JANUARY
1st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
hermes releases PS3LoadX
1st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mathieulh, RichDevX, graf_chokolo, N_D_T, and TitanMKD release the Lv2ldr keys for the PS3 which work on firmware 3.40 and below.
“Lv2ldr keys:
erk: 94303F69513572AB5AE17C8C2A1839D2C24C28F65389D3BBB1 1894CE23E0798F
riv: 9769BFD187B90990AE5FEA4E110B9CF5
Decrypts all the External lv2 versions from pre 1.00 to anything below 3.40.”
Source – 590
1st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Project #PS3bluray release tool that are aimed at fixing the Blu-ray problem caused by downgrading.
1st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot posts the metldr keys for firmware 3.41 on PSX-Scene
“GG SONY!!!!!
I’m in your console borrowing your metldr keys
3.41 kernel keys as semi proof, more to come
erk(12AB0): 57 5B 0A 6C 4B 4F 27 60 A0 3F E4 18 9E BA F4 D9 47 27 9F D9 82 B1 40 70 34 90 98 B0 8F F9 2C 10
riv(12AD0): 41 1C B1 8F 46 0C E5 0C AF 2C 42 6D 8F 0D 93 C8”
Source – 591
3rd of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Eboot.bin released for GT5, to make it playable on 3.41.
3rd of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
AerialX releases SCEkrit v1.0, a key generator for Sony’s private keys.
3rd of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot releases the root keys as well as releasing the first signed homebrew for firmware 3.55, he also begs Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo for a job.
“if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3.”
Source – 592
4th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Software]
KaKaRoTo releases the first CFW.
5th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
BBC News reports on the keys released by GeoHot.
5th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
In an interview with BBC, pytey from fail0verflow, said that the removal of the OthereOS feature, was their motivation to hack the PS3.
Source – 593
6th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Sony responds to the previous days hacks, by stating that it plans to fix recent PS3 security breaches through a series of network updates.
“We will fix the issues through network updates, but because this is a security issue, we are not able to provide you with any more details”
Source – 594
6th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Rebug Team Releases 3.41E Beta 1.0.1
Source – 595
6th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Mathieulh releases PSP/PS3 Game decrypter v1.0.0.0
Source – 596
7th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
“Anonymus” releases the source code for his PSX(PS1) Emulator for PS3.
7th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot release a video, showcasing his ability to run homebrew on a firmware 3.55, without the need of Jailbreak
7th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
fail0verflow shows us their exploit
7th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoToKs tweets that he and Xtse have found a successful method for downgrading from 3.55 to 3.41.
7th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
GeoHot releases his 3.55 CFW, now people can enjoy Homebrew on 3.55 however the ability to play backups was not implemented.
Source – 597
8th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases an addition to his homebrew games list, a game called That Other Space Shooter
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jonlimle releases beta 2 of his homebrew app Lua Player for PS3, to check out the video’s, check this thread
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Evilnat releases 3.15, 3.41 and 3.55 CFWs
Source – 598
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
flukes1 and netkas release a patch to add peek and poke to firmware 3.55
Simply install the patched PS3UPDAT.PUP on your PS3, then install geohot’s jailbreak.
“Our PUP can be installed over any firmware version, including 3.55-geohot. If you install over 3.55-geohot, you must reinstall geohot’s jailbreak.
For developers: peek is syscall 6, poke is syscall 7 (same as PL3 dev payload)
Props to mastag22, lastExile, Killer_In – our testers with balls of steel.
Enjoy!
– flukes1, netkas”
Source – 599
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
KaKaRoTo compiles and releases a linux version of RCOMage.
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
GeoHot releases his Homebrew signing tool, Homebrew can now be signed to run with his CFW.
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
BazGee signs and release his first homebrew for 3.55, which was an early version of the SNES Emulator.
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 Homebrew App]
Comgenies Awesome Filemanager gets signed for 3.55
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
FamousMassacre releases an app to sign packages.
9th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Riku.kh3 post a guide on how to run backups on GeoHots Jailbreak, read more about that here
11th of January 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot and the fail0verflow team get served court papers, for their actions in hacking the PS3, all info about that can be found here
11th of January 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
DC Universe Online
11th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
David S. Touretzky a Research Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, mirrors GeoHots jailbreak files, he did this as he was annoyed at Sony suing fail0verflow and GeoHot.
“Free speech (and free computing) rights exist only for those determined to exercise them. Trying to suppress those rights in the Internet age is like spitting in the wind.”
Source – 600
11th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Foxx1984 releases PS3FOXX-GUI a GUI for fail0verflow’s makepkg.exe
Source – 601
11th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
squarepusher releases SNES9x PS3 v4.4.3
Source – 602
12th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
fail0verflow release their tools, you can grab them here
13th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
solidpsycho releases his method for downgrading, anyone want to do so, check here
13th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot appears on G4TV’s attack of the show, he spoke about the lawsuit and his Jailbreak
Source – 603
13th of January 2011
Founding member of Massive Entertainment Martin Walfisz, suggests that the PS3 could see a higher level of piracy than the PSP, due to the jailbreak.
“I would assume that pirated copies can be stored on the HDD as well, making it so easy to use that PS3 piracy, given time, might even surpass the handhelds.”
He also points out that future console makers could introduce an online type of DRM to prevent such things happening in the future.
“I believe that future-generation consoles will require a constant online connection, If they have that in place, they can run a much more powerful DRM scheme, where parts of the game logic will only be executed on secure servers – in effect partially mimicking a client-server scheme such as MMO’s use.”
Source – 604
15th of January 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot releases a press statement on his court case, which you can read here
17th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Wanikoko releases the first CFW to allow backups, but unfortunately, this release wasn’t flawless and many PS3’s got bricked, whilst this was a decent first attempt, many people who tried this CFW, no longer have working PS3’s, you can read all about it here
17th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo releases NPDRM Payload, SYSCON, HV Exploit and others, which you can read about here
17th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Wutangrza CFW is released and includes peek & poke
Source – 605
17th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw releases a patch, to enable the running of backup managers on Wutangrza’s CFW
18th of January 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mass Effect 2
Mindjack
19th of January 2011
“Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling, says that they are unable to protect Call of Duty Modern Warfare against hackers, unless Sony fixes the Jailbreak, this is what he says:
Sony has recently acknowledged a breach in security on the PS3 which has resulted in the hardware and its games to become exposed to exploits and hacks. Modern Warfare 2 is no exception to this security exploit and we understand that some of you have experienced problems with stats and other issues associated with this.
‘Games rely on the security of the encryption on the platforms they’re played on, therefore; updates to the game through patches will not resolve this problem completely, unless the security exploit itself is resolved on the platform. However, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to look into every option available to us. Regretfully, Call of Duty games are receiving the bulk of the hacker’s attention, due to its high player counts and popularity. However, the number of legitimate players severely outweighs the bad apples.’”
Source – 606
19th of January 2011
EFF send an open letter to Sony, claiming that the company is sending a dangerous message to researchers and its customers.
Source – 607
20th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ThatOtherDev release a demo of a new game he is working on, this could potentially be one of the greatest homebrew games ever created, grab that demo here
21st of January 2011
BLAZE reveal their PS Move charging dock.
Source – 608
22nd of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
hermes release his CFW for PS3 owners who were still on firmware 3.41.
23rd of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
rms releases “PS3 Model Detection”, a handy little homebrew app that gave you information on your console.
24th of January 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Geohot Lawyers Move for Dismissal and Sony’s response to that, you can read more about that here.
24th of January 2011
In an interview with ComputerAndVideoGames, Valve state they are not worried about the PS3’s security being breached and said it wont affect Portal 2.
25th of January 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dead Space 2
26th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
eustolio releases a tutorial, to make custom boot logo’s and custom dynamic themes, read about it here.
27th of January 2011
NGP, the successor to PSP is announced.
27th of January 2011
Sony reveal that they have delivered over 6.5 million downloads on PSN.
Source – 609
27th of January 2011
[Lawsuit/Courtcase/Legal]
GeoHot gets served a TRO(Temporary Restraining Order), read about it here.
27th of January 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.56]
If anyone on a hacked console with 3.55 firmware updates to 3.56, they lose the ability to play homebrew and backups
27th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mathieulh reports of new implementations in firmware 3.56, that were not in previous firmwares
“Jan 27 14:44:32 3.56 has nice new stuffs in there
Jan 27 14:44:43 like remote code execution upon login
Jan 27 14:44:45 They will just release patches so people who have hacked cant go online
Jan 27 14:44:46 yummy
Jan 27 14:44:50 WAT
Jan 27 14:45:00 RFE built-in the fw!?
Jan 27 14:45:25 3.56 pretty much has a built in psn rootkit
Jan 27 14:45:30 dude, that’s the only stuff i’d be afraid of
Jan 27 14:45:31 don’t tell me I haven’t warned you
Jan 27 14:45:43 psn rootkit ?
Jan 27 14:46:05 but if we could rip-off the fw that shit would be erased
Jan 27 14:46:20 that was the only thing stopped sony to _auto_ update your fw
Jan 27 14:46:22 noone it’s not that simple
Jan 27 14:46:29 the server awaits a proper reply
Jan 27 14:46:34 and that reply isn’t in the firmware“
27th of January 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony begins DMCA’ing the Github pages of many scene developers, pages belonging to kmeaw, graf_chokolo and KaKaRoToKS recieve takedown notices
28th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
News emerges, that players who used 3.55 CFW and Comgenies Awesome Filemanager, to install patches in order to cheat at Black Op’s were being banned from the Black Op’s servers.
28th of January 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Code repository site, GitHub receive DMCA notices, to remove all files relating to the hacking of the PS3, read about that here.
28th of January 2011
Kotaku report that Sony announced to developers that PS3 users will be able to upload their game saves to a cloud server.
Source – 610
29th of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Waninkoko releases version 2 of his CFW, this time around his release was more of a success.
31st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Two people by the name of dustinpl47 and theratedgamerz claim to have a 3.56 CFW, but it is quickly discovered to be fake by PS3HaX moderator BobbyBlunt.
Source – 611
31st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
JaicraB Releases Patched LV2Diag to skip Blu-ray drive during updates, the significance of this patched LV2Diag.elf is that it no longer looks for the Blu-ray drive on your PS3, so when downgrading/upgrading the PS3 firmware we no longer lose the Blu-ray playback functionality. It also allows those of you with a broken/missing Blu-ray drive to upgrade/downgrade your console firmware as well.
Source – 612
31st of January 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Hideki releases Simple PS3 Proxy
Source – 613
FEBRUARY
1st of February 2011
Sony release a patch to their firmware. 3.56v2 fixed problems regarding upgrading of the HDD.
2nd of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo states that he will return OtherOS, read about it here.
3rd of February 2011
Speaking to GamerZines, Steven Ter Heide from Guerrilla Games states that the recent PS3 hack poses a security risk to Killzone 3’s multiplayer.
“From our end we’re constantly monitoring what is happening in the games and we’ll try and plug holes that people start abusing. We’ll make sure that those people don’t get a place in the Killzone universe.”
Source – 614
4th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
LG Electronics files a patent infringement complaint against Sony, SCEI and SCEA, they wish to permanently stop the importation of the PS3 to USA.
Source – 615
5th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Several court documents are released by PSX Scene, which show that Sony are looking for more hackers, they include Waninkoko, kmeaw, KaKaRoTo and graf_chokolo, Sony also wish to subpoena hacking sites like PSX-Scene and other sites such as YouTube, Twitter, PayPal and Slashdot
Source – 616
6th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
brandonlw releases PS3Jig that lets your PSP jailbreak your PS3
Source – 617
8th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw releases v1.2 of his version of AsbestOS.
8th of February 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Test Drive Unlimited 2
You Don’t Know Jack
9th of February 2011
Sony reveal that they have sold 1.1 million PS3s in Australia since launch.
Source – 618
9th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony’s Kevin Butler accidentally retweets the Jailbreak rootkey
10th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
News emerges, that GeoHot is forced to hand over his harddrives.
11th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw releases v1.4 of AsbestOS.
12 of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot releases a rap video via his YouTube channel.
Source – 618b
13th of February 2011
It emerges, that Killzone 3 has been leaked, two weeks before its release date.
13th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
The PS3MFW guys(KaKaRoTo and a few that want to remain anonymous) release PS3MFW Builder v0.1, a piece of computer software which lets non devs create MFW.
14th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Dev_Blind 1.0 is released, it lets people on MFW 3.55 write to dev_flash.
14th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Sees the release of graf_chokolo’s Linux Kernel v2.6, it gives Full RAM Access, New HV calls, and more.
15th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KillerBug releases a tutorial on how to create a DIY fan controller for the PS3, you can find that tutorial here.
