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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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PS4 PT Decrypted, PlayStation 4 Testkit Running PT Game Backup!
Following EPEEN's scene release, Installing PKG's and the PS4 Backup DevKit PoC, today PlayStation 4 developer @zecoxao announced on Twitter that the interactive teaser for the game Silent Hills called P.T. (Playable Teaser) has been decrypted and the game backup is playable on a PS4 Testkit console! 
Credit also goes to AnB69947709 for providing the dumps and files and to PixelButts for testing the game backup on his PlayStation 4 development unit, with a torrent below for PS4 developers interested in sorting out how to load it on a retail console.
Here's a little background about the game from Wikipedia, to quote:
"P.T. (short for "playable teaser"), is a first-person psychological survival horror video game developed by Kojima Productions, under the pseudonym "7780s Studio", and published by Konami. The game was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima, in collaboration with film director Guillermo Del Toro.
Released for the PlayStation 4 on 12 August 2014 as a free download on the PlayStation Network, P.T. served primarily as an interactive teaser for the game Silent Hills, a cancelled installment in the Silent Hill series. After the cancellation, Konami removed P.T. from the PlayStation Store and eliminated re-installing the game, a decision that later spawned criticism and fan efforts to allow...
Credit also goes to AnB69947709 for providing the dumps and files and to PixelButts for testing the game backup on his PlayStation 4 development unit, with a torrent below for PS4 developers interested in sorting out how to load it on a retail console.
Here's a little background about the game from Wikipedia, to quote:
"P.T. (short for "playable teaser"), is a first-person psychological survival horror video game developed by Kojima Productions, under the pseudonym "7780s Studio", and published by Konami. The game was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima, in collaboration with film director Guillermo Del Toro.
Released for the PlayStation 4 on 12 August 2014 as a free download on the PlayStation Network, P.T. served primarily as an interactive teaser for the game Silent Hills, a cancelled installment in the Silent Hill series. After the cancellation, Konami removed P.T. from the PlayStation Store and eliminated re-installing the game, a decision that later spawned criticism and fan efforts to allow...
PKGDecrypt by St4rk Arrives, Decrypts PS Vita Package (PKG) Files
Just recently we saw support for kernel dumping added to VitaDump, and today PlayStation Vita developer St4rk released PKGDecrypt which decrypts and extracts PS Vita Package (PKG) files!
Download: PkgDecrypt-master.zip / GIT / vitakeys (fixed) / vitatool (fixed) / PKG EXTRACTOR AND PKG TO PKGS CONVERTERv2.zip / MakePKGS.bat / PKG Extractor.zip / PKGExtractorGUI.exe / PkgDecrypt-Frontend via @SilicaAndPina
To quote from the README.md:
PkgDecrypt
Decrypts and extracts PS Vita PKG files
Dependencies
OpenSSL
Thanks
Proxima - Helped me with doubts about PKG Crypto
Some related PlayStation Vita hacking scene articles for those interested:
Download: PkgDecrypt-master.zip / GIT / vitakeys (fixed) / vitatool (fixed) / PKG EXTRACTOR AND PKG TO PKGS CONVERTERv2.zip / MakePKGS.bat / PKG Extractor.zip / PKGExtractorGUI.exe / PkgDecrypt-Frontend via @SilicaAndPina
To quote from the README.md:
PkgDecrypt
Decrypts and extracts PS Vita PKG files
Dependencies
OpenSSL
Thanks
Proxima - Helped me with doubts about PKG Crypto
Some related PlayStation Vita hacking scene articles for those interested:
Fail0verflow to Discuss PS4 Hardware & Reverse-Engineering at CCC
Last year we saw Linux Running on PS4 from fail0verflow, and this coming December Hector Martin will follow-up with a talk on PlayStation 4 hardware and reverse-engineering at this year's Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) hacking conference which runs from December 27-30th in Hamburg, Germany. 
To quote via the 33C3 Scheduling Page (Chaos Communication Congress Schedule 33) from their Events blog:
Last year, we demonstrated Linux running on the PS4 in a lightning talk - presented on the PS4 itself. But how did we do it?
In a departure from previous Console Hacking talks focusing on security, this year we're going to focus on the PS4 hardware, what makes it different from a PC, and how we reverse engineered it enough to get a full-blown Linux distro running on it, complete with 3D acceleration.
Marcan's talk will be held on Day 1 (2016-12-27) at 23:00 so around 5:00 PM (17:00) EST and live streaming will be available at https://streaming.media.ccc.de/ (CCC Events Twitter) and thanks to @raedoob for the news tip in the PSXHAX Shoutbox earlier today!
To quote via the 33C3 Scheduling Page (Chaos Communication Congress Schedule 33) from their Events blog:
Last year, we demonstrated Linux running on the PS4 in a lightning talk - presented on the PS4 itself. But how did we do it?
In a departure from previous Console Hacking talks focusing on security, this year we're going to focus on the PS4 hardware, what makes it different from a PC, and how we reverse engineered it enough to get a full-blown Linux distro running on it, complete with 3D acceleration.
Marcan's talk will be held on Day 1 (2016-12-27) at 23:00 so around 5:00 PM (17:00) EST and live streaming will be available at https://streaming.media.ccc.de/ (CCC Events Twitter) and thanks to @raedoob for the news tip in the PSXHAX Shoutbox earlier today!
Gears of War 3 Running on PlayStation 3 & Unreleased Maps Demos
Recently we received word from EpicError of some PS3 demo videos which appear to show Gears of War 3 running on PlayStation 3 with unreleased GOW3 maps. 
One user going by the name of MrNightmareTM thinks they are all fake... check them out below and decide for yourself!
MORE Unreleased Gears of War 3 Maps
From the video's caption: Time for Maps Below. A video showcasing a massive collection of unreleased maps. There is tons of Campaign stuff as well. You may recognize some of these as already released, such as Azura, but these are completely different than the retail game.
Gears of War 3 Running on PS3
From the video's caption: I managed to compile a fully working Gears of War 3 build for the PS3. The PS3 is a very annoying system to work with, but in the end got it working. The FPS is currently terrible on the PS3 system, I'll try to get a video out on the stability of the build later.
PS3 running Gears of War 3 - Gameplay
From the video's caption: DO NOT ASK FOR THIS BUILD, YOU WILL NOT OBTAIN A FILE FROM ME!
Booting up and playing around in the PS3 build. Changed the buttons in the build to better reflect its on the PS3.
One user going by the name of MrNightmareTM thinks they are all fake... check them out below and decide for yourself!
MORE Unreleased Gears of War 3 Maps
From the video's caption: Time for Maps Below. A video showcasing a massive collection of unreleased maps. There is tons of Campaign stuff as well. You may recognize some of these as already released, such as Azura, but these are completely different than the retail game.
Gears of War 3 Running on PS3
From the video's caption: I managed to compile a fully working Gears of War 3 build for the PS3. The PS3 is a very annoying system to work with, but in the end got it working. The FPS is currently terrible on the PS3 system, I'll try to get a video out on the stability of the build later.
PS3 running Gears of War 3 - Gameplay
From the video's caption: DO NOT ASK FOR THIS BUILD, YOU WILL NOT OBTAIN A FILE FROM ME!
Booting up and playing around in the PS3 build. Changed the buttons in the build to better reflect its on the PS3.