 482
10th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
zoned releases Simple AVCHD Manager version 0.1
10th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A PS3Jailbreak clone is announced, called PSLiberator.
Source – 483
10th of September 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
SCEA request a dismissal of the OtherOS lawsuit.
Source – 484
11th September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A member of PSX-Scene called dimmudroid, states that he is working on Project PS3P, which will give PS3 owners the ability to play PSP backups on their PS3’s.
11th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
NTAuthority releases a port of PS3Freedom to Apple devices, the port which uses OpeniBoot, works with the iPod touch 1G, iPhone EDGE and iPhone 3G.
13th September 2010
blackb0x releases a LV2 Memory Dumper for the PS3.
Source – 485
13th September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
AerialX updates PSGroove with USB Stick Apploader Payload, which lets you play a game from the XMB without installing it.
Source – 486
14th of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
15th of September
Sony release the PS Move, here are some specs:
PlayStation Move motion controller
Three-axis gyroscope
Three-axis accelerometer
Terrestrial magnetic field sensor
Colour-changing sphere for PlayStation Eye tracking
Bluetooth technology
Vibration feedback
PlayStation Move sub-controller
Built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery
2 DUALSHOCK or SIXAXIS Wireless Controller replacement capability.
16th of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Front Mission Evolved
16th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Waninkoko releases Demo Manager v1.0, a PC app that lets you install PSN content to the PS3 without access to PSN.
Source – 487
16th of September 2010
Kaz Kirai reveals that 80% of the 38 million PS3s sold are connected to the PlayStation Network.
Source – 488
16th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
lachrymose releases PS3 Pong version 0.15
16th of September 2010
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Quotes from a couple of court documents dated 16th of September 2010, makes it clear that Sony is willing to go after anyone involved in the hacking of the PS3.
“SCEA has leave to serve similarly targeted subpoenas or deposition notices to
any other third party who SCEA learns may be involved in the distribution or
sale of the “PS Jailbreak” software, known as, for example, “PSGroove,”
“OpenPSJailbreak,” and “PSFreedom,” or who may have knowledge of the
distribution or sale of this software.”
Source – 489
Source 2 – 490
17th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
KaKaRoTo releases ps3utils, which includes a Registry viewer and PDB generator.
17th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Comgenie releases Comgenies Awesome Filemanager, now you can browse your PS3’s system files/HDD, without the need of FTP, plus this is the fastest option for transferring games, etc.
Source – 491
18th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases v1.1 of PSFreedom Dingoo.
– PSFreedom updated to latest version (commit 059128bd17d25390b0ecde57a22d039b436c5394).
– New payload code included (BDVD patch enabled, syscalls PEEK/POKE included).
Source – 492
18th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MohammadAG releases PSFreedom GUI v0.3
19th of September 2010
Due to fear of being targeted by SCEA, Klutsh abandons his psfMod project.
Source – 493
21st of September 2010
SCEA puts out a consumer warning in regard to counterfeit controllers, claiming:
“It is possible that some counterfeit product may ignite or explode, resulting in injury or damage to the user, your PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, or other property. Moreover, SCEA does not support continued functionality of counterfeit or unlicensed controllers in system software updates and these devices may cease to function in the future because of system software updates.”
Source – 494
21st September 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.50]
Allows 3D Blu-ray movies to be played and disables counterfeit controllers.
21st September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Hermes releases v4B of his custom payload for PSGroove
21st September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Red Squirrel releases PS3 SFO Editor Linux Edition v1.0.0
Source
22nd of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
F1 2010
23rd of September 2010
Owners of third party control pads such as those made by MadCatz start to complain about their controllers not working after updating to firmware v3.50.
Source – 495
23rd of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Neo Angelus releases PS3 Trophy Editor.
Source – 496
24th of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dead Rising 2
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Quantum Theory
24th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Red Squirrel releases PS3 Package GUI Linux Edition
Source – 497
24th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
dimmudroid says he has a beta version of PS3P for release, but only for donators
24th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
PS3Gen releases Yabause version 0.1
24th of September 2010
MadCatz release a statement saying that most of their controllers work on firmware v3.50, with the exception of those released before 2008.
