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Essential Picks PlayStation Store Sale Returns with PSN Game Deals
It's been awhile since their last Essential Picks Sale, but starting today the PlayStation Store promotion returns bringing with it savings of up to 60% off select PSN titles including Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, NBA 2K21, Just Cause 4 Gold Edition and more below! 
Here's an outline of Sony's latest PlayStation Store Sale courtesy of Associate Digital Promotions Manager Peter Boda:
Here's an outline of Sony's latest PlayStation Store Sale courtesy of Associate Digital Promotions Manager Peter Boda:
- A Way Out
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Invasions
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Premium Edition
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Revelations
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Season Pass
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Star Kings
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Premium Edition
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Cross-Gen Bundle PS4 & PS5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Ultimate Edition PS4 & PS5
- Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!
- Cities: Skylines – Campus
- Cities: Skylines – Cities Upgrade Bundle
- Cities: Skylines – Downtown Bundle
- Cities: Skylines – Green Cities
- Cities: Skylines – Industries
- Cities: Skylines – Mass Transit
- Cities: Skylines – Mayor’s Edition
- Cities: Skylines – Natural Disasters
- Cities: Skylines – Parklife
- Cities: Skylines – Premium Edition 2
- Cities: Skylines – Season Pass
- Cities: Skylines – Season Pass 2
- Cities: Skylines – Snowfall
- Cities: Skylines – Sunset Harbor
- Cities: Skylines – Ultimate Content Bundle
- Code Vein – Deluxe Edition
- Detroit: Become Human
- Detroit: Become Human – Digital Deluxe Edition
- Dishonored Definitive Edition
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT – Digital Deluxe Edition
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT – Season Pass
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
- Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Final Fantasy IX – Digital Edition
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
- Final Fantasy...
PS4_Tools Homebrew PKG & PS4 Trophy Viewer by xXxTheDarkprogramerxXx
Following his recent PS4 Trophy Unlocker v1.3 update to PS4_Tools, today PlayStation 4 Scene developer @TheDarkprograme released via Twitter PS4_Tools Homebrew v1 PKG alongside PS4 Trophy Viewer v1 at the request of @pearlxcore with details on each below. 
Download: PS4_Tools_Homebrew_V1.pkg / PS4_Trophy_Viewer.zip / GIT / PSTools Patreon Page
From the PS4_Tools Homebrew V1 Github repository:
PS4 Tools homebrew (works on all current exploited firmware's should auto detect at start)
==What's in it ?==
Its a tool to showcase the power of ps4 tools itself.(and how it has been used to make homebrew by a few scene members including lapy and pearlxcore)
PKG functions (X To open PKG Selector)
Download: PS4_Tools_Homebrew_V1.pkg / PS4_Trophy_Viewer.zip / GIT / PSTools Patreon Page
From the PS4_Tools Homebrew V1 Github repository:
PS4 Tools homebrew (works on all current exploited firmware's should auto detect at start)
==What's in it ?==
Its a tool to showcase the power of ps4 tools itself.(and how it has been used to make homebrew by a few scene members including lapy and pearlxcore)
PKG functions (X To open PKG Selector)
- List all PKG's on the console itself and get additional info from it (e.g. Sealed Key, Lock Level, NpTitle, NpBind e.g.)
- Play .at9 files directly from the homebrew itself ([ ] Button on PKG screen).
- Show a games info (pressing X on the pkg screen) will show the Title , Size of the PKG , Retail or Fake , Content ID and the icon and background image of said game,
- Options on thisscreen:
- Mount PFS (still looking into it)
- Dump to USB will work if we can mount the PFS
- Mount save data needs save data patches to work correctly
- Unlock Trophies (Unlocks al trophies for this game via the DB)
- Lock Game (Will hide the game from the XMB on reboot (if not in a folder))
- Unlock Game (Will show a hidden game on the...
Sony Unveils Latest PlayStation Now Games for March 2021
A few days back we saw the latest PS Plus Games for March, and in PS4 News today Sony unveiled the new PlayStation Now games this month featuring World War Z, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, InFamous: Second Son and Superhot all incoming March 2nd. 
Here's more about each title from Senior Manager of Game Services Content Adam Michel, to quote:
World War Z
As humanity stands on the brink of extinction, a hardened few band together to defeat the undead masses threatening our way of life.
Take on huge zombie swarms in story-driven campaigns set in the same world as the hit film, fully playable in online co-op for up to four players. You can also choose to fight other players for survival in a range of intense Player vs Player vs Zombies game modes.
Available on PlayStation Now until September 6, 2021
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Strap yourself into the cockpit of some of the world’s most formidable fighter planes and skim through the clouds engaging in daring aerial stunts and nerve-shredding tactical dogfights. Immerse yourself in a unique alternate reality where real-world, current, and near-future military hardware meet.
