PlayStation 4 homebrew developer @pakee of Pakee.xyz recently Contacted Us with news of his PS4 Package (PKG) Manager Homebrew Application public release stating:
"I made software to manage packages and working with 'remote package manager'. This software was for my own purpose for a year, but perhaps it can be useful for the PS4 community."
The PS4 PKG Manager Homebrew Application for Windows can be downloaded below from his site, and he's also accepting donations via DonorBox.org/Pakee.
The year is nearly half over and in July the PlayStation Plus featured games are Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, NBA 2K20 and Erica as Sony celebrates 10 years of PS Plus.
Here's an overview of each from Sony Global Store Services General Manager Nick Maguire, to quote:
Here are the games for PS Plus members, available July 7 until August 3.
NBA 2K20
NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation. With its immersive open-world Neighborhood, NBA 2K20 is a platform for gamers and ballers to come together* and create what’s next in basketball culture.
Take your skills to the next level, featuring an upgraded motion engine with signature styles, advanced shooting controls, a new dribble size-up system, refined off-ball collisions, and a new read & react defensive game.
NBA 2K20 - Accolades PS4 Trailer
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
In Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara uncovers an ancient mystery that places her in the crosshairs of a ruthless organization known as Trinity. As she races to find a powerful and sought-after artifact before Trinity, the trail leads to a myth about the Lost City of Kitezh.
Lara knows she must reach the Lost City and its hidden secrets before Trinity as she sets out for Siberia on a thrilling expedition.
Rise of the Tomb Raider - 20 Year Celebration Launch PS4 Trailer
Erica**
This feature-length cinematic experience merges high-fidelity Hollywood production values with engaging, tactile gameplay. Become Erica, a brave young lady plagued with nightmares of your father’s murder.
With the traumatic events that have haunted you as a child dragged back into the light of the present-day vis grisly new clues, it’s up to you to unearth the shocking truth behind this devastating tragedy. Every choice you make influences how the game develops, with multiple endings awaiting you at the finale of the emotional branching narrative.
Erica - Gamescom 2019 Launch PS4 Trailer *Internet connection and PlayStation Plus membership required for online multiplayer.
**ERICA companion app, Wi-Fi connection, and compatible iOS (iOS 9.0 or later) or Android (4.1 and up) smartphone required....
The demonstration can be seen at GLSLSandbox.com with the code below, and he sends out thanks to psxdev, fjtrujy and frangar for their contributions as well.
Last week the first PS5 Factory Image surfaced, and recently a new Sony Interactive Entertainmentpatent was uncovered from the World Intellectual Property Organization revealing Multiscreen Display Capabilities leading to speculation that the upcoming PlayStation 5 may include multiscreen capabilities when it arrives this Holiday 2020 season.
"In either mode, the main screen display and the sub screen display may continue updating the respective screens.
As a result, the user can play the game displayed on the main screen while viewing the video displayed on the sub screen, or can confirm the status of the game in progress on the main screen and display the contents on the sub screen."
As always, we'll add any related PS5 News updates on this as they're available to the PlayStation 5 Forums section.
PlayStation 4 gamers into live streaming platforms such as Twitch may want to check out the open source project PS4Broadcast by Tilerphy, with recent maintenance updates from Xingxingge (Changchun) Technology Co., Ltd. to the Linux-based server script.
From the README.md, roughly translated from Chinese: PS4Broadcast
Transfer
Thank you for your support. After the 2.0.0 version of the project, it was handed over to Xingxingge (Changchun) Technology Co., Ltd. for maintenance. The project remains open source.
Foreword
In view of the fact that PS4 does not have the function of live broadcast to domestic live broadcast platforms, it uses some means to intercept twitch RTMP content and IRC chat room content, and forward it to Douyu (in the future, other domestic live broadcast platforms may be added.)
In addition, this is just a as a compromise, it may be a few days before PS4 officially supports the domestic live streaming platform. At least this is possible for the machine. Who is right? So this plan is only a temporary one, there is no other way.
Why open source
Sharing is the foundation of the network.
Why is Linux?
The Windows operating system is too indirect to do network forwarding, and it is not easy to write a script. And the author will only configure iptables in Linux.
In addition, the author used Raspberry Pi 3 (an ultra-small computer similar to a microcontroller), so Windows is not easy to use.
Then again, if there is a big actor willing to port to openwrt, let the router achieve this function, I can also use this program.
Need to know
Some basic knowledge of Linux, some shell scripts and directory knowledge.