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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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PS3 Package Bubble Creation & PKG Game Transfer to OFW Rumors
Following the PS3 Data Transfer / Backup Injection / Converting PS3 CFW Games to OFW Methods and recent CFW2OFW Helper application, today @RLC let us know HERE of a thread by Danirodri on Spanish site ElOtroLado containing a RUMOR that there may be a private way to transfer PlayStation 3 PKG (Package) files to 4.81 and below OFW systems by creating bubbles (folders) without using the backup and data transfer utility. 
To quote from Danirodri roughly translated: "Hello everyone, I have a doubt that with the method of transferring games from CFW to OFW with 4.81 you can play backups on non-flashing consoles, so far, but I have a doubt, I know a person who records games to non-flashable consoles through bubbles and I do not need to format PS3 ls every time I want to add a game, but I do not have the confidence to explain it to me.
I think it's with PEXPloit but I have my doubts since I've read that it does not give good results, someone could explain how I do it because I'm looking everywhere and I find nothing. But the echo is that I have seen it with my own eyes as you download the games in bubble and then install the backup. Someone enlightens me. Thanks in advance.
He uses it in 4.81 and it downloads it in bubbles but I do not understand how."
From Sandungas in response, roughly translated on the rumored PS3 bubble creation and game transfer to OFW method: "Each bubble represents a folder in the path dev_hdd0 / vsh / task /
Inside the folder is the .pkg file, some "content information files" (such as PARAM.SFO and ICON0.PNG), and some .pdb...
To quote from Danirodri roughly translated: "Hello everyone, I have a doubt that with the method of transferring games from CFW to OFW with 4.81 you can play backups on non-flashing consoles, so far, but I have a doubt, I know a person who records games to non-flashable consoles through bubbles and I do not need to format PS3 ls every time I want to add a game, but I do not have the confidence to explain it to me.
I think it's with PEXPloit but I have my doubts since I've read that it does not give good results, someone could explain how I do it because I'm looking everywhere and I find nothing. But the echo is that I have seen it with my own eyes as you download the games in bubble and then install the backup. Someone enlightens me. Thanks in advance.
He uses it in 4.81 and it downloads it in bubbles but I do not understand how."
From Sandungas in response, roughly translated on the rumored PS3 bubble creation and game transfer to OFW method: "Each bubble represents a folder in the path dev_hdd0 / vsh / task /
Inside the folder is the .pkg file, some "content information files" (such as PARAM.SFO and ICON0.PNG), and some .pdb...
PS4 RPG Revenant Saga Heads to PlayStation Store Next Week
Gothic fantasy Revenant Saga is coming to PlayStation Store, where you embark on a journey as Albert seeking to find the truth beyond revenge with stunning 3D battles in this RPG heading to PS4, PS3 and PS Vita platforms next week! 
Check out a summary of other new releases hitting PSN next week courtesy of SIEA Social Media Senior Specialist Ryan Clements, as follows:
New Releases: Week of May 9, 2017
Check out a summary of other new releases hitting PSN next week courtesy of SIEA Social Media Senior Specialist Ryan Clements, as follows:
New Releases: Week of May 9, 2017
- ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’95 - PS4 — Digital (Out 5/11)
- Birthdays the Beginning - PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out 5/9)
- Blade & Bones - PS4 — Digital
- Bloons TD 5 - PS4 — Digital
- Butcher - PS4 — Digital
- Demon's Crystals - PS4 — Digital (Out 5/12)
- Elliot Quest - PS4 — Digital
- Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PS2) - PS4 — Digital
- Human: Fall Flat - PS4 — Digital
- Last Stitch Goodnight - PS4 — Digital
- Lethal League - PS4 — Digital
- LocoRoco Remastered - PS4 — Digital
- Moonshot Galaxy - PS VR — Digital
- NBA Playgrounds - PS4 — Digital
- Polybius - PS VR — Digital
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2) - PS4 — Digital
- Revenant Saga - PS4, PS3, PS Vita — Digital
- Strafe - PS4 — Digital
- Logic – Everybody
- At The Drive In – in·ter a·li·a
- Kasabian – For Crying Out Loud
- Get Out (plus bonus features)
- The Great Wall
- Better Call Saul- May 8 at 10/9c (AMC)
- Guerrilla- May 14 at 9/8c (Showtime)
- United Shades of America- May 14 at 10/9c (CNN)
Nintendo PlayStation Prototype Fixed, Demo by Modder Ben Heck
Since we last caught up with console modder Ben Heckendorn (Twitter) doing a PS4 Pro Teardown he's been investing time fixing rare prototypes with his most recent repair work done on what's being called a Nintendo PlayStation Prototype. 
To quote from Kotaku.com: "By replacing bad capacitors and making a slew of other adjustments and fixes to the unit, Heckendorn has restored its ability to run audio CDs and, most importantly, CD-ROM games.
While many games were in development for this system in the early 1990s, none have ever surfaced publicly. But once the system’s specifications became known last year, homebrew game developers created a couple of small games that, in theory, would run.
As it turns out, while the homebrew games didn’t run perfectly on the actual hardware, they did indeed run."
