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If you've recently noticed ads appearing on the PlayStation 4 homepage screen (PS4 User Interface) you're not alone, as it seems Sony has now enabled them as can be seen in the advertisement for Destiny 2 pictured below.

Luckily Kotaku.com discovered how to disable / remove these Sony video game ads in fairly short order!

This is what you have to do to get rid of them, to quote: Here’s an easy way to stop that from happening:

1) On your home screen, select “Settings”

2) Select “System”

3) Select “Automatic Downloads”

4) Uncheck “Featured Content”


That’s it!

If you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber listen up, today Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation Plus free games for January 2018 featuring Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Batman: The Talltale Series alongside a special bonus game for PS VR owners called Starblood Arena.

Check out the details below with Sony's latest trailer video teaser courtesy of James Hallahan, to quote:

Happy New Year PlayStation Nation! We hope “play more games” is one of your resolutions for the new year, because PlayStation Plus members have some great titles coming in January!

Before we go any further, we are happy to announce that PlayStation Plus members can get Starblood Arena as a bonus game starting January 2 through March 6. This arena combat game was built from the ground up to be played in VR with your PS VR headset*.

Attack, evade, and move in any direction as you compete against pilots from across the galaxy. You’ll fight for glory, credits, and your life.

Now, on to the PlayStation Plus monthly games for January!

First up, we have Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. This sequel follows the immediate aftermath of the Aug Incident, the day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies. This game mixes first-person action, stealth, and RPG-elements to make for an enthralling adventure.

Next, we have Batman: The Telltale Series. Take on the role of Batman, both as the hero and his alter ego Bruce Wayne. Where every choice has a consequence, see what it really means to be the Dark Knight. Another hand-crafted adventure game by the fine folks at Telltale, it is sure to entertain.

This month’s PlayStation Plus lineup also includes:

• Sacred 3, PS3
• The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, PS3
• Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness, PS Vita (Cross Buy with PS4)
• Uncanny Valley, PS Vita (Cross Buy with PS4)

Lastly, for fans of Warframe, you can grab the PlayStation Plus Booster Pack II Bundle to help get you started on your adventure in the Origin System. The pack includes 100 Platinum and 50,000 Credits, Akmagnus Dual Pistols and Akmagnus Obsidian Skin, a 3-Day Affinity Booster, a 3-Day Credit Booster, and a Dragon Mod Pack! This offer is available to all PlayStation Plus members until February 13, 2018.

And there you...

PlayStation developer kpspemu coded a PSP Emulator called KPSPEmu (Demo) in Kotlin Common Platform with Korge targeting JVM and JS months back, and recently he started work on a PS Vita Emulator Proof of Concept known as KVitaEmu with the related Github pages linked below for those interested!

Download: kpspemu-master.zip / KPSPEmu GIT / kvitaemu-master.zip / KVitaEmu GIT

To quote from the README.md kvitaemu - PS Vita Emulator Proof of Concept

CPU Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Memory 512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM

http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0407i/index.html

Update: Another experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows and MacOS known as Vita3K is also being developer by thehero_, to quote:

Download: Vita3K-master.zip / Github / Website

Compatibility

The emulator currently runs a few homebrew programs in .vpk format. No commercial games are playable.

Licence

Vita3K is licensed under the GPLv2 license. This is largely dictated by external dependencies, most notably Unicorn.

Building

Prerequisites

CMake is used to generate Visual Studio and Xcode project files. It is assumed that you have CMake installed and on your path. Other dependencies are provided as Git submodules or as prebuilt binaries.

Windows (Visual Studio)

1. Run gen.bat to create a build-windows directory and generate a Visual Studio solution in there.
2. Open the Vita3K.sln solution.
3. Set the startup project to emulator.
4. Build.

macOS (Xcode)

1. Run...

Following the Adieu PS4 Kernel Exploit and his confirmation yesterday, today the PS4 scene is LIT AS F*CK for the holidays with the RELEASE of a fully implemented kernel exploit for PS4 v4.05 Firmware by @SpecterDev via Twitter alongside a debug_settings.bin Test Payload! Howbow dah, Sony?

Download: PS4-4.05-Kernel-Exploit-master.zip / GIT / Live Demo via @01cedric / Live Demo (Mirror #2) via @0x199 / Live Demo (Mirror #3) via @Red7s / Live Demo (Mirror #4) via @tunip3 / Live Demo (Mirror #5) via @EdiTzZMoDz / debug_settings.bin (16.23 KB Test Payload)

• PS4 4.05 JailbreakME PlayStation 4 Jailbreak Noobs Tutorial

In addition, proceeding his PS4 Package (PKG) research today PlayStation 4 developer @flatz announced on Twitter that in a few days he'll share some of his recent work so that it can be backported from 4.55 to 4.05 for use on PS4 jailbroken consoles!

To quote from the README.md: PS4 4.05 Kernel Exploit

Summary

In this...

Since his Christmas Eve Updates, today PlayStation 4 developer @SpecterDev confirmed on Twitter that the JailbreakMe PS4 4.05 Exploit originally by Qwertyoruiopz is now working with a stable Webkit and games launching properly!

While Sony's PS4 4.05 OFW is over a year old now, according to our Site Poll results 31.9% of members are between PlayStation 4 Firmware 2.00 through 4.01 with 19.6% on 1.76 or below and 2.4% on 4.05 specifically... but that may soon change.

Last month in an interview PS4 developer @SpecterDev stated "I hope to get a release out soon (within the next week or so)," and while the timeframe may be a bit off here's hoping he follows through to kickstart the PS4 v4.05 scene so progress can happen with help from the entire community of developers and end-users working together testing everything out.

• Exploit Works ✓
• WebKit Stable ✓
• Games Launch ✓

Cheers to both @hyndrid and @xthird16 in the PSXHAX Shoutbox tonight for the news tips!