Choose from an array of authentic modern and futuristic aircraft and load them up with an arsenal of cutting-edge super weapons as unfolding events drive you into ever more dangerous aerial face-offs. Ace Combat 7 also includes exclusive PS VR-compatible missions to create anew level of death-defying immersion.
Available on PlayStation Now until May 31, 2021
InFamous Second Son
From the creator of Ghost of Tsushima comes a superpowered action adventure set in modern day America. Delsin Rowe’s superhuman power is in your hands.
Push your awesome abilities to the limit and see how your choices affect the city of Seattle and the people around you: hijack the powers of other superhumans, soar across the Seattle skyline and choose how your own story plays out.
Superhot
Blurring...
Here's more about each title from Senior Manager of Game Services Content Adam Michel, to quote:
World War Z
As humanity stands on the brink of extinction, a hardened few band together to defeat the undead masses threatening our way of life.
Take on huge zombie swarms in story-driven campaigns set in the same world as the hit film, fully playable in online co-op for up to four players. You can also choose to fight other players for survival in a range of intense Player vs Player vs Zombies game modes.
Available on PlayStation Now until September 6, 2021
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Strap yourself into the cockpit of some of the world’s most formidable fighter planes and skim through the clouds engaging in daring aerial stunts and nerve-shredding tactical dogfights. Immerse yourself in a unique alternate reality where real-world, current, and near-future military hardware meet.
Choose from an array of authentic modern and futuristic aircraft and load them up with an arsenal of cutting-edge super weapons as unfolding events drive you into ever more dangerous aerial face-offs. Ace Combat 7 also includes exclusive PS VR-compatible missions to create anew level of death-defying immersion.
Available on PlayStation Now until May 31, 2021
InFamous Second Son
From the creator of Ghost of Tsushima comes a superpowered action adventure set in modern day America. Delsin Rowe’s superhuman power is in your hands.
Push your awesome abilities to the limit and see how your choices affect the city of Seattle and the people around you: hijack the powers of other superhumans, soar across the Seattle skyline and choose how your own story plays out.
Superhot
Blurring...
PS4 Hardware Modding: Glass PlayStation 4 Console by BitHead1000
Recently console modder Bithead1000 shared a PS4 Hardware Modding video on his YouTube Channel showcasing the creation of a hand-built PlayStation 4 console complete with customized LED lighting! 
Check out a video demo of it in action below, and if you'd like to support his continued modification work you may do so from his Patreon Page also. Cool stuff indeed!
Glass PlayStation 4!! Custom Hand Built!
We hand built a CUSTOM see-through PlayStation 4 console!
Cheers to @DEFAULTDNB on Twitter for passing along this PS4 Scene news earlier!
Check out a video demo of it in action below, and if you'd like to support his continued modification work you may do so from his Patreon Page also. Cool stuff indeed!
Glass PlayStation 4!! Custom Hand Built!
We hand built a CUSTOM see-through PlayStation 4 console!
Cheers to @DEFAULTDNB on Twitter for passing along this PS4 Scene news earlier!
Latest DUPLEX PS4 FPKG Games Bring Jak to PlayStation 4 Scene
Proceeding their last updates, this weekend release group DUPLEX returns to the PlayStation 4 Scene with several Jak-based PS4 FPKG Games for those with PS4 Jailbroken Consoles to enjoy! 
The PS4 NFOs are below, and don't forget if you're not Verified to follow the PS4 Fake PKG (FPKG) Guide and drop by our 'floating' Discord Channel to get your Blue Verified Badge for access the latest PlayStation 4 FPKG games:
The PS4 NFOs are below, and don't forget if you're not Verified to follow the PS4 Fake PKG (FPKG) Guide and drop by our 'floating' Discord Channel to get your Blue Verified Badge for access the latest PlayStation 4 FPKG games:
- Jak.II.PS4-DUPLEX
- Jak.II.Update.v1.03.PS4-DUPLEX
- Jak.3.PS4-DUPLEX
- Jak.3.Update.v1.02.PS4-DUPLEX
- Jak.X.PS4-DUPLEX
- Jak.X.Update.v1.04.PS4-DUPLEX
- Warhammer.Vermintide.2.DLC.Unlocker.PS4-DUPLEX
- Battle.Chef.Brigade.PS4-DUPLEX
- Battle.Chef.Brigade.Update.v1.03.PS4-DUPLEX
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Jak II: Renegade
Date : 02-2021 Languages: 1 Sub
Platform : PS4 FW 7.02 Genre : Adventure
Release Info:
Dark Eco experiments can do strange things to a man. The fresh-faced,
cheerful young hero we once knew is no more... Jak has changed.
After years of pseudo-scientific testing at the hands of Baron Praxis, Jak
has developed a burning rage and a hunger for revenge. With wisecracking
pal Daxter in tow, the pair sets off on their darkest mission yet - and
with the untamed power of Dark Eco coursing through his veins, Jak is a
renegade to be reckoned with...
For the first time on PS4, experience the second epic instalment of the Jak
and Daxter...