Source – 498
24th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases v1.2 of PSFreedom Dingoo.
– PSFreedom updated to latest version (commit e105a6050912a0991b8c6f1d1d03e0ca5e85a062).
– Usage of new payloads.
– Added payload patches from AerialX and Hermes.
Source – 499
25th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A user by the name of TeamICE released a PSP Emulator for the PS3 on PS3HaX and PSX-Scene, however the emulator turned out to something malicious that bricked the PS3, japsander on PS3HaX was an unfortunate victim.
It turns out the eboot.bin was the manufacturing_updater_for_reset.self and thankfully japsander was able to restore his PS3.
26th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team(Eiz, Themaister, Squarepusher2, Halsefar, Cmonkey69) update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3
26th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
PurpleMadness releases PurpleMadness’ Awesome Game
Source – 502
27th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.1
27th of September 2010
garyOPA at PSX-Scene posts some court documents, pointing to the fact that SCEA is looking for anyone connected to the hacking of the PS3.
Source – 503
27th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
NZHawk releases his Awesome MountPoint Manager.
Source – 504
27th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo introduces PL3
“PL3 is a new project I started in order to have a common repository of payloads that can be used by any ‘jailbreak’ implementation. I got tired of copying payloads from PSGroove, and I had some nice changes in mine that I thought the PSGroove project could benefit from, so I thought I’d create a single repository that both projects, PSFreedom and PSGroove (or any other similar projects) could use.”
Source – 505
27th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
cfwprophet releases PS3 PKG Tool v0.5
Source – 506
28th of September 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
FIFA 11
MySims SkyHeroes
28th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
CHOUAiB releases PS3 SELF Launcher
Source – 507
29th of September 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
Open Manager version 1.0 is released
Source – 508
OCTOBER
1st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Developer AerialX releases PSL1GHT, an Open Source PS3 SDK:
PSL1GHT is a lightweight PlayStation 3 homebrew SDK, provided as a temporary way to compile user apps to run from the XMB using the open-source PS3 toolchains available.
Environment
A GCC toolchain that supports the PowerPC 64bit architecture is required to build PSL1GHT and its samples. This is the only toolchain that I test with and can guarantee support for. PS3Chain probably works just as well, as should marcan’s AsbestOS toolchain. Some toolchains will probably already use newlib, and will make the included newlib unnecessary.
Status
At the moment, PSL1GHT has basic libc support, with stdout debugging, file access, etc. You can call lv2 syscalls and do some fun stuff with that, but it doesn’t link to PS3 dynamic libraries yet which is where all the exciting functionality comes in. Also, a make_fself equivalent is still missing.
1st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo announces that PSFreedom now works on firmware 3.01
1st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
moh.sakhaii releases Open Backup Manager v1.1
Source – 509
1st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.2
2nd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Fejwin releases OpenSplit v1.0.
Source – 510
3rd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.4
4th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases v1.3 of PSFreedom Dingoo.
– PSFreedom updated to latest version (commit 2e14ac1d29e6ddb6a58256aef50f06576d6c4bea).
– Payloads updated.
– Added support for other firmware versions.
Source – 511
5th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Def Jam Rapstar
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
NBA 2K11
5th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
cbfan releases SafeImg v0.1
Source – 522
6th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ferrari: The Race Experience
6th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Manager]
Jurai2 releases Sexy Manager version r2
7th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
cbfan releases SafeImg v0.1.1
Source – 533
8th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
PES 2011: Pro Evolution Soccer
WRC: FIA World Rally Championship
8th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases v1.4 of PSFreedom Dingoo.
– Payloads updated.
– Added patch to fix problems with pads and savegames, only for fw 3.41 (thanks to Hermes).
– Added support to install demo packages through the “Install package files” menu.
Source – 534
9th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
blackb0x release FTP Server (Resigned) version 1.2
9th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
zoned releases Simple AVCHD Manager v0.1
Source – 535
10th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
NZHawk release Awesome Peek Poker.
