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PS3 HDD Toolbox v0.94 and PS3 Update Extractor v1.12 out!

Today adrian6184 sent word that Spanish PS3 Dev ifcaro released PS3 HDD Toolbox v0.94 over the weekend, which is based on the recent work of knightsolidus and used to facilitate the encryption and decryption of the PS3 HDD.

 

Also available from ifcaro is PS3 Update Extractor v1.12, which is a revision of NDT's previous work used to extract recent PS3 updates files.

 

Download: <a href="http://ps3zone.ifcaro.net/archivos/PS3%20H...lbox%200.94.rar" target="_blank">http://ps3zone.ifcaro.net/archivos/PS3%20H...lbox%200.94.rar</a> / <a href="http://ps3zone.ifcaro.net/archivos/PS3%20U...tor%20v1.12.rar" target="_blank">http://ps3zone.ifcaro.net/archivos/PS3%20U...tor%20v1.12.rar</a>

 

PS3 Update Extractor v1.12 generated files are:

 

- ExtractionLog.txt - Log removal of the PUP.

- PUPHeader.bin - It clipped the top of the PUP.

- ps3version.txt - Indicates the version of the update.

- license.xml - File with the conditions that must accept to install the update.

- isdebug.txt - Take "0000" if retail and "0100" if debug.

- ps3swu.self - The executable update.

- vsh.tar - is decompressed at the root of the FAT to upgrade. Previously data was now only a file named "a" of 0 bytes.

- puntos.txt - It is a text file with three points.

- Modules.tar - The file with data update.

 

Note: If you get an error running the app, install Microsoft .Net Framework v3.5 from here and then retry: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en</a>

taigi anksciau ar veliau vistiek turesim ps2 zaidimu backward ,ir tas labai gerai,senai visi to laukia

PS2 Emulation Already Up And Running?

 

Is your PlayStation 3 running firmware greater than 2.10? Chances are it is, but did you know that apparently it’s then already capable of running PS2 games then? “PS3 is capable of running PS2 games with 100 % software emulation but the performance and compatibility is really poor,” says lherre on GAF. “The emulator is present in every PS3 in the market (since 2.10 if I remember correctly) but is “deactivated”. “ He then goes on to suggest that the current PS3 firmware has some “interesting” files on it, which are presumably linked to his statement above.

 

This follows our news this morning that Sony have applied for a patent for a purely software-based solution to the PS2 emulation issue and ties in nicely with the job advert from last January for a software engineer at Sony Japan to work on exactly this. TheSixthAxis has also learnt this lunchtime that the bottleneck isn’t the Emotion Engine, which is already up and running, it’s the Graphics Synthesizer that’s causing the headaches. If Sony can crack this, then surely that would open the gates to downloadable PS2 games over the Store, as we suggested this morning.

Unigine Joins PlayStation 3 Tools and Middleware Program

Unigine, a provider of the cutting edge 3D middleware, announced today the conclusion of a Tools & Middleware License Agreement for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3?) from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

 

Thus, game developers for PS3 will be able to access the full power of Unigine engine and tools to express all aspects of their creativity using more advanced technologies later this year.

 

Press Release: "We are pleased to join Sony Computer Entertainment's Tools and Middleware program for PS3 since support of the modern hardware is one of the most important strategic directions of our company. We plan to make our technology available on PS3 at the end of 2009. It is targeted to AAA-level games and can be licensed by companies from all over the world", said Denis Shergin, CEO of Unigine LLC.

 

Unigine engine provides photorealistic 3D render, powerful physics module, object-oriented scripting system with a very rich library (more than 3000 methods out-of-the box), full-featured GUI module, sound subsystem, and a set of flexible tools.

 

Efficient and well-architected framework supporting multi-core systems makes Unigine a highly scalable solution, on which multi-platform games with different hardware requirements can be based. Currently both the engine and the toolset are available for Windows and Linux platforms. This feature-rich middleware is successfully used in various VR projects as well as in modern games of different genres.

 

"The current version of our Unigine engine is specifically designed to take advantage of full capabilities of the current generation hardware focused on photorealistic rendering. PS3 is definitely a very powerful platform and we are interested in leveraging its potential for the needs of game developers", commented Alexander Zaprjagaev, CTO of Unigine LLC.

 

The company also announces that a free, fully-functional evaluation version of the engine and the toolset will be available for those PS3 game developers, who are interested in the technology and wish to try it out first. Detailed info on prices will be announced later this year, however they will be very affordable. Moreover, PS3 game developers who will license PC version of Unigine engine till August, 31 will get 50% discount for PS3 version.