15th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PSGroove member drizzt releases a tool/method for bypassing the block Sony put on PSN, for users who didn’t update to 3.56, he calls it f**kPSN.
15th of February 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
16th of February 2011
SCEA finally releases a statement regarding hacking of the PS3, here is what it says
“Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such
devices or software violates the terms of the “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.”
Source – 619
16th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony starts sending out warning emails, telling people that they will be banned if they are found to be using a jailbreak/hacking device.
17th of February 2011
Sony release a new TOS(Terms Of Service).
17th of February 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Catherine
17th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A well known console hacker disguising themselves as “The Anonymous Data Protection Officers”, reveals that Sony has been sending everyone’s personal details over PSN via plain text, meaning that those in the know could easily retrieve anyone’s credit card or postal address details
Source – 620
19th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
zembor0 release a tool to aid in the creation of coldboot logo’s for the PS3
Source – 621
19th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug, release a tool called xReg Plus, which helps you restore you DLC after you format the HDD.
19th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot sets up a legal defence fund, to help him with his legal costs fighting Sony.
20th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw release’s version 2.0 of AsbestOS
20th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
PS3HaX member FirebirdTA01 posts an article, which he calls “Summary of Sony’s Legal Action since PS3 Hacks and Your Rights.”, go read it here, it is worth it.
20th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3HaX moderator madshaun1984 releases his improved version of Linux for 3.55 CFW, you can read about it here.
21st of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Team Rebug release Coldboot Installer and 3.56 Version Spoofer.
22nd of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw and kha0S release version 2.0 of AsbestOS
22nd of February 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Crysis 3
Bulletstorm
Killzone 3
Knights Contract
23rd of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
graf_chokolo has his home raided by police, he releases all his work on the internet, which becomes known as the “Hypervisor Bible”
“Originally Posted by graf_chokolo
February 23, 2011 at 11:52 am
Guys, SONY was today at my home with police and got all my stuff and accounts. So be careful from now on.“
“Originally Posted by graf_chokolo
February 23, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Guys, i don’t joke, it’s serious.
And to prove it, i kept my word and uploaded all my HV reversing stuff.
Upload it everywhere so SONY couldn’t remove it easily. Grab it guys, it contains lots of knowledge about HV and HV procs.
Here is my HV bible: <- Coolstuff.rar [164mb]“
“Originally Posted by graf_chokolo
February 23, 2011 at 12:51 pm
IDA database is the documentation, it contains all my knowledge, Linux booting is also there. It contains all the code i used to patch HV 3.41 and boot Linux. So, PS3 devs, grab it and continue my work. It contains just everything i know about HV, storage devices and so on.”
23rd of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Sees the release of the PlayStation File System Libraries, which allows the ability to implement NTFS support into Homebrew.
Source – 622
24th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony has DMCA remove all ps3 hack related code from Gitorious.
24th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Afraid of Sony, Mathieulh shuts down PS3Wiki, PS3DevWiki is created by defyboy
“The ps3wiki is going down (I don’t want to be arbitrarily raided by sony) This twitter is also not going to be active anymore.“
Source – 623
“Originally Posted by mathieulh
This decision wasn’t an easy one, I did what I had to do because I also happen to have a personal life. About the wiki, some people want to host it, I am currently looking into the option to move the wiki to another server at this time (a server that I do not own).
Thank you for your understanding.“
24th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 -Homebrew Game]
Hermes ports his game Pintor to the PS3, in this version you are a “John Doe” trying to escape Sony.
“You are John Doe and must walk the way to complete the boxes to change to the next screen. But you have to be careful because SCEA and their attorneys are looking to bite your ass. Fortunately, the enemies do not think and are blinded by greed. So as donkeys, they pulled forward and forward, without knowing for sure where are you (here they cannot ask to github, google, paypal personal datas of John Doe)”
24th of February 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
24th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko states he is no longer working on the PS3
Source – 634
25th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
It is revealed that Sony are suing graf_chokolo for 750,000 Euros, but he remains defiant and continues his work, here is a statement he releases
“graf_chokolo says:
February 25, 2011 at 7:22 am
Back I don’t have a PC at home now guys, so i will post here only when i’m able. I will try to answer all your questions about HV and installing Linux. But expect some delays because as i said i don’t have access to the Internet all the time.
You know guys, you will say i’m totally crazy now, but i never slept better than in the last 2 days I don’t know how to explain this feeling but
i don’t care about those threats with jail and high money penalties, btw, SONY wants about 750.000 euros from me if i don’t cooperate They don’t know me at all I don’t care about it and they might double it The higher is the sum the higher gets my motivation They don’t understand what makes me tick. Money and even my life doesn’t mean to me very much without knowledge. I have a scientific mind and the knowledge is food to my brain. Without HV, Linux and FreeBSD kernel hacking my life is meaningless.
I miss my HV terribly In the last 2 days i got so “hungry”for more knowledge that i cannot control it anymore. I need knowledge and research, it has a huge meaning in my life. Jail or even death cannot hold it back anymore.
The SONY’s laywer asked me why i’m doing what i’m doing, because of my hatred for SONY ? He cannot understand why i’m doing it, because he is paid for what he does. I’m not. I don’t hold a grudge against SONY even now Hatred clouds your mind, keeps you from more important things. I have a better use for my mind and knowledge
So, SONY you failed again, you took my equipment but my mind is still free and you canot control it. You failed again. They are just tools, i can get new ones and will continue my HV reversing and bringing back PS3 Linux which you took from us. If you want me to stop then you should just kill me because i cannot live without programming, HV and Linux kernel hacking You know who am i and where i live, so come and get me !!!
And to prove it, i will reopen right now my HV reverse engineering page And i will post my latest findings about Update Manager and BD drive here. Most of you know already that i was able to update CORE OS from Linux. And on the last weekend i tries to hel some PS3 devs with BD drive authentication and discovered some interesting stuff about it which i will post here.
And please guys, could someone post here a link to the latest version of my cloned Linux kernel. I need it. The last week i implemnted a updater for Linux and it was finished but the police got first before i could upload it. But do not fear, i have everything in my head I can write it down again and show you how it works.”
Source – 625
25th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
GeoHot has another interview, this time on The Alyona Show, for Russia Today
Source – 626
25th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
kmeaw and kha0S change the name of their version of AsbestOS, to BootOS, due to complaints by fail0verflow.
Version 2.01 of BootOS is released.
25th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
stoker25 releases PSIDPatch v1.5
Source – 627
26th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases OpenPS3FTP v1.4
26th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot releases a statement regarding graf_chokolo getting raided
“As many of you already know, 2 days ago his house was raided by the German police. Talk about a guy who clearly had no involvement at all with piracy, cheating, or the things Sony claims to care about. Do you want to know what he has that enrages the suits at Sony so much? Talent.
Some people call me immature, and you know what, they are probably right. Some call me stubborn, and they are right too. But this pales grossly in comparison to Sony, who is so butthurt over the PS3 being hacked they they are blinded by rage and incompetence.
A question, how many people do you think knew or cared on January 10 about all this? Maybe a couple hundred thousand? Under a percent of your market share. And these are geeks, who frankly aren’t going to change their content purchasing habits based on the news. These are the kind of people who really are hacking their PS3 just for the sake of doing it, just cause it’s cool. The kind of people who are telling you the truth when they say they really did just hack their PS3 to run Linux. Or they are diehard pirates who never would have bought the games anyway, you know the type.
Now fast forward to February 25. Consistently, the top Sony related news article is about the PS3 being hacked. And the causal gamer comes along and sees, oh cool, the PS3 has been hacked, now I don’t have to buy games. With a few google searches, they come across stuff that I or graf_chokolo had nothing at all to do with. They install it and hit the torrent sites. Hell, I was on a political news show last night, you think those people ever would have heard about this?
Just imagine what the third party devs are thinking. The PS3 is hacked forever and Sony can’t do anything but fire away at scapegoats. Great confidence boost.
This grand show against people who aren’t even pirates has to be one of the worst corporate moves in recent history, perhaps even as dumb as the rootkit fiasco. Your competition fixes the problem technically and moves on. They want it to stay quiet. And as far as sending a message to “evil” hackers goes, it really isn’t working. Just read the writings of graf_chokolo.
And I quote “SONY wants about 750.000 euros from me if i don’t cooperate They don’t know me at all I don’t care about it and they might double it The higher is the sum the higher gets my motivation They don’t understand what makes me tick. Money and even my life doesn’t mean to me very much without knowledge. I have a scientific mind and the knowledge is food to my brain.”
They’ll never understand people like us. They are scared, as they rightfully should be. We built your PS3. We built this world. We are not mindless consumers. It is us with the brains and curiosity, not you with the guns, jails, suits, titles, and dollars. And the truth is, if all of you disappeared tomorrow, the world would continue on fine. Good luck surviving without people like graf_chokolo.“
27th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3HaX member/dev facanferff releases a tutorial on how to get on PSN with a banned console
Source – 628
27th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
An anonymous developer releases PS3 Package Gui – Reloaded v1.00
Source – 629
28th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
An anonymous developer releases Make Package Npdrm Patcher (revision 1732)
Source – 630
28th of February 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
EU customs are forced to seize PS3 consoles in the Netherlands, due to a patent dispute between Sony and LG.
28th of February 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Waninkoko leaves the PS3 Scene.
Source – 631
MARCH
1st of March 2011
At GDC 2011, Sony reveal that PS Home has been 19 million times since launch, they also reveal that they are updating the core client version to 1.5.
Source – 632
2nd of March 2011
Sony reveal “Move.Me”, software that gives hobbyist developers access to the PS Moves hardware.
Source – 633
2nd of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo updates PS3 Linux kernel to v2.6
“So guys, Linux 2.6 GIT repository for PS3 is online again icon smile Graf Chokolos PS3 Linux Kernel Is Back With More Updates
But i need your help. I wrote ps3dmproxy driver from my head. You have to test it please and report bugs to me.
Unleash your Linux on PS3 !!!
Later i will code a small program that will show you how to use ps3dmproxy driver. It’s very powerfull, now you have access to Update manager and Storage Manager e.g. on Linux. It means BD drive access guys.
But hurry up with testing icon smile Graf Chokolos PS3 Linux Kernel Is Back With More Updates Because SONY’s gendarmes could get me anytime soon icon smile Graf Chokolos PS3 Linux Kernel Is Back With More Updates”
Source – 634
3rd of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
New games appear that need firmware 3.56, unfortunately these games were leaked early and the pirates were able to patch and play them.
4th of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony granted permission to view the IP’s of those that visited GeoHots site, read about it here.
4th of March 2011
Sony reveal PhyreEngine 3.0.
Source – 635
4th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases OpenPS3FTP v1.5
4th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
nesi_tor from Team Hades release CVOS v3.1 BETA, a tool to help unbrick PS3’s bricked when installing CFW
Source – 636
5th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
darkhacker releases DragonFTP v0.25
Source – 637
5th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
EmersonS35 releases version 2 of his PS3 Toolkit
Source – 638
5th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mathieulh claims to have a bug that allows exploiting firmwares 3.56 and above, but refuses to release it
“Originally Posted by Mathieulh
I hesitated a lot before tweeting about it, but a bug allows exploiting metldr, the bootloader and 3.56+. I don’t intent to ever unveil it.
So much for “unhackable” ps3s though.…”
Source – 639
6th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Squarepusher2 releases an improved version of FBANext PS3
7th of March 2011
SCEA’s Pierre Gravereau reveals that 70 million PSN accounts have been created.
Source – 640
8th of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dragon Age II
Major League Baseball 2K11
MLB 11: The Show
Warriors: Legends of Troy
8th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
wborland releases PS3 Game List v1.0, v1.1 and v1.2
Source – 641
8th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
drizzt releases fuck PSN v0.6
Source – 642
8th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
PS3Ita release a CFW that allows PS3 owners to go online again
Source – 643
10th of March 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.60]
Online Storage has been added as a feature under save data utility
10th of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dynasty Warriors 7
9th of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
It is reported that customs have seized even more PS3 consoles and have even went as far as confiscating them from the owners homes, UK newspaper The Guardian, said this
Dutch police have seized several thousand PlayStation 3s at Sony’s biggest European warehouse in the latest stage of its acrimonious patent battle with LG.
LG has won a court order enabling it to seize all new PS3 across the Netherlands – including those already in Dutch homes – in a dispute that centres on Sony’s allegedly infringing use of Blu-ray technology belonging to LG.
The injunction means that LG is tightening the net on PS3s in Europe, having already ordered customs officers to seize thousands of the consoles last week.
Sony will fight to have the blockade lifted at an emergency hearing in the Hague’s civil court of justice tomorrow.
