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Today m0rph3us1987 will speak at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) (Live Stream - Relive) to publicly disclose how to exploit PS4 video applications to run unsigned code on ALL Firmware versions while the PlayStation 4 scene awaits further word on the rumored PS4 Top Secret Method for Games that requires PSN according to @zecoxao on Twitter.

In the meantime, following the multi-platform RetroArch 1.7.5 release, PlayStation Classic Boot Menu + RetroArch Christmas 2018 Public BETA and Orbital PS4 Emulator progress recent Github commits indicate preliminary development is also underway by frangarcj (Twitter) for RetroArch PS4 (Orbis) support!

For those unaware, here's a bit more on RetroArch (Twitter) from the official site at RetroArch.com to quote: "RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.

RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, and more!"
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We've almost reached the end of this year, and without delay Sony has just unveiled what's coming for PlayStation Plus subscribers from January 1, 2019 to February 5, 2019.

Headlining the PS Plus video game lineup next month are the massive open world sports game Steep and the action-RPG Portal Knights, with the rest of the upcoming titles outlined below courtesy of James Hallahan at PlayStation Plus to quote:

Next month's PlayStation Plus lineup also includes:

• Zone of the Enders HD Collection, PS3
• Amplitude, PS3
• Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion, PS Vita (Cross Buy with PS4)
• Super Mutant Alien Assault, PS Vita

And as a reminder for those Warframe players, Digital Extremes’ dev team has you covered! The Warframe: PlayStation Plus Booster Pack III has a little bit of everything to jump start your game.

This includes 100 Platinum, 100,000 Credits, Quanta (a Corpus laser rifle), Quanta Obsidian Skin, 7-Day Affinity Booster, and a 7-Day Credit Booster. PS Plus members can get the pack for free from now until January 15, 2019.

And that's it! See you next month!

Earlier this year we got a first look at PlayStation 4 Virtualization by @AlexAltea, and recently he shared on Twitter an experiments in PS4 emulation video from his YouTube Channel demonstrating the Orbital PS4 emulator currently in development.

Download: orbital-master.zip / GIT

He also tweeted he'll be present at this year's 35C3 event stating the following, to quote: "Flying to #35C3. I'll be around the emulation assembly, otherwise reachable @ 8180 (GSM): mostly CTFing, having tschunks and working on Orbital, my LLE PS4 emulator (sneak peek below). Happy holidays!"

And from the video's description: Experiments in PS4 emulation. Current status:

• All drivers initialize correctly.
• VFS is successfully loaded.
• First userland application, /mini-syscore.elf, is decrypted and launched successfully.
• Shortly after /SceSysAvControl.elf is launched which successfully handles system events.
• Simultaneously, mini-syscore detects an issue with the HDD, which is to be expected during first-time boots, and launches /safemode.elf.
• The system enters Safe Mode successfully, but gets frozen while rendering the safe mode menu.

Orbital #1: User Interface

Orbital #2: Graphical Output

Experiments in PS4 emulation. Current status: After last update, we have reimplemented large parts of the PS4 GPU graphics pipeline using Vulkan and recompiling AMD GCN bytecode into SPIR-V. This finally allows us to "see" the Safe Mode menu, booted from a PS4 5.xx kernel.

At the moment, we receive a CE-343* issue which indicates a PS4 HDD failure. This error is to be expected since we have booted the PS4 kernel without a valid HDD image.

In the future Safe Mode menu will have an important role when booting...

On this Christmas Day following his PS4 PFS Extractor Tool, GameArchives updates, MakePFS Utility for building PlayStation File System images and recent LibOrbisPKG Library for generating PS4 DLC packages developer maxton shared on Twitter a guide on creating Rock Band 4 (RB4) customs alongside some demo videos on his YouTube Channel!

• LibForge by Maxton Rock Band 4 PS4 Preview Meshes in ForgeToolGUI

Check it out below, to quote from Maxton: [How-To] Playing Customs on PS4 (BETA)

A word of warning: the tools used to build DLC for Rock Band 4 are still unfinished, so keep in mind that errors and bugs may abound. Until this changes consider this a BETA/PRERELEASE. Please report all the issues you run into either in this thread or on GitHub!

1. Prerequisites

• A PS4 with firmware 5.07 or lower (personally, I am on 5.05)
• Rock Band 4, either already installed digitally on the PS4 or as a Blu-Ray copy (it is not possible to install RB4 digitally on 5.07 or lower anymore due to no PSN access)
• A Windows PC or Mac/Linux with Mono installed

2. Before You Begin

The first thing that you must do is set up HEN on your PS4. There are many guides online on how to do this, but the general idea is that you visit a webpage, either in the web browser or by redirecting the user manual, and the webpage automatically jailbreaks your system and sets up a Homebrew ENabler (HEN). This is what allows you to install custom PKGs that the PS4 will accept as DLC.

HEN Guides

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As the PS4 scene awaits upcoming PlayStation 4 developments including M0rph3us1987 at 35c3 and the PS4 Top Secret Method for Games, the PSXHAX Team would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2018!

For those following, last month we added a Verified Member badge which we'll start giving out to those who've met ALL of the the Guest, Registered, Contributor and Member UserGroup requirements and also have been Verified on Discord to access private or restricted areas.

In the spirit of the Little Orphan Annie Secret Society decoder pin clip from A Christmas Story below, here's a spoiler with some additional details:

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