UNIGINE engine

Technical data

 

Framework

 

* Cross-platform: MS Windows / Linux

* Support of 32-bit and 64-bit systems

* Support of x86 PC and PowerPC architectures

* SSE, SSE3, 3DNow!, Altivec optimizations

* Multicore CPU support

* XML-based data structures

* Full-scene serialization support

* Flexible C++ API

 

Rendering engine

 

* Triple API (Direct3D9 / Direct3D10 (including 10.1 features) / OpenGL)

* HDR (64-bit color High Dynamic Range rendering)

* Different models of shading: Phong, anisotropic

* Per-pixel dynamic lighting

* Dynamic shadowing (including soft shadows)

* Normal mapping and parallax occlusion mapping

* Postprocessing effects: motion blur, refraction, DoF, glow, color correction, Sobel filter, anaglyph mode, Bokeh filter

* Volumetric environmental effects

* Support of high-precision textures (16 bits per channel)

* Particle systems

* Unique materials system with support of parameter's hierarchy

* Water with surf zone

* Special materials for vegetation

* Different types of mirrors (2D, cube)

* Skeletal (bone-based) animation system with blending support

* Extensible set of shaders (GLSL/HLSL)

 

Physics engine

 

* Rigid body physics system

* Ragdoll character animation

* Various destroyable joints

* Vehicles

* Physics-driven sound

 

Unigine uses its own physics engine, written from a scratch.

 

Scene management

 

* Background data streaming

* Seamlessly interconnected indoor and outdoor

* Flexible LOD system

* Very large terrains

 

Graphic User Interface

 

* Comprehensive set of widgets, containers and dialogs

* 3D effects, transparency, animation

* UI files in XML format

* Skins support

* Ready for localization (including eastern languages)

 

Scripting system

 

* Object-oriented programming

* Built-in 3D math

* Similar to C/C++ in syntax language (UnigineScript)

* Transparent interconnection with external C++ objects

* Built-in debugger

* Rich standard library (more than 3000 functions out-of-box)

 

Sound

 

* EFX support

* 3D sound

* Streaming of sounds

* Doppler effect

* Sound occlusion

* Multiple reverberation zones

 

Unigine-based projects

 

See full list of announced projects.

 

Games

 

* Game based on new intellectual property - Unigine Corp., in development (2009)

* Afterfall - [ Nicolas Games], in development (2010)

* Syndicate Online MMORPG - MCM Online, in development (2009)

* "The Dreamers" - PlaySys, in development (TBA)

* New platformer action - SteamPunk Studios, in development (2009)

* New FPS - New FX Games, in development (TBA)

* New racing - gd-Mind, in development (TBA)

 

Non-Game Projects

 

* "Magus ex Machina", an animated 3D movie by Qilqax International

* A new project by VZillion

* A city-scale architectural visualization project by AI3D

* SolidPictures Innovation Studios - Educational project

* Institute of Digital Theology - Historical reconstruction

 

Demos

 

Two Unigine-powered demos (by Unigine Corp.) with benchmarking capabilities (available for free on the official website) are rather popular in overclockers community:

 

* "Sanctuary" demo

* "Tropics" demo

niekur neradau Dirver zaidimo temos taigi imesiu cia,nes na vistiek pagrindas ant ko zaideme visus Driver zaidimus tai buvo sony konsoles,taigi

In South Korea, PSP Is "Very Hot"

Digital Foundry ~ PS3's media playback capabilities: officially awesome

In a Blog Tweet earlier today (6/29/09) the Digital Foundry team has posted some interesting news

for PS3 owners with 1080p HDTV's to keep an eye out for, that will be available tomorrow ~

 

"9:54 AM Jun 29th - Coders have managed to get true 1080p60 video running on PS3 via a normal Blu-ray movie disc. It defies all known BD specs, but it works."

 

9:56 AM Jun 29th - As prices fall, I reckon that PS3 will evolve into the de facto standard media playback device. The 1080p60 "hack" also works on AVCHD DVDs.

 

PS3's media playback capabilities: officially awesome. Will be releasing a stunning demo for everyone to try tomorrow. 1080p screen a must."

taigi visiem ps3 ir 1080p HDTV turetojam manau nereali naujiena tureti 1080p60 video

kai tik pasirodys demo duosim zinia visiem

Rumour: Full PS3 backwards compatibility only weeks away

Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009 11:51

[PlayStation 3]

PlayStation 3

 

As Sony's backwards compatibility patents make the rounds, a German website has supposedly gained comment from a Sony employee.

 

We were quick to point out that the unearthed Sony patents for the emulation of the PS2's CPU (Emotion Engine) on the PlayStation 3 did not imply full backwards compatibility. This was for the simple fact that the PS3 had already been software emulating the Emotion Engine since early-2007 when it was ripped out of European PS3s.