10th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Lachrymose releases BreakOutX version 0.2
Source – 536
11th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Maze Generator
Source – 537
11th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.6
12th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Lucha Libre AAA 2010: Héroes del Ring
Medal of Honor
12th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Version 310.3.0 of ProDG was leaked for the PS3
12th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cubicle Shooter v0.1
Source – 538
12th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Teamhades release PSX Store v1.0 Beta, this is an online homebrew store
13th of October 2010
Sony announce the Official Surround Sound System for the PS3
14th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
mrjanek releases psjukebox, a MacOS app that manages your PS3 games.
Source – 539
15th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
15th of October 2010
It is revealed that Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed, PS Jailbreak gets blamed for this, here is a quote widely used around the internet.
“The problem arose when SCE mandated SDK 350 on all games releasing after October, GT5 was about to go gold running on SDK 341, but it has been delayed by around a week so that they can update to SDK 350. This has caused a big headache for the manufacturing side, given how big this game is missing the gold date by even a week can cause a months worth of delay as slots are already taken up at this time of year for Blu-ray movies and such. So Sony had to find a 3 week slot big enough to make 7m+ copies of this and get them shipped out.
If you want to blame anyone, I would direct it at the pirates and hackers, SCE never had any real SDK restrictions before firmware 3.41 was compromised.”
15th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cubicle Shooter v0.2
Source – 540
18th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Lantus360(Modern Vintage Gamer) reveals he is working on FBANext for the PS3.
Source – 541
18th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PSGroove Maker v0.1 is launched, it is an online tool that automatically compiles PSGroove for your specific device.
Source – 542
18th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
monkeymaximus releases PS3 Homebrew Manager v0.1 Beta.
Source – 543
19th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
DJ Hero 2
EA Sports MMA
Fallout: New Vegas
Saw II
Vanquish
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.7
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.00, Gaia Manager is an open source Backup Manager for PS3.
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases The World Drowns version 0.1
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Lantus360(Modern Vintage Gamer) releases a video showing how far he has come with FBANext.
Source – 544
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
cfwprophet releases PS3 Acid CFW
Source – 545
19th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Darkhacker releases Project Comet Beta v0.01b
Source – 546
20th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
fail0verflow release a video showing AsbestOS Linux
21st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
NZHawk releases Awesome Update Finder to download or find updates on his app’s.
Source – 547
22nd of October 2010
SCEA reveal that they have shipped over 1 million PS Move controllers in North and Latin America since release, as well as selling 1.5 million in Europe in the first 30 days.
Source – 548
22nd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases AVCHD Player + Open Backup Manager + File Manager, an all in one movie player, backup loader and file manager.
Source – 549
23rd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
SNES9x PS3 Team update SNES9x PS3 to version 4.3.8
23rd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MohammadAG releases PSFreedom GUI v0.4
23rd of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Robo_Hobo releases Gambatte version r14 and Nestopia version r14
24th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.02.
24th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MrGatz85 releases DVD Enabler for PS3
Source – 550
25th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK changes the name of AVCHD Player + Open Backup Manager + File Manager, to multiMAN.
Source – 551
25th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Robo_Hobo releases Mednafen-ps3.
Source – 552
26th of October 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Rock Band 3
The Sims 3
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
26th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MrGatz85 releases AsbestOS Loader.
Source – 553
26th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MohammadAG releases PSFreedom GUI v0.5
28th of October 2010
PlayStation Rewards Beta is launched.
Source – 554
28th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.03.
28th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
apanloco releases Spin Pong
Source – 555
28th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Dont Get Crushed v0.1
Source – 556
29th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
apanloco releases SpinPong version 1.0
30th of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.03.01.
31st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
AerialX releases PS3Load
“As an example I wrote a program called PS3Load. PS3Load allows you to run SELF programs (homebrew) over your wireless or wired network; it uses Wiiload, for those familiar with it and the Homebrew Channel. To use it, simply run Wiiload (download) with a .self file, and point it to your PS3’s IP address.“
31st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
nonameno releases PS3noid version 0.01
31st of October 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MrGatz85 releases AsbestOS Loader version 1.1 and alos renames it AsbestOS Hybrid Loader
Source – 557
NOVEMBER
1st of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
twitch releases PS3 Brew Android app, an Android app that lets you download PS3 homebrew to your phones SD Card.
