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Sony Unveils PlayStation Plus July Games Celebrating 10 Years of PS Plus
The year is nearly half over and in July the PlayStation Plus featured games are Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, NBA 2K20 and Erica as Sony celebrates 10 years of PS Plus. 
Here's an overview of each from Sony Global Store Services General Manager Nick Maguire, to quote:
Here are the games for PS Plus members, available July 7 until August 3.
NBA 2K20
NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation. With its immersive open-world Neighborhood, NBA 2K20 is a platform for gamers and ballers to come together* and create what’s next in basketball culture.
Take your skills to the next level, featuring an upgraded motion engine with signature styles, advanced shooting controls, a new dribble size-up system, refined off-ball collisions, and a new read & react defensive game.
NBA 2K20 - Accolades PS4 Trailer
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
In Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara uncovers an ancient mystery that places her in the crosshairs of a ruthless organization known as Trinity. As she races to find a powerful and sought-after artifact before Trinity, the trail leads to a myth about the Lost City of Kitezh.
Lara knows she must reach the Lost City and its hidden secrets before Trinity as she sets out for Siberia on a thrilling expedition.
Rise of the Tomb Raider - 20 Year Celebration Launch PS4 Trailer
Erica**
This feature-length cinematic experience merges high-fidelity Hollywood production values with engaging, tactile gameplay. Become Erica, a brave young lady plagued with nightmares of your father’s murder.
With the traumatic events that have haunted you as a child dragged back into the light of the present-day vis grisly new clues, it’s up to you to unearth the shocking truth behind this devastating tragedy. Every choice you make influences how the game develops, with multiple endings awaiting you at the finale of the emotional branching narrative.
Erica - Gamescom 2019 Launch PS4 Trailer
*Internet connection and PlayStation Plus membership required for online multiplayer.
**ERICA companion app, Wi-Fi connection, and compatible iOS (iOS 9.0 or later) or Android (4.1 and up) smartphone required....
Here's an overview of each from Sony Global Store Services General Manager Nick Maguire, to quote:
Here are the games for PS Plus members, available July 7 until August 3.
NBA 2K20
NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation. With its immersive open-world Neighborhood, NBA 2K20 is a platform for gamers and ballers to come together* and create what’s next in basketball culture.
Take your skills to the next level, featuring an upgraded motion engine with signature styles, advanced shooting controls, a new dribble size-up system, refined off-ball collisions, and a new read & react defensive game.
NBA 2K20 - Accolades PS4 Trailer
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
In Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara uncovers an ancient mystery that places her in the crosshairs of a ruthless organization known as Trinity. As she races to find a powerful and sought-after artifact before Trinity, the trail leads to a myth about the Lost City of Kitezh.
Lara knows she must reach the Lost City and its hidden secrets before Trinity as she sets out for Siberia on a thrilling expedition.
Rise of the Tomb Raider - 20 Year Celebration Launch PS4 Trailer
Erica**
This feature-length cinematic experience merges high-fidelity Hollywood production values with engaging, tactile gameplay. Become Erica, a brave young lady plagued with nightmares of your father’s murder.
With the traumatic events that have haunted you as a child dragged back into the light of the present-day vis grisly new clues, it’s up to you to unearth the shocking truth behind this devastating tragedy. Every choice you make influences how the game develops, with multiple endings awaiting you at the finale of the emotional branching narrative.
Erica - Gamescom 2019 Launch PS4 Trailer
*Internet connection and PlayStation Plus membership required for online multiplayer.
**ERICA companion app, Wi-Fi connection, and compatible iOS (iOS 9.0 or later) or Android (4.1 and up) smartphone required....
PS4 OrbisDev Shader Player Code and Demo via Masterzorag
Following LibOrbis, the Pre-Compiled Shader Dumper, the GLES2 Playground and his recent help in Orbis Libs Gen PlayStation 4 homebrew developer masterzorag shared a PS4 OrbisDev Shader Player via GLSL Sandbox with scene devs for use in PS4 homebrew projects.
The demonstration can be seen at GLSLSandbox.com with the code below, and he sends out thanks to psxdev, fjtrujy and frangar for their contributions as well.
LibOrbis is love
The demonstration can be seen at GLSLSandbox.com with the code below, and he sends out thanks to psxdev, fjtrujy and frangar for their contributions as well.
Code:
#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
#extension GL_OES_standard_derivatives : enable
uniform float time;
uniform vec2 resolution;
void main( void ) {
vec2 p = 2. * (gl_FragCoord.xy-resolution/2.) / resolution.y;
float f=0., r;
const float I = 16.;
for(float i=1.; i<=I; i++) {
if(abs(p.x)+abs(p.y)<1.) {
r = cos(time+.3*i)/2.;
if(p.x<2.*r) {
p.x -= r-.5;
p /= r+.5;
}
else {
p.x -= r+.5;
p /= r-.5;
}
f = i/I;
}
}
gl_FragColor = vec4(vec3(1.2, 1.5, 1.)*vec3(f), 1.);
}
Sony Patent Reveals Multiscreen Display Capabilities, Possibility for PS5?
Last week the first PS5 Factory Image surfaced, and recently a new Sony Interactive Entertainment patent was uncovered from the World Intellectual Property Organization revealing Multiscreen Display Capabilities leading to speculation that the upcoming PlayStation 5 may include multiscreen capabilities when it arrives this Holiday 2020 season. 
To quote from TheGamingRecord.com on this new patent discovery:
"In either mode, the main screen display and the sub screen display may continue updating the respective screens.
As a result, the user can play the game displayed on the main screen while viewing the video displayed on the sub screen, or can confirm the status of the game in progress on the main screen and display the contents on the sub screen."
