You’ll get four activations in all though, 2 on PS3 and 2 on PSP. If you’re picking up a Vita, you’ll hopefully get 2 more as well. The good news is that you’ll now be able to handle activations online, and select which consoles you want to remain active. It’ll save the headache of contacting Sony’s customer service, at least.

It’s clearly been put in place to protect the developers, who haven’t been too happy about the game sharing rules in the past. However, it’s worth noting that anything bought before the 18th doesn’t fall under the new rule, and you’ll be able to play as normal even if it wasn’t your account the content was purchased on.

We’d like to inform you of some upcoming changes to the usage policies for PlayStation Network game content. As of November 18, 2011, the number of devices that can be activated on one PlayStation Network account for game content purchased from the PlayStation Store will be updated.
For game content purchased after November 18, 2011, a new policy will apply and the number of devices that can be activated will be as follows:

PS3: Users will be able to play the game on up to 2 activated PS3 systems.
PSP: Users will be able to play the game on up to 2 activated PSP systems.

Please note that this update will not affect game content purchased before November 18. The PSP rights include PSP-1000/2000/3000 series as well as the PSPgo system.
PlayStation Network users are able to change the activation setting through each device, and Sony Computer Entertainment plans to provide a new PlayStation Network account management website where users will be able to deactivate particular devices attached to their PlayStation Network account via their PC.

Source: Playstation EU Blog

Install instructions:

1. Move PSARC.EXE + zlib.net.dll to \USRDIR\build\main\ of your UNCHARTED 3 GAME DATA folder (not the one included with this package)
2. Extract ALL *.psarc’s into the folder they are already in (\USRDIR\build\main\) on your HDD by dragging each .PSARC file onto PSARC.EXE (delete the .PSARC files after you have extracted them to folders)

When you’re done it should look like this:

..\USRDIR\build\main\actor33\
..\USRDIR\build\main\animstream4\
..\USRDIR\build\main\bin\dc1\
..\USRDIR\build\main\pak23\
..\USRDIR\build\main\text1\

IMPORTANT: When you unpack bin.psarc it creates two folders – empty bin folder and one bindc1 folder with files. Rename folder bindc1 to dc1 and put it in the \main\bin\ folder so it looks like this: \main\bin\dc1\

3. Now, merge included USRDIR folder with the existing one where you extracted your psarcs. OVERWRITE all files when prompted.

Download: PS3SceneFiles – Uncharted 3 Custom Firmware 3.55 100% Fix

Source: PS3Crunch.net

D U P L E X

P R O U D L Y P R E S E N T S: Battlefield 3 – CFW 3.55 Eboot patch

Date: 10/2011 Languages: English

Platform: PS3 Genre: Action

Release Info:

DUPLEX has done it again – here’s an eboot patch to play the retail Disc
based version from your hdd – on CFW 3.55 !!
We would usually just support BLUS30762 (Dcomics release!) , since we do
not acknowledge lame region dupes. It’s just a waste of traffic unless the
nfo clearly states a difference to the first release (like different or
additional languages etc)

But since the BLES01275 dupe contains several new languages, we added a patch
for it too.

Included are updates, cracks and param.sfo’s for both

versions: BLUS30762 and BLES01275

1.) copy BLUS or BLES files to a FAT32 USB Key/USB Disk
2.) install the *DUPLEX*.Patch.v1.01.pkg
3.) install the *DUPLEX*.Crack.pkg
4.) run game from multiman and let it patch your param.sfo

(alternatively take the one from our pack and replace it manually)

5.) play from xmb on your cfw 3.55 !

