PS3 Development

News just in that PlayStation 3 developer oct0xor has reversed engineered the Cobra USB dongle. In his new blog he explains that it took a mere three days to do so.

If you're into modding GTA, here's a new version of the XMC Modmenu that you may want to look at. With its fresh new look and a few new functions to speak of, this is definitely something that could be a lot of fun.

Here are some additional tools for the PlayStation 3 console. These Windows based tools, developed by Nathan_r32_69

Whenever you're talking about any console race, there are always going to be loyalists that live to support their brand of choice. When it comes to the 360 and PS3, this could be no more true. Join me as I try to answer the incredibly difficult question: which machine is better, PS3 or Xbox 360.

For those looking to resign their eboots to support the latest CFW advancements, you may want to check out this updated version 1.81 of TrueAncestor that emerged only a few hours ago. The changes are small, but any additions are worth looking into.

Last week we counted down numbers 10 through 6 in our quest to find the most popular PS3 news story of 2012, and today we are back with our epic conclusion. Is there anybody else looking to get a little more nostalgic?

If you're a user of the latest Rebug custom firmware, you've probably heard about the countless XMB mods created by the popular developer known as IcEmAn. This particular release lets you control even more from the system's main menu.

If you're using one of the newer 4.XX custom firmware options, you might be greeted with a 80010009 error when attempting to install certain game updates. This little .pkg offers a fix for your woes.

If you've been a follower of Tetzrep's Mortal Kombat mods, you'll be excited to know that there is a new one out today that allows for a rather spooky new gameplay addition. Fighting skeletons? It sounds pretty cool to me too!

Looking to get some of the best apps and games of the month? Take a gander at what the members of Dashhacks chose as the hottest downloads for the month of November! Consider these an early holiday present!

In all of the firmware hacking happening on the PS3 scene these days, sometimes it can be easy to forget about homebrew. However, if it's up to KaKaRoTo, he would like to bring a shine back to what he calls a dying scene through his own beautiful manger.

Developer Deank has released a few updates to multiMAN. Unfortunately only the outdated version 04.11.12 was reported here last.

While the PS3 scene was dealt quite a blow from Sony's banhammer, things have kept right on trucking with Rogero's updated 4.21/4.30 CEX CFW version 2. Want PSN access and cleaner XMB sorting, then this is the firmware for you!

It's that time of the year again! With Black Friday just around the corner, you know you should probably start filling out that holiday list. If you're a hacker or a gamer, here are five pretty solid items you won't regret asking Santa to buy for you.

A developer over at psx-scene, Oakhead69, has released an application called SDAT Creator.

In the past, PS2 emulation on PS3 has been something of a spotty effort. If you bought an older system, you just might be enjoying backwards compatibility while newer versions are more or less left in the dust. However that could change with this new Sony job posting.

Showtime is one of the PS3's most valuable homebrew applications with a bevy of music and movies to enjoy.  But what  if you could make that experience even better? Check out the Oceanus skin from facanferff.

With so many developments in the scene lately, updates to all of the major PS3 tools are starting to trickle in. Early on in this cycle comes $n!pR who is here to announce the 1.30 version of his .pkg GUI.

French developer raymanvtwo over at ps-addict.fr has released a tutorial that claims possible installation of Rebug CFW 4.21.1 on any PS3, that is with the aid of a hardware flasher.

We've seen a couple of different options when it comes to disk eboot signers, but what about those .pkg files used for homebrew and PSN games? Thanks to z3roblu3 you now have a pretty cool batch script to get the job done.