In an effort to quell concerns, peripheral manufacture MadCatz has issued a statement in response to woes over incompatibilities with certain third-party USB devices in firmware 3.50. MadCatz assures that all its products from 2008 onward should be immune to [...]

In a recently published consumer alert, Sony has issued a terse warning over the usage of unlicensed or counterfeit PS3 wireless controllers, bringing into question the “quality, reliability and safety” of these devices. Unspecified variants of third-party controllers may not [...]

Update: As promised, firmware 3.50 has gone live! Grab it from our download section or via Network Update. Take caution, however: like 3.42 before it, this update renders all PSJailbreak variants inoperable. Additionally, to complement its release, the US PS [...]

Progress is being made at an amazing pace in the PS3 scene! Developer JaiCraB has released a USB firmware loader application that can load an ENTIRE firmware direct from USB. Reminds us of the good ‘ol DevHook days back on [...]

Sony just announced via its PS Blog that firmware 3.50 for PS3 will go live on September 21, giving PS3 owners the ability to playback 3D content on supported Blu-ray discs. Stereoscopic 3D support for games went live in firmware [...]

Sony may be responding to cries for PS2 backwards compatibility — which was removed from later PS3 units — in a slightly unorthodox way. A recent patent dug up by the information sleuths over at Siliconera reveals that Sony is [...]

In Nintendo’s seemingly eternal battle against flashcart users and freeloading pirates, the company has released firmware 1.4.1U for the DSi. The official changelog contains nothing but a blurb that vaguely mentions “behind-the-scenes improvements” in regards to system stability. Under that [...]

Update: We can confirm that all variants of the USB-hub emulating exploit (PSFreedom, PSGroove, PSJailbreak) are no longer functional in firmware 3.42. We’ve just been informed that PS3 firmware 3.42 has hit Network Update. Although Sony usually updates its blog [...]

As one would expect, Sony has not taken kindly to the recent announcement of the PS Jailbreak, filing a temporary injunction to prevent any sale of the device across Australian retailers.

Update: Time to head on over to Network Update once again folks. PSP firmware 6.30 has gone live. It’s a firmware bonanza: as Sony promised, PS3 firmware 3.40 is now live. The availability of 6.30 for PSP will follow shortly. Both [...]

Update: The (short) wait is over. Sony just announced that PS3 firmware 3.40 will hit Network Update tonight, bringing with it PlayStation Plus support, in addition to social networking enhancements that strengthen integration between PSN services and Facebook.

Update: Well, that was quick. True to its word, Sony has made firmware 3.30 available. Grab it through Network Update or our download section. PS3 firmware 3.30 is due out “shortly,” Sony announced today. In addition to bringing preliminary stereo [...]

Meet 3.21 OO — true to his word, famed hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz has delivered on his promise to devise a “custom firmware” based on the PS3 3.21 update that retains access to OtherOS. See video proof above. Jokingly, he [...]

Update: George Hotz responds. Sony has announced that the next PS3 system software update — firmware 3.21 — is  slated to hit the PlayStation Network on April 1 and will remove the OtherOS feature present on units prior to the [...]

According to a report from Japanese hardware site AV Watch, support for 3D gaming with select titles will hit the PS3 on June 6. As revealed last month, this newfangled capability will be added seamlessly through a firmware update, one [...]

While the PS3′s defenses against unauthorized code have remained impenetrable up until now, hacker Geohot of iPhone fame claims he is the first to discover an exploit, a feat that will no doubt garner the attention of Sony. In a [...]

Detailed yesterday morning, PS3 firmware 3.15 is now live, available for download from Network Update. It brings two major additions to the table, granting the ability to play PSP Minis on PS3 and also introducing a one-click data transfer solution [...]

PSN director Eric Lempel has offered up a plethora of details on PS3′s next firmware update — 3.15. While sporting only a minor bump in version number, this update actually packs a couple of noteworthy changes. First out of the [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan today announced that PSP firmware 6.20 is scheduled for release this coming Thursday. Featuring a built-in comic book viewer, the update will signal the arrival of the soon-to-be added comic book storefont on PSN, scheduled to [...]

Sony isn’t one to sit idle in midst of Microsoft’s social networking efforts, as the company has went ahead and announced that firmware 3.1 for PS3 will include Facebook integration. By linking up a PSN profile to a Facebook account, [...]