LG argues that Sony PS3s infringe a number of its patents relating to playback of Blu-ray discs. The Korean company has been granted an investigation into the PS3?s Blu-ray use by the US international trade commission, after seeking a “permanent exclusion order … excluding entry into the United States” of the games console.”
10th of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
graf_chokolo requests donations, here is what he said via his blog
“Guys, i never wanted to take money from anybody for my work. And i always shared my work and code with PS3 developers and community. Recently i was working on bringing Linux to PS3 back, as you all know, unfortunately SONY managed to stop me. Many of you offered donations to help me continue my work and i always declined as you know. But now i really need your help and support in this fight with SONY. Please help me to pay my legal bills which are immensely because i cannot pay them on my own.
Here is my PayPal account: egorenar@gmail.com
And here is my bank account for direct transactions:
Alexander Egorenkov
Bank account:3726068
BLZ:60050101
BIC-/SWIFT-Code: SOLADEST
IBAN: DE62600501010003726068
Please donate as much as you can and want.
Thank you in advance.
And to answer your question “What happens with the remaining money ?”, i intend to give it to CCC club so the club could help other guys like me which get sued by SONY or give it all to some charity organization. I give you my word on that and you know that i keep my word.“
10th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release 3.60 Version Spoofer.
10th of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
In the court case between LG and Sony, Sony wins which lifts the restrictions on its consoles and LG is fined €130,000, read more about it here.
10th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
naima releases a v3.55-v3.60 CFW that allows users to go online again, simmilar to the CFW from PS3Ita
Source – 644
11th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
git-hacks.com is created, it is part of the DashHacks network, the server being located in Canada give PS3 Scene Devs more freedom with their work without having to worry about Sony shutting them down.
12th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release “Package Manager”, here is a small quote from them regarding the app:
“Package Manager is a replacement for the standard ? Install Package Files option under
‘Game’ in the XMB and allows for the install and deletion of .pkg files from
‘dev_hdd0/packages’, ‘dev_usb/packages’ and the standard ? Install Package Files
locations. In addition to this, your downloaded PSN content will appear under this menu
instead of cluttering your ‘Game’ menu with uninstalled content.”
Read more about it here.
13th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Hermes releases HManager 1.5 and announces that he is leaving the scene
“Well, everyone gets the day and this is my time: I leave not only the PS3 scene, but EOL and Hermes disappear as a user. As a last gesture, I publish the sources necessary to compile my latest project (HManager + PSL1GHT + ps3soundlib + Tiny3D updated) in case someone wants to keep making the asshole in my place (which I have already done enough XD )
Why do I leave? For because I have tired: simply, the pitcher has been filled and when it overflows, the time comes to one.
So, goodbye very good, that you do well and a strong hug to those who really deserve it and those who do not deserve it, so then that one day life will kick you or maybe not, that is the shame. In any case, maybe he will read you, but what it is to participate, Hermes has written here his last message.
Greetings”
Source – 645
14th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mega hiper ultra fantastico Team release details on how to use files to ‘re-marry’ a BD drive
Source – 646
15th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
drizzt posts a quote from IRC of Mathieulh stating that he has code running on firmware v3.60:
“while you are insulting me like morons, I already have code running on 3.60, and I am laughing, and guess what ? I am happy I stopped sharing, you can hate me for it, I don’t care.”
Mathieulh would post a video of his claim:
“Mathieulh: actually you want video proof, let’s share one for the lol
Mathieulh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknwBz-2v8c“
However not everyone was convinced, some other user on IRC also posted a video showing them running code on v3.60 which was called out as fake:
“mastag23: just fyi
mastag23: that is fake
mastag23: it would look legit if he hadn’t of ran the debugging station launcher
mastag23: You fail “Connected from 192.168.0.2 on port 1000” (port might be wrong pretty blurry.
mastag23: This is a debug unit. That can’t be done on a retail unit. Run the Debugging Station Launcher on a retail and the debug tools won’t connect to it, yours obviously does
mastag23: debugging station launcher cant be connected to on retail
mastag23: if he hadnt of posted debugging station launcher
mastag23: he would be believable“
There was also some sort of disagreement between Mathieulh and KaKarToKS:
“KaKaRoTo: Fandangos, worked on ps3mfw for 5 weeks before i got busy with other stuff
KaKaRoTo: and now i’m working on something new and revolutionizing that will also take some months of work
KaKaRoTo: (hopefully )
KaKaRoTo: anyways, the theory says that it will jailbreak all future versions, but it needs probably 2 or more months of work to get it to actually be tested..
KaKaRoTo: then need to test and see if it works
KaKaRoTo: first, like I said thousnads of times, there will be no more cfw above 3.55
KaKaRoTo: secondly, math didn’t find any exploit, someone else did, math just tweeted it
KaKaRoTo: and no, my hack isn’t based on that, there’s no fun in using someone else’s work
Mathieulh: KaKaRoTo actually it was me and rms, I found one fixed in 1.10 a few instructions below
Mathieulh: told rms to look for the exploit
Mathieulh: and he found the other instead xD
Mathieulh: which I had missed
KaKaRoTo: Mathieulh, ah ok, that’s not what i was told, cause you kept referring to it as “the rms exploit” in the private chan
Mathieulh: yah xD
KaKaRoTo: and didn’t know rms wanted his name to be known”
Source – 647
15th of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Homefront
Top Spin 4
15th of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony wins a subpoena for GeoHots PayPal accounts and gets access to the IP’s of all who visited his blog since 2009.
15th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
PS3Ita release v1.1 of their PSN enabling CFW
Source – 648
16th of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
16th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
The very first homebrew media center/player created by a dev named andoma is released for PS3, it is called “Showtime”, this is the very first time a PS3 without Linux installed is able to play .MKV files, it plays many other files, like SWF, FLV and all the usual avi files, it also does streaming of live TV
Source
17th of March 2011
Sony changes the 3.60 authentication, of the PlayStation Network, blocking all PSN bypass tools like f**kPSN and the MFW that enabled it.
17th of March 2011
Court papers are released showing that GeoHot petitions the courts for a protective order, you can read about that here.
18th of March 2011
EA pull the Crysis 2 demo from the PSN store, due to connection issues.
20th Of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A hacker/developer gets Microsoft’s Kinnect working on the PS3.
Source – 649
20th Of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo manages to fully decrypt the PS3’s internal HDD
Source – 650
20th Of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo releases PS3IDA, it contains the IDA plugin PPCAltivec created by xorloser and the PPCJT plugin created by KaKaRoTo
Source – 651
22nd of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Crysis 2
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
The Tomb Raider Trilogy
23rd of March 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Rumours start circulating the internet, that GeoHot lied about having PSN and that he has run away to South America, GeoHot responds later on that day via his blog
“Apparently, I have fled the country. ROFL
Factually, it’s true I’m in South America, on a vacation I’ve had planned and paid for since November. I mean, it is Spring break; hacking isn’t my life. Rest assured that not a dime of legal defense money would ever go toward something like this. And of course Townsend loves the idea of painting me as an international fugitive. I have been in contact with my lawyers almost every day; I would not let the case suffer. That said, I also won’t let this ridiculous lawsuit run my life either. Then the fearmongerers win.
I will be back, I hear it’s hard to come by the Xperia Play down here.”
Source – 652
24th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
libps3gui for PS3 is released, for those wondering what it is, check here.
25th of of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
E3diy, the creators of the E3 card reader/jailbreak device, release an update for E3 called “Goldfinger”, it allows for cheating in games.
26th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PS3MFW Builder v0.2, the Mod Firmware(MFW) tool is released.
26th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo manages to get Linux(Gentoo) running on slim PS3’s internally.
26th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
PSXScene member “user” releases a homebrew application, that enables Hypervisor debugging from GameOS.
27th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Emerson releases version 0.1 of ES35?s Customize,a tool which lets you edit certain aspects about the PS3’s XMB.
29th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo releases Petitboot tools which will allow you to dual boot Linux and GameOS on your PS3.
29th of March 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NASCAR 2011: The Game
Shift 2: Unleashed
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
WWE All Stars
29th of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
D_Skywalk releases Iris Manager, a port of Hermes manager.
“IrisManager is a port of HermesManager based on PSLIGHT, Tiny3D, PS3Soundlib and OpenPS3FTP, is a completly legal open code manager made with Homebrew tools.”
Source – 653
31st of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
cyberskunk and evilsperm release their second version of 3.41 Rebug CFW and their first version of 3.55 Rebug CFW
Source – 654
31st of March 2011
PlayStation Rewards Beta is cancelled
31st of March 2011
Sony reveals that it has cancelled PS3 game The Agency as well as closing three of its studios, resulting in the loss of 205 employees.
Source – 655
31st of March 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Kmeaw reveals to Dukio that he might release a Dual Boot v3.55 CFW
“I was thinking of a CFW that has bootOS integrated so it gets executed when you power on your PS3 (and switches back to GameOS on user’s request via menu or ssh). It’s not hard to make it.
But recently I read graf’s announcment that he is going to accomplish the same task.
So I don’t know, if such CFW from me would get any demand.
Also I got bootos-installer and lv2patcher patches from an anonymous hacker who have added 3.15/3.41 support. I’m going to merge them into my code and release the next version.
If you have any ideas about what would you like to have, please tell me.”
Source – 666
APRIL
1st of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
D_Skywalk releases Iris Manager v1.1
Source – 667
4th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony/SCEA call for the OtherOS lawsuit to be dismissed
Source – 668
4th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
News emerges that the Anonymous Hactivist Group , a well known “activist” group responsible for various online attacks, has decided to wage war on Sony.
Source – 689
4th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Anonymous take down sony.com and playstation.com with a DDoS attack.
Source – 690
5th of April 2011
To date PS3 owners have raised $1.32 million for the Japanese earthquake appeal.
Source – 691
5th of April 2011
After 17 years with SCE UK, managing director Ray Maguire leaves the company.
Source – 692
6th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Anonymous release a list of demands:, view inside the spoiler for more information:
1. Sony must allow for end-user modification of the PS3, as was available prior to the 3.21 firmware update.
2. Sony must end any attempts to bring legal action to alter a product they own.
3. Sony must not pursue legal action against any collected IP address.
6th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup manager]
D_Skywalk releases Iris Manager v1.2
Source – 693
8th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
eussNL joins the ranks of the PS3DevWiki.
8th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
An unknown developer releases a Python Script that enables the user to extract the unique license code embedded in retail and debug PKG’s
Source – 694
9th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
zembor0 releases software that enables us to create Custom Dynamic Themes and a tutorial on how to create custom Boot logo’s.
10th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
graf_chokolo releases GameOS VFlash resizer for Linux + Small Tutorial for installing Linux.
10th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases a homebrew app called PSVibe, that helps alleviate those stressful gaming moments.
Source – 695
11th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
SCEA’s Sr. Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media Patrick Seybold, releases a message on the US PS Blog, stating that SCEA and GeoHot have settled in court
“Joint Statement
Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) and George Hotz (“Hotz”) today announced the settlement of the lawsuit filed by SCEA against Hotz in federal court in San Francisco, California.
The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction.
Both parties expressed satisfaction that litigation had been quickly resolved. “Sony is glad to put this litigation behind us,” said Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA. “Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers. We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal.”
“It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier,” said Hotz, I’m happy to have the litigation behind me.” Hotz was not involved in the recent attacks on Sony’s internet services and websites.
In the action, SCEA accused Hotz of violating federal law by posting online information about the security system in the PlayStation 3 videogame console and software that SCEA claimed could be used to circumvent the security system in the console and allow the playing of pirated videogames. Hotz denies any wrongdoing on his part. Hotz’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was still pending before the federal court in San Francisco but a preliminary injunction was issued requiring Hotz to take down the postings challenged by SCEA.
“We want our consumers to be able to enjoy our devices and products in a safe and fun environment and we want to protect the hard work of the talented engineers, artists, musicians and game designers who make PlayStation games and support the PlayStation Network,” added Russell. “We appreciate Mr. Hotz’s willingness to address the legal issues involved in this case and work with us to quickly bring this matter to an early resolution.””
Source – 696
12th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Michael Jackson: The Experience
Rio
12th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
squarepusher2 releases Genesis Plus GX PS3 v1.3 and SNES9x PS3 4.4.9
13th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
graf_chokolo gets another visit from people representing Sony
Source – 697
15th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Maises releases LordSELF, an app to edit PS3 SELF/SPRX Files.
15th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Pink Floyd releases PS3 Renamer v1.00 beta
15th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Robo Hobo releases his ported version of Stella, a Multi-Platform Atari 2600 VCS Emulator.
15th of April 2011
Sony announces that they have sold 50 Million PS3s worldwide.
Source – 698
16th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
GeoHot donates the remainder of his Court Case donations to the EFF, they received $10,000.