 

However, the fact remained that the patent was filed in December 2008 with a publication date of only last week.

 

This brings us to the German website Demon News, which claims to have gained comment from a Sony employee stating that full backwards compatibility is coming to US PS3's as a firmware update in the "next few weeks."

 

A European release date for the update has not yet been determined, but if there's any credibility in this news, we expect it drop at around the same time as the US update. Pinch of salt people, big pinch of frickin' salt.

gandas kad galbut jau turesim ps2 backward su kitu fw atnaujinimu,nes na siaip mes ji turejom nuo paciu 2007,tik jis buvo isjungtas. na manau pats laikas i psn paleisti bus ir ps2 zaidimus,nes su psone zaidimais sekasi jiem labai gerai,stai pasirodys ir RE2 ant dienu psn. siaip ar taip matysim,cia tik gandas kurio niekas nepatvirtino,bet paskutiniu metu viskas kas buna slepiama nuplaukia labai greitai

ar kas atsimena toki zaidima Eight Days kuris buvo nutrauktas,taigi pasirode demo video isleista Jim Jagger kuris buvo Animation Director on Eight Days

Nu tas UNIGINE varykliukas tai geras. Stebejau raida nuo 0.1 jo versijos gerai ten xehra pavaro. O kas labiausiia patinka grynas cross platfroma ir linux/shit windows/ tiek xbox tiek ps3 gali ji naudoti (nu t.y pagal ji grajus pakurtus:)

 

jo bet ant jo dar nera nei vieno zaidimo skirto konsolem,na bet jei sony priglaude juos,tai gal ir pamatysim manau

beje pries kelias dienas buvau imetes apie tai kad ps3 gali leisti 1080p 60fps video failus,tai siandien pasirode straipsnis ir demo video atsisiust ir ismegint visiem kas nori,aisku kas turi 1080p telikus

vieno dalyko ko truksta kol kas tai matroska MKV palaikymo tiesiogei per ps3,bet tai irgi turesim

Šita gan sena informacija, labai abejotina, kad Activision apleis Sony, juk kai kurie žaidimai atsilieka tik keliais milijonais pardavimais, neskaitant cod4 ir be to per tokyo game show turėtu Sony pranešti oficialiai slim išleidimo datą(aišku jeigu neišleis anksčiau) ir kainos sumažinima.

Sony Patents A Motion Control System That Uses Ordinary Objects As Controllers

We saw Sony unveil a LED wand during their E3 press conference. The device in conjunction with an EyeToy camera brought motion control to the PlayStation 3. In addition to that Sony developed another motion control system that uses everyday objects.

 

A recently published patent from Sony details a system where a camera can dynamically map an object — any real world object — for use in a video game. The illustration has a U shape block, but the patent outlines other example objects “include items such as coffee mugs, drinking glasses, books, bottles, etc.” While these are given as examples the object mapping system is not limited to those objects, it can identify any three dimensional object.

Before using an object like the U shaped block the camera captures has to capture it. Figure 2 explains the system where players show the object, rotate it, and save a profile for it in a file. The system then analyzes movements and translates them into in game actions.

 

Here are some examples of how Sony could use this technology. The “virtual world light sword” in figure 3B is particularly interesting. When a player holds the U-shaped block up the sword is “on” and the blade will be extended in the game. When the U-shaped block is upside down the sword is “off”.

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The system looks like Microsoft’s Project Natal, but instead of driving an imaginary steering wheel players can use an everyday item like a plate.

Gaikai On-Demand Gaming Possible on PS3

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Shak

 

Gaikai is a new service from David Perry which promises on-demand gaming through your web browser. The technology is currently in closed beta, but looks to be very promising.

 

When asked whether this service would be accessible from the PS3 web browser, David Perry replied:

 

"YES, it's PERFECT for low memory or non-3D environments as we are just streaming video. So yes, if Sony wanted, we could make this happen. I've not had the time to get into that discussion with them yet."

 

If this is true, it gives everyone yet another reason to have a web browser as standard on their console. Also if you view the video below, you'll notice that this technology isn't only limited to PC games.

visai idomu butu jei sony prigriebtu sita dalyka,gal tai ir ne OnLive,bet viska gali zaist tiesiai is internet browserio.

Blu-ray Sales Booming

Numbers released this week by the British Video Association show that over 3.1m Blu-ray discs have sold so far in 2009, this represents a whopping 231% increase on the same period last year. Hannah Conduct, Marketing Manager at the British Video Association says:

 

“The continuing success of Blu-ray is testament to the growth of consumer confidence in the high definition format. There are now almost 1500 Blu-ray releases in the market covering a breadth of titles. Seeing is believing with Blu-ray and the figures show that once consumers have experienced the format, they continue to spend their money on the product.”

