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Since their previous update last month, today Sony pushed a PS4 System Software / Firmware 4.55 Update (confirmed as non-mandatory at this time by @VultraBabe) live which appears to be another of their infamous stability updates to 'improve the quality of the system performance' which may fix the WiFi issue and patch exploit holes.

Download: PS4 Firmware 4.55 Update (US) / PS4 Firmware 4.55 Update (EU) / PS4 Firmware 4.55 Update (UK) / PS4 Firmware 4.55 Update (AU/NZ) / PS4 Firmware 4.55 Update (JP)

We'll update this article once we catch word on whether the JailbreakMe PS4 WebKit Userland Exploit, PS4 4.50 Kernel Read / Write Exploit or the Rumored Brazilian PS4 4.50 GameSharing Method is confirmed to be patched in OFW 4.55... until then, as usual it's recommended not to update your PlayStation 4 console.

Changelog via PS4Firmware.com: Main features in version 4.55 update

• This system software update improves the quality of the system performance.

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Recently we've heard PS4 4.50 injection rumors reminiscent of those on PS3, so I replied to a few private messages with essentially what you see posted in my reply HERE asking someone who knows more to come forward.

Those who've been following the PS4 scene are already familiar with PlayStation 4 GameSharing and the Russian / Egyptian / Xmax Katsu hardware variants of it, but what we found out about today from @Bassabov in the PSXHAX Shoutbox is that official Team Cobra ODE Reseller MagicDevice.ru (see HERE as Cobra's fly-by-night domain is suspended at the time of writing) claims to have revived the Brazilian PS4 GameSharing Method for 4.50 Firmware... that's the current RUMOR anyway!

Here's what their page states, to quote roughly translated: "PS4: The Brazilian method is the return News - PS4 (10/04/2017 15:45)

Great news! Our team revived the "Brazilian method" of downloading games on the PS4 with the firmware 4.50.

And so, again the Brazilian method works!

1. Fast download of games to your PS4 (from 1 to 3 days)

2. Any firmware, including 4.50

3. Any model PS4 (Fat, Slim, PRO) and any region.

4. Download both to internal and external HDD

5. While ONLINE NO !!! (But we are working on this issue)

6. To download games by our method, the attachment is disassembled!

7. Guarantee from our SC!

A list of games in the PS4 section of our site. We...

Following his 1.76 PS4 UI Editor, PlayStation 4 developer @MODDEDWARFARE shared a PS4 Advanced Warfare RTE Mod Tool demonstration video on his YouTube Channel today with details below.

To quote from MODDED_WARFARE: Advanced Warfare RTE Tool 1.76

It's great to see modding in full swing now on 1.76

So I'm working on a little mod tool for Advanced Warfare, at the moment it's just client mods but hopefully I can get a lot more added soon.

Big thanks to Sabotage for giving me access to his private peek/poke tool which enabled me to make this tool a hell of a lot faster.

Thanks to @HydrogenNGU for passing along the news on Twitter earlier tonight!

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Today we've crossed another item off the never-ending To-Do List and added a PSXHAX Friends sideblock to our Portal and Forums that displays affiliate links of those who wish to become friends while trading traffic.

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Recently Microsoft revealed some of their XBox Project Scorpio console specifications and schematics, which arrives for holiday 2017 and will include a custom CPU, 12GB of GDDR5 RAM and more detailed below!

From Eurogamer via Kotaku come some XBox Project Scorpio console specs, as follows:

Spec	Project Scorpio	XBox One	PS4 Pro
CPU	Eight custom x86 cores clocked at 2.3GHz	Eight custom Jaguar cores clocked at 1.75GHz	Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 2.1GHz
GPU	40 customized compute units at 1172MHz	12 GCN compute units at 853MHz (Xbox One S: 914MHz)	36 improved GCN compute units at 911MHz
Memory	12GB GDDR5	8GB DDR3/32MB ESRAM	8GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth	326GB/s	DDR3: 68GB/s, ESRAM at max 204GB/s (Xbox One S: 219GB/s)	218GB/s
Hard Drive	1TB 2.5-inch	500GB/1TB/2TB 2.5-inch	1TB 2.5-inch
Optical Drive	4K UHD Blu-ray	Blu-ray (Xbox One S: 4K UHD)	Blu-ray

And from Microsoft's XBox Project Scorpio Official Site comes the following schematic details thus far:

Project Scorpio - The world's most powerful console.

The most powerful console ever, featuring 6 Teraflops of graphical processing power, true 4K gaming, and compatibility with XBox One games and accessories.


1. Scorpio Engine - With 6 Teraflops, 326GB/s of Memory Bandwidth and advanced, custom silicon, the Scorpio Engine is the most powerful console gaming processor ever created.

2. Vapor Chamber - A first for home consoles, Project Scorpio’s Vapor Chamber uses advanced liquid cooling to ensure the Scorpio Engine stays cool.

3. Centrifugal Fan - A supercharger-style Centrifugal Fan rapidly pulls in and compresses air to deliver maximum cooling with minimum noise.

4. Hovis Method - To maximize performance and minimize power...