PS Vita News

With Halloween here, there are definitely plenty of gamers looking to get in on the action. As a break from our usual hacking news, I figured I would share some cool Halloween gamer gear as discovered by IGN.

While plenty of you guys might have missed the latest round of PS Vita game exploits, believe it  or not looking for one of your own actually isn't that hard. Thanks to a guide from Wololo, we can show you how to do it yourself!

Once a year, a charity by the name of Extra Life acquire the help of numerous courageous gamers of various ages, locations and gaming origins to raise money in the name of charity in their locale.

I didn't think it would even be possible, but according to the Vita experts over at Wololo, a new game exploit just might possibly be released for the PS Vita. This article will tell you everything you need to know.

The PS3 scene has been blowing up with convenient homebrew, applications and news in general, like direct PS3 downloads for game fixes.  Today is no different, with another payment method coming soon to the new revamped PS Store!

Yesterday, the now-famous Total Noob released an updated version of his 6.60 eCFW for users of the Urbanix and Mad Blocker Alpha exploits. However, thanks to a little bit of reworking from Hiroi01 and NowCry that same addition now works on all regions of the Monster Hunter exploit.

If you've been enjoying 6.60 TN-A on your Vita, but are looking for a more up to date option, than you'll be excited to use Total Noob's newly released TN-B which brings bug fixes and compatibility with Mad Blocker Alpha.

We've already published a story about how to get 6.60 TN-A running on any game exploit, but if you would rather not be creating your own repackaged firmware we have a solution for you! Thanks to The Z you can now get that experience without all of the hard work.

If you want to run Total_Noob’s 6.60 CFE TN-A on any VHBL exploitable game then keep reading this juicy piece of news.

Are you one of the many who weren't able to get your hands on Urbanix for Total Noob's 6.60 TN custom firmware? Well pay attention as there's some good stuff coming your way.

The homebrew scene has been abuzz lately with the latest happenings such as VHBL on firmware 1.81 and Total Noob's custom firmware. Now here's something else.

If you're one of the lucky few that was able to get custom firmware booted on your Vita through the Urbanix exploit, it's possible you may be having a bit of trouble getting some of your games going. Thanks to a wonderful tutorial by the guys at Wololo, we can relay an easy step by step guide to get you started.

Total Noob has been back in the scene with the release of his 6.60 TN custom firmware for the latest VHBL release. It isn't stopping there as he's working to bring an improved version.

Urbanix may be gone from the PSN but it's definitely not out for the count. Those who happen to have the US version of the game get to enjoy Total Noob's 6.60 TN-A CFE that was released earlier this week.

While you may not be able to run VHBL through the Urbanix exploit at this very moment, portable coder Total Noob just gave us a pretty good reason to pick up that PSP Mini. Thanks to some great skill, this hacker has found a way to load the 6.60 TN-A CFE onto the Vita's PSP emulator.

Along with the hotly debated PS Vita CFW leak, it was also revealed that there is a bootable game exploit in the PSP Mini of Urbanix. If you live in Europe, you can actually get that title for free. Here are some additional details on this discovery and what may come of it.

As is usual with any hacking scene, there is indeed usually a calm before the storm. As is evident by our slow stream of news this weekend, we can however return to you with some absolutely crazy stories coming straight from the PS Vita scene including the possibility of a Kernel exploit alongside a new game-inspired hack as well.

Well that didn't take long. The experts over at Wololo have confirmed for us that there is indeed a homebrew-laden future for the PlayStation Vita's most recent firmware. Once again, this comes as an apparent stumbling block by the coders over at Sony to make any real progress at stopping a scene from emerging on their newly released handheld.

When PS Vita firmware 1.81 rolled onto the update servers, all members of the hacking scene knew exactly what it was about. Coming just days after the Monster Hunter exploit was released to the public, it was obvious that this was an attempt to block Nuer0n's ever-popular VHBL loader from booting. This article explains both how the block works and what it means for the future.

To top off the PS Vita news here, Sony gives you another reason as to why you should be a PlayStation Plus subscriber.