Hello World! I've been reporting on Sony PlayStation hacking news since 2000 and started PSXHAX in 2014 to cover PlayStation (PSX), PlayStation 2 (PS2), PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), PlayStation TV (PS TV) and next-gen PlayStation 5 (PS5) platforms along with anything else of interest.
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The first entry appears to be a PS4 system volume key, and while those following the PS4 scene may recall awhile back vapour (aka xxmcvapourxx) revealed a passcode fingerprint key for the PS4 BD ROM there are already plenty of PlayStation 4 keys on the Wiki ranging from Activation to DRM.
PlayStation 4 developer @WhiteOverfl0w of the WhiteOverfl0w GIT projects asked if the information came from a USB dump, and @ryan111 confirmed it didn't so here's looking forward to further details.
Also for those who missed it (like myself ) back in May of this year @B7U3 C50SS shared some PS4 *** Tool download links, which appear to have came from the PlayStation Dev Wiki HERE with mirrors HERE... below are the links in case they get removed by the Wiki owners:
The PlayStation Vita scene has been moving in leaps and bounds lately decrypting, dumping and playing PS Vita game backups but let's not forget to add in the remix some 'oh my lanta' scene drama by release groups PSiCO and TRSI.
While most can't be arsed following the PS Vita scene closely due to lack of interest in Sony's dead handheld console, scene release groups PSiCO and TRSI have been taking humorous jabs at one another in their NFO files over scene rules and 'proper' PS Vita game dumps.
Think Rapture and Columbia in 1080p with BioShock: The Collection included in the new PlayStation game releases this week with a Remastered Comparison PS4 trailer video below.
The Collection features SP content from BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, all single-player add-on content, the “Columbia’s Finest” pack, and Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock, featuring Ken Levine and Shawn Robertson!
Here's a synopsis of what else PlayStation fans can expect this week on PSN courtesy of Ryan Clements:
New Releases: Week of September 13, 2016
Arcade Archives Kiki Kaikai PS4 — Digital (Out 9/14)
BioShock: The Collection - PS4 — Digital, Retail
Dead Rising Triple Pack - PS4 — Digital (Original Dead Rising at Retail)
Don’t Starve Together: Console Edition - PS4 — Digital
Hot Shots Tennis (PS2) - PS4 — Digital
Mahjong - PS4 — Digital
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death - PS Vita — Digital, Retail
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics - PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy)
NASCAR Heat Evolution - PS4 — Digital, Retail
NBA 2K17 - PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail (Out 9/16)
NHL 17 - PS4 — Digital, Retail
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 - PS4 — Digital
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 - PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness - PS4, PS Vita — Digital, Retail
Following the first PS4 scene release and first decrypted audio packet, today PlayStation 4 scene release group EPEEN made available Fifa_14_READ_NFO_PS4-EPEEN which according to the PS4 NFO file below labels FIFA 14 PS4 as the world's first fully decrypted PS4 game!
Notes: Passkey is all zeroes, so you can UnPKG the PKG without problems. You have to uninstall FIFA first (if already installed), then FTP to the PS4 and push the FIFA FIX.rar (1.1 MB) files onto the PS4 first (directly in the root and keep the folder hierarchy) then after you pushed the files onto the PS4 you have to install the PKG.
This news comes a few years after the first PS4 game backups surfaced on the Internet followed by even more PlayStation 4 scene PS4 game iSO dumps.
Check out the Fifa 14 READ NFO PS4 EPEEN NFO file below:
Following the Vitamin v1.1 release, today PlayStation Vita developer TheFloW updated the official release to Vitamin_v2.0.vpk following another game dumping utility called MaiDumpTool V233.0 by Chinese developer species and MaiDumpTool V233.1 via APTXIke4869 with details below.