4w ago - Following up on his previous updates, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPC v0.9 RC which is a PC XMB (Xcross Media Bar) clone with the changelog below.

Download: XMBPC v0.9 RC PS3 / PS3 Controller Drivers (x64 & x32)

To quote: Complete Changelog from v0.8 to v0.9:

• Fixed: Settings menu now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: Pictures menu now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: Music menu now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: Video menu now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: Games menu now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: "PS2 Games" folder now closes correctly when starting something
  
• Fixed: You should not more receive errors when closing a game
  
• Updated: PS Menu
  
• Updated: XMBPC Background (I will check the animation problems again tonight...)
  
• Fixed: XMBPC should not more crash when trying to change the theme and there's no theme in .\media\themes
  
• Fixed: PS...

6w ago - Following up on his previous updates, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPC v0.8 RC followed by v0.8.1 and v0.8.2 which is a PC XMB clone with the changelog below.

Download: XMBPC v0.8 RC PS3 / PS3 Controller Drivers (x64 & x32)

To quote: What is XMBPC?

XMBPC is a free tool to emulate/simulate the PS3 XMB User Interface on your PC. This allows a user to launch many forms of media from the simulated XMB on the PC. This will not emulate PS3 Games / Homebrew this is just a XMB clone.

Changelog for v0.8 RC:

Hi everyone, a new version of XMBPC is available! Changelogs from v0.7.2 BETA to v0.8 RC

• Setup redesigned (Replaced XMBPCE to XMBPC ; Autofills the username ; Removed useless passwordbox ; Added PS2 ISO selector)
  
• PS2 Emulator Integration "PS2Loader"
  
• Recognizes PS2 Game Discs
  
• Start PS2 Game Discs directly from XMBPC
  
• Start PS2 ISOs directly from XMBPC
  
• New subcategory under "Games" -> "PS2 Games" folder
  
• PS...

7w ago - Following up on his previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has updated PS3 Multi Tools for Windows to version 10 followed by v10.1 with the changes below.

Download: PS3 Multi Tools v10 / PS3 Multi Tools v10.1

PS Multi Tools v10 Changelog:

What is PS Multi Tools?

• PS Multi Tools (previously PS3 Multi Tools) was designed to manage your PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups.
  
• It is able to load your PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups from a folder/memory stick (like GAMEZ, GAMES, ...) and reading the PARAM.SFO/SYSTEM.CNF file.
  
• You are also able to copy the PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups into an other HDD/Memory Stick.
  

With PS Multi Tools you can:

• Load PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups
  
• Copy PS3/PS2/PSP Game Backups to a HDD/Memory Stick
  
• Format a HDD to FAT32 (any HDD size)
  
• Sign PKG files
  
• Patch LV2 for 4.21
  
• Edit PARAM.SFO files
  
• Decrypt/Sign EBOOTs up to 4.XX
  
• Check the MD5 Hash of the downloaded...

9w ago - Following up on his previous revision, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPCE v0.7 Beta followed by v0.7.2 which is a PC XMB clone with the changelog below.

Download: XMBPCE v0.7 Beta with Cover Pack / XMBPCE v0.7.2 Beta with Cover Pack / PS3 Controller Drivers (x64 & x32)

To quote: Changelog for XMBPCE v0.70:

• New game covers (Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, ...)
  
• You can now browse previous files, not only browse the next ones.
  
• Theme installer (Yes, p3t files compatibility. TO INSTALL THEMES YOU NEED TO PLACE THE P3T FILE IN .mediaThemes)
  
• Background downloader (Like on the PS3 with a speed indicator feature)
  
• File browser for future things (You can control it with the controller and select your p3t theme from there)
  
• Now loading game disc cover from “.mediaCovers”, improves compatibility & speed
  
• New game handling system (PS Button should now work ingame)
  
• Other compatibility...

11w ago - Following up on his initial announcement, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer SvenGDK has released XMBPCE v0.6.5 Beta which is a PC XMB clone with details below.

Download: XMBPCE v0.6.5 Beta with Cover Pack / PS3 Controller Drivers (x64 & x32)

To quote: Hi everyone! I'm proud to finally release the first Beta of XMBPCE.

What is the XMB (XrossMediaBar)?

XMB is the graphical user interface of the PS3 & PSP.

What can I do with this emulator?

With this emulator you can use the graphical user interface of the PS3/PSP on your Windows PC. You can control it with the PS3 Controller.

What has been done already?

Setup: Done
Driver installation: Not done yet (REQUIRES MOTIONJOY DRIVER!)
XMB Boot: Done
Graphical user interface: Halfway done (Animated background missing ...)
Playstation Button Menu: Halfway done (NOT STABLE!)
Controller support: Done

Category browsing: "Games", "Home/Users", "Music", "Videos" and "Pictures"

Handling...