Enjoy This Fine DUPLEX Release – BETA code free

Download: PS3SceneFiles – Battlefield 3 CFW 3.55 fix
Source: PS3Hax

True Blue features:

Booting of games from v3.6+ (up to v3.73) from special BD-R discs available from official resellers
Runs games up to v3.56 from HDD in conjunction with ‘backup managers’
Does not require the Power/Eject trick
Custom v3.55 Dongle firmware behaves like OFW when ‘True Blue’ is not inserted
Manufactured from highest grade components and Actel based
Durable and high quality metal case design
Tough and durable plastic packaging
Further features to be added as they are developed
On board 2 MBytes SPI flash
Supports Fat and Slim consoles currently running any firmware up to v3.55
And any PS3 which can be downgraded from v3.6+ to v3.55 (NOTE: Requires other tools, ‘True Blue’ currently can’t downgrade a Console)
Supports all regions of consoles
Supports all regions of ISO’s to be released
Rock solid crystal oscillator on board for flawless timing
The ‘True Blue’ dongle allows booting of the latest the ISO’s (3.6+) from special BD-R discs which can be purchased from all official resellers.

The discs can be burned by any BD-R recorder and there are no special requirements on either PC or BD burner types.

Whilst we can disclose that the discs are specially manufactured to allow booting of the latest ISO’s, further technical information on the way by which the BD-R discs can allow booting cannot be provided, for obvious reasons.

Like me, you’re probably thinking, “this is going to be expensive”. Just do the math: True Blue USB dongle + special Blu-ray discs + Blu-ray burner = $.

Let’s break it down:

True Blue = ~ $45
10 Verbatim 25GB 6x Blu-ray discs = $22.30
Blu-ray burner = $79.99
The price listed for standard BD-R discs is $22.30. Since True Blue requires “special” BD-R discs, it may cost a lot more.

What are your thoughts? Are you willing to pay for warez? In my opinion a dongle would be oke, but special BD-R discs just to warez games… is to much for me..

Email from Cobra USB team:

Hello!

Cobra USB_Firmware v4.1
Cobra USB Manager v4.1
Cobra USB PS3 Updater v1.0

New firmware update, mainly focused on improving PSP support.
Improved compatibility with psp games. Some of the games that crashed early now run.
Added support for PSP savedata. Please note that in the previous release, savedata worked for isos that were generated from psp minis games. However, those savedata are incompatible with this new firmware. You can see psp savedatas under the ps3 savedata section in the XMB, not under the minis one.
If savedata still doesn’t work in some game, please send us a message to our support email address.
Cobra USB Manager will now give an error when trying to load a prometheus patched PSP iso, as those aren’t compatible with the PSP emulator.
Added Cobra USB Updater to the download section. With this tool you can update the dongle using the PS3, require Cobra Firmware 4.0+ to work. Refer to the manual for instructions..
Cobra USB

Download Cobra USB Firmware v4.1
Download Cobra USB Manager v4.1
Download Cobra USB PS3 Update v1.0

Roundup

• Your PlayStation 3 has to run 3.55 (OFW or CFW), if you upgraded buy a E3 Flashers or Progskeet to downgrade.
• The price from this dongle is going to be around $45,- (not THAT expensive).
• Expect the dongle to be heavily encrypted and it could take a while before there is a open-source version.
• A lot more newer PS3 game titles then originally isted below are now working
• You be able to burn the special game discs yourself, that are used by the JB2 design, and details on how & why will be coming by next week.
• So you need: Dongle ($45,-) + BD Burner ($90) + 10 BD Disc’s ($30) = $165
• More details next week.

Source: PS3Crunch

Update: It has been confirmed that JB2 (aka Jailbreak 2) is indeed genuine! It can certainly boot up games like Fifa 12, amongst others, which requires v3.60+ keys. There are a few requirements for this to work: PS3 console must have official firmware v3.55, JB2 USB dongle, and PS3 games must be burned onto BD-R (blank Blu-ray) discs. Check out the video proof below.

I only wonder if we’ll see the return of PSGroove—maybe PSGroove 2. You know, like what PSGroove did to PSJailbreak—made it affordable for v3.41 jailbreakers.

Quote by Gary from PS3Crunch

Very Strange thing and out of the blue and with no big fanfare, this JB 2 rumor been going around like wildfire on various forums, but now I have personally confirmed it with one of my trusted sponsors, and will I have more information next week with detailed pictures and info on actual features, plus an sample soon afterwards to be reviewed by one of our trusted Crunching Developers!

