22w ago - Following up on his previous release, this weekend PlayStation 3 developer deroad has updated his Install Package Homebrew application to v1.3 followed by v1.3b for PS3 CFW users with details below.

Download: Install Package Homebrew v1.3 / v1.3b for PS3 CFW / Install Package Homebrew v1.3 / v1.3b for PS3 GeoHot CFW / GIT

To quote from his blog on the changes: I have fixed a bug on this homebrew. now this tool is perfect (I hope).

My git was updated to this version (1.3) and on the 25th of December there will be a Christmas release.

Update: I have updated the version to 1.3b (the download link will be the same) I noticed before that i could make it install infinite pkg, and now it does.

23w ago - Following up on RenPKG and RAP2RIF, PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Eslab has now made available RIF2RAP which no longer requires users to downgrade their PS3 console to 3.55 to export the RAP files.

Download: RIF2RAP / RIF2RAP (Mirror) / RIF2RAP (Mirror #2) / RIF2RAP Edit / RIF2RAP Edit (Mirror) by BlackDeath / Get IDPS.pkg (4.20+ Signed) by Anxietic

With this application, it is now possible to convert RIF files on the PlayStation 3 console to RAP files.

From mikufans: Hello, recently my friend released a tool: rif2rap. It does help those who want to share the rap. And there is no need to downgrade the PS3 concole to 3.55 to export the rap. Just run this rif2rap.exe, and get the rap.

Tested OK by some of my friends. The Tutorial is so easy that no need to explain here.

26w ago - Today Sony PlayStation 3 hacker KaKaRoTo has shared a video on his latest PS3 release he calls Eleganz: The Elegant Homebrew Manager with details below.

Download: Eleganz: The Elegant Homebrew Manager PS3 PKG / GIT / PS3Dev GIT / Eleganz: The Elegant Homebrew Manager PS3 PKG (Mirror) / Eleganz: The Elegant Homebrew Manager PS3 (Resigned 4.xx) PKG by haz367 (runs ok - exit = black screen - no HDD corruption!)

From his blog: Hi everyone, Last year, in January, I decided to have some fun and write a homebrew application using the EFL (trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/EFLOverview) libraries. I decided to work on a homebrew manager.. basically a replacement to the XMB.

It went really well, and the development was really fast, and it was all thanks to the awesome API (docs.enlightenment.org) and capabilities of the EFL libraries. However, I became busy and was unable to continue... also, it was a bit slow and without proper hardware acceleration, it wouldn’t be as good as I hoped for, so I put the project on the...

26w ago - Following up on his previous work, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer condorstrike has released Condor Updater 3 followed by v3.1 for PS3, which offers a pseudo-recovery mode system firmware update from the XMB.

Download: Condor Updater 3 PS3 Homebrew Application / Condor Updater 3 PS3 Homebrew Application (Mirror) / Condor Updater 3.1 PS3 Homebrew Application / Condor Updater 3.1 PS3 Homebrew Application (Mirror)

From his blog (linked above): Hi guys, I took a short break from Pointman, my upcoming PS3 Homebrew video game, and decided to investigate what Sony did to prevent Condor Updater from working on 4.xx.

After some coffee and hair pulling it seems the culprit was one of my protection checks implemented in v2.0, so I re-wrote it and added a nice PIC1.PNG and ICON0.PNG, and now it works on 4.xx CFWs.

MD5:...

26w ago - Following up on his previous release, this weekend PlayStation 3 homebrew developer majrawi has made available a PS3 DEX homebrew application called Majrawi EDAT (PSN) PKG Creator with details below.

Download: Majrawi EDAT PKG Creator PS3 Homebrew App / Majrawi EDAT PKG Creator PS3 Homebrew App (Mirror)

From the ReadMe file: Here's another tool for PS3 to make things easier like Majrawi DEX Game Fixer by the help of this tool there's no need to open the Multi man then go to FTP and copy "EDAT" files from your storage device into the PS3 !!! (that's a waste of time)

How to use: Just drag and drop your ".edat" on the exe file and it automatically will convert it to ".pkg" file

YOU CAN RUN THIS PKG ON THIS CFW & DEX VERSIONS: (CFW 3.41 - CFW 3.55 - CFW 4.21 - CFW 4.21 REX - CFW 4.30 & All version DEX)

Notice: even if your ".edat" file doesn't have it's original name along, this tool will hex it and will convert it into ".pkg" with it's Original name !

For example if your...