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It's Konami's 50th anniversary this year, and today their Digital Entertainment Senior Public Relations Specialist Tommy Williams announced they're bringing some retro games to PS4 including Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection (out now on PS Store), Contra Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Anniversary Collection arriving this May 16th on PlayStation Store.

To quote from their official announcement: In addition to the already announced Castlevania, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge and Super Castlevania IV, the four titles completing the collection are:

• Castlevania Bloodlines

Released over 25 years ago, Castlevania Bloodlines has been a sought-after classic by retro game collectors worldwide and now will be playable on a PlayStation console for the first time ever. Castlevania Bloodlines follows main protagonist John Morris, and is one of the few times a Castlevania game did not include a member of the Belmont Family.

• Kid Dracula

Kid Dracula is a rare gem in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Since its original release in 1990 as Boku Dracula-kun in Japan, Kid Dracula is a cute and light-hearted take on the Castlevania franchise and is rumoured to be one of the first times we meet Galamoth, better known as one of the bosses in Symphony of the Night.

• Castlevania the Adventure

Originally released in 1989, Castlevania the Adventure was the very first Castlevania game made for a portable console. As Christopher Belmont, players will experience new experiments in Castlevania gameplay adapted for a handheld console.

• Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Simon's Quest evolved the gameplay from the original Castlevania, encouraging players to explore Transylvania in search for the scattered pieces of Dracula’s body. The game's soundtrack, specifically is still one of the most recognizable pieces of video game music to this day with its iconic song, Bloody Tears.

I'm sure you'll agree — that's a whole lot of retro Castlevania goodness. We hope you're ready to sink your teeth into all eight of theses classics when the Castlevania Anniversary Collection launches as a digital exclusive at PlayStation Store on May 16.

Castlevania Anniversary Collection PS4 Launch Trailer...

Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher is now available on PS VR, and represents a heart-stopping mix of horror and first-person action exclusive to PlayStation VR where gamers can uncover how Chinese folklore shaped this action-horror tale by unearthing the disturbing truth behind an ancient Chinese legend!

Vivagames CEO Yao shared some additional details of their latest PlayStation title's origin on PS Blog, which can be found below alongside the Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher PSVR launch trailer video to quote:

The story of Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher is inspired by this story as well as other Chinese legends. In our story, Ksi is an emperor who, having conquered space, yearns to conquer time as well. He seeks immortality, and is willing to stop at nothing to attain it — even sacrificing his own people.

That search for immortality is just one reason that brings you to Yingzhou Island, located deep in the Dragon's Triangle.

Playing as ex-special forces soldier Tyre, you're also here to discover the truth behind your mother's mysterious death. Finding out how that event and her enigmatic past are tied to the secrets that lie at the heart of the island will see you battle through not only a mercenary army sent in to excavate it, but the horrors they've unwittingly set free.

Descend into the unknown and uncover the secret of immortality in this immersive PS VR blockbuster, out today on PS4.

Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher - PS VR Launch Trailer

This November 15th Star Wars fans can experience an all-new single-player story from Respawn Entertainment and EA in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on PlayStation 4!

One of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order after the purge of Order 66, Cal Kestis, is now a Padawan on the run who must do whatever it takes to survive as Imperial Inquisitors hunt him down as he seeks to restore the Jedi Order.

Below are some further details from EA Star Wars Community Engagement Specialist Jay Ingram (Charlemagne) alongside the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order PS4 trailer video reveal, to quote:

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an upcoming third-person action-adventure game made by Respawn Entertainment and EA. On the heels of its reveal at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, we're giving the world its first look at the next major Star Wars title!

This single-player story puts players in the boots of Cal Kestis, a surviving Padawan in a post-Order 66 galaxy where the Jedi are considered traitors.

The galaxy has never been a more dangerous place for a Jedi. The once wholly trust Jedi Knight are now betrayed without hesitation by a fearful populace. Only the Force can be a trusted ally. It's up to Cal to hold the light of the Jedi Order above the darkness as he ventures across new worlds and uncovers ancient pasts.

Working together with a team of unlikely allies, Cal must do whatever it takes to survive as the Imperial Inquisitors hunt him down as he seeks to restore the Jedi Order. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order releases on PlayStation 4 on November 15.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order PS4 Reveal Trailer

Joining the new PlayStation video game releases next week is Ghost Giant for PS VR which casts you as a large spectre visible only to a young boy named Louis.

Explore the town of Sancourt, help Louis and his neighbors while having a laugh as you discover his world and meet the eccentric inhabitants along the way.

Here's a summary of what else is coming to PlayStation next week courtesy of Sony Social Media Manager Justin Massongill:

New PlayStation Games for April 16, 2019

• Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics - PS4 — Digital (Out 4/18)
• Crossovers By Powgi - PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross-Buy, Out 4/17)
• Dark Quest 2 - PS4 — Digital
• Ghost Giant - PS VR — Digital, Retail
• God's Trigger - PS4 — Digital (Out 4/18)
• Heaven's Vault - PS4 — Digital
• Iron Snout - PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross-Buy)
• My Time At Portia - PS4 — Digital, Retail
• Nurse Love Syndrome Re:Therapy - PS Vita — Digital (Out 4/18)
• Our World Is Ended - PS4 — Digital (Out 4/18)
• Path to Mnemosyne - PS4 — Digital
• Please, Don't Touch Anything - PS4 — Digital
• QuiVr - PS VR — Digital
• Snooker 19 - PS4 — Digital, Retail
• Snooker Nation Championship - PS4 — Digital
• Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown - PS VR — Digital
• Tarot Readings Premium - PS4 — Digital
• Truberbrook - PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out 4/17)
• World of Warships: Legends - PS4 — Digital
• World War Z - PS4 — Digital, Retail

PlayStation Music

• Game of Thrones Playlist
• ESPN NBA Playoffs Playlist
• Anderson .Paak – Ventura

PlayStation Video

• Miss Bala (2019)
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
• Dragon Ball Super – The Movie: Broly

PlayStation Vue

• NBA Playoffs - Watch the action live starting Saturday, April 13
• Game of Thrones - Season Premiere Sunday, April 14 at 9PM PT only on HBO

The information above is subject to change without notice.

Last fall PS4 developers saw PS4 Aux Hax 4: Belize (Southbridge) via HDMI CEC from fail0verflow which allowed hackers to get code exec on all PS4 southbridge versions using HDMI-CEC without requiring other parts of the system to be compromised, and following his recent GhidraPS4 ELF Loader / PS4FlashTool releases PlayStation 4 developer @g991 (aka goldfitzgerald jogold32 on Twitter X) has been examining the PS4 southbridge and shared some reverse-engineered code today.

He states, to quote: "Here is some reversed code from the southbridge... this is where the data is read from the flash and sent over PCIe. This is the perfect place to modify the southbridge to change data for a correlation power analysis attack against the APU bootrom loading the second bootloader."

If you're a prospective PS4 developer, be sure to check out the Tweets below!

Picture of the PlayStation 4 APU bootrom reading the second bootloader over PCIe, this is read from the system flash using SPI via the southbridge. The low spots are where the data is all 0xFF, where hamming distance between data lines/registers stays constant.



If you look at a system flash dump, located at 0x200000 is this data. There is a main header and a header that switches between two other headers that are each associated with their own bootloader. I call these boot slots.
Here is some reversed code from the southbridge... this is where the data is read from the flash and sent over PCIe. This is the perfect place to modify the southbridge...