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Hello World! I've been reporting on Sony PlayStation hacking news since 2000 and started PSXHAX in 2014 to cover PlayStation (PSX), PlayStation 2 (PS2), PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), PlayStation TV (PS TV) and next-gen PlayStation 5 (PS5) platforms along with anything else of interest.
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Sony Announces New PlayStation VR Deals Starting February 18th
Starting this February 18th those interested in grabbing a standalone PlayStation VR can do so for $199 USD, with discounts on the Doom VFR and Skyrim VR bundles as well.
Here's Sony PlayStation Marketing VP Mary Yee with the details via PS Blog, to quote:
Our PlayStation VR holiday deal was such a popular promotion, we’re bringing it back to our fans. From Sunday, February 18 through Saturday, March 3, 2018, PS VR standalone headsets and bundles will start at $199.99 (MSRP).
It’s a great time to pick up the PlayStation VR Doom VFR Bundle, which comes with a PlayStation VR headset, PlayStation Camera, the PS VR Demo Disc 2.0 and the Doom VFR Blu-ray Disc. Doom VFR brings the fast-paced, kinetic gameplay fans of the series love as an all-new virtual reality experience. From an entirely new perspective, Doom VFR transports you to the UAC facility on Mars and the depths of Hell, as your skills are put to the test through intense combat. $299.99 MSRP (regularly $399.99 MSRP).
The most popular PS VR bundle this holiday, the PlayStation VR Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Bundle, will also be on sale. This bundle includes the PS VR headset, PlayStation Camera, two PlayStation Move controllers, the PS VR Demo Disc 2.0 and Skyrim VR featuring the award-winning core game and all official add-ons, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn add-ons. Perfect for The Elder Scrolls fans who want to experience the epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. $349.99 MSRP (regularly $449.99 MSRP).
This PS VR promotion is available at participating retailers in the U.S. You can find more information here.
This deal comes at such an exciting time for PS VR, with recent launches such as The Inpatient and Accounting +, and upcoming titles like Moss, Bravo Team, and more! There are more than 150 games and experiences available that are compatible with PS VR, and more than 130 highly anticipated games and other entertainment content expected to launch by the end of this year. There is so much to look forward to for PS VR this year and we can’t wait for you to experience it for yourself.
Here's Sony PlayStation Marketing VP Mary Yee with the details via PS Blog, to quote:
Our PlayStation VR holiday deal was such a popular promotion, we’re bringing it back to our fans. From Sunday, February 18 through Saturday, March 3, 2018, PS VR standalone headsets and bundles will start at $199.99 (MSRP).
It’s a great time to pick up the PlayStation VR Doom VFR Bundle, which comes with a PlayStation VR headset, PlayStation Camera, the PS VR Demo Disc 2.0 and the Doom VFR Blu-ray Disc. Doom VFR brings the fast-paced, kinetic gameplay fans of the series love as an all-new virtual reality experience. From an entirely new perspective, Doom VFR transports you to the UAC facility on Mars and the depths of Hell, as your skills are put to the test through intense combat. $299.99 MSRP (regularly $399.99 MSRP).
The most popular PS VR bundle this holiday, the PlayStation VR Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Bundle, will also be on sale. This bundle includes the PS VR headset, PlayStation Camera, two PlayStation Move controllers, the PS VR Demo Disc 2.0 and Skyrim VR featuring the award-winning core game and all official add-ons, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn add-ons. Perfect for The Elder Scrolls fans who want to experience the epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. $349.99 MSRP (regularly $449.99 MSRP).
This PS VR promotion is available at participating retailers in the U.S. You can find more information here.
This deal comes at such an exciting time for PS VR, with recent launches such as The Inpatient and Accounting +, and upcoming titles like Moss, Bravo Team, and more! There are more than 150 games and experiences available that are compatible with PS VR, and more than 130 highly anticipated games and other entertainment content expected to launch by the end of this year. There is so much to look forward to for PS VR this year and we can’t wait for you to experience it for yourself.
