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Modders are already bypassing XBox’s third party controller restriction

A few weeks ago, Xbox owners discovered that unauthorized 3rd party controllers wouldn’t be allowed on Xbox anymore. But hackers and tinkerers are already bypassing the ban. 3rd party controllers banned on Xbox In...
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PS5 Release: Homebrew Loader by John Tornblom

Releases for the PS5 keep coming to the scene and it’s a bit hard to catch up. Following Sleirsgoevy‘s breakthrough with PS4 FPKG support, Developer John Tornblom has released a Homebrew BigApp Loader for...
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How to hack your Nintendo Switch, 2023 Edition: Picofly, HWFLY, RCM, OLED, unpatched vs patched… trying to clear it up for you

It’s time to update our now traditional “how to hack your Nintendo Switch” article, with the latest data available as of 2023. Not much has changed since last year in “how” it’s done, however...
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PS5 Hack: Keys incoming for the mysterious CP Box?

Scene developer Zecoxao added some information to the “CP Box” page on the PS5 Dev Wiki today, and stated that hackers are working on extracting some of its encryption keys. Little is known (publicly)...
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The PS4/PS5 Hacks we want to see in 2023 (and a review of 2022 PS4/PS5 hacks)

Happy New Year! 2022 has been a pretty eventful year for PlayStation hacks, with the PS5 getting blown open for the first time, and a series of vulnerabilities released,  impacting both the PS4 and...
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ENLBufferPwn: Critical vulnerability disclosed in 3DS, Wii U, and Switch games

Nintendo hacker PabloMK7 has released ENLBufferPwn, an exploit including proof of concept code, which demonstrates a critical vulnerability in multiple Nintendo first party games. Demo videos of the exploit show that it is possible...
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Rumor: $3 Nintendo Switch modchip might be coming, compatible with V2 (Mariko) and OLED (Aula)

Scene veteran Zecoxao has shared rumors that a Raspberry rp2040 based Modchip for Nintendo Switch is incoming. With the chip in question available for about $3 on most retailers like AliExpress, this could be...
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How to downgrade a PS4: full tutorial by Modded Warfare

Scene youtuber Modded Warfare has published an impressive tutorial video where he details a full downgrade of his PS4. In the video, the youtube goes from 6.72 to 10.01, then downgrades back from 10.01...
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PS5 Exploit: Debug Menu + JAR Loader (BD-JB version)

Developer John Tornblom has added Debug menu support + a JAR Loader (based on work by Hammer 83) to his Kernel exploit implementation on the PS5. Debug menu might feel a little underwhelming at...