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Latest Outriders PlayStation 5 Backgrounds and Video Footage
Happy 4/20 everyone! 
Since their initial Outriders PS5 Trailer and the Observer: System Redux PS5 Trailer the folks at Outriders recently shared some fresh videos of their upcoming cross-generation co-op RPG shooter Outriders slated for release alongside the PlayStation 5 video game console during the Holiday 2020 season.
Download: OutridersBackground01.mp4 (8.26 MB) / OutridersBackground02.mp4 (11.3 MB) via AOD_Saenai
Outriders - Creating a New Universe
Since their initial Outriders PS5 Trailer and the Observer: System Redux PS5 Trailer the folks at Outriders recently shared some fresh videos of their upcoming cross-generation co-op RPG shooter Outriders slated for release alongside the PlayStation 5 video game console during the Holiday 2020 season.Download: OutridersBackground01.mp4 (8.26 MB) / OutridersBackground02.mp4 (11.3 MB) via AOD_Saenai
Outriders - Creating a New Universe
Predator: Hunting Grounds Joins New PS4 Games Next Week
Last month the Predator: Hunting Grounds PS4 Trial Weekend began and this coming week Predator: Hunting Grounds joins the new PlayStation 4 game releases hitting PS4 on April 24th pitting man against predator in 4-v-1 multiplayer battles. 
Here's what else to expect arriving on PlayStation next week courtesy of Sony Content Communications Manager Brett Elston:
New PlayStation Games for April 21, 2020
Predator: Hunting Grounds PS4 - Pre-Order Today
Predator: Hunting Grounds - Dutch 2025 PS4 DLC Pack
Here's what else to expect arriving on PlayStation next week courtesy of Sony Content Communications Manager Brett Elston:
New PlayStation Games for April 21, 2020
- Aces of the Multiverse - PS4 — Digital (Out Apr. 23)
- Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack - PS4 — Digital (Out Apr. 24)
- Deliver Us The Moon - PS4 — Digital (Out Apr. 24)
- Guard Duty - PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross-Buy)
- Help Will Come Tomorrow - PS4 — Digital
- MotoGP20 - PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out Apr. 23)
- Obey Me - PS4 — Digital
- Predator: Hunting Grounds - PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out Apr. 24)
- Spuds Unearthed - PS4 — Digital (Out Apr. 24)
- Super Dodge Ball - PS4 — Digital
- Trials of Mana - PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out Apr. 24)
- Wonder Blade - PS4 — Digital
- Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
- The Rhythm Section
- What We Do In The Shadows | Season 2
Predator: Hunting Grounds PS4 - Pre-Order Today
Predator: Hunting Grounds - Dutch 2025 PS4 DLC Pack
PS4 App Lock 1.07 Child Safety Game Blocker by Lapy05575948
Proceeding the PS4HEN Update Blocker Payloads, Child Friendly Pure HEN Loader and Lapy's River Raid PS4 PKG release last month, this weekend PlayStation 4 homebrew developer @Lapy returns via Twitter with PS4 App Lock 1.00 followed by v1.01, v1.02, v1.04, v1.05, v1.06 and v1.07 below which can be used as a child safety game blocker (quarantine 
) requiring a PIN password to unlock installed PlayStation 4 games for use. 
Download: PS4_LAPY20004_v1.07.pkg (51.4 MB - PS4 App Lock v1.07 PKG supporting 5.00 to 11.00)
From the Tweets below on his latest PS4 homebrew release: PS4 App Lock 1.00
You have a child or a little brother that you let use your PS4 but you do not want him to play that specific game for whatever reason ? - This app is for you...
) requiring a PIN password to unlock installed PlayStation 4 games for use. Download: PS4_LAPY20004_v1.07.pkg (51.4 MB - PS4 App Lock v1.07 PKG supporting 5.00 to 11.00)
From the Tweets below on his latest PS4 homebrew release: PS4 App Lock 1.00
You have a child or a little brother that you let use your PS4 but you do not want him to play that specific game for whatever reason ? - This app is for you...
Observer: System Redux PlayStation 5 Next-Gen Reveal Trailer
Thus far we've seen PS5 trailers for Godfall, Outriders and Soulborn followed by the official DualSense PS5 Wireless Controller for Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5 console still scheduled for a 2020 Holiday Season release and today the Bloober Team announced Observer: System Redux which is a next-gen remaster of their 2017 cyberpunk thriller game Observed. 
According to the developer, Observer: System Redux will feature updated graphics, new story content and gameplay improvements with an official reveal trailer below alongside a next-gen comparison video.
From the video's description: One of the scariest cyberpunk stories has been rebuilt and augmented for the next generation.
Veteran Observers can dive deeper into this dystopian reality thanks to expanded gameplay and brand-new story content, while newcomers will get the chance to experience this cyberpunk thriller in all its chilling next-gen glory.
Considered one of the scariest games currently available, and one the best cyberpunk games coming to next-generation consoles, System Redux is the definitive vision of this thriller tale, coming for the 2020 holiday season.
Observer System Redux Teaser
Observer System Redux - Next Gen Reveal Trailer (4K 60FPS)
Observer System Redux PS5 / Xbox Series X vs PC Original Early Graphics Comparison
According to the developer, Observer: System Redux will feature updated graphics, new story content and gameplay improvements with an official reveal trailer below alongside a next-gen comparison video.
From the video's description: One of the scariest cyberpunk stories has been rebuilt and augmented for the next generation.
Veteran Observers can dive deeper into this dystopian reality thanks to expanded gameplay and brand-new story content, while newcomers will get the chance to experience this cyberpunk thriller in all its chilling next-gen glory.
Considered one of the scariest games currently available, and one the best cyberpunk games coming to next-generation consoles, System Redux is the definitive vision of this thriller tale, coming for the 2020 holiday season.
Observer System Redux Teaser
Observer System Redux - Next Gen Reveal Trailer (4K 60FPS)
Observer System Redux PS5 / Xbox Series X vs PC Original Early Graphics Comparison
PS4 System Software / Firmware 7.50 is Now Live, Don't Update!
Awhile back Sony released the PS4 Firmware 7.50 Beta PUP to testers, and following their previous 7.02 PS4 OFW today they pushed live the PS4 System Software / Firmware 7.50 update for everyone else. 
As always DON'T UPDATE if you wish to use PS4 game backups and homebrew apps when a new PS4 jailbreak exploit such as TheFloW's FW 6.20 Kxploit arrives, and we'll add any related Tweets below as PlayStation 4 scene developers have a chance to examine it.
Download: PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (US) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (EU) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (UK) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (AU/NZ) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (JP)
Here's the official 7.50 PS4 Firmware Changelog from Sony's page:
About PlayStation 4 system software version 7.50
Main features in version 7.50 update
Here are some guides for those new on How to Block PS4 Firmware Updates, How to Delete Downloaded PS4 Update PUPs that haven't been...
As always DON'T UPDATE if you wish to use PS4 game backups and homebrew apps when a new PS4 jailbreak exploit such as TheFloW's FW 6.20 Kxploit arrives, and we'll add any related Tweets below as PlayStation 4 scene developers have a chance to examine it.Download: PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (US) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (EU) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (UK) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (AU/NZ) / PS4 Firmware 7.50 Update (JP)
Here's the official 7.50 PS4 Firmware Changelog from Sony's page:
About PlayStation 4 system software version 7.50
Main features in version 7.50 update
- This system software update improves system performance.
Here are some guides for those new on How to Block PS4 Firmware Updates, How to Delete Downloaded PS4 Update PUPs that haven't been...