Heads up, PS3 owners. Sony has rolled out firmware 3.01 on Network Update. Being classified as optional, it’s a rather uneventful update, but promises to “improves system stability” during use of certain software titles, particularly Uncharted. Whether or not you’ve [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed from product photos and the like, the PSPgo lacks a user removable battery. Meaning, it can’t be replaced unless the unit is sent back to Sony, or you are a daring soul that doesn’t mind [...]

PS3 firmware 3.0 is shaping to be quite the update. In fact, it’s so massive that PSN director Eric Lempel says it’ll be the last significant round of additions to hit the PS3 for the remainder of 2009. You know, [...]

Update: Check out the clip above for a visual tour of firmware 3.0, courtesy of PSN director Eric Lempel. SCEE president Andrew House announced at the company’s Gamescom 2009 press conference that PS3 firmware 3.0 is slated to roll out [...]

An eagle-eyed attendee of the Paris-based Japan Expo happened to notice that one of the PSP demonstration units on display to showcase Soulcalibur Broken Destiny was running a yet-unreleased firmware 5.55. No visible changes were observed, so if we had [...]

Official word from Sony PR is that the inner hardware of PSPgo units remains the same as the past two hardware revisions, apart from the obvious inclusion of a built-in 16GB flash storage device. But sometimes, as we’ve learned in [...]

Update #2: And the firmware is live! Check Network Update to download, or this direct link. Update: In a PS Blog post, PlayStation Network director Eric Lempel has confirmed that firmware 2.80 for PS3 is indeed on its way. Changelog? [...]

Well lookie here, a new PSP firmware has conspicuously appeared on Network Update. As you’d expect, firmware 5.51 is a minor revision, with the supplied changelog vaguely mentioning of improvements in “system software stability” during use of certain features. Not [...]

Update: Firmware has been released. Grab it via Network Update or use this direct download link. PS3 owners: it’ll soon be time to fire up Network Update, as Sony has announced that a firmware update is due for release soon. [...]

Update: The bug preventing homebrew from functioning correctly in the previous release has been fixed, albeit unofficially. A fixed h.bin is included in the archive below courtesy of maibrithahn. After weeks filled with exciting progress updates and breakthroughs, Team Typhoon [...]

Update #2: The TIFF exploit has been updated once again, this time sporting compatibility with both the PSP-1000 and PSP-2000. Although not officially supported, reports also suggest it is working on 3000 units. Hit up the link below to download. [...]

Mere hours after the official announcement, firmware 2.70 is now up for grabs via Network Update. The main draw of this update is obviously in-game text chat support, but it also includes a few noteworthy features such as the ability [...]

Despite being April Fools day, there sure is no shortage of real announcements coming in through the pipeline from Sony. Following a spate of rumors, the company just announced that firmware 2.70 is inbound for PS3. It will highlight the [...]

Word comes today from a “prominent PS3 developer” that firmware 2.7 is now finalized and has been promptly sent off to partner development studios both within and outside Sony. News concerning the update first broke earlier this month and to [...]

Update: Firmware 2.60 for PS3 is now available, check Network Update or download it manually by clicking this link. After issuing a decidedly underwhelming PSP firmware update last night, Sony announced today that a new firmware is due out for [...]

Update: The update is now available and as per usual, can be directly downloaded through this link or via Network Update. As the headline clearly indicates, PSP firmware 5.03 is due out shortly. It’s being touted as a maintenance update [...]

Alek has informed us that 5.00 M33-4, the latest edition of Dark_AleX’s M33 custom firmware series, will be released within the next few days. Alongside the usual round of bugfixes, a host of new features are planned for the update. [...]

Time to fire up Network Update: a new PS3 firmware update is available. Firmware 2.53, as detailed earlier last week, adds full screen playback for Adobe Flash 9 content in the Internet Browser. Additionally, playback support for live streams via [...]

According to a page on Sony’s official North American website, firmware 2.53 for the PlayStation 3 is due out by tomorrow. The update, as evidenced by the version number, is a minor one that adds full screen playback for Adobe [...]

As promised, Sony has released PSP firmware 5.02. This minor update is now available on a worldwide basis and as usual, can be obtained from Network Update. As detailed earlier, not a whole lot has changed, with the changelog mentioning [...]