PS4 EBOOT / ELF FW Patcher Barthen Method, Playable Scene Group
To kick things off on this Valentine's Day hot on the heels of recent PS4 scene group MarvTM comes news via Malatya of another known as Playable, who is also doing PS4 4.05 PKG releases including The_Last_of_US_Remastered_EUR_FW_405_PS4-Playable... and even DUPLEX is now doing 4.05-friendly PS4 releases including Uncharted.4.A.Thiefs.End.PS4-DUPLEX. 
Next up, @CelesteBlue passed along a Pastebin guide via Twitter from Barthen on how to lower the firmware requirement in ELF and PRX files which can be found below.
Following that method and the Free PS2 Pub Gen / Fake PKG Tools releases, PlayStation 4 developer @cfwprophet shared some updates on Twitter including Fake_PKG_Tools_v1.3.rar and an ELF FW Patcher v1.0 which patches the Firmware Version hex number of one or more PS4 ELF files for those working on getting newer titles running on 4.05 OFW.
From Barthen: How to lower the firmware requirement in ELF and PRX files
Example of lowering the firmware required for files compiled with the leaked 4.50 *** (tested on 4.05) hex editing some bytes:
1. In the ELF section called "sce_process_param" we patch the reversed *** version (there should only be one instance of the...
Next up, @CelesteBlue passed along a Pastebin guide via Twitter from Barthen on how to lower the firmware requirement in ELF and PRX files which can be found below.
Following that method and the Free PS2 Pub Gen / Fake PKG Tools releases, PlayStation 4 developer @cfwprophet shared some updates on Twitter including Fake_PKG_Tools_v1.3.rar and an ELF FW Patcher v1.0 which patches the Firmware Version hex number of one or more PS4 ELF files for those working on getting newer titles running on 4.05 OFW.
From Barthen: How to lower the firmware requirement in ELF and PRX files
Example of lowering the firmware required for files compiled with the leaked 4.50 *** (tested on 4.05) hex editing some bytes:
1. In the ELF section called "sce_process_param" we patch the reversed *** version (there should only be one instance of the...
PS4 GTA V Menu Base: Mod Menu GUI by 2much4u is Released
Proceeding his GTA V Native Caller and PS4 System Notification Types, today PlayStation 4 developer @2much4u shared on Twitter a PS4 GTA V Menu Base mod menu GUI built on top of his native caller. 
Download: PS4-GTA-V-Menu-Base-master.zip / GIT / LamanceMenu_04_GTA.zip (108.05 KB)
To quote from the README.md: PS4 GTA V Menu Base
A mod menu GUI for PS4 GTA V built on top of my native caller.
Pictures
Key Features
While the example submenus showcase much of the menu base's functionality, more is possible. Check out menu.cpp for all supported option types.
Menu::vehicleSpawn and Menu::vehicleToSpawn are only for the example vehicleSpawner submenu and are unnecessary to the overall menu base.
The UI is fairly simple and open to more advanced customization such as the addition of sprites.
GTA V Lamance Menu Overview PS4 4.05
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Download: PS4-GTA-V-Menu-Base-master.zip / GIT / LamanceMenu_04_GTA.zip (108.05 KB)
To quote from the README.md: PS4 GTA V Menu Base
A mod menu GUI for PS4 GTA V built on top of my native caller.
Pictures
- Unlimited submenus
- Unlimited options
- Option & submenu remembrance
- Auto adjusting and scrolling background
- Full customization
- Simple keyboard input and handling
- Support for numerous dynamic option types
- Button instructions display
- Example options and vehicle spawner
While the example submenus showcase much of the menu base's functionality, more is possible. Check out menu.cpp for all supported option types.
Menu::vehicleSpawn and Menu::vehicleToSpawn are only for the example vehicleSpawner submenu and are unnecessary to the overall menu base.
The UI is fairly simple and open to more advanced customization such as the addition of sprites.
GTA V Lamance Menu Overview PS4 4.05
Code:
bzero(&enc_eap_shared_key, 0x70uLL); v2 = icc_nvs_read(0, 4u, 512, v1, &enc_eap_shared_key); if ( (unsigned int)sceSblGetEAPInternalPartitionKey((char *)&enc_eap_shared_key, &eap_shared_key) )
NetCheat API for PS4 4.05 Firmware by BISOON for Game Cheats
Following his recent PS4API Server project, today PlayStation 4 developer @BISOON made available a NetCheat API for PS4 4.05 Firmware similar to the popular NetCheat PS3 tool for game cheats. 