Source – 699
18th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
graf_chokolo is forced to remove many Sony related articles from his blog
18th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Pink Floyd releases PS3 Renamer v1.03 beta
Source – 670
19th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
News emerges that Sony are attempting to sue Zoomba again.
19th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Mortal Kombat
Portal 2
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
21st of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
AFL Live
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
21st of April 2011
In the early hours, the PlayStation Network goes offline, leading many people to believe that Anonymous have brought down the network, several hours later, SCEA/SCEE release statements via their blogs, this was their first post
US Blog
“We’re aware certain functions of PlayStation Network are down. We will report back here as soon as we can with more information.
Thank you for your patience.”
EU Blog
“As you are no doubt aware, the current emergency outage is continuing this afternoon and all Sony Online Network services remain unavailable. Our support teams are investigating the cause of the problem, including the possibility of targeted behaviour by an outside party. If the reported Network problems are indeed caused by such acts, we would like to once again thank our customers who have borne the brunt of the attack through interrupted service.
Our engineers are continuing to work to restore and maintain the services, and we appreciate our customers’ continued support.”
EU Blog a little later
“While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.”
US Blog much later
We’re aware certain functions of PlayStation Network are down. It may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.
Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter.
During this time you may:
Not be able to access the PlayStation®Store
Have difficulty signing in to the PlayStation®Network Not be able to play online games
See a maintenance page when attempting to access the PlayStation®Network
Note: When you log into the PlayStation Network, a message may appear which states, “the PlayStation Network has been suspended”. This does not mean that your account has been suspended; it simply means the PlayStation Network has been taken offline.Please wait until the maintenance window has passed before attempting to connect to the PlayStation Network again. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”
23rd of April 2011
Sony finally admit after two days of PSN outage, that they have been hacked, here are some statements they release:
PS Blog
“An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”
Anonymous deny all involvement and release this statement:
“For Once We Didn’t Do It
Sony’s Playstation Network, its online service for Playstation 3 and its Playstation Portable consoles, suffered from a major outage today; which is on going as of this writting. According to Son’ys blog, the interruption in service may last into the long weekend – for at least another “full day or two”. Sony released a statement through its EU blog, saying that the network outage may be a result of “targeted behaviour by an outside party”, brining in the possibility of cyberattacks. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the message has since been removed.
While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves AnonOps wa not related to this incident and takes no responsiblity for it. A more likely explination is that Sony is taking advantage of Anonymous’ previous ill-will towards the company to distract users from the fact the outage is accutally an internal problem with the companies servers.”
Sony later release this statement:
“We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.”
21st of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KureKure releases patches for lv2 patcher that allows the PS3 to play Blu-rays from any region
Source – 671
21st of April 2011
The Consumer Disputes Board in Finland concludes that Sony should pay the owner of a PS3 100 Euro due to the removal of OtherOS
Source – 672
24th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Robo Hobo release a DosBox Emulator for the PS3 and ps3cfw releases a tutorial to run Windows95 on the DosBox emulator.
25th of April 2011
Sony post a statement regarding PSN:
“We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.”
26th of April 2011
Sony release a statement, telling us how severe the hack really is:
“We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.”
26th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
SKFU releases information that tells us how insecure PSN is
Source – 673
26th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Man vs. Wild
26th of April 2011
Sony defends the length of time it took for them to inform users of the PSN breach
“There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion April 19th and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly this afternoon.”
27th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Kristopher Johns a PS3 owner from Alabama files a lawsuit against Sony over the PSN hack.
“ 1. This action is brought on behalf of plaintiff individually, as representative of the common or general interest and as class representatives for all others similarly situated nationwide against SONY to redress defendant’s breach of warranty, negligent data security, violations of consumers’ rights of privacy, failure to protect those rights, and failure and on-going refusal to timely inform consumers of unauthorized third party access to their credit card account and other nonpublic and private financial information.”
Source – 674
27th of April 2011
The UKs Information Commissioner’s Office reveals that it plans to question Sony on how it dealt with the PSN hack.
Source – 676
28th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
28th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
German website golem.de has an interview with graf_chokolo:
Golem.de: Do you actually have a Playstation 3 – and what do you use the console for above all?
graf_chokolo: I had a lot of PS3 consoles, three of my own and one was recently loaned to me. Everyone was taken away from me. I only use the Playstation 3 for development and reverse engineering, I don’t have any games for the PS3, I’m not interested in it either. I find games boring, but I enjoy reverse engineering and programming. I hardly use GameOS, mainly I am talking about Linux on the PS3, the development of new Linux kernel drivers for PS3.
Golem.de: How do you see yourself, as a hacker, gamer, coder, Internet activist,…?
graf_chokolo: I see myself mainly as a coder, reverse engineer and then maybe a little bit as a hacker. Above all, I am very interested in technical knowledge, which is also the reason why I started with reverse engineering on PS3. It’s a lot of fun for me to find out something new on your own, especially about how an operating system and hypervisor works.
Golem.de: Are companies like Sony, but also Nintendo or Microsoft or Google, in your opinion evil? Which practices of the companies particularly disturb you?
graf_chokolo: With all these corporations, I’m bothered that they’re very monopolistic. They think that buying their products somehow binds me to them. I don’t like it at all, if someone thinks that – just because I buy something from him – he has some rights to me, or that he can tell me where it goes. And that’s what Sony is trying to do right now. And when Sony removed the “OtherOS” support, the company didn’t ask its customers if they liked that or not. Then why would I listen to Sony when they tell me to stop?
Golem.de: What’s so bad for you that Sony has disabled the “Other OS” option?
graf_chokolo: I think many people like me want to have Linux or FreeBSD on the Playstation 3 because it’s much better suited for programming than GameOS. GameOS is only good for gaming, but with Linux you can easily develop new programs for the PS3 and thus expand your own PS3 with new functionality that take full power of the PS3. GameOS does not allow us to do this and is far from as mature as Linux.
Golem.de: How do you see the currently valid regulations for the protection of intellectual property, for example with regard to copy protection systems?
graf_chokolo: I think that unfortunately this is very badly abused by large corporations like Sony. Sony has money and power and thinks it can do what they want. Unfortunately, that’s the reality. But I see it very differently.
Golem.de: What do you think about the actions of Anonymous, which are also fighting Sony in your name?
graf_chokolo: I am very grateful to Anonymous and everyone else for the support they offer me. If we always give in without a fight, then soon big corporations like Sony will make our lives hell and tell us where it goes. This must not be allowed to them, and I am also prepared to stand up for my principles. The last PSN attacks have shown us how incompetent and negligent Sony handles our private data. Many blame the hackers, but the truth is that Sony is the main culprit. Sony is responsible for our private data!
Golem.de: Would you like even more support from the community, and in what form?
graf_chokolo: I especially wish that more people would show some backbone. Sony could not afford everything.
Golem.de: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself: What do you do professionally, what interests you?
graf_chokolo: Professionally, I work as a programmer. Reverse engineering and programming is not all that interests me. I like to read classical literature and I like to go to the theatre, opera and ballet.
Source – 677
29th of April 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Robo Hobo releases PrBoom, a port of Doom for the PS3.
29th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Virtua Tennis 4
29th of April 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Kazuo Hirai, Chairman of SCEA, receives a letter from a sub committee of the United States House Of Representatives, they want questions about the PSN problem.
30th of April 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Thor: God of Thunder
MAY
1st of May 2011
Sony hold a press conference regarding the PSN outage
Source(Video) – 678
Sony handed these out during the press conference
2nd of May 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
News emerges that a Canadian PSN user, is suing Sony on behalf of her self and Canada, she is looking for damages in excess of $1 billion, and two years of fraud insurance coverage.
3rd of May 2011
News emerges that SOE(Sony Online Entertainment) has been hacked, Sony believe that it is related and happened around the same time as the PSN hack.
Source – 679
5th of May 2011
Kaz Hirai sends a letter to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, answering questions in regard to the PSN hack.
Source – 680
4th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
glevand releases PS3 Dual Boot GameOS/Linux CFW
Source – 681
5th of May 2011
Anonymous respond to accusations that they are involved in the PSN breach
Source – 682
5th of May 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
The The U.S. House Of Representatives sub committee are in court to discuss the PSN breach, Sony were invited, they failed to show, here is a quote from the chairwoman
“In recent years, sophisticated and carefully orchestrated cyber attacks – designed to obtain
personal information about consumers, especially when it comes to their credit cards – have
become one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises here in the United States and across the
world. The boldness of these attacks and the threat they present to unsuspecting Americans was
underscored recently by massive data breaches at Epsilon and Sony.
With 77 million accounts stolen – including some 10 million credit card numbers – the data
breach involving Sony’s PlayStation Network has the potential to become the “Great Brink’s
Robbery” of cyber attacks. And the “take” keeps going up.
While the FBI and Secret Service, along with other law enforcement agencies, work around the
clock to try and crack this sensational case, we now learn that a second Sony online service was
also compromised during the same time period. Computer hackers obtained access to personal
information relating to an additional 25 million customer accounts. That’s more than 100 million accounts now in jeopardy.
Like their customers, both Sony and Epsilon are victims, too. But they also must shoulder some
of the blame for these stunning thefts, which shake the confidence of everyone who types in a
credit card number and hits “enter.” E-commerce is a vital and growing part of our economy.We should take steps to embrace and protect it – and that starts with robust cyber security.
As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I am deeply troubled by these latest data breaches, and the
decision by both Epsilon and Sony not to testify today. This is unacceptable.“
5th of May 2011
Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, wrote a letter to all PSN users that was published on the PS Blog :
“Dear Friends,
I know this has been a frustrating time for all of you.
Let me assure you that the resources of this company have been focused on investigating the entire nature and impact of the cyber-attack we’ve all experienced and on fixing it. We are absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible and rewarding you for your patience. We will settle for nothing less.
To date, there is no confirmed evidence any credit card or personal information has been misused, and we continue to monitor the situation closely. We are also moving ahead with plans to help protect our customers from identity theft around the world. A program for U.S. PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers that includes a $1 million identity theft insurance policy per user was launched earlier today and announcements for other regions will be coming soon.
As we have announced, we will be offering a “Welcome Back” package to our customers once our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are up and running. This will include, among other benefits, a month of free PlayStation Plus membership for all PSN customers, as well as an extension of subscriptions for PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited customers to make up for time lost.
As a company we — and I — apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack. Under the leadership of Kazuo Hirai, we have teams working around the clock and around the world to restore your access to those services as quickly, and as safely, as possible.
I know some believe we should have notified our customers earlier than we did. It’s a fair question. As soon as we discovered the potential scope of the intrusion, we shut down the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and hired some of the best technical experts in the field to determine what happened. I wish we could have gotten the answers we needed sooner, but forensic analysis is a complex, time-consuming process. Hackers, after all, do their best to cover their tracks, and it took some time for our experts to find those tracks and begin to identify what personal information had — or had not — been taken.
As a result of what we discovered we notified you of the breach. Our investigation is ongoing, and we are upgrading our security so that if attacks like this happen again, our defenses will be even stronger.
In the last few months, Sony has faced a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But now we are facing a very man-made event – a criminal attack on us — and on you — and we are working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world to apprehend those responsible.
In the coming days, we will restore service to the networks and welcome you back to the fun. I wanted to personally reach out and let you know that we are committed to serving you to the very best of our ability, protecting your information better than ever, and getting you back to what you signed up for – all the games and great entertainment experiences that you expect from Sony.
With best regards,
Howard Stringer”
Source – 683
5th of May 2011
CNET claim that they have been informed via na IRC user that there will another attack against Sony.
Source – 684
7th of May 2011
Christian Svensson Senior Vice-President of Capcom speaks about his frustration of the PSN hack and how much it has cost the company.
“On a related note, as an executive responsible for running a business, the resulting outage obviously costing us hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in revenue that were planned for within our budget. These are funds we rely on to bring new games to market for our fans.”
Source – 685
7th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deank releases multiMAN v2.00.00
Source – 686
10th of May 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MX vs. ATV Alive
Brink
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
9th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases v2.2 of OpenPS3FTP
10th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Opium2k updates his themes to be compatible with multiMAN v2.00.00
11th of May 2011
News emerges that a former U.S. Navy F-18 Fighter Pilot, is suing Sony, Bethesda and Zenimax, claiming that the game Elder Scrolls Oblivion caused him to have a seizure, which resulted in him losing his job
14th of May 2011
Bloomberg reports that a hired Amazon Cloud Server was responsible for PSN being hacked.
15th of May 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.61]
This firmware forces all users with PSN accounts to change their password
15th of May 2011
Sony starts phasing PSN back in
Source – 687
16th of May 2011
SCEA reveal their “Welcome Back” package, this is to say sorry for their terrible mistake. PS3 users, 2 of the following games which can be kept forever Dead Nation, inFAMOUS, Little Big Planet, Super Stardust HD, Wipeout HD + Fury.