Source -558
2nd of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
3rd of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cascade Beneath v0.1
Source – 559
4th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
CodeZombie releases Pongus a homebrew game based on the Pong game.
5th of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Fight: Lights Out
5th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
CodeZombie releases Pongus version 1.0
7th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Sconsole for ps3 is released by Scognito
8th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Neo Tanks v0.1
Source – 560
9th of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Two Worlds II
Call of Duty: Black Ops
The Sly Collection
10th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases v1.5 of PSFreedom Dingoo.
– PL3 payload updated to latest version (commit 5e7c090a1d4573dadee20d0d88cf7b0fa82d1887).
– mininit with replaced psfinit to select the target firmware in runtime (thanks to gazdi).
– Added patch to enable PSN access (fake model and submodel hook).
Source – 561
11th of November 2010
Matt_P and bigboss add support for PSEye to PSL1GHT
Source – 562
11th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MrGatz85 updates AsbestOS Hybrid Loader and renames it to MrGatz85 & Cael’s Open AsbestOS Loader.
Source – 563
12th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The people behind PS Jailbreak, release information on PS Downgrade, this would enable anyone who upgraded to 3.42/3.50 to downgrade to 3.41 or lower
Source – 565
12th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Pillum, iQD and SKFU release THE PSN Tool 2.0.
Source – 564
12th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
n4ru releases HeXMBoot an application that lets you compile XMBoot packages.
Source – 566
15th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Neo Race version v0.1
Source – 567
15th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Roger releases Rogero Manager
16th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
NZHawk releases PSL1GHT Logger & PSPoke v1.0
16th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
dimmudroid makes a post, stating that he is still working on PS3P.
16th of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Dance Dance Revolution
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
17th of November 2010
The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate mention that they have created a Super Computer using a cluster of 1760 PS3’s.
17th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Darkhacker releases BomberMan HD version 1.
18th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo releases his perosnal payload for PSGroove
“My payload has 2 stages. The 1st stage is actually a PSGroove payload. It initializes the gelic device and allocates memory needed for the 2nd stage. Just compile the 1st stage binary, convert it to C hex array and replace the PSGroove payload.
The 2nd stage does the real job, e.g. decrypts a CORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkg from a PUP file, runs some isolated SPU module or dumps FLASH. The 2nd stage binary is sent to PS3 over Ethernet with “sendfile” which I also provided.”
Source – 568
18th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
n4ru and methionine_ release SynaPS3
“SynaPS3 is a simple library for people using the Sony PS3 Cell SDK, primarily made for making applications universally compatible with payloads, to help extend and improve existing functions for homebrew, and to add new functions.”
Source – 569
19th of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Prince of Persia Trilogy
19th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
neox3 releases Th@nkY0u Manager version 1.0
Source – 570
21st of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
xttl releases PS3 DOOM version 0.03
Source – 571
22nd of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
greg from PS3-Hacks starts a PS Downgrade Bounty and offers the first person to release an open source version of PS Downgrade $500
Source – 572
23rd of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Splatterhouse
23rd of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.04.01.
24th of November 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Gran Turismo 5
Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll
24th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
stoneMcClane releases PS3FTP
A minimal PlayStation 3 FTP server written with the help of PSL1GHT
28th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
hermes releases Heretic version v1.0 and Hexen version v1.0
Source – 573
29th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Seen the official release of PS Downgrade, you still needed the $100+ PS Jailbreak Dongle to use it.
29th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo announces that he has decrypted lv2diag.self.
Source – 574
29th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
“anonymous” releases PS3SX a PS1 Emulator
30th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
drizztbsd releases Gaia Manager v1.04.02 RC1.
30th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The PSJailbreak team release PS Upgrader v1.2
30th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cubicle Shooter v0.7
30th of November 2010
Sony reveal that they have sold 4.1 million PS Move controllers worldwide.
