Believe it or not, this isn't a joke... Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida reports today that of all new PlayStation 4 titles Uncharted 4: A Thief's End copies have been stolen!
Below is what he had to say on PS Blog this morning, to quote: "We have some unfortunate news to report that a number of copies of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End were stolen while in transit.
While we are continuing to work with the police to resolve the matter — which is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation — it appears that a few copies of the game have surfaced in the UK.
We know that very many of you have been looking forward with great anticipation and excitement to the latest masterpiece from Naughty Dog. From what I have played of Nathan Drake’s latest adventure, I can tell you that it is very much worth the wait.
As with most Naughty Dog games, the unfolding story is such an integral part of the experience and for this reason we wanted to warn you to beware of the potential for spoilers to be posted by people with access to stolen copies of the game.
An extremely talented team has worked long and hard to bring Nathan Drake’s greatest adventure to life and we would urge you to help us prevent this from being spoiled by not purchasing copies of the game ahead of the launch date.
Please rest assured we will be very vigilant to protect you from this as far as we can so you can enjoy Uncharted 4’s experience to its fullest on May 10."
Today franzes80 announced the release of Mamba PRX Loader v2.1.5 with Autoloader (unofficial) for the recently released PS3 4.80 CFW followed by some revisions below!
To quote, roughly translated on the changes: The Orion developer has released a new version unofficial application Mamba PRX loader in version 2.1.5 originally developed NZV.
This tool offers all the great features of a CFW Cobra, except the start of ISO PS2-PSP, on any normal CFW.
The homebrew MAMBA also allows you to upload and / or plugins VSH (with MAMBA or PRX Loader) by two different ways: at boot time or later and is compatible with all CFW no cobra up to 4.80.
Update: From Brewology.com comes MAMBA / PRX Loader v3.1.3 followed by v3.1.4 from _NzV_ / Rancid-O (aka @RancidoPS3ita) which now supports 4.81 CEX / DEX CFW.
Following the PS3 4.80 Firmware update, today PlayStation 3 developer Orion has updated the PS3 Backup Game Manager to GameSonic Manager v3.90 for PS3 CFW 4.80 followed by a fixed version below.
Gamesonic Manager v3.90 Changelog:
Updated manager with payload 4.80 (Thanks Joonie)
Discless updated file with the CFW 4.80 properly patched.
Updated and integrated the mamba payload for CFW 4.80.
Gamesonic Manager v3.90 (Fixed) Changelog:
Fixed 2 offset in the mamba payload that could create some problems
Mamba verisone updated to 7.2, the latest available before the integration of the support for iso PS2 and PSP
Fixed bug that did not start the manager on CFW less than 4.80
To quote, roughly translated: From what I could test on CFW 4.80 Ferrox everything works fine, but if you find any bugs please bring it back. The PRX Loader and Webman are in development.
Credit: A big thank you to Joonie, Habib, Estwald, Deank, Aldo Vargas and all the developer of the PS3 scene.
Following his previous release, PlayStation 3 developer @deank updated the PS3 backup game manager to MultiMAN version 04.78.03 BASE (20160425) and UPD CEX for Custom Firmware (CFW) users.
MultiMAN v04.78.03 Changelog:
StDISC updated with support for custom firmware 4.75-478. NEW !!
Fixed a bug in the FLASH / LV1 / LV2 for Custom Firmware 4.66 / 4.76 / 4.78.
Fixed patching for EBOOT.BIN / SPRX for Custom Firmware 4.66 / 4.76 / 4.78.
Updated Showtime / Movian to the latest version in Bleeding Edge (04.99.812) - http://movian.tv
StealthMAN update (version multiMAN Stealth) to the version 04.78.02.
Today PlayStation 4 modder eXtreme shared news of a PS4 Custom Home Menu Mod proof-of-concept and PS4 XMB Hack by Senaxx.
Below are some brief details alongside a video demo and additional screenshots from fx0day and eXtreme, to quote: "Maybe you have saw on twitter that Senaxx posted a screenshot of the first custom home menu on the ps4. for me it's the most interesting progress for end users.
He found a database and was able to edit the file. It would be great if someone can share more information about the method that others can edit the home menu too and search for more ui mods."
Below is one more video by eXtreme demonstrating his PS4 UI Mod 0.05 Alpha: