It's not easy for a company to make an open-world game that stands totally separate form the titan that is Grand Theft Auto. THQ went the opposite direction of other companies and decided to make their first entry into the free-roaming gangster genre what was essentially a re-skinned GTA.
Luckily for the publisher no one had seen GTA on next-gen systems so Saints Row was their only option for a high-def world of free-roaming destruction. Now it's the year 2008, gamers everywhere are gearing up for Grand Theft Auto IV and yet the people at THQ don't seem worried.
In fact, they seem downright confident that Saints Row 2 will be able to woo gamers away from Rockstar's latest. Just last week we got a look at a very early build and while we weren't allowed to delve deep into what the city of Stillwater holds this time around, we can say that the building blocks are once again in place for a rousing open-world thugfest.
As those who played through the... More »
Nekokabu has released a working Dual Layer Wii disc ripper.
As you'd expect, this tool promises to allow you to backup Wii DL discs, which will be music to modders and fans of Super Smash Bros.
Download: Wii-GC Raw Disc Image Dumper v0.04
Red Squirrel has updated his PSAR Dumper for PSP today to v2.2!
Download: RS PSAR Dumper v2.2 for PSP
To quote: This is my new update to RS PSAR Dumper. The changelog is very simple: ADDED COMPATIBILITY FOR 3.90 EBOOT!
Note: I want to remember to you that to make RS PSAR Dumper compatible with 3.80-3.90 EBOOTs you need pspdecrypt.prx taken from 3.80 PSAR Dumper by HelldashX.
A quick update tonight with a few more details about the upcoming Eboot.bin Dumper utility. It dumps the Eboot.bin from your original PS3 Game disc, and strips the disc layer of encryption, so it is a less-encrypted SELF.
The program is simple to use: first install the package to a TEST/TOOL PS3. Then insert a memory stick in the PS3 and run the program. Upon completion, remove the memory stick and read it in a PC.
You now have an EBOOT.BIN that is void of the disc layer of encryption! There are still a few add-ons that can be made such as dumping to a PC, however that may be done down the road. Below is a picture of the BETA version of the XMB info screen for the utility.
Furthermore, we have noticed it's a bit easier to dump some of the system memory via GDB than our own custom code.
Why? Well check back on that, but we have already found a decrypted sprx in memory, and that was only after a few seconds of looking.. so ... More »
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We have been revisiting the aspects of the Blu-Ray disc encryption today. As we know every executable is encrypted, and those executables that are placed on game discs are encrypted once more.
This second layer of encryption can be quite the bother, as it hinders our efforts to explore the console. So we have created a tool that runs on Dev machines that automatically dumps the main encrypted file (EBOOT.BIN) to a PC, or Memory Card.
The PS3News.com EBOOT.BIN dumper may be publically released in coming days, it is ready to go and is installable as a PKG, however it will only work on a Debug/Tool console!
This file is void of the Disc Based layer encryption, it is just a SELF. The SELF is encrypted as well, however we are much more familiar with the SELF file format, than with the randomness of an EBOOT.BIN.
Below is a picture of the utility, as well as screenshots of the following files, in their SELF form. The files were taken from... More »
Nearly a month ago CJPC posted a Warhawk: Take Two PS3 Dev article.. since then a lot has happened, but due to finals and the holidays most of the resident Devs are too busy to update the news with their progress.
Recently ggparallel has shared the following for those interested- to quote:
Warhawk, is a game for PS3 GAMEOS. The retail version on Blue-ray allows you to send pkg via fake Web server via patches.
Howto under MAC OS:
Create a script that binds the various IPs of Sony Web server for example in MACOSX:
warhawk-start-interface.sh
#!/bin/bash
# where en0 is the interface you make the Web server listen
int=“en0”
echo echo starting en0 aliases for PS3 networks
echo echo adding Warhawk http server port 80
/sbin/ifconfig $int inet 87.248.216.24 netmask 255.255.255.255
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Red_Squirrel has released modified version of Dark_Alex's PopsLoader which is now compatible with the brand new PSP firmware v3.73.
Download: PSP 3.73 PopsLoader
Installation:
The same of original POPSLoader. To obtain 3.73 prxs you can use RSPsar Dumper (or M33Psar Dumper). PRXs must be decrypted, so you need to use SQUARE option in Psar Dumper.
Necessary PRXs are the same of 3.72 pops, so: popsman.prx, pops.prx, libpspvmc.prx e pafmini.prx.
Later you need to insert PRXs in /SEPLUGINS/POPSLOADER as popsman373.prx, pops373.prx, libpspvmc373.prx and pafmini373.prx. At the end you need to overwrite original PopsLoader.prx with the one contained in the package.
A new PSP Firmware Update is now available via Network Update and linked below. Thus far, only one familiar change is listed in the changelog:
Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded
Download: PSP Firmware v3.73 (US) / PSP Firmware v3.73 (EU)
Not an exciting update, although it means more PSN titles for PSP are forthcoming which will likely require Firmware 3.73. Additionally, Service Mode has been confirmed as working and PSAR Dumper decrypts everything for those wondering.
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