Download: netCheatAPI-for-PS4-master.zip / GIT
To quote from BISOON on NGU: Hello again guys
Might most of you have used netCheat for PS3* to search for offsets or anything else, this tool is extremely useful most of the time doing game cheats.
Fortunately, Dnawrkshp made it with the possibility for API extension which loads API/Plugin during runtime this feature will be handy when we want to use the tool with various platforms, so I used this PS4Lib.dll to make netcheat API for PS4, probably will be useful
Installation:
Drop all dlls from here bin/release to [your netCheat folder]/APIs/
I tested on netCheat 4.53, the app open source you can find it on Dnawrkshp's GitHub page, comment below if you encounter any problem...
Credits:
Installation
Drop all dlls from here bin/release to [your netCheat folder]/APIs/ You need PS4API server payload to use this, you can download it from here PS4API.bin
Note
Netcheat will read 65000 bytes in one request, so in the API.cs I just devided the number of requested bytes by 16384 to make sure the browser will not crash.
Cheers to @HydrogenNGU for the heads-up on this news via Twitter earlier today!
Download: netCheatAPI-for-PS4-master.zip / GIT
To quote from BISOON on NGU: Hello again guys
Might most of you have used netCheat for PS3* to search for offsets or anything else, this tool is extremely useful most of the time doing game cheats.
Fortunately, Dnawrkshp made it with the possibility for API extension which loads API/Plugin during runtime this feature will be handy when we want to use the tool with various platforms, so I used this PS4Lib.dll to make netcheat API for PS4, probably will be useful
Installation:
Drop all dlls from here bin/release to [your netCheat folder]/APIs/
I tested on netCheat 4.53, the app open source you can find it on Dnawrkshp's GitHub page, comment below if you encounter any problem...
Credits:
- Dnawrkshp
Installation
Drop all dlls from here bin/release to [your netCheat folder]/APIs/ You need PS4API server payload to use this, you can download it from here PS4API.bin
Note
Netcheat will read 65000 bytes in one request, so in the API.cs I just devided the number of requested bytes by 16384 to make sure the browser will not crash.
Cheers to @HydrogenNGU for the heads-up on this news via Twitter earlier today!
PS4 PKG Integrity Checker for PlayStation 4 Packages by MagicSeb25
Today PlayStation 4 developer @MagicSeb made available PS4 PKG Integrity Checker 1.00 for PlayStation 4 packages via Twitter alongside some revisions with details below. 
Download: PS4PIC.exe (346.50 KB) / PS4PIC.exe (348.50 KB - checks existence of trophy, npbind and nptitle) / PS4PIC.exe (350 KB - adds colors, check integrity even if trophy or other files are missing) / Test_version.zip (6.16 MB - includes required orbis files)
To quote from his Tweets (below) on the PS4 PKG Integrity Checker: This is a GUI made in vb to check multiple pkg in one folder
Copy the file in you Fake pkg folder near orbis-pub-cmd.exe
It checks integrity of the pkg, it will not check missing trophy or other things, may be later.
This one check existence of trophy, npbind and nptitle. If all file are present it wil check integrity. If one file is missing, the app don't check integrity.
Play with colors, added ability to check integrity even if trophy or other files are missing.
RED is BAD.
GREEN is GOOD.
Download: PS4PIC.exe (346.50 KB) / PS4PIC.exe (348.50 KB - checks existence of trophy, npbind and nptitle) / PS4PIC.exe (350 KB - adds colors, check integrity even if trophy or other files are missing) / Test_version.zip (6.16 MB - includes required orbis files)
To quote from his Tweets (below) on the PS4 PKG Integrity Checker: This is a GUI made in vb to check multiple pkg in one folder
Copy the file in you Fake pkg folder near orbis-pub-cmd.exe
It checks integrity of the pkg, it will not check missing trophy or other things, may be later.
This one check existence of trophy, npbind and nptitle. If all file are present it wil check integrity. If one file is missing, the app don't check integrity.
Play with colors, added ability to check integrity even if trophy or other files are missing.
RED is BAD.
GREEN is GOOD.