PSP folks you get 2 of the following LittleBigPlanet (PSP), ModNation Racers, Pursuit Force, Killzone Liberation
Everyone who was a PSN user before the service went down, will also receive 30 days free PSN Plus(PSN+), those already on PSN+ will receive 60 days.
16th of May 2011
Sony is not allowed to restore PSN in Japan until it addresses a couple of issues.
“The first is preventative measures. As of May 13, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the May 1 press conference,” he said, although he refused to provide exact details of the measures for security reasons.
The second regards how Sony will regain consumer confidence in Japan, given the loss of personal data – and potentially credit card data.”
Source – 688
17th of May 2011
Mary Bono Mack, chairwoman for a US House Of Representatives Sub Committee, who had sent Kazuo Hirai a letter asking him to explain the problems with PSN, decided she was not happy with the response, so decided to send him yet another letter.
Source(PDF) – 689
17th of May 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
L.A. Noire
17th of May 2011
Professor Bill Caelli from Australia suggests that his country should keep PSN offline in the same manner as Japan.
Source – 690
17th of May 2011
Nyleveia reveal that a dangerous exploit is going around which affects PSN accounts and allows exploiters to potentially steal your account using only the email and date of birth, they informed SCEE of the exploit.
“While we will not reveal specific details regarding how the exploit is performed for obvious reasons, we can say that the exploit involves a vulnerability in the password reset form currently implemented, not properly verifying tokens.”
Source – 691
18th of May 2011
SCEE release a statement saying that the above exploit has been fixed.
Source – 692
18th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
The Rebug MFW guys(CyberSkunk and evilsperm) release two very useful tools, to be used in conjunction with gitbrew.orgs’s OtherOS, they are “Boot OtherOS” and “OtherOS Prep Tool”.
18th of May 2011
Sony’s President and CEO Sir Howard Stringer, hits back at critics of their handling of the PSN fiasco, he believes they were fast informing PSN users about the problems, stating:
“Most of these breaches go unreported by companies. Forty-three percent (of companies) notify victims within a month. We reported in a week. You’re telling me my week wasn’t fast enough?”
Read more about it here.
18th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Hazer reveals his fully remap-able PS3 control pad and the code so anyone can accomplish it.
Source – 693
19th of May 2011
Rockstar post a thread on their forum blaming firmware 3.61 of causing the PS3 to overheat when playing L.A. Noire.
“Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat. There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or ‘Red Lighting’ after having installed 3.61, this can range from games randomly freezing to PS3s turning off anywhere between 30 mins use to two hours. We have confirmed locally that multiple games (Rockstar and non-Rockstar) overheat or freeze only when 3.61 is installed.”
However they go on to delete the thread and post a new one stating that there issues on the Xbox 360 version of L.A. Noire.
Source – 694
22nd of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
PS3 Dev Robo Hobo releases a PS3 port of the ZX Spectrum emulator, Fuse.
22nd of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
KaKaRoTo releases The Humble Homebrew Collection, which is a port of Simon Tatham’s Portagle Puzzle Collection.
Source – 695
23rd of May 2011
Sony are hit with two more attacks, their website in Thailand is hacked and in Japan Sonys So-Net ISP reveals that ¥100,000 worth of digital points have been stolen.
Source – 696
23rd of May 2011
Sony reveal that the PSN hack could cost the company ¥14 billion by the end of the 2012 fiscal year and that the loss of revenue totals around ¥260 billion
Source – 697
23rd of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
A PS3 emulator called RPCS3 is released by DH and Hykem(Note: This DH is not Spanish developer DemonHades who also uses the same initials.)
Source – 698
24th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The guys at Gitbrew manage to get Dualboot working on 256MB Nand PS3’s.
24th of May 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dirt 3
Kung Fu Panda 2
24th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
uf6667 dumps the 16mb NOR flash of the PS3 Slim
Source – 699
25th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A PS3HaX.net member baileyscream posted a tutorial he had written, on how to install two extra USB ports, to the rear of the PS3.
Source – 700
26th of May 2011
Sony announces that it is working on a successor to the PS3.
27th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3HaX.net Admin Pirate finishes his second portable PS3.
Source – 701
28th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Rogero releases Rogero PS3 Buttons Layout Changer v1.1
Source – 702
28th of May 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Kazuo Hirai, responds to Mary Bono Macks second letter(Check 17th May 2011)
Source(PDF) – 703
29th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases OpenPS3FTP v2.3
Source – 704
29th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases the final build of dev_blind
Source – 705
29th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Jordan Dyckes releases PSN Download Manager v3.80
Source – 706
30th of May 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
Rogero releases Rogero Manager v8.3
31st of May 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
31st of May 2011
Sony post a press release, stating that PSN will return, later in the week, here is a quote from the press release
“SONY AND SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE FULL RESTORATION OF PLAYSTATION®NETWORK SERVICES
Tokyo, May 31, 2011 – Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining services on Qriocity will be announced as they become available.
The company implemented considerable security enhancements to the network infrastructure, as well as conducted testing of the payment process and commerce functions. The first phase of PlayStation Network and Qriocity restoration began on May 15 in the Americas and Europe/PAL territories, followed by Japan and Asian countries and regions on May 28, when the company brought partial services back online. With this partial restoration users were able to access to some of the services such as online game play, account management, friend lists and chat functionality were restored. The full restoration of PlayStation Network as well as part of services to become available on Qriocity will include:
• Full functionality on PlayStation®Store
• In-game commerce
• Ability to redeem vouchers and codes
• Full functionality on Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PCs
• Full functionality on Media Go
Customers will be able to purchase and download games and video content from the PlayStation®Store on PS3 or PSP. In addition, consumers will have full access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity through PS3, PSP, VAIO and other PC’s. Service restoration of Video on Demand powered by Qriocity™ and Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for a variety of network-enabled Sony devices will be announced later.
“We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.”
The company will be offering customers a “Welcome Back” package of services and premium content to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services. The details of this program will continue to be detailed regionally.”
JUNE
1st of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Modification]
PS3 Hardware Modder KillerBug introduces PS3 Hardware Mod Firmware
Source – 707
1st of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Jordan Dyckes releases PSN Download Manager v3.87
2nd of June 2011
The PS Store returns, here is a quote from Sony.
“The PlayStation Store is back online and thank you everyone for your patience. You will notice a huge lineup of new downloadable games, demos, add-on content, themes, avatars and videos. Also, PlayStation Plus has been updated with new full game trials, free games and DLC, free avatars and even more discounts.
You may have noticed that the content promised as part of the Welcome Back offer is not yet live. It is currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon; we’ll be sure to let you know when.”
2nd of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3 Dev CrashSerious, releases a pre configured PSL1GHT Linux virtual machine, making it easier for people to get involved in creating homebrew for the PS3.
2nd of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
PS3HaX member, mc_ releases a PS3 Homebrew game, the game FreeDroid Classic, is a port of the C64 game Paradroid.
3rd of June 2011
The PSN welcome back package is now live, though it starts of with problems.
3rd of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
PS3HaX member and developer samson, releases WinDos3.1 beta, which is Windows 3.1, running on the PS3.
5th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Modification]
Killerbug releases a second version of his PS3 Hardware Mod Firmware.
6th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
D0zs releases an application which is aimed at letting the user create PKG’s for their PS3’s with ease, you can read about it here.
6th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
KaKaRoTo releases a port Free Heroes 2 for the PS3, he adds it as part of his PS3 Humble Homebrew Collection.
6th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Mr Wicked releases SACD Ripper
Source – 708
6th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The guys at Gitbrew update OtherOS++ to work on all PS3 models.
6th of June 2011
SCEJ announce that the release of Motorstorm 3 is cancelled in Japan
Source – 709
7th of June 2011
At E3 2011, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton apologises to PS3 owners for the PSN hack.
“You are the lifeblood of the company. Without you there is no PlayStation. I want to apologise personally and on behalf of the company for any anxiety we’ve caused you.”
Source – 710
7th of June 2011
Sony announce that 8.8 million Move controllers have been sold worldwide.
Source – 711
7th of June 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.65]
Stability of PS3 games is improved
7th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Modification]
zembor0 releases images and a video, of some awesome PS3 hardware mods he had been working on, check the thread here and the video:
Source – 712
7th of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Infamous 2
Red Faction: Armageddon
9th of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Yakuza: Dead Souls
10th of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Duke Nukem Forever
10th of June 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Spanish police arrest several suspected hackers, who they believe are involved in the PSN hack.
Agents of the National Police have dismantled the leadership of the “hacktivist” organization Anonymous in Spain. Three of their leaders in our country, in charge of making decisions and directing the attacks, have been arrested in Barcelona, Valencia and Almería. One of the detainees protected at home a server from which they coordinated and executed computer attacks on government, financial or business websites around the world.
From this house in Gijón the websites of the Playstation store of Sony, BBVA, Bankia, ENEL and the governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand were attacked. On May 18, the detainees launched an offensive against the page of the Central Electoral Board and subsequently also against the websites of the Mossos d’Esquadra and the UGT.
Source – 713
10th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew update all their tutorials, regarding installation of Linux on PS3, with support for Fedora, Debian And Ubuntu.
10th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Slynk’s releases a PS3 IDA Tutorial and information on NPDRM, read about it here.
12th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Application]
samson releases a second version of WinDos 3.1, as well as some improvements, it also adds support for those PS3 owners on firmware 3.41.
Source – 714
12th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release 3.65 Version Spoofer v2.0
Source – 715
12th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release Rebug Update Package v0.1
Source – 716
13th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
A developer by the name of bgK releases a test version of a ScummVM port he is working on, for the PS3.
Source – 717
13th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PS3 Media Server 1.24.0 is released
13th of June 2011
In an interview with New York Times, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton claims that the company are not against customers modifying their PS3s.
“Q.) Some hackers say Sony wants to deter customers from modifying the PlayStation3. Is that true?A.) No, there’s a real misnomer there, we embrace independent game development; if you call that hacking, then we embrace that. We give people tools that let them create new experiences. What I don’t think we are in support of is someone trying to hack our device to pirate software and possibly collapse the platform.”
Source – 718
14th of June 2011
KaKaRoTo sends a letter to the New York Times quoting what Jack Tretton said the previous day in regard to PS3 customers modifying their PS3s.
“This is a complete lie, and Mr. Tretton is being dishonest with you and with your readers. The world needs to know the truth: Sony has been hard at work to prevent customers from modifying their rightfully owned Playstation 3 system and this has absolutely nothing to do with piracy. It is almost a similar situation to the lawsuit from Sony about AiboPet who wrote software to make the AIBO robot dog do tricks that weren’t programmed in it initially. Was that about piracy or about control ?
They sued George Hotz for opening up the console to homebrew while he expressly did not allow any piracy on his jailbreak (to this date, no one can pirate games using his jailbreak method).
They also sued and raided Alexander Egorenkov’s house twice and he is still being sued (no settlement with him) for the work that he has done, which had absolutely nothing to do with piracy, ALL his efforts were for the sole purpose of restoring Linux support to the PS3, which was an originally advertised and available feature of the PS3 and that Sony illegally removed from our device. He is being sued for writing patches to the Linux kernel and for writing drivers for Linux. Is that what Mr. Tretton calls “we embrace that” ?
They have also been sending Cease and Desist letters and threats to anyone who has been involved with the PS3 hacking scene and homebrew (independent game) developers. Using those scare tactics to repress the community is not the best way to ’embrace’ it.
Also, it is not possible for any homebrew developer to create and develop for the PS3 without proper licensing from Sony, which requires them to buy a dev console for 10 000 or 25 000$. Sony are not embracing independent game development, on the contrary, they are the only ones out there who are not.
While Apple has the App Store, Google has the Android Market and Microsoft has the XBox Live Indie Games program, Sony are the only ones who have not embraced the homebrew community and who are not allowing us to use our consoles the way we want to. In their lawsuit against George Hotz they had the audacity of saying that it is not our console, it is theirs, that we are merely ‘renting’ it from them, they own it even if we bought it, and that trying to access our machine is the equivalent of a cracker trying to hack into a ‘third party, remote, secure computer’.
I have started a few weeks ago a petition asking Sony to give us an official and legitimate way of developing and running homebrew games on the PS3, you can find it here : http://humblehomebrew.com. Many people are signing the petition, but the only answer we receive from Sony is an automated response message stating that “Our policy on this issue has not changed. We are therefore not in a position to fulfill your request.”. Again, this is in contradiction with what Mr. Tretton said about “embracing independent game developers”.