 

The increase in Blu-ray sales is particularly impressive when set against the backdrop of the poor UK economy, especially when you take into account there are well over 900 fewer retail outlets due to the closure of Woolworths, Zavvi and probably countless independent entertainment stores.

 

During the same period sales of DVDs fared less well with sales falling by 10% as more and more people see the benefit of the hi-def format. Personally I would expect the pattern of falling DVD sales and increasing Blu-ray saless to continue, obviously as more PS3’s are sold and prices of standalone Blu-ray players are also continuing to fall all the time, further increasing the install base.

 

So far it appears Sony’s trojan horse plan is working.

gal BD HD filmai ir nera tiesiogei susije su Ps3,bet na as bent tai neisivaizduoju kad noreciau isigyt dar koki atskira BD grotuva tam kad ziuret auksciausios kokybes filmus.aisku per monika gerai ir dvdripai,bet kai pamatai skirtuma geram HDTV, tai zinai kad ps3 turi ne vien zaidimam

SONY TEAMS WITH TAIWAN TO NURTURE PS3 GAME INDUSTRY

TAIPEI, Jun 30, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will cooperate with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs to nurture and support a local industry of software developers for the Sony PlayStation 3 game console.

 

The agreement was announced at a joint press conference held by the ministry to outline its policy of support.

 

SCE will introduce PS3 game producers from Japan and the West to software developers in Taiwan, and will help these companies with technical guidance and the transfer of technologies from the Japanese and Western software developers.

 

The Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to subsidize 40 per cent of the cost of software development and technology licensing that the Taiwanese firms incur.

 

SCE will also help educate game developers by sponsoring lectures in cooperation with Tatung University.

 

Through this support, the Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) subsidiary aims to firmly establish a base for the PS3 game market in Taiwan and to develop games geared toward mainland China.

CodecSys CE-10 H.264 Encoder (English Version) for Sony PS3 Available

Last month the Japanese version of the CodecSys CE-10 H.264 Encoder for PS3 was released and now the English version is available too.

The CE-10 software gets installed on a PC, but allows users to access the power of the PS3 via OtherOS as a way of accelerating video encoding.

Affordable, Broadcast Quality, Near Real-Time H.264 Encoder for Sony PS3

 

LOVELAND, COLORADO, 1 July 2009 - Fixstars and Broadcast International today announce the immediate availability of CodecSys CE-10 series, a near real-time, broadcast quality H.264 encoder which runs on the Sony PLAYSTATION® 3 platform. The CodecSys CE-10 takes advantage of the readily available, inexpensive Sony PS3 for its processing engine, making it the most accessible, near real-time product in the HD encoding realm.

 

"The launch of the CodecSys CE-10 for PS3 marks a new era of professional level H.264 encoding at an affordable, consumer price,” said Satoshi Miki, CEO of Fixstars Corporation. "This software based encoding system frees the video workstation from the burden of what is otherwise an intensive process. The user may continue to edit uninterrupted, while the PS3 produces high quality HD output in near real-time."

 

Connected to a PC via a gigabit ethernet, the PS3 performs as an external, dedicated video encoder. All encoding is handled by the PS3 which runs an embedded version of Yellow Dog Linux entirely from ROM, thus shifting the CPU-intensive processing away from the workstation.

 

Unlike hardware-based encoders on the market, the software-based CodecSys CE-10 is easily updated, delivering improvements to increase encoding speeds, image quality and other features. Reduce hardware costs by implementing updates rather than replacing out-of-date hardware.

 

"The CodecSys CE-10 addresses the biggest technology challenge we now face--video bandwidth," said Rod Tiede, president and CEO of Broadcast International, "The demand and popularity of video is growing at an amazing rate for both personal and businesses applications and the CodecSys CE-10 will significantly improve the production of video in all applications."

 

CodecSys CE-10 Personal:

- H.264 software encoder with support for 1080i/p full HD.

- Max bitrate 15Mbps, Blu-ray standard compliant.

- Licensed for personal use only.

- $199.00 USD

 

CodecSys CE-10 Professional

- H.264 software encoder support 1080i/p full HD.

- Max bitrate 150Mbps, Blu-ray standard compliant.

- Licensed for commercial use.

- $1,999.00 USD

 

CodecSys CE-10 Professional Starter Kit

- Sony PLAYSTATION 3.

- CE-10 Professional pre-installed.

- Yellow Dog Linux DVD.

