19w ago - Ubisoft Community Developer Gabriel Graziani has officially announced today that the Assassin's Creed III Battle Hardened Pack is now on PSN.

Below are the details, to quote: The Battle Hardened Pack for Assassin's Creed III is out now!

Available on PSN for $9.99, It adds three new maps and three new characters to the sneaky - yet brutal - multiplayer, and introduces a little extra variety to your Animus-simulated mayhem.

Of course, if you have a Season Pass, you'll get all of this free. Here's a breakdown of what you'll get:

• Three New Characters
• The influential Governor
• The resilient Highlander
• The fearsome Coyote Man
• Three New Multiplayer Maps
• The lush, tropical Saint Pierre
• The moody, atmospheric Fort St-Mathieu
• The embattled, enflamed Charlestown

Rally your troops, discover the power of numbers and ignite the revolution!

21w ago - Following yesterday's Resident Evil Paintown Final Alpha for PS3 3.55 / 4.XX CFW release, here is the Paintown Mod Pack V2 PKG file for those interested on PS3 3.55 or 4.XX CFW!

Download: Paintown v3.6.1 Mod Pack v2 PKG (479 MB)

More details are available on it HERE for those who previously missed this Paintown Mod Pack V2 PKG update.

Instructions:

1- Install Paintown Mod Pack v2.pkg (if you not have on your PS3)
2- Install the pkg of your version (3.55 or 4.XX)

Enjoy!

23w ago - Following up on his previous update, today PlayStation 3 developer Flat_z has updated the PS3 Save Game Tools Pack to include SFOPatcher v0.2.0 and PFDTool version 0.2.3 alongside an update to the BruteforceSaveData GUI by aldostools below.

Download: PS3 Save Game Tools Pack Update (121412) / PFDTool and SFOPatcher Source Code / BruteforceSaveData GUI

From Flat_z: Some people asked me about the source code of pfd & sfo tools.. here they are (linked above).

Guys, here is an update of my tools. It contains an update to sfopatcher (see the changelog below) and a small update to pfdtool. Previously you should make a save game for your game on your console and then use PARAM.SFO from it as a template to PARAM.SFO from a foreign save game to build a new PARAM.SFO which will contain the data specific to your console. A newer version of sfopatcher will use a foreign save data directory and params only if you specify these options.

From aldostools: A...

23w ago - Community Coordinator Steven Isbell has confirmed today that the LittleBigPlanet 2 PS3 / PS Vita Cross-Controller Pack is due out next Tuesday.

To quote: December sees yet another awesome addition to LittleBigPlanet 2 -- the Cross-Controller Pack - making LittleBigPlanet 2 the first game to support this exciting new feature!

But what is Cross-Controller? Well, Cross-Controller lets you to use PS Vita as a controller for PlayStation 3, allowing the use of PS Vita-only features, like front and rear touch, in PlayStation 3 games.

More importantly, it provides a whole second screen where action can take place! This allows for an unimaginable number of new ways to play, some of which you'll experience with the LittleBigPlanet 2 Cross-Controller Pack!

In the LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross-Controller Pack, Sackboy joins up with a group of lovable Space Pirates as they race to find a valuable treasure long thought lost to the Cosmos. On their adventure they'll encounter new obstacles that can only be overcome with the help of PS Vita's unique features.

As well as a new adventure for Sackboy to take part in, players can get their hands on a suite of new tools that let them create Cross-Controller levels for the community to play.

The LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross-Controller...

24w ago - Following up on his initial release, this weekend PlayStation 3 developer Flat_z has updated his PS3 Save Game Tools hacking pack alongside a fix for PFDTool v0.2.0 followed by v0.2.1 and v0.2.2 with details below.

Download: PS3 Save Game Tools Pack v0.2.0 / PFDTool v0.2.0 Fix / PFDTool v0.2.2 (Removed) / PFDTool v0.2.2 Fix / PFDTool v0.2.2 (Final) / MSVCR100.dll (Required)

From the included ReadMe file: Guys, here is an updated version of pfdtool.

Please test it carefully because I have no time at the moment to test it by myself.

Changelog:

• Support of PARAM.PFD for trophies (without keys, of course)
  
• Support of PARAM.PFD v4 which used in a newer SDK
  
• Fixed a bug with verify operation on signature hashes
  
• Now you can use a list of product codes delimeted by '/' (slash), for example: [BLUS31142/BLES01403], they should use the same disc hash key and secure...