It has to be known that this is also why they are getting targeted by all their hackers, it is because of how they are oppressing the developers of the world, how they sued George Hotz and how they sued and raided Alexander Egorenkov’s house. But mostly, it is for how they abused the law and how they reacted during the lawsuit. And this is not only about saying that the machine that we bought and that we own is actually theirs, but also, for example, the fact that they sent subpoenas all over the place to get as much information about anyone and anything that dared look at the Playstation 3 the ‘wrong way’. They tried to access everyone’s twitter, youtube and paypal accounts. They wanted to get all the information on all the transactions on everyone connected to those transactions on the hacker’s paypal accounts, whether it was relevant or not. They wanted to get the IP addresses (and thus, be able to identify and potentially sue) of every single person who watched a video on Youtube. They sent all of these subpoenas after the judge rejected them, hoping to still get some information before the judge notices, they also sent them without telling the subpoenaed parties that they have a right to quash. The Judge had to force the lawyers to contact every party and withdraw the illegally sent subpoenas.
This is the reason that they are being hacked, it is because of how they abused the law, how they threatened everyone and because of the lawsuit that is still in progress against a security researcher and Linux developer.
The hacker community is outraged at Sony’s actions and this is how they are reacting, they are fighting against Sony’s oppression of our rights to free speech and our right to our property.
I believe that your readers have a right to hear the truth and not only a one-sided argument from the CEO of the company. Please update your post or write a new one with details about what is really going on, if you need or want any more information, feel free to ask me anything you’d like concerning this issue and it will be my pleasure to answer you and give you all the relevant links and documentation to back anything that I’ve said.
Thank you for your time,
KaKaRoTo.”
Source – 719
14th of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Alice: Madness Returns
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
15th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Debug(DEX) Firmware Leak]
Debug versions of 3.50/3.60 PS3 firmware are leaked.
15th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Multi console developer Scognito releases his homebrew game Scogger on PS3.
Source – 720
13th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PS3 Media Server 1.25.0 is released
15th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Ole releases CDG Player, a homebrew that allows you to use your karaoke discs on your PS3.
Source – 721
16th of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dungeon Siege III
17th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
The guys at Gitbrew release a Cluster Computing app for the PS3 called OpenCLit
Source – 722
17th of June 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
graf_chokolo reports on his blog, that he may face prison time as he is unable to pay court fee’s in his fight against Sony, here is a quote of what he said:
“Hi guys, no money left anymore. Going to jail soon probably because i cannot pay court costs.
But i’m ready to stand up for everything i said and go to jail for that too. It’s not important to win, more important is to show them that we are ready to fight, that they cannot scare me off easily. Yeah, i’m ready to go to jail for my believes and my principles.
Most of people probably think that all computer and kernel hackers are weak kids, hiding in a cellar, eating pizza whole day, writing software and looking for attention
Maybe, but that’s NOT me. And i will get out eventually and continue my work.
My work means very much to me.“
17th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
CaptainCPS-X releases multiMAN Retro Tools v0.07
Source – 723
18th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
Robo Hobo releases a preview version of Mame for the PS3, one of the Emulators many people were looking forward to.
Source – 724
18th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
News emerges that the Cobra Jailbreak dongle, will also support PS2 ISO’s.
Source – 725
19th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Anonymous Data Protection Officers have released PSN AnonReg v1.0
Source – 726
20th of June 2011
Sony reveal a new PS3 model for Japan, it will come with a 320GB HDD
Source – 727
20th of June 2011
A lawsuit is taken against Sony, claiming that they the company knew that they were at risk of being attacked due to several smaller security breaches in the past, the lawsuit also claims that they laid off security staff two weeks before the PSN hack.
Source – 728
20th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Spanish developer jaicrab posts information on his blog, regarding a new CFW he is working on, he also posts what appear to be the keys of the Cobra Jailbreak dongle.
21st of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Cars 2: The Video Game
F.E.A.R. 3
Shadows of the Damned
21st of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Max Klinger releases DosMount
Source – 729
21st of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Emulator developer SquarePusher2 reveals the QA Flag button combo:
L2 + L1 + R1 + R2 + L3 + D-pad Down
Source – 730
22nd of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Slynk releases a tutorial on how to QA flag your PS3
Source – 731
22nd of June 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.66]
23rd of June 2011
News emerges of a new Class Action Law Suit against Sony/SCEA, this is due to the PSN hack.
23rd of June 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
24th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
jaicrab release dumps of the Cobra Jailbreak dongle.
Source – 732
24th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The guys at Gitbrew release QA Flagging Tools, read about it here.
26th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The guys at Gitbrew, post information on how to Q A flag downgrade your PS3
Source – 733
27th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
BlackPen0 releases a plugin for PS3MFW builder that allows you to spoof your firmware to v3.66
Source – 734
28th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Spanish developer dospiedras1973, releases a method he had been working of for two months, on how to downgrade from 3.6 PS3 firmware and how to fix those consoles bricked by Waninkoko’s MFW
Source – 735
29th of June 2011
SCEI announce that Andrew House will take over Kazuo Hirai’s job as President and Group CEO of SCEI from the 1st of September 2011, whilst Kazuo Hirai becomes Chairman of SCEI with Akira Sato retiring from that position.
Jim Ryan will become the President and CEO of SCEE from the 1st of September 2011.
Source – 736
30th of June 2011
Sony release a wireless keyboard for the PS3
30th of June 2011
[PS3 Model Release]
Sony release the 3000(3K) model of PS3.
30th of June 2011
At the Game Tools & Middleware Forum 2011 in Japan, Sony reveal PSP Engine which is software that allows developers to port their PSP games to PS3.
Source – 737
30th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
SvenGDK releases a new version of his PS3 Multi Tools, it is now usable on MacOS
Source – 738
30th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release 3.66 Version Spoofer v2.0
Source – 739
30th of June 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Team Rebug release REBUG 3.41.3 and 3.55.2 OTHEROS++
Source – 740
30th of June 2011
PS Home director Jack Buser claims that Home users are the most hardcore PS3 gamers.
“If you look at the average Home user, they are the most hardcore gamer on the PS3.
They buy more games than the average PS3 user, they play more games than the average PS3 user. They also watch more movies than the average PS3 user, who is already a highly self-selective consumer. We’re talking about rabid consumers of media and hardcore gamers. That’s who these people are.”
Source – 741
JULY
1st of July 2011
Howard Stringer and Kaz Hirai agree to take pay cuts after a third year in a row of profit loses.
Source – 742
1st of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Andreas Öman releases version 3 of Showtime
Source – 743
1st of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Jordan Dyckes releases PSN Download Manager v3.93
Source – 744
1st of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Team Rebug release REBUG 3.41.3 and 3.55.2
Source – 745
2nd of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Gitbrew guys via Twitter, state that they have managed to dump the PS3 Bootloader.
2nd of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
PS3HaX member Varaques releases her own version of 3.55 CFW, thanks to the awesome CFW tools.
4th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Modification]
KillerBug release a video of his new PS3 LED mod:
Source – 746
4th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup manager]
Rogero release Rogero Manager v8.4
Source – 747
4th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
cotojestwtf the developer behind Server Mapper 1.0 and the upcoming PS3Linked, reports that his home got visited by Polish police after a “friend” snitched on him for PS3 piracy
“First of all, I’d like to apologize to everyone waiting for the PS3Linked program. As you know, there was supposed to be a public test, but it didn’t happen—let me explain why. Unexpectedly, an acquaintance reported me to the police for piracy and hacking the PS3 console, pointing them to my YouTube channel. Early on the morning of June 30, 2011, two officers paid me a visit with a warrant; they confiscated my computer and took me down to the station. We eventually reached an agreement: I wouldn’t face any penalties provided I shut down my YouTube channel, which promoted the use of illegal tools and encouraged software piracy. That wasn’t all, though—the officers decided to thoroughly search my computer, which was full of pirated content, and I was facing additional penalties for that as well. I got my computer back on July 2, 2011, but it had been completely wiped clean. PS3Linked is still 90% complete; I’m no longer leading the project myself, though I still have insight into the work being done—rest assured, the app will see the light of day soon. After these events, I’ve come to understand the serious developers who stay quiet about new Custom Firmware (CFW); you should understand them too—it’s really unpleasant when the authorities come knocking. As for me? I’ll likely never bring the channel back or post tutorials related to the “dark side” of hacking, but I’ll still happily visit PS3-hack.com.pl and participate in the forum in less conspicuous categories.
Best regards, “cotojestwtf”.”
Source – 748
4th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Condorstrike releases Solar V1 Rogero Manager edition, which is a multifunctional homebrew screensaver
Source – 749
6th of July 2011
Sony confirm the existence of PSN Pass.
“This program will be game-specific. Games that are a part of this program will include a single-use registration code that grants the account holder redeeming the code full online access for that title.”
Source – 750
7th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Debug(DEX) Firmware Leak]
Debug PS3 Firmware 3.66 is leaked.
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
jaicrab releases a video preview of his upcoming CFW
Source – 751
11th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Developer Matercrack releases a tool that lets you mess around with the dev_flash files
Source – 752
12th of July 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
NCAA Football 12
13th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3Crunch reports of a new new Hardware Flasher for the PS3, is being worked on, this device, which is being called PROGSKEET, enables you to Flash or Dump your PS3, it also lets you downgrade from PS3 firmware 3.56.
Here is a quote from uf6667 the developer who creates the software for this product:
“alright let me give you some more details about it:
– 1MB/s sustained speed (vs. 50kB/s on infectus) – example : read 256 MB NAND in 1/20th time of infectus requires
– can read/write NOR flash up to a VERY big capacity (that doesn’t even exist) – infectus can only write up to 256kB – teensy++ has no writing capability atm (iirc) – might be supported by the software, not sure if it can match its speed though
– EVERY KIND OF NOR/NAND FLASH SUPPORTED – infectus doesn’t, teensy++ needs special firmwares for every single one
you won’t even need ME to update the software, semi-skilled people just read datasheets and adapt the configuration file
(regular nand/nor flashes included in PS3, 360, Wii, etc. are already in there, but say you’re using this for car tuning, you’re gonna need to adapt the config)
I know the hardware well but HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IT – I only made the software for it so if you have a problem with that, you just get at me (don’t flood please, thanks )
so: cancel infectus order, be patient for at least 3 more days, you won’t regret it”
Source – 753
13th of July 2011
Sony announce that they plan to invest $20 Million on exclusive content for PSN
13th of July 2011
Future Publishing and SCE UK announce the cancellation of digital PSN magazine FirstPlay.
Source – 754
13th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
PS3HaX moderator BobbyBlunt releases his version of 3.55 CFW, it is created with PS3HaX members in mind and has PS3HaX moderator Annelies dynamic PS3HaX theme built in.
14th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The official PROGSKEET website is opened, it details PROGSKEET specifications
15th of July 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Captain America: Super Soldier
16th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Developer No_one releases information on the developments of his PS3 NOR Manager, here is a quote from the developer
“I believe knowledge and information wants to be free.
This is why I consider that this project is open-hardware and will be open-source !
Learn what you can and help contribute to making the PS3 scene a better place.
Released by No_One.
PS: This the dynamic switch between the 2 NOR that will probably lead to 3.6x+ keys
decryption/MFW but also to a TRUE dual firmware management
PPS: No other hardware (Infectus, Progskeet…) can manage what PNM do.
It is quite different than these products. Functions in PNM will be much more advanced. Again, everything will be FREE in some weeks !!!“
17th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Samson releases his final version of WinDos 3.1.
Source – 755
19th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
jaicrab releases more information about his CFW, it has the Cobra jailbreak dongle payload implemented, we also find out, that this will not be a CFW for 3.55 users, only those on 3.41
19th of July 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
20th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
PS3 developer CrashSerious releases information on his very first PS3 Emulator, which he calls
“PS3Roar, here is a quote from the developer:
PS3roar is a port of xroar for X windows, as well as; the Nintendo DS, GPX32, PSP and AMIGA OS4. PS3roar is a Dragon 32 and 64 Computer emulator that runs on a wide variety of platforms, now including the PS3. Due to hardware similarities, PS3roar also emulates the Tandy Colour Computer (CoCo) models 1 & 2.
The PS3 port and modifications completed by CrashSerious (me). The PS3 port uses PSL1GHTv2, a free and Open Source SDK for the PS3.“
21st of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
jonrafkind and juvinous release a test version of the open source 2D scrolling game Paintown
22nd of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A developer known as “Snake Plissken”, speaks about a homebrew engine and game that he and his team are working on, if it comes to fruition it will without a doubt be the best looking PS3 Homebrew games available.
24th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The creators of the Cobra Jailbreak dongle, announce their device will work on firmware 3.55, here is a quote from their site:
“The Cobra Team is proud to present the Cobra 3.0 firmware pack, available from downloads section. In this release we enabled the Cobra USB device on 3.55 via use of our own cfw. Enjoy the release and look forward to many new features to come in future releases. Please be sure to read the updated user manual for detailed instructions on upgrading and usage!“
22nd of July 2011
Sony launches PSN in Brazil
22nd of July 2011
SCEA files a patent for in game advertisements that pause game play.
