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As we wait for an updated tutorial from ZeraTron_ on running PlayStation 4 backups as full games not in demo state, the devs at e✘treme-Modding.de shared a brief 1.76 game backup demo of their own on their YouTube Channel which can be seen below.

Also this weekend @0x199 who redesigned the PS4 1.76 Advanced WebKit Playground announced on Twitter that he's updated SCE.Party with everything from PS4 Payloads to Playground ports and will be adding to the PS4 1.76 working Game Backups page soon as well.

Finally, PlayStation 4 developer SpecterDev laid claim to having a 4.05 Kernel Exploit on Reddit, but as it's not all his work he stated he isn't at liberty to release it although he said he will "offer insight and answer some basic questions about changes in higher firmwares."

Thanks to @raedoob for the heads-up on Twitter early this morning, this cup of Java's for you!

Just before the weekend we saw PSVTools, and today PlayStation Vita developer Rinnegatamante made available the first public release of his Savedata decrypter / redirecter plugin known as SavedataPlus v.0.8 for PS Vita handheld console owners.

Download: SavedataPlus.zip / GIT

To quote from Rinnegatamante on the SavedataPlus PS Vita Savedata decrypter / redirecter plugin:

Description

SavedataPlus is a plugin that will redirect your savedata to your preferred partition (ur0, ux0, uma0). Redirected savedata files are also decrypted so can be directly modified to apply savedata hacks/cheats.

How to install

• Place your preferred .skprx in your tai folder.
• Create a data folder inside the partition you want to redirect the saves to.
• Add the relative string to your config.txt under *KERNEL.
• Saves will be found in PARTITON/data/savegames/TITLEID/SLOT0.

How to keep using your old savedata

You'll have to decrypt your savedata in order to use it with SavedataPlus. You can use rinCheat or vita-savemgr to achieve this.

Known issues

The plugin will work perfectly with Vitamin/maidumptool dumps. At the moment it can cause crashes with retail cartridges or NoNpDrm/.psv dumps. (A game that certainly will crash as retail cartridge/NoNpDrm dump is Rayman Origins).

Also below is a universal PS Vita Trophy Unlocker called TropHAX from SilicaAndPina, with details as follows to quote:

Download: trophax.suprx /...

Since his recent PS4 Homebrew Demo, PlayStation 4 developer BigBoss made available LibOrbis which is a set of libraries and samples for PS4 homebrew development that coders can make use of in lieu of the Sony leaks.

Download: liborbis-master.zip / Github (Depreciated) / New Github

In some of the Tweets below he clarifies his anti-p!racy stance among other developers reminding people to buy original games, while PS4 sceners including @zecoxao (Twitter) and @ZeraTron (Twitter) sorted out a fix to the trial / full game issue when using Playroom (Files Dumped & Decrypted) which is actually a trial instead of using a disc-based title as the donor game when loading PS4 backups.

Check out the Tweets below, where in summary it appears a new / updated tutorial is in the works which may include details on editing the PS4 Minimal Firmware Version to run PlayStation 4 games.

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Following his last update, the PlayStation 4 fixed payload, tutorial and KOTF releases today @MODDEDWARFARE posted a How to get Free Trial/Demo Games on a 1.76 PS4 video guide on his YouTube Channel with an updated version 1.1 codebase for PS4 backup games / PS4 homebrew patches by @zecoxao on Twitter below.

Download: code-1.1.tgz (1.3 MB)

How to get Free Trial/Demo Games on a 1.76 PS4

From the video's caption: It's finally happened! 1.76 PS4's can now run games from the HDD without a disc and even run homebrew applications without custom firmware. In this video I will show you how to get a game rip running on your 1.76 PS4.

Download links:

• elf-loader-master.rar
• socat-windows-master.rar (with Kernel Hooks file already inside)
• NETCAT.rar
• FileZilla
• Node.js

Cheers to @SSShowmik in the PSXHAX Shoutbox and @raedoob on...

Included in next week's PlayStation Store update is the critically acclaimed action-RPG Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen on PS4, which combines exhilarating and deep combat with the freedom to explore the huge open world of Gransys in 1080p.

Players can choose between nine different classes and embark on your own adventure along with three AI companions known as Pawns.

Here's what else is coming to PSN next week courtesy of Sony Social Media Senior Specialist Ryan Clements, as follows:

New Releases: Week of October 3, 2017

• Batman: The Enemy Within - PS4 — Retail
• Battle Chasers: Nightwar - PS4 — Digital, Retail
• Battle Garegga Rev.2016 - PS4 — Digital (Out 10/6)
• Detention - PS4 — Digital
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen - PS4 — Digital, Retail
• Expand - PS4 — Digital
• The Hunter: Call of the Wild - PS4 — Digital, Retail
• Jydge - PS4 — Digital
• Mystik Belle - PS4 — Digital
• Save the Ninja Clan - PS Vita — Digital (Out 10/6)
• Twin Robots - PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy)
• WRC 7 - PS4 — Digital, Retail

PlayStation Video

• Girls Trip
• Cult of Chucky
• An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

The information above is subject to change without notice.