Source – 575
30th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Lantus360(Modern Vintage Gamer) releases FBANext v1.0.0
Source – 576
30th of November 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo announces that he is now able to decrypt SELFs and SPRXs on his exploited GameOS.
Source – 577
DECEMBER
1st of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
halsafar releases Vba 0.99 a Game Boy Advance emulator
2nd of December 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tales of Graces ƒ
2nd of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo releases SELF Decrypter Payload
Source – 578
3rd of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
zoned releases PS3 Simple File Manager v0.1
Source – 579
3rd of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
E3 released their version of Downgrade.
4th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Heden from Team DeLiGhT releases SELF/SPRX DECRYPTER v0.5 Beta.
Source – 580
4th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Danyl releases PS3Payload Downloader
Source – 581
5th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases information on PS3mlib a high level library that provides application programming for PS3, including all types of basic features for video, audio, controls, camera, events, etc.
Source – 582
5th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
TimRex releases VICE v1.0, a C64 emulator
Source – 583
6th of December 2010
Sony respond to the Downgrade method by releasing firmware 3.55 which blocked it.
6th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
facanferff releases TXTReader version Beta 1
Source – 584
7th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3Yes and PS3Key release their version of Downgrade
7th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
zAxis releases PSGrade, this was an open source version of PS Downgrade and works on any Jailbreak device.
7th of December 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tron: Evolution
7th of December 2010
[Official Firmware Release – v3.55]
A patch is added to address a security vulnerability
8th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Reports suggest that downgrading blocks Blu-ray movie playback.
8th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MohammadAG releases PSFreedom GUI v0.6
8th December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
klutsh releases psfServiceMod, it is the downgrade equivalent for several android devices
8th December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
gliitch releases a brick fix tutorial, to help those that were unfortunate to brick their consoles during downgrading, anyone still in the need of it, visit here
9th December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo Release his lv2 Decrypter.
9th December 2010
Sony Computer Entertainment publish a patent, which lead people to think that they are releasing a device, which will give more power to the PS3
“In recent years, there has been an insatiable desire for faster computer processing data throughputs because cutting-edge computer applications involve real-time, multimedia functionality. Graphics applications are among those that place the highest demands on a processing system because they require such vast numbers of data accesses, data computations, and data manipulations in relatively short periods of time to achieve desirable visual results. These applications require extremely fast processing speeds, such as many thousands of megabits of data per second. While some processing systems employ a single processor to achieve fast processing speeds, others are implemented utilizing multi-processor architectures. In multi-processor systems, a plurality of sub-processors can operate in parallel (or at least in concert) to achieve desired processing results.”
9th of December 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ape Escape
11th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
b0xloader release SELF Loader 1.0, now you can decrypt .self and .sprx
12th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
JaiCraB and ps3mrenigma, release Mount_Alejandro, an app that enables write access dev_flash.
13th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
With Mount_Alejandro released, people start playing with dev_flash, gliitch posts a tutorial on how to change the boot sound of the PS3:
Source – 585
14th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
TeaM-ACiD1C release their custom XMB, with added debug functions.
16th of December 2010
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3
16th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Slice4ever releases PS3Tetris version 0.2
16th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases PS3mlib which allows for the easy creation of PS3 Homebrew when using PSL1GHT.
Source – 586
17th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases FreeFlash, another app for writing to flash, this one was easier to use.
Source – 587
22nd of December 2010
News emerges that Sony want to buy back the Cell processing plant that it sold to Toshiba in 2008.
23rd of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
gliitch releases a stable version of his custom XMB:
Source – 587
27th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo exploits HV through lv2 gameOS.
28th December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Estx releases PS3 dongle ID key generator
Source – 588
29th of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
fail0verflow(segher, marcan, sven and bushing) discus the vulnerabilities of the PS3’s security
Source – 589
31st of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
GeoHot returns and releases an app called dePKG .
31st of December 2010
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko releases a similar tool to GeoHots, it is called FwTool.