Source – 756
24th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PNM Project creator No_One, manages to dump the Nor of a 360 Firmware PS3, here is a quote from the developer:
“Hi mates,
I’m going to be on vacations for 3 weeks.
I just wanted to tell you that PNM project will be stopped during this period.
But, i’ve some great news for you.
I successfully dumped a 3.60 NOR flash using one of the socket !
The second socket has been validated too.
We are not far from our main goal : “jailbreak again the PS3? !
Here are some snapshots :
– host console with a new feature (NOR FLASH details…),
– PNM with a NOR Flash on Socket #1,
– an extract of the 3.60 NOR dump as a proof
Cheers
No_One“
25th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Developer samson releases an IRC client for the PS3
Source – 757
25th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
varicela a member of elotrolado.net, posts information on a project he has been working on, the modder successfully managed to install a dual Nand on his 40GB PS3
Source – 758
27th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
uf6667 releases some information about ProgSkeet, you can view that information here.
30th of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
tical releases a method to remove the copy right protection, Cinavia on the PS3
Source – 759
31st of July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
jaicrabs CFW(JFW-DH) goes into beta stages.
31st July 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Dancing Pixel Studios releases an app for Android devices that enables the Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers to be used.
AUGUST
1st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Glowball1 releases a tutorial on how to edit the PS3s XMB wave
Source – 760
2nd of August 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension
2nd of August 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
The Commercial Crime Unit of the South African Police Service, raid a house, arresting the occupant called Naseem Ebrahim Motala in Parktown Johannesburg, for Jailbreaking PS3’s and selling pirate games.
Source – 761
2nd of August 2011
Sony buy Sucker Punch Productions, the makers of Sly Cooper and inFamous.
Source – 762
3rd of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The guys involved with ProgSkeet, release a video of a their solder less version ProgSkeet
Source – 763
4th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
CrashSerious releases his emulator PS3Roar, you can download it here.
4th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
PS3HaX member DanyL, releases PSheb, what this project does is implement the Hebrew language on the PS3, something Sony were incapable of doing.
4th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases The Unmapped Forest.
5th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
bitsbubba releases his 3.55 CFW dubbed “NFW” or “Newbie Friendly Ware”
I also created a CFW I call it NFW (Newbie Friendly Ware/ named by tthousand) it has all the patches of Kmeaw w/ cinavia disabled and spoofed to 3.66. Keep in mind the only way to revert back to another FW is though Recovery Menu!!””
Source – 764
6th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Avoidance v0.1
6th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
DanyL releases an XMB Translation guide
6th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
johnnydoe patches Cobra USB 3.55 firmware so that it acts more like Kmeaw 3.55
“Hi everyone!
i have patched the cobra firmware with the usual stuff like lv2 peek/poke etc
both their core os files are patched so it should work with or without the dongle.”
Source – 767
8th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew release RSX documentation, dubbed oedipusRSX
8th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
facanferff releases his Showtime plugin called WatchTV that allows you to view live TV
Source – 768
9th of August 2011
Sony update their TOS(Terms Of Service)
9th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 Computer Software]
judges releases NORway 3.0
Source – 769
10th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases They Do Not Die 2 V0.1
10th of August 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.70]
Multi-picture format files for photos can be displayed under the photo category, TV/Video services is added to the XMB, 3D playback of Blu-ray Java content is now supported, DTS-HD audio is now supported when playing 3D content.
11th of August 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony and LG settle their dispute, all problems with the shipping of PS3 consoles ends.
Source – 770
11th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
S3 GCC Cell OS Lv2 Toolchain Sources Leaked
14th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew release information on how to sign PKG’s for 3.60
15th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
DiGiTaLAnGeL and dospiedra state it is possible to downgrade 3.70 using ProgSkeet
Source – 771
15th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Darkhacker announces that he is working on an online homebrew store called PSHomebrew
16th of August 2011
Gamescom 2011 – Sony/SCEE Press Conference
16th of August 2011
Sony lower the price of the PS3 worldwide by $50 to €249, $249, ¥24,980, £199.
16th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Rockets releases Sputnik a Cell/SPU Pipeline Viewer
Source – 772
18th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release 3.70 Version Spoofer v2.0
Source – 773
18th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Team Rebug release updated versions of Rebug Update Package for their 3.41 and 3.55 Rebug firmwares
Source – 774
18th of August 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
19th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
adrianc releases LSPWN v0.1 – SPE Local Storage Dumper
Source – 775
19th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
dudu.clx releases PS3A linux-box v1 aiming to make Linux easier to install on the PS3
Source – 776
20th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Slime Roll v0.1
Source – 777
21st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases They Do Not Die v0.3
Source – 778
21st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team E3DIY announce a downgrade flasher, an alternative to Progskeet
21st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
lunuxx releases PainTown 3.5
Source – 779
22nd of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases multiMAN version 2.04.00, which adds dev_flash support and wallpapers
Source – 780
23rd of August 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
24th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
SvenGDK releases PS Multi Tools v3.5 for Windows 7
25th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Team Rebug release Disable Cinavia Installer for 3.41 and 3.55
Source – 781
25th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
squarepusher2 releases Genesis Plus GX v1.5 for firmwares 3.41 and 3.55
Source – 782
26th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PsDev releases Ps3Wizard v1.1a
Source – 783
26th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
DarkHacker updates PSHomebrew
Source – 784
27th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PsDev releases PS3 Ultimate Store Channel
Source – 785
28th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Sketch Fight v0.1
Source – 786
29th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Modification]
chi3f releases a tutorial on how to add an IR adapter to the PS3 as well as adding an extra USB port
Source – 787
29th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Dont Get Crushed v1.1 and Cascade Beneath v1.0
30th of August 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Bodycount
Madden NFL 12
30th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PsDev Releases PS3 XMB Theme Emulator
Source – 788
31st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases They Do Not Die 2 v0.4
31st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
DarkConsoles Team reveals that they have managed to downgrade from 3.70 to 3.55 on NOR consoles, they release a tutorial on how it can be achieved
Source – 789
31st of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases multiMAN v2.05.00
SEPTEMBER
1st of September 2011
Howard Stringer reveals that 3 million PSN accounts have been created since the PSN hack.
Source – 790
1st of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo releases Expedite Benchmarking Tool
Source – 791
2nd of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Driver: San Francisco
2nd of September 2011
Duplex leak the 3.40 SDK
4th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
blipi releases OSK, which is an On Screen Keyboard for use with PS3 Homebrew
5th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team E3DIY release a video showing their device working on PS3
Source – 792
6th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew release an RSX Linux Kernal Module
6th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
“JoHNAaRoN” leaks a FULL 3.60 PS3 SDK
6th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dead Island
Resistance 3
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
7th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NHL 12
7th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3 CEX to DEX Kit (Retail to Debug) gets leaked
7th of September 2011
Fergal Gara becomes Vice President of SCEUK and Philippe Cardon becomes Vice President of SCE France.
Source – 793
8th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tales of Xillia
8th of September 2011
[PS3 Model Release]
Sony release a Special Edition Tales Of Xillia X Edition PS3.
Source – 794
9th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
the_marioga releases LuaFPS3 v0.1
9th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
3141card releases LUA Player PSL1ght v2
10th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Progskeet QT Flasher is released
10th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Rogero releases a CFW which fixes a trophy error after downgrading
10th of August 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Sketch Fight v0.2
Source – 795
10th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
With the help of eussNL, Rogero releases a CFW that fixes the trophy problems caused by downgrading from 3.70 to 3.55
Source – 796
11th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases multiMAN 2.06.00
Source – 797
11th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
wborland has released PS3 Game List v1.8
Source – 798
13th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
God of War: Origins Collection
14th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Condorstrike releases a new version of his “Solar” application
14th of September 2011
At the Tokyo Game Show, Sony reveals that they have sold 51.8 million PS3s worldwide since launch.
14th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
KaKaRoTo releases a Homebrew game called Eskiss
14th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Condorstrike releases Solar v2.1 for multiMAN
15th September 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony release a new TOS, which is you agree to it, basically means that in the future you cannot sue them, read about it here:
Source – 799
16th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
facanferff releases a beta version of his YouTube plugin for Showtime
16th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD
16th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup manager]
deank releases multiMAN v2.06.04
17th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Rogero releases a new version of his CFW
18th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
jjolano releases OpenPS3FTP v3.0
18th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases multiMAN v2.07.00 and v2.07.01
Source – 800
18th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Andreas Öman releasees Showtime v3.2
Source – 801
20th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Condorstrike releases version 2.2 of Solar
20th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases They Do not Die 2 v0.5
20th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug update all their app’s
20th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Supremacy MMA
20th of September 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.72]
Stability of PS3 games are improved
20th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
Rogero updates Rogero Manager to v8.5
20th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team E3 reveal that they have successfully downgraded from firmware 3.72 to 3.55 using their E3 Flasher
“E3 flasher success downgrade 3.72 to 3.55, and also dual boot 3.72&3.55 without any problem ! ”
Source – 802
21st September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
PCE Emu: PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Emulator is released
22nd of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dark Souls
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
23rd of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Progskeet team announce a solder-less dual NAND kit
Source – 804
25th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Paintown is updated
25th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
gzorin releases RSXGL an RSX Graphic Library |
Source – 805
27th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Mr.Goodfrag releases Tron for the PS3
Source – 806
27th of September 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
FIFA 12
PES 2012: Pro Evolution Soccer
Ra.One: The Game
27th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ScHeVeNs finds a way of running PS1 backups on disc on the PS3
Source – 807
29th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Version 2.3 of Solar released
29th September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Rogero updates his CFW
29th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
SvenGDK releases a beta version of PS Multi Tools v4
Source – 808
30th of September 2011
The Australian Privacy Commissioner declares that Sony Australia did not breach the country’s privacy act over its handling of the PSN hack.
Source – 809
30th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup manager]
deanK releases multiMAN v 2.08.00
30th of September 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
deroad opens a website dedicated to helping people use PSL1GHT SDK
OCTOBER
1st of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
d0zs releases DOStoPS3, which lets you easily port your own DOS games
Source – 810
1st of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
KaKaRoTo releases an update to Eskiss, which adds PS Move support
2nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
facanferff releases his YouTube plugin for Showtime
2nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
PS3Load is released for firmware 3.55
2nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases They Do Not Die 2 v0.6
2nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
an0nymous fixes the make_self problem and gets PS3LOAD running on firmware 3.55
“<eussNL> an0nymous solved the make_self
<eussNL> it was never a problem of ps3load, but from make_self
<eussNL> also, 3.50++ added memory protection (W^X)“
Source – 811
2nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
WinSkeet4000 released for Progskeet
Source – 812
3rd of October 2011
Sony introduces “Only On PlayStation Network”:
“Only On PlayStation Network’ is our line of great exclusive games that users can count on to deliver exciting game experiences that can’t be found anywhere else,” said Susan Panico, senior director of PlayStation Network, SCEA. “This strong initial content offering, combined with the day one discounts for PlayStation Plus subscribers and the ‘Spend $60, Get $10 Back’ promotion, makes PlayStation Network the premier destination for digital content.”
3rd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
deroad releases a preview version of his PS3 hombrew PSchannel, an open source PS3 Homebrew store
Source – 813
4th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Cobra team releases firmware v4.0 for the Cobra USB, adding PSP ISO support
Source – 814
4th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Crysis
Rage
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
7th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
yvrig releases Jetmen Revival Remake for PS3
Source – 815
7th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Backup Manager]
deanK releases multiMAN v2.09.00
7th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
With the help of an0nymous deanK gets multiMAN running on firmware 3.41
8th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
deanK releases discBOOT, which enables running PS3 backups off DVD/BD
8th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Progskeet flasher software for Linux and MacOS released, called YASkeet and iSkeet
11th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Cursed Crusade
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
12th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
mallory releases tools to re-enable your deactivated PSN games
Source – 816
12th of October 2011
Sony announce that hackers have tried to hack into the PlayStation Network again, as well as Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment.
Source – 817
13th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Swingball 2 v0.1
Source – 818
14th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
SvenGDK releases PS Multi Tools v4 for Windows and MacOS
Source – 819
14th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
markus95 releases Paintown 3.5 Final Mod
Source – 820
16th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
Bobby6killer releases a PS3 port of Another World
Source – 821
16th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Nichibotsu releases a guide on how to reflow your PS3
Source – 822
17th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
lunuxx updates Paintown to 3.5 Final
17th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Swingball 2 v0.2
18th of October 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v3.73]
Stability of PS3 games is improved
18th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Batman: Arkham City
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Rocksmith
The Sims 3: Pets
19th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Condorstrike releases Solar v2.4
19th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Through a forum post on both PS3HaX and PS3Crunch, rumours start that a new Dongle dubbed Jailbreak 2(JB2) exists, this dongle allows those on 3.55 MFW the ability to play games that require firmwares above 3.56 to play, of course everyone said it was fake.