You might not believe your eyes or ears yet, but it is real and currently selling only locally in small shops in Indonesia, but it true the JB2 dongle works only on original v3.55 firmware, but it allows you to play games like Fifa 12 which have v3.60+ keys on ‘pirated Blu-Ray discs’ (burned media), but not from the HDD, unless it is older game, all the way up to the latest v3.73 games!

Biggest news ‘break’ of this year so far in the PS3 ‘scene’, and they calling it JB2 (Jailbreak 2) and it will be the real deal for the PS3 owners.

I have officially eaten my own words from yesterday!

Source: PS3Crunch

Dean says:

Ok, some good news for 3.41CFW/MFW users. Thanks to an0nym0us the proper offsets for lv1 and lv2 in 3.41 were located and you can now enjoy the PSX games and direct-disc-access. Have in mind that it won’t work for 3.41OFW + dongle. You need to be on 3.41MFW with some lv1 patches like Rogero CFW, Rebug CFW or Hermes CFW (3.41 versions).

Changelog for v2.09.02:

Improved performance in XMMB display mode
Backup from PS3 game discs now works as it should
Support for PSX backups on 3.41CFW/MFW (10x to an0nymous for the lv1/lv2 offsets)
You can still launch PSX games from XMMB Game Column
You can still launch PS3 game backups from DVD-R/RW / BD-R/RE
You cannot create ISO backups or access non-genuine PS3 game discs (unless Direct Disc Access is enabled)
You will see an animated icon in XMMB Game column, which you can use to launch your PSX backups.
To keep the same functionality as before you can turn on “Direct Disc Access” from XMMB Settings column. >>> Press [TRIANGLE] -> Enable Direct Disc Access >>> When in Direct Disc Access mode you can rip BD movie discs, launch games, but you can’t create backups of PS3 Game Discs. >>> Do not use “Direct Disc Access Mode” unless you really need it.

Download: Download the latest multiMAN from www.ps3scenefiles.com
Source: Ps3HAX

Features:

Login to Youtube
Standard Feeds (complete)
Channel Feeds (complete)
Movie Feeds (not supporting yet paid content)
Trailer Feeds (complete)
User Feeds (Favorites, New subscriptions, Contacts, etc.)
Getting Video Information
Every resolution supported
Search videos
Pagination (Powerful and fast!)
Recommendations
Get information about user
Search for User Profile (see note 1)
Related videos (if Advanced Youtube is enabled)
Response videos (if Advanced Youtube is enabled)
safeSearch
Limit entries per request (to avoid for a bigger time memory fullness)

Changelog for v1.0:

Add: Trace messages are only shown if Debugging mode is enabled;
Add: Support for background (a simple image) in the feeds view
Add: Support for Channels Feeds
Add: basic error handling for feeds and videos;
Add: safeSearch
Add: Support to get arguments from a default URL (not used in present)
Fix: URL getting of a video in Advanced mode (was slowing down)
Fix: playlist support;
Fix: some feeds giving error 400; Added setting to limit entries per request (to avoid fast memory fullness);
Fix: Title labels of feeds
Fix: Paginator (was able to get only max two pages)
Fix: If is unable to get ID of a specific video in a feed bypass that item (instead of avoiding loading feed)
Fix: Issue avoiding loading Video Information (in advanced mode) when Views/Duration tag is not available
Fix: Login giving error “Authentication without realm”
Enhancement: Rewrite of User Screen (support more things now – Watch Later playlist and Recent Activity feed);
Enhancement: Major rewrite of the function to get entries of a feed (more powerful now and more stable);
Enhancement: In advanced mode display the resolution as it is (e.g.: hd1080)
Enhancement: New logo

The plugin is not yet available online via the Showtime Plugin Central, but you may install it by download the zip below and putting it (UNEXTRACTED) in the following location: /dev_hdd0/game/HTSS00003/USRDIR/settings/installedplugins

Download: Youtube plugin for Showtime
Source: PS3Crunch