4w ago - Following up on their Rebug PS3 4.41 Version Spoofer 2.3, Sony PlayStation 3 hackers Cyberskunk and evilsperm of Team Rebug have also released Rebug Update Package 0.2 for 4.21.X and 4.30.X allowing Custom Firmware (CFW) users to connect to PSN.

Download: Rebug_Update_Package_0.2_4.21.x.pkg / Rebug_Update_Package_0.2_4.21.x.pkg (Mirror) / Rebug_Update_Package_0.2_4.30.x.pkg / Rebug_Update_Package_0.2_4.30.x.pkg (Mirror)

To quote: Rebug Update Package 0.2 – 4.21.x and 4.30.x - THIS ALLOWS PSN ACCESS - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - FOR REBUG 4.21.x AND REBUG 4.30.x ONLY - YOU MUST BE IN REBUG MODE TO ACCESS PSN

This will update REBUG’s version spoof files to 4.41 and allow connection to PSN.

UPDATER WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASKS

Update the current version spoof files to 4.41 with PSN access

4w ago - Following up on PS3 Firmware 4.40, today Sony Tweeted news of PS3 System Software update v4.41 with details below.

Download: PS3 Firmware 4.41 Update (US) / PS3 Firmware 4.41 Update (EU)

In a nutshell, PS3 Firmware 4.41 is a minor PlayStation 3 update that will improve system stability. I just got prompted to do a system update. Looks like no online until some PS3 CFW news appears, however, the encryption keys and the passphrase is still the same.

Below is what the Tweet states, to quote: "PS3 software update v4.41 is coming today, it's a minor update that will improve system stability."

As always, more details and an official changelog will be posted once they become available.

Below are some changes from eussNL as well:

Kiosk/Shop/SEX was also changed – same deal as retail of course. Still downgradeable...

6w ago - Following up on his initial releases, today Iranian PlayStation 3 developer M3hDiR has made available PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.2 with changes outlined below.

Download: PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.2 / PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.2 (Mirror)

To quote, roughly translated:

PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.2 Changelog:

• Added ability Paste a game ID (or Title ID) in the search field.
  
• Fix problems when showing games list that are loaded from the folder GAMES. (Fixed UTF-8 for viewing gimes list)
  
• Fix problems old games that get update links error and app was closed.
  

7w ago - Today Iranian PlayStation 3 developer M3hDiR has made available yet another PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.0 followed by v1.1 with the details outlined below.

Download: PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.0 / PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.0 (Mirror) / PS3 Game Updates Finder v1.1

To quote, roughly translated:

Features:

• Find and download the latest updates of PS3 GAMES.
  
• Search for a game update via import GAME ID or by import PARAM.SFO
  
• Adding game update to the list of IDM for download.
  
• Export and Save link of game updates to text file.
  

v1.1 Changelog:

• Added Import Games folder
  
• Prevent incorrect ID entered while the game ID to be manually entered
  
• Added Help (Tool tip)
  
• Fixed Bugs
  

7w ago - Today Sony Designer Vincent Napoli at Santa Monica has shared a video announcing that the God of War: Ascension update brings new PS3 features and fixes with details below.

To quote: Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to run their Blades through my poor little champion’s skull every night in God of War: Ascension‘s brutal multiplayer mode. After a long day of work, there is definitely something to be said about gutting and impaling people into the wee hours of the morning!

One of primary reasons we’ve been relatively quiet in the last week regarding support and DLC updates is because we’ve been heads down, working on an update which expands our God of War: Ascension multiplayer experience and addresses some key issues our community has helped us identify and diagnose. There are lots of gameplay developments coming down the pipeline, and today we’ll be sharing some of the stuff that’s moved into our final testing and tuning phase.

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