71w ago - This weekend PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Redsquirrel87 has released version 3.3.384 of the unofficial Showtime PS3 Media Player Repack with the changes outlined below, as follows:

Download: PS3 Showtime Media Player Repack v3.3.384

PS3 Showtime Media Player Repack v3.3.383 Changelog:

• Fix bug causing screen saver to show a little too much stuff at once
  
• ps3: Fix regression from last commit (seek caused picture order problems)
  
• Update trad. chinese translation
  
• ps3: Various fixes for problems with cell accelerated h264 playback
  
• ps3: Fix mono float (ac3, etc) audio output
  

71w ago - Today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Redsquirrel87 has updated Showtime PS3 Media Player Repack to version 3.3.379 with the changelog detailed below, as follows:

Download: PS3 Showtime Media Player Repack v3.3.379

PS3 Showtime Media Player Repack v3.3.379 Changelog:

• Minor fixes
  
• Add support for plural forms in i18n code
  
• Update Polish translation
  
• glw: Make sure the UI respects orientation of images also when doing alpha shaded borders
  
• glw: More clist wip
  
• Don't try to write to blobcache if file load fails
  
• Initial clist
  
• Make it possible to turn off the multilingual 'No media loaded'
  
• Mac: Map F4 -> Enable screen saver
  
• theme: Make the 'No media loaded' screen a bit funkier
  
• Use av_malloc() where we should
  
• Add support for imageset: URIs
  
• glw: Fix bug causing reload of images due to rescaling requirement to sometimes fail
  

71w ago - Following up on my previous releases, today a new PS3 PKGView Extractor homebrew application version 1.2 update is available and has been fully tested by catalinnc.

Download: PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor

PKGView is a tool for extracting files from PS3 PKG. Tool is 100% legal it contains no code Sony. PKGView also has a graphical interface that simplifies the extraction of both individual files and the complete package.

PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor Homebrew Application Version 1.2 Changelog:

• FIX: Still failing to extract large files.
  
• FIX: Structure parsing issues.
  
• FIX: Other extraction issues.
  
• More descriptive extraction window.
  
• Optimized extraction of retail pkg.
  
• Now creates an extraction log.
  

71w ago - Sony PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen is here with this weeks US PSN updates today, as follows:

It's a release of great new content on PlayStation Store, including new games and some amazing first looks at some of 2012's most anticipated titles!

Today, we complete the Final Fantasy PS one Classics presence with the release of Final Fantasy Origins. See the roots of the Final Fantasy series with this collection, which includes Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II.

These versions sport updated presentations from their original 8-bit debuts but retain the same gameplay that launched this venerable franchise.

Additional games headlining the New Releases include Crazy Machines Elements and Choplifter HD. Create series of chain reactions in the latest addition to the award-winning Crazy Machines series or jump into a classic arcade adventure reimagined in HD with Choplifter HD! Both also have demos available for download.

You're not going to want to miss two new demos hitting today: Asura's Wrath and Final Fantasy XIII-2. On one hand, you'll be able to try out parts of two episodes from Asura's Wrath, featuring larger than life combat. On the other, try out the gripping RPG combat with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and glimpse what awaits this classic cast on their...

71w ago - Following up on the previous release by PlayStation 3 developer Hotz8611, today the popular homebrew PSN application ReActPSN has been updated to version 2.10 for PS3 3.55 CFW users which requires no VSH patching and no aa user among the changes outlined below.

Download: ReActPSN v2.10 Homebrew PSN App Update for PS3 CFW / ReActPSN v2.10 Homebrew PSN App Update for PS3 CFW (Mirror)

The update also allows users to convert PSN demos to full games without RAPS and EDAT files, and to quote from the included ReadMe file:

ReActPSN v2.10

1. Compatible with reActPSN v2.00.
2. Changed v2.0 backup file format to one zip file, backup speed fast more than 20 times. Fixed some rap long name bug.
3. Added edat fix mode, this mode working on any CFW, no need aa user or patched vsh.self.

(1) Auto generate XMB purchase full activation edat, no need any raps or official edat files. Install official LIMBO.pkg TERIS.pkg HCU.pkg, Run reActPSNv2.10 and keep pressed BUTTON_CIRCLE about 6s, all will be full working. Higher PS3_SYSTEM_VER also be fixed in SFO...