69w ago - Today PlayStation 3 hacker KaKaRoToKS has posted a status update on the PS3 4.0 Homebrew Enabler (HEN), which comes just six weeks since the previous confirmation that it indeed works on Sony's latest Firmware version.

To quote: Here’s a “quick” status update on the 4.00 HEN (Homebrew ENabler) for PS3.

Following my clarifications from almost 2 months ago here, there has been a lot of progress. We have not been slacking off, we’re a group of about 10 developers working together for the last 2 months, for sometimes 15 hours everyday in order to bring back homebrew support to the latest version of the PS3.

There are three major parts to the HEN, first, getting the packages to install on the PS3, that part is done, completed, tested, debugged, etc.. the second part is to get the apps to run, that one still has major issues... the last part is something I will not discuss for now (it’s a surprise) but it’s about 60% to 70% done (and it has nothing to do with peek&poke and has nothing to do with backup managers or anything...

106w ago - Today PlayStation 3 hacker blazie151 has released version 1.4 of his PS3 Cheat Enabler homebrew application followed by a bugfix update in version 1.4.1.

Download: PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.4 / PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.4 (Mirror) / PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.4.1 / PS3 Keys

To quote: It features some huge code improvements that boost performance, a few bug fixes, XP support (could still be buggy do to lack of enough testers), and greatly improved game compatibility. I'm also including a new version of the cheat database with it, which has some new games and additional cheats for games that were already supported.

New features in this release:

• SFO creation and patching is all done within this application now, instead of calling out to another application to do it. It's now creating a new param.sfo from scratch, using any pertinent values from the original param that it can. By doing it this way it's fixing a ton of current compatibility issues (like with Star Ocean and Ninja Gaiden 2). It's not using a generic value for certain things like resolution and sound format either,...

108w ago - Today TeamSOS have updated their PlayStation 3 cheat homebrew application to PS3 Cheat Enabler version 1.3 which now includes the ability to make CHEAT PKG files for use on both PS3 backups and original games.

Download: PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.3 / PS3 Keys

To quote: Ok, so the ChangeLog is:

• Added ability of Cheat Pkg creation
  
• Added ability of reading from both param.sfo files and encrypted eboots of games for the contentID (increases game compatibility with patches and updates, You still use the disc eboot to create the cheat pkg, of course, but you can also give it the npdrm eboot its replacing and it will match its information for increase compatibility)
  
• Bug Fixes
  
• PS3 keys folder check added (If the folder cannot be found, the application will shutdown instantly)
  
• Cheat Database Updated, added few more games and updated some games with more cheats.
  

Well, guess thats it! Hope you have a blast!

This application requires a set of decryption keys to unself the EBOOT.BIN file. All you have to do is download the ps3 keys and place them in your user folder. On Windows 7 that's in:
C:\User\[yourusername]\ps3keys

109w ago - This weekend TeamSOS have released a PlayStation 3 homebrew application dubbed PS3 Cheat Enabler version 1.1 followed by some revisions below.

Download: PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.1 / PS3 Cheat Enabler v1.2

To quote: The PS3 Cheat Enabler is a simple GUI app that lets you turn on cheats in your games.

It works by editing the Eboot.bin files of your game, but not to worry fellow brethren, this GUI will get your cheats on and off in a click of a button.

Before you jump in, there are some tidbits of info you guys need to know, as in:

1. The cheat database comes in separately so make sure they are in the same folder to make the app work properly. We did it this way because it becomes easier to just update the database (just a few KB) rather than updating the entire software.

2. This app has an Auto Mode and Manual Mode. Auto mode is the easy way, just select the eboot, direct yourself to the correct game from the drop down box, check the cheats you want and wallah all done. Manual mode you need to select the eboot and put the hex pattern of the original code and then enter the hex pattern of the modified code and then update the eboot so the cheat is enabled. Auto Mode is normally preferred.

113w ago - Today French developer Axtux has released a PlayStation 3 homebrew application called PS3 Package Enabler v0.1 which allows users to enable and disable Install Package (PKG) Files.

Download: PS3 Package Enabler v0.1 / PS3 Package Enabler v0.1 Source Code

To quote, roughly translated: I just finished my application package Enabler allows to enable / disable the "Install package files" in OFW / CFW.

Basically, it was found to be less on the PSN but it is very useful.

You can still use it to clean up the Game category once your applications are installed.