Cheers to both @JaroslavN and @PLAYER 1 for the news tips in the PSXHAX Shoutbox earlier today!
To quote from Kotaku.com: "By replacing bad capacitors and making a slew of other adjustments and fixes to the unit, Heckendorn has restored its ability to run audio CDs and, most importantly, CD-ROM games.
While many games were in development for this system in the early 1990s, none have ever surfaced publicly. But once the system’s specifications became known last year, homebrew game developers created a couple of small games that, in theory, would run.
As it turns out, while the homebrew games didn’t run perfectly on the actual hardware, they did indeed run."
Cheers to both @JaroslavN and @PLAYER 1 for the news tips in the PSXHAX Shoutbox earlier today!
The Long Dark PS4 Launch Trailer and Wintermute Announcement
This August 1st PS4 survivalists will be able to manage your own food, fuel, clothing and tools in the savage wilderness to survive the quiet apocalypse in The Long Dark on PlayStation 4 with both a launch teaser trailer and Wintermute announcement video below! 
To quote from Hinterland Creative Director Raphael van Lierop on how The Long Dark came to be:
I’m thrilled to announce that on August 1, we’re bringing the exploration-survival experience, The Long Dark, to PlayStation players worldwide. This is a huge milestone for our small independent studio!
About five years ago, The Long Dark was only a dream. I’d been working for years in the “triple-A” games industry, working on blockbuster entertainment experiences that were exciting, but not personal. I wanted to create an experience that would channel the best wilderness survival literature and films, and also explore a post-disaster setting that was distinctly Canadian, like me. I was fortunate enough to be able to attract other like-minded game developers to this endeavour, and it’s incredible to us that after all this time, it’s finally happening!
The Long Dark is really two experiences. Survivor Mode is a non-narrative, open-world survival sandbox where the only goal is to survive for as long as you can. Our gameplay philosophy is to not hold your hand — we don’t give you anything. You have to earn your survival.
You have to figure everything out yourself, just as you would if you were really dropped into the middle of the savage Canadian wilderness. You’ll struggle to manage your resources — food, fuel, your clothing and tools, and all your own physical properties like fatigue and dehydration — to constantly push yourself forward in search of better shelter, better gear, and the hope to see another sunrise.
The world is nearly 50 square kilometres (about 20 square miles) of deep forest, frozen hills, cliffs and mountain tops, and all the abandoned man-made structures you’d expect to find: fishing cabins, lighthouses, forestry lookouts, and the occasional remnant of pre-disaster industry. Nothing electrical works, so humans have been knocked down a few links in the food chain. Between blizzards, starvation, bears, and dysentery, you’ll...
To quote from Hinterland Creative Director Raphael van Lierop on how The Long Dark came to be:
I’m thrilled to announce that on August 1, we’re bringing the exploration-survival experience, The Long Dark, to PlayStation players worldwide. This is a huge milestone for our small independent studio!
About five years ago, The Long Dark was only a dream. I’d been working for years in the “triple-A” games industry, working on blockbuster entertainment experiences that were exciting, but not personal. I wanted to create an experience that would channel the best wilderness survival literature and films, and also explore a post-disaster setting that was distinctly Canadian, like me. I was fortunate enough to be able to attract other like-minded game developers to this endeavour, and it’s incredible to us that after all this time, it’s finally happening!
The Long Dark is really two experiences. Survivor Mode is a non-narrative, open-world survival sandbox where the only goal is to survive for as long as you can. Our gameplay philosophy is to not hold your hand — we don’t give you anything. You have to earn your survival.
You have to figure everything out yourself, just as you would if you were really dropped into the middle of the savage Canadian wilderness. You’ll struggle to manage your resources — food, fuel, your clothing and tools, and all your own physical properties like fatigue and dehydration — to constantly push yourself forward in search of better shelter, better gear, and the hope to see another sunrise.
The world is nearly 50 square kilometres (about 20 square miles) of deep forest, frozen hills, cliffs and mountain tops, and all the abandoned man-made structures you’d expect to find: fishing cabins, lighthouses, forestry lookouts, and the occasional remnant of pre-disaster industry. Nothing electrical works, so humans have been knocked down a few links in the food chain. Between blizzards, starvation, bears, and dysentery, you’ll...
Sony PlayStation E3 2017 Media Showcase / Press Conference Date!
Mark your calendars for Monday, June 12, 2017 at 6:00 PM PT (9:00 PM EDT) as Sony has confirmed that is when they'll be hosting their PlayStation E3 2017 Media Showcase and Press Conference event.
Just like last year, it will be held in The Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California and here's to hoping the PS4 Super Slim Rumors or other exciting announcements are forthcoming by Sony... a price drop would most definitely be welcomed too!
The Electronic Entertainment Expo runs this year from June 13-15, 2017 and we'll post more updates on what Sony has planned as additional details including game line-ups are revealed.
Just like last year, it will be held in The Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California and here's to hoping the PS4 Super Slim Rumors or other exciting announcements are forthcoming by Sony... a price drop would most definitely be welcomed too!
The Electronic Entertainment Expo runs this year from June 13-15, 2017 and we'll post more updates on what Sony has planned as additional details including game line-ups are revealed.