Update: PUPXtractor v0.2 for PS3 is now available, which now works on TAR format.

Today Ac_K has released yet another PUP update extractor /
unpacker, this time dubbed PUPXtractor v0.1 for PS3.

Download: PUPXtractor v0.1 for PS3

For those curious, previous PS3 update utilities used to do this task include PS3 Update Unpacker v1, PS3 PUP Extractor v1.00, GPUP PS3 PUP Unpacker/Packer v0.3.1 and PUPiT v0.1 For PS3.

To quote from the PUPXtractor v0.1 ReadMe...

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Today PSP developer FreePlay has released UnBar v0.1, which is an expansion of UnBeat (also linked below, unpacks PSN game 'Beats' .BAR files). UnBar processes the .BAR files from the Home BETA for PlayStation 3.

Download: Home BETA 0.86 / %1# / %2# / %3#

From the ReadMe File: To use this program, just drag/drop a .BAR file onto the .EXE, or run it from your command...

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Periodically Sony includes interim retail PS3 Firmware updates on PS3 game discs and console region revisions.

Examples include PS3 Firmware 1.02 (on launch title Game Discs including Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom), 1.11 (on early JAP PS3 consoles), and 1.55 (on early 60GB PS3 consoles). These never make it to actual PS3 Firmware updates via PSN, as they generally only...

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Mainman has updated his PS3 NAND Extractor/UnPacker to v0.4 recently! Changes to the latest revision include support for multiple dumps. The NAND Tool now scans for files, versus using a fixed position making it much more robust with extracting files.

It includes BETA support for the 40gb PlayStation 3 flash, however, we are still working out a few major bugs prior to a...

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Tonight mainman has released the PS3 NAND Dump Extractor/Unpacker that has been in the works for awhile!

Download: ^6#

It comes with a Windows and Linux binary as well as source code, and those without an Infectus Mod can still experiment with it using the following 'dumpable dumps' files (via PS3 Infectus) available in %1# when merged:

samsungk9f1g08uoa_a-_www.PS3News.com_.rar [54.2 MB (56,925,643 bytes)]

samsungk9f1g08uoa_b_usb-_www.PS3News.com_.rar...

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jas0nuk has released an updated build of PRXDecrypter. Primarily geared towards developers, the application allows users to decrypt PRX modules and other miscellaneous firmware resources.

Notable changes in version 1.8 include the ability to decrypt updater executables, and improved file type detection that now works with any file that has a decryption key.

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Anoop Menon has updated PS3 Theme Extractor/Unpacker once again today! As always, changes are detailed below:

Download: ^1# [Windows] / PS3 Theme Extractor v0.11 SRC [Linux]

12/08/07 -0.11- Added support to extract sound files from

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Anoop Menon has updated PS3 Theme Extractor/Unpacker today, with the following changes detailed below:

Download: ^1# [Windows] / PS3 Theme Extractor v0.10 SRC [Linux]

12/07/07 -0.10- Some icons whose width was not a multiple of 4 were being extracted incorrectly and ended up looking skewed. This has now been fixed (thx to FluBBa for pointing out the

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Anoop Menon has updated PS3 Theme Extractor/Unpacker to v0.9 today, with the following changes:

Download: ^1# [Windows] / PS3 Theme Extractor v0.9 SRC [Linux]

12/06/07 -0.9- dragging and dropping a p3t file onto the executable now works in Windows (thx to Matt Endersby for reporting the issue).

In addition, the default extracted path is now...

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Anoop Menon has updated his PS3 Theme Extractor/Unpacker today to v0.8!

Download: ^1# [Windows] / PS3 Theme Extractor v0.8 SRC [Linux]

Changelog:

12/03/07 -0.8- fixed a bug in the XML output

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