7w ago - Naughty Dog Community Strategist Arne Meyer has announced today that The Last of Us: American Dreams comic book issue #1 is out now.

Below are the details, to quote: We're proud to share the news that the first issue of The Last of Us: American Dreams - a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics and jointly written by Naughty Dog Creative Director Neil Druckmann and the talented Faith Erin Hicks - is in stores now.

The series art is also by Faith, with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, lettering by Clem Robins, and the stunning covers by Julián Totino Tedesco.

Trust us when we say that American Dreams doesn't spoil any of the story found in The Last of Us game, and instead gives you a great introduction to Ellie and her life as told through events inside the quarantine zone taking place prior to the game.

I have to say, even though I've been able to watch the American Dreams series take shape over the past several months as we worked on it with Dark Horse Comics, it was still no less awesome to finally see it in front of me and read Issue #1 as an actual, real comic book.

Brendan Wright, Editor of The Last of Us: American Dreams, has a great blog post over on the Dark Horse Web site that introduces...

7w ago - Following up on their previous update, today Team SGK has released PS3 CFW 4.40.4 with the changes outlined below.

Download: PS3UPDATCdEX-4.40.4-CFW+by+SGK.PUP / PS3UPDATCdEX-4.40.4-CFW+by+SGK.PUP (Mirror)

MD5 Hash: 7e065a2b54b96667255fdfd4ba1ddf89

To quote, roughly translated:

Changelog:

• Adding toolbox function Rebug
  
• Adding fashion in 4.40 Rebug DEX FUNCTIONAL via toolbox
  
• Added debug menu in the menu setting in Rebug mode via toolbox
  
• Adding fake save data owner FUNCTIONAL
  
• On replacement by new icon by icon Hackxell
  
• Complete overhaul of the cose of cfw for copied!!
  
• Optimization of loading games
  
• Added retre lisence pkg psn not need it reactpsn
  
• (sertaint ps1 ps2 as pkg psn reactpsn and toujour required)
  
• (ps3 pkg saint row the third as an error is 80010009 and reactpsn toujour required) (the advance)
  
• Added patch Cinavia
  
• Added compatibility with reactpsn
  
• Added fix dualshock
  
• BD Emulation...

7w ago - Following up on the PS3 IDPS Viewer, PS3 Request IDPS Generator and PS Unban, today French PlayStation 3 homebrew developers Labuse and Raymanvtwo have shared a video introducing their latest PS3 unbanning IDPS Proj3ct.

To quote, roughly translated:

This process deals with modification in the flash memory of your PS3. So beware of the risk involved. As you will be the one responsible for any damages.

1 - It’s free.
2 - It does not provide for IDPS.
3 - 1 change per member (archiving R_K to control all business)
4 - no requirement to have an ODE or another to benefit from this service.
5 - Do not buy IDPS! , but get it by your own means. It does not provide a repair service or any failure or brick If you do not have access to PSN / SEN after our intervention, you you probably have stolen your IDPS, we test the validity of IDPS before making the change.
6 - You do not store the IDPS valid for use...

7w ago - Following up on the initial release, Sony hacker Total_Noob has released the TN-V v2 Custom Emulator Firmware (CEF) 6.60 for PS Vita handheld consoles.

Download: EBOOT.PBP (229 Kb) / EBOOT.PBP (Mirror)

To quote: Great news, an update to TN-V is here to fix a lot of issues and features!

After the recent release of TN-V users have been actively reporting their issues and bugs here which has allowed us to efficiently get these fixed. Here's the full change log for Version 2 of TN-V.

Added option in 'Advanced' to delete ISO cache. This may help if you'll get an infinite loop while opening game menu.

• Added option in 'Advanced' to delete ISO cache. This may help if you'll get an infinite loop while opening game menu.
  
• Added possibility to launch backup file from savedata folder.
  
• Added ability to move backup file to 'ms0:/ISO'.
  
• Added support for custom PS1 DOCUMENT.DAT.
  
• Fixed msfs driver bug that caused data corruption which led to resetted settings.

7w ago - Naughty Dog Creative Director Neil Druckmann has unveiled a new Red Band video trailer for The Last of Us on PlayStation 3 today!

Below are the details and video footage, to quote: We kicked off the television campaign for The Last of Us on Sunday, with our first official TV spot on the season finale of AMC's The Walking Dead.

We'd like to share with you the red band story trailer that TV spot called out. Take a look at some new gameplay from The Last of Us:

This gameplay represents a slice of the journey Joel and Ellie will be taking across the United States. They'll travel westward, traversing different climates, environments, and seasons. The moral dilemmas and decisions they're forced to make will test the limits of their conscience and humanity.





Who is a friend and who is a foe? The Last of Us explores many questions that deal with themes of loyalty, love, and redemption. We're excited to hear what you have to say about the game and its narrative.

The Last of Us will be available June 14th, 2013.