- H.264 software encoder support 1080i/p full HD.

- Max bitrate 150Mbps, Blu-ray standard compliant.

- Licensed for commercial use.

- $2,419.00 USD

PS3 ir XBOX 360 kainu palyginimas

jo tikrai reikia mazint ps3 kainas

nebent pasijungsi xbox i tinkla su laidu,nelosi visiskai online,ir jis tau nesuges,tada jo bus pigiau

p.s. nekalbu apie tai kai boxas pareina nepataisomai ir tiesiog perki nauja vel

ir nekalbu apie tai kas buna nuflashinus ,kad zaidimai 10x pigiau ant X,tas ne esme,jei geras zaidimas, tu viena zaidima losi pakankamai ilgai,ir jis yra vertas isleistu pinigu.beje flashint apsimoka nebent lietuvoj ir aplink ja,nes kitur to tikrai niekas nedaro nes zaidimu kainos pakankami mazos,ypac jei perki ne is karto kai pasirodo.logiskai mastant be jokio flashinimo,jei nori turet wireless ir losti online,kaina boxo susidaro gana ispudinga.ir jokiu BD filmu.kai ps3 turi viska viename.

Nu man tokio dalyko kaip wirelles nereikia, atkrenta gal 100$, ir dar lygini paty pigiausia PS3 su Vidutiniu xbox. Tai tu palygink 40gb versija ir Arcade... Bet to uz network neprivaloma moket, jei nenori. Xbox duoda laisve pasirinkt, jei nori gereu mokek, jei nenori nereik. O Sony sukiso viska i viena vieta ir todel gavosi brangi konsole...

p.s. beje lyginu ps3 su 40 gb hdd ir xbox su 20gb hdd

net nekalbu apie nauja ps3 pasiulyma

399$

BioWare ‘really pumped’ to work on PS3

By Wesley Yin-Poole - 08/07/2009 - 10:22am GMT

 

Zeschuk: ‘It's not like we have anything against Sony’. ‘Totally behind’ PS3.

Dragon Age: Origins screenshot

 

BioWare, the developer of Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, is “really pumped” to be working on the PS3 with the upcoming multiplatform fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins.

 

The game is BioWare’s first for Sony’s console. Last generation, the EA-owned developer made only a single PS2 game: third-person shooter MDK2.

 

Speaking to VideoGamer.com, vice president of entertainment and miscellaneous at BioWare, and vice president of Electronic Arts, Greg Zeschuk, said that the team’s found developing on the PS3 “exciting”, and even has its advantages.

 

“It's been interesting,” he said. “It's actually been quite good. We discovered a couple of things we did were pretty beneficial. We have multiple threads going for the game and it looks really great on the PS3. You can just throw them on all different processors, for example.

 

“It's new. Because we already had experience on 360, that kind of got ahead a little bit, but now we pretty much caught up. Actually it was very exciting. People on the team were really pumped to work on it. They were like, wow. We have a lot of people that like doing new stuff and trying new things, and they were like, wow another platform, can't wait! It's been good.”

 

Zeschuk added that BioWare’s previous commitment to Microsoft’s consoles was a result of having worked with the US company for five years.

 

“It's going to be exciting having a PS3 game out finally. We only did one PS2 game – MDK2 on PS2. It's not like we have anything against Sony by any stretch. It's just that from a publishing perspective we worked with Microsoft for five years - that made it so easy to focus on Xbox and we didn't have to worry about the PlayStation platforms. But now, since being part of EA, it just makes complete sense. It's something we're totally behind.”

 

Some developers have criticised the PS3 for being too complicated and difficult to develop for. During the first 18 months of the console’s life gamers suffered from poor-quality ports of multi-platform games, especially on the graphics front.

 

Sony Computer Entertainment’s current Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer admitted earlier this year that the PS3 was “hard to program for”, but said it was a deliberate move in order to ensure that “the hardware has a lot more to offer” farther down the console’s life cycle.

 

Zeschuk, however, said BioWare was not only getting to grips with the console, but discovering its advantages.

 

“It's not bad actually,” he said when asked about development struggle on the platform. “It's funny, we had extra graphic memory left over on the PS3. We were like, wow! So we actually started putting some of the audio bits in there and stuff. It's a function of effort. Overall, pretty happy with how it's turning out.”

 

Will the graphics be exactly the same on both consoles? “Oh yeah. I can't say absolutely for sure. There will be elements that will be better... the actual graphics hardware is different on them, so one may be brighter than the other, but definitely the content will be absolutely the same.”

 

So there you have it PS3-owners. Looks like BioWare’s first effort on your console won’t be a substandard port.