Did you know you can play any PS2 game on a custom firmware PS3? This guide will show you how to take discs that you own and convert them to play on the latest Sony system.

IrisManager has received an update by developers Estwald & D_SKywalk. This update has provided some bug corrections as well as some additions to the Backup Manager.

Scene Developer Subjunk of the Universal Media Sever team has updated their tool, the UMSBuilder to the latest build v1.5.

This all happened during the XBOX ONE Reveal, just mere minutes after the broadcast began. Microsoft on the other hand, their stock closed down at 0.66 percent, lower than what was expected after the massive reveal today.

hcode123 has released a new collection of Themes for multiMAN. The theme creator is starting to make a great reputation of creating some very impressive themes for homebrew such as multiMAN.  He has created a huge array of themes for the backup manager.

The Xbox One launch event has come and gone, but there is more about the console we want to know. After wading through all the controversy, I present to you five of the most crucial unanswered questions about Microsoft's upcoming console!

Just yesterday, Sony released a trailer that featured a few closeups of the ever-elusive PS4 console. Websites have been piecing the images together for quite some time now, and here's what one Reddit user came up with.

Last week we posted a story about Nintendo electing to enforce copyright claims to retrieve ad revenue from YouTube users. Is this kind of practice morally right? We examine all sides of the issue on this edition of Gaming Shades of Grey!

Scene Developer MiralaTijeria is surely making a name for himself on the scene. He's back following his recent update of his CFW 4.40, he has updated it to include System Manager 1.1 and 3.2.0 Intergrated Core alongside QAFlag functionality.

Scene Developer Quake of SubZero Dezigns has followed up on his previous update of the PlayStation 3 Homebrew app, Simple PS3Updates.

One Hacker's Opinion is our weekly DashHacks catch-up news column. Do you want to hear about the biggest hacks and how they might impact the industry? Today's edition features a bunch of cool hardware mods, scene shockers, and Nintendo news that has us all talking!

If you recall back in February at the Sony PS4 reveal event, Lead System Architect Mark Cerny revealed one of the systems key components for those who wish download their games digitally.

Scene's Opium2k is back.This time he uses his skills and makes one of the scene's most useful tools look amazingly awesome. For those wondering PSChannel allows users to download homebrews directly on their ps3, without needing a PC. Essentially an opensource homebrew Store.

PlayStation 3  Developer Condorstrike has released a new Homebrew Game for the PS3 system. Pointman: The Akkadian Wars . This release is Proof of Concept and not the final vision..

A user by the name of AGBLeaks has posted forty minutes of gameplay footage of The Last of Us.

ThatOtherDev who is known for his many Homebrew Games for various platforms such as the PS3 is back with another game. He ha released one of his older creations for the first time on the PS3 with his creation of Super Pixel Jumper v1.2

Francesco Lanzilotta the developer of the PSP-PS3 Conversion Tool "Bite" has released a new update in version 1.5.1. The update consists of a few additions and a new name. The new name being "Bite h&e", also comes the addition of 3 PC emulators.....

Warning! Spoilers ahead in this one. But Some juicy, juicy details and screenshots.

Bethesda's upcoming Wolfenstein: New World Order shocked us all by electing not to include multiplayer as part of the plan. It sounds a bit weird, but it may not have been the worst idea. Here are five reasons why excluding online modes could be a smart decision.

Good news everyone, and it's from everyones favorite gaming developers, Electronic Arts! EA's attempt to destroy used game sales has completely backfired and blown up in their faces.

Estwald and D_Skywalk have followed up on their last update of Iris Manager. This takes it to v2.42. This is a very important update, so please if you are using Iris Manager 2.41, Download this version and update it.

The road towards Universal Media Server 3.0 continues with the release of the first alpha build. Check it out.

Developer Estwald pushes v1.7 update of his Fan Control Utility recently. In this update Estwald has provided support for additional CFW's and DEX CFW's.

PS3 Developer Jay-Jay over @ PSX-Scene has done some research on corrupted PS3 Game Saves. Then he managed to get a corrupted PS3 Save working again.

Developer BwE has updated his application BwE NOR Validator that is used for checking / verifying your NOR Dumps. BwE has stated this could be the final version.....

President of Polphony Digital and creator of the Gran Turismo Franchise, Kazunori Yamauchi, announced today at a special press conference event at Silverstone in the UK, that the sixth sequel in the series was indeed coming.

Don't have a CFW PS3 that you can boot to Linux with? This unique tutorial will show you how to get a boot of Ubuntu to run off your flash drive in just a few minutes!

New day, new version of IrisManager. See what's new in version 2.41.

With the infamous Xbox event a mere week away, there's no denying that some of the PS4's buzz has faded. However, if you asked analyst Michael Pachter, he would tell you that not all is as bad as it seems.

Italian Scene developer, Francesco Lanzilotta has released and updated his PC application and dubbed it PSPMinis/PS3Minis/Bite to Version 1.5. Long title eh?

Alleged PlayStation Network Hacker Todd Miller was one of the few men accused behind the now infamous hack that led to a major overhaul in Sony's Entertainment Network security.

Developers Rancid & Zz_SACRO_zZ from PS3ITA  have released a new backup manager to the PS3 community called PS3ITA Manager (v1.0). The manager is a fork of Iris Manager's v2.40 (latest release). This fork of Iris adds the addition of support to  4.41 CFW (CEX) ....

So, let's talk about an issue that has actually been somewhat nagging myself and a lot of other gaming news websites out there.  Quite simply they're known as developers. Yes, i'm talking about video game developers.

Speculation is on the rise for just about every console you can imagine. Has Sony left major security holes open in the PS Vita and PS3? Is the Wii U a failure? What can we expect in the next Xbox? Find out in this week's One Hacker's Opinion!

Interesting piece of news today. PS3Hax's GregoryRasputin broke the news today that scene developers are working on a way to get PSP Homebrew working on PS3's.

Well well...Hello slow news day. Today we take a look at the past few days in the PSP to PS3 conversion community, with a few recent tools that have emerged.

PlayStation 3 Homebrew Developer Estwald is back with a new update to IrisManager.  In the new Version 2.40 update Estwald has taken his recently created Fan Control Utility and has started to integrate this utility into IrisManager

BwE is back. He has released a new version/update of his "BwE NOR Validator" PC App. This version takes it up to v1.24 all new patches and updates for 3.55 and 4.40.

Estwald is back and has delivered another update to his Fan Control Utility for the PlayStation 3 bringing the release to v1.6. Whilst this mod sounds like a great one to keep your PS3 cool, it has had an abundance of bugs that have been causing freezing issues for the PS3 and even causes fans to stop working completely.

PSX-Scene's Nathan_r32_69 has released an update to his widely popular and evergrowing program PUAD GUI.

Scene developer spacemanspiff has updated his open source tool/clone of SceTool, OPENSCETool to v0.9.2.

The shooter genre has certainly become one of  the most controversial game types in history. For those that think the genre is fading fast, here are just a few tips that could help revive it.

A video has surfaced on youtube claiming that the New PS3 model 4000 series has now been officially hacked via ODE (Modchip).  Take this with a grain of salt as it is still not totally confirmed.

While the verdict still remains unclear with regards to the next-generation Xbox and its "always on" features, the PS4 is taking a firm stance in the negative. See the official word here!