As always, we'll add any related PS5 News updates on this as they're available to the PlayStation 5 Forums section.
To quote from TheGamingRecord.com on this new patent discovery:
"In either mode, the main screen display and the sub screen display may continue updating the respective screens.
As a result, the user can play the game displayed on the main screen while viewing the video displayed on the sub screen, or can confirm the status of the game in progress on the main screen and display the contents on the sub screen."
As always, we'll add any related PS5 News updates on this as they're available to the PlayStation 5 Forums section.
PS4Broadcast: PlayStation 4 Live Streaming Project via Linux by Tilerphy
PlayStation 4 gamers into live streaming platforms such as Twitch may want to check out the open source project PS4Broadcast by Tilerphy, with recent maintenance updates from Xingxingge (Changchun) Technology Co., Ltd. to the Linux-based server script. 
Download: PS4Broadcast2.0.1.zip / Latest Release / GIT
From the README.md, roughly translated from Chinese: PS4Broadcast
Transfer
Thank you for your support. After the 2.0.0 version of the project, it was handed over to Xingxingge (Changchun) Technology Co., Ltd. for maintenance. The project remains open source.
Foreword
In view of the fact that PS4 does not have the function of live broadcast to domestic live broadcast platforms, it uses some means to intercept twitch RTMP content and IRC chat room content, and forward it to Douyu (in the future, other domestic live broadcast platforms may be added.)
In addition, this is just a as a compromise, it may be a few days before PS4 officially supports the domestic live streaming platform. At least this is possible for the machine. Who is right? So this plan is only a temporary one, there is no other way.
Why open source
Sharing is the foundation of the network.
Why is Linux?
Some basic knowledge of Linux, some shell scripts and directory knowledge.
If not, please use the mirror tutorial directly: https://www.psnine.com/topic/32642
The latest mirror release: https://github.com/Tilerphy/ps4broadcast/releases
If Twitch is not bound and needs scientific Internet access, please go...
Download: PS4Broadcast2.0.1.zip / Latest Release / GIT
From the README.md, roughly translated from Chinese: PS4Broadcast
Transfer
Thank you for your support. After the 2.0.0 version of the project, it was handed over to Xingxingge (Changchun) Technology Co., Ltd. for maintenance. The project remains open source.
Foreword
In view of the fact that PS4 does not have the function of live broadcast to domestic live broadcast platforms, it uses some means to intercept twitch RTMP content and IRC chat room content, and forward it to Douyu (in the future, other domestic live broadcast platforms may be added.)
In addition, this is just a as a compromise, it may be a few days before PS4 officially supports the domestic live streaming platform. At least this is possible for the machine. Who is right? So this plan is only a temporary one, there is no other way.
Why open source
Sharing is the foundation of the network.
Why is Linux?
- The Windows operating system is too indirect to do network forwarding, and it is not easy to write a script. And the author will only configure iptables in Linux.
- In addition, the author used Raspberry Pi 3 (an ultra-small computer similar to a microcontroller), so Windows is not easy to use.
- Then again, if there is a big actor willing to port to openwrt, let the router achieve this function, I can also use this program.
Some basic knowledge of Linux, some shell scripts and directory knowledge.
If not, please use the mirror tutorial directly: https://www.psnine.com/topic/32642
The latest mirror release: https://github.com/Tilerphy/ps4broadcast/releases
If Twitch is not bound and needs scientific Internet access, please go...
Bye PAYStation 4: PS4 Hacker TheFloW Vows PlayStation 4 Disclosure
Shortly after Sony's PlayStation Bug Bounty Program announcement that had many concerned their PlayStation 4 would become a PAYStation 4, PS4 scene hacker theflow0 reassured those holding out on updating their Firmware since his previous note that he's still going to disclose something in a few weeks/months with no specific ETA given. 
Perhaps he's waiting for $ony to give him permission to disclose it publicly (to comply with their terms) if it was the bug he submitted a few months ago in their program, or if not then maybe he wants to wait for the PS5's Holiday 2020 Launch... unfortunately a lack of transparency leaves the delay open to speculation only. 
In any case, it's great to see the PlayStation Bug Bounty Program program isn't dissuading all PS4 hackers from continuing to contribute to the scene even after getting paid... hopefully other developers will also follow making it a win for the entire community!
In the Tweets below, theflow0 also confirmed a new webkit exploit chain for PS Vita called HENlo is incoming and can be used to jailbreak the device for those who still own a PlayStation Vita handheld console.
PS4 scene, you're starting such a drama over nothing. I was actually planning to disclose something in a few weeks/months (which I will still do...) and after that, I'd like to announce my retirement, even if I was never part of that toxic and entitled "scene."
The only scene I am part of is the Vita Scene, and I am really proud...
Perhaps he's waiting for $ony to give him permission to disclose it publicly (to comply with their terms) if it was the bug he submitted a few months ago in their program, or if not then maybe he wants to wait for the PS5's Holiday 2020 Launch... unfortunately a lack of transparency leaves the delay open to speculation only. In any case, it's great to see the PlayStation Bug Bounty Program program isn't dissuading all PS4 hackers from continuing to contribute to the scene even after getting paid... hopefully other developers will also follow making it a win for the entire community!
In the Tweets below, theflow0 also confirmed a new webkit exploit chain for PS Vita called HENlo is incoming and can be used to jailbreak the device for those who still own a PlayStation Vita handheld console.
PS4 scene, you're starting such a drama over nothing. I was actually planning to disclose something in a few weeks/months (which I will still do...) and after that, I'd like to announce my retirement, even if I was never part of that toxic and entitled "scene."
The only scene I am part of is the Vita Scene, and I am really proud...