20th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
garyOPA from PS3Crunch confirms that JB2 is indeed real
21st of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
22nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew release their Brick Fix method for 3.55 and below
Source – 823
22nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Maze Generator v1.2
22nd of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
eussNL begins to document the reverse engineering of the True Blue dongle
24th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Gitbrew release NoPDRM
25th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Battlefield 3
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
Puss in Boots
25th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Cobra USBs firmware is updated to v4.1
26th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Information is released on how to dump per_console_key_1 and per_console_key_n
Source – 824
26th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3Crunch reveals that the final name for the JB2 dongle is True Blue
Source – 825
27th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A developer by the name of andbey0nd releases a homebrew application called gameDATA Tool which lets you install PKG’s To External Device
Source – 826
27th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Idolmaster 2
28th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
A dev at DemonHades release Chaos Air Bringer, a homebrew that allows you to change the PS3s MAC address
Source – 827
28th of October 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
29th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
moogie releases an eBoot that allows Uncharted 3 to be played on 3.55 MFW
30th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Hotz8611 releases reActPSN v2.0
30th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
News emerges that Duplex have released an eBoot patch that enables Battlefield 3 to played on 3.55 CFW
30th of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
bobby6killer releases a port of Flashback for the PS3
Source – 828
31st of October 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
E3 announce the release of E3 Nor Flasher
Source – 829
NOVEMBER
1st of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Sonic Generations
2nd of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
lachrymose ports Super Mario War v1.8 to the PS3
Source – 830
2nd of November 2011
Sony release a Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception special edition DualShock bundle pack.
Source – 831
5th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Swingball 2 v0.3 adding a level editor to the homebrew game
6th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
eussNL documents internal images of True Blue on the PS3Dev Wiki
8th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
CrashSerious releases “One” a homebrew application that allows PS1 backups to be played
Source – 832
8th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PS3 Metldr Exploit is leaked
Source – 833
8th of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
10th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
facanferff releases v1.2 of his YouTube plugin for Showtime
Source – 834
10th of November 2011
In an interview with TheStreet, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer speaks about the PSN hack and how it was an act of revenge.
“The target opportunity was a revenge attack, initially — it was because we went after a hacker who hacked PlayStation, PlayStation is vital to us, and so we were afraid that it would essentially destroy a PlayStation.”
Source – 835
10th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
sephirothff ports The Elder Scrolls Arena and Dagger Fall DOS versions to the PS3
Source – 836
11th of November 2011
The PS3 celebrates its fifth birthday
11th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Emulator]
CrashSerious releases One v11.11.11 which adds memory card support
Source – 837
13th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Mathieulh claims that he has decrypted LV0 on official FW 3.73, but refuses to release it.
“By the way, I won’t be posting keys, I won’t be posting dumps and I won’t be saying how it was done, time to work gentlemen.”
14th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Rokiski from DemonHades.org releases JFW-DH3.56 MA-1 CFW, designed specifically for PS3 owners stuck on 3.56 official firmware
Source – 838
15th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
Onishin a member of the Logic Sunrise forum, has released a modified version of jjolano’s OpenPS3FTP, it splits files larger than 4GB, for easy transfer
Source
15th of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Jurassic Park: The Game
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL
Need for Speed: The Run
Saints Row: The Third
16th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The True Blue team update True Blue to v2.2 which adds full HDD support
Source – 839
16th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Paradox start releasing eBoots in conjunction with True Blue
17th of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ni no Kuni
17th of November 2011
Sony release an Urban Camouflage DualShock.
Source – 840
17th of November 2011
Sony release two new colours for the PS3, Scarlet Red and Splash Blue
Source – 841
17th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Custom Firmware]
Team Rebug release REBUG 3.55.2 True Blue Edition
Source – 842
18th of November 2011
Due to Korea’s Shutdown Law, Sony shuts off the PlayStation Network in Korea for six hours at night
Source – 843
20th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Jay-Jay releases EXT GAME DATA LOADER
Source – 844
20th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
ifcaro releases PkgView v1.0
Source – 845
20th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PS3 Media Server v1.50.0 is released
Source – 846
20th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Gambol v0.1
Source – 847
21st of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo announces via Twitter that he is working on a method to run Homebrew on 3.73 OFW
Source – 848
Chatlog from IRC
“[07:28:39] <KaKaRoTo> heri, docpaul showtime would work fine
[07:28:58] <sandungas> kakaroTo, this means new tcl patches for mfw and some changes to manage 3.73 ?
[07:29:17] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, and no I didn’t fix the npdrm algo, that’s what I’m missing (hence the “kind of”) but I’m not working on that, that’s someone else’s job
[07:30:05] <middleman> gonna debut it at ccc kakaroto or before?
[07:30:06] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, and even if npdrm signing worked.. how do you install your pkg on an OFW 3.73 ?
[07:30:22] <heri> so KaKaRoTo, once the NPDRM algo is fixed, a release will come?
[07:31:14] <KaKaRoTo> heri, another missing bit, but once that’s fixed, yes
[07:31:23] <KaKaRoTo> but I’ll probably be off country for the next 2 weeks
[07:31:30] <KaKaRoTo> so all work will have to be paused
[07:31:52] <heri> oh, fair enough. we can all wait 2 weeks hey 😛 we have waited months anyways
[07:32:06] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, that might work.. you could also just install your pkg on 3.55 then upgrade…
[07:32:20] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, upgrading doesn’t delete any of your packages
[07:32:37] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, issue is, you’re lost if you didn’t do it before upgrading
[07:32:53] <ddoo> but they fail because the npdrm algo is spoted by the checks in 3.56+
[07:33:13] <KaKaRoTo> heri, also note, I “announced” it because I was excited to see it work as expected
[07:33:22] <KaKaRoTo> doesn’t mean it’s ready for release
[07:33:31] <KaKaRoTo> ddoo, exactly
[07:33:36] <heri> yeh thats what we were saying just before you came
[07:33:43] <KaKaRoTo> so you need : 1 – npdrm algo fixed, 2 – a way to install stuff
[07:33:53] <heri> you only announce when you are confident it works
[07:33:58] <KaKaRoTo> 1 has been done by someone else (don’t know if he’ll share it), and 2.. well, I just did it
[07:34:37] <KaKaRoTo> heri, well, I was testing on 3.60 and it worked, but yes, I did upgrade to 3.73 to test that it still works just to make sure I don’t tweet any false hopes
[07:34:46] <middleman> but you cant run what you installed until 1 is fixed correct?
[07:34:59] <KaKaRoTo> middleman, exactly
[07:36:17] <middleman> interesting
[07:36:19] <docpaul> nice, thx KaKaRoTo
[07:36:40] * KaKaRoTo needs to hide now if he wants to get any work done
[07:36:42] <KaKaRoTo> ttyl ”
Part of his blog post in regards to the homebrew enabler
“So what is this jailbreak? I won’t say because I don’t want Sony to block it in a firmware update (and yes, they potentially could) before it’s even released (and yes, I will release it when it’s ready). But I will explain this to you : in order to run your homebrew apps, you need two things. First, to be able to install them on the ps3, and second to be able to run it once installed. I did only one of these two things.
Some may say it’s not a real jailbreak, but the way I see it, there are three ‘jails’ on the ps3, I broke the first one which prevents you from installing anything, so now you can install your .pkg, great, but it won’t run, that’s the second jail. The third jail is being able to modify the firmware (peek&poke).
The second jail (running apps) is something that can be done, but it’s not my area of expertise (npdrm algo), so I will not be working on that. I am waiting for someone else to achieve it (some have succeeded but do not wish to release it, at least not for now) then I will release.
The third jail (modifying the firmware) is not possible with my method, this means that you will not have a “CFW”, you will run your homebrew applications and games on an official firmware. This also means that without peek&poke support, none of the backup managers will work. So, again, my solution is piracy-free, and as always, I do not plan on working on a way to enable piracy (or even legal backups).
Overall, the purpose will be to allow people who are on 3.73 firmware to enjoy the homebrew games that were released, to play a bit with Eskiss, and to use Showtime for playing their movies. This should be more than enough for everyone.”
Source – 849
A Q&A by eussNL
“Q: Will I need special hardware?
A: No.
Q: Will homebrew work?
A: With NPDRM fixed, yes. Showtime would certainly be possible.
Q: Will recent games play correct
A: Yes, its 3.7x, sure it plays all 1.00 – 3.7x games.
Q: Does it have Peek& Poke?
A: No.
Q: Do Backup manangers work?
A: No, see previous answer.
Q: Does it gets us keys
A: No.
Q: Does it gets us “CFW”/MFW?
A: No.
Q: Will it allow downgrade?
A: No.
Q: So why are all the newssites hyping this that it does?
A: Because they don’t read wiki’s/blog’s xD Besides, every minor news gets ‘prolly CFW soon!’ tagged by the bad ones.
Q: Is there a release date?
A: No, besides KaKaRoTo not able to work on it for 2 weeks, it also relies on (other people?) fixing NPDRM.”
Source – 850
21st of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
Winskeet v111120 is released
22nd of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
WWE ’12
24th of November 2011
Eurogamer reports that a future PS3 update, will enable remote play features on the PS Vita for all PS3 games.
25th of November 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The King of Fighters XIII[
26th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Cobra team update Cobra USB to v4.2
Source – 851
26th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
samson releases Haxed Alien Breed & Tower Assault v1
Source – 852
27th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The True Blue dongle gets updated to v2.3
28th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Naehrwert releases SCETOOL and Friday
“friday (C) 2011 by naehrwert
This is a POC for a isolated spu binary. Generate a self encrypted+signed with the metldr keys out of friday.elf. Then use Friday.h to write a PPU application that loads the self by utilizing metldr and DMAs your console’s EID2 to the
shared SPU LS. It will generate the P and S block from it, that is used to pair the BD drive to the specific console. Yon can then DMA the blocks out from the LS and send them to the drive to remarry it to the console.”
Source – 853
29th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
An angry KaKaRoTo posts on Twitter that his 3.73 method has been leaked, he had only given access to the method to ten people and thinks that the culprit might be Mathieulh, who quickly denies that accusation
29th of November 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PsDev releases Ps3Wizard v1.5
30th of November 2011
[Official Firmware Release – v4.00]
This firmware adds PS Vita compatibility
DECEMBER
2nd of December 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
The EFF releases a PDF supporting console modification, including the PS3
Source – 854
2nd of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cylinder Dodge v1.0
Source – 855
3rd of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
PsDev releases PS3 CFW Folder Check along with the source code
Source – 856
4th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Cherophobe v1.0
Source – 857
5th of December 2011
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
News emerges that the courts dismiss the OtherOS case, Sony wins and the consumer loses.
6th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
KaKaRoTo announces that his HEN method still works on OFW v4.00
6th of December 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Just Dance 3
6th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Winters End v1.0
7th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Cobra Team update Cobra to v4.3
Source – 858
8th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Neo Tanks v0.2
9th of December 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Order Up!
10th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
naehrwert updates his scetool, adding 32 bit ELF “unselfing.
10th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
ThatOtherDev releases Hero City v0.5
10th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Rebug release Toggle QA
“Toggle QA will SET/RESET the QA Flag and Token on any 3.41 or 3.55 firmware that has lv1 mmap and lv2 peek and poke patches (which is most of them).”
Source – 859
12th of December 2011
Sony confirms that Fumito Ueda the creator of Ico and Shadow of Colossus has left the company.
Source – 860
12th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
andbey0nd releases revision 2 of gameDATA Tool
12th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
cotojestwtf releases Yet Another Bypass v1.0
Source – 861
15th of December 2011
[PS3 Model Release]
Sony release a Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition v2 PS3.
Source – 862
17th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
facanferff releases ShowTime plugin Khan Academy v1.0 and updates his YouTube plugin to v1.2.5
Source – 863
18th of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
JB King a clone of True Blue is released
21st of December 2011
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Final Fantasy XIII-2
21st of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
CrashSerious releases unsig, this software decrypts Sony’s sig files
“This release is a tool that will decrypt (and then also re-encrypt) the SIG files that were leaked in the CEX-DEX packages earlier this year and also the files released by an0nymous a month or so ago. The SIG files have not gotten a lot of attention, maybe because no one could read them. However, that’s about to change.”
Source – 864
21st of December 2011
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew App]
samson releases OpenCP and 8bit MIDIer v1
Source – 865
