PlayStation 3 Hacked!!!

A group of hardware hackers claim that he was preparing to launch its first product to allow gamers to play pirated games on the home and on the PlayStation 3

PS3 is the only game console that was not hacked, despite being on the market for more than three years.

Now a group called PSJailbreak says it will launch a USB dongle that contains software that allows users to store games on your console hard drive.

Sony PS3 producer, would not comment.

PSJailbreak did not respond to requests for interviews from the BBC.

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However, the distributor of the backpack, said he will try and sell the plant in the next two weeks. "

"We are in contact with a person in Malaysia, but I do not know if the manufacturer," said Fox spokesman Chip BBC.

mixed reaction

According to hack videos posted online distributor in Australia, simply insert the USB stick in the console to work.

The video shows a person browsing the "Backup Manager" on the PS3, which tries to view a list of saved games on your console hard drive.

Narrator films on the list before loading one of the games.

Skeptics believe that the video is hoax, or that show hack running in "debug PS3" or "dev unit" used by developers for testing equipment.

Nintendo has won several judgments against traders modchip
But a spokesman for Fox-Chip, another distributor based in France, denied this was the case.

"It works on all the PlayStation 3," he told the BBC. "We tested it yesterday.

A spokesman for the console, another distributor based in the Netherlands, told the BBC dongle will drive sales in the dev unit. "

"Dev mode to run in any way - yet unsigned - code. With a simple backup machine or Media Player software, you can play [backup] Games without the actual disc, which is in the PS3."

Fox spokesman, Chip, said that the hack was a "good thing" because it would function more players, including the ability to run their own games, just homebrews.

"Before, there was a homebrew, could not be started [on console] - now some people can do," he said.

He denied that the product is only used for pirated games, and he said, ultimately, their release has been good for Sony.

"Sony has to sell many consoles, because of this," he said.

But Rik Ferguson of Trend Micro security firm warned that the court could cause problems.

"It's disable some of the key security features built into the PS3 - as well as running unsigned code - and we saw with the iPhone, which makes your machine less secure."

IPhone was cracked several times, and allows owners to run non-Apple approved applications.

Players met with mixed reactions PSJailbreak news, some welcomed the opportunity to develop their own games for popular consoles.

However, many published in the PS3 forums said that it will encourage piracy, which could jeopardize the gaming industry.

preemptive strike
Legality of such products - commonly called modchips - varies by country.

Fox spokesman said the chip distribution is legal in France.

However, in other countries, the console successfully dealers to court.

The last Supreme Court ruling in the UK, said that "copying the game was illegal to import, market and sell.

The action was brought by Nintendo, the Wii console manufacturer and DS handheld.

The defendants argued that allows players to play domestic matches.

PSJailbreak not the first time it has been argued that the popular PS3, which has sold nearly 40 million copies, was hacked.

Earlier this year, a hacker who gained notoriety in the United States to unlock the Apple iPhone as a teenager, George Hotz, said breaking the console.

After its initial announcement, Sony released an update for the console off a feature that allows players to install the version of Linux on their machines, which are believed to have been exploited by Mr. Hotz.

Many saw it as a preemptive strike to protect against piracy of games.

Mr. Hotz has never publicly disclosed exploit and said that he had to leave his job at the console.

The spokesman said the console that looks like a quick reaction to the latest feat:

"They will come with a firmware update for a few days to block the use of a backpack," he said.

Call of Duty Black Ops Online Demo

Get the first look at one of the best titles in the fall, "Call of Duty: Black Ops" from Activision and developer Treyarch. Accompanying live demonstration today at 9:00 PT to an interview with Treyarch Community Manager Josh Olin Hank Keirsey Military Advisor.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops" has a new perspective on the war. Players will be placed in the desert, to engage in guerrilla warfare and covert operations in what they can expect an epic adventure for one player.
Of course, there would Treyarch Call of Duty games were not Nazi zombies, brand developer's last game, "Call of Duty: World at War." Josh Olin has confirmed that the living dead will also be presented in special editions of "Black Ops" too.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to release worldwide September 11, 2010.
Live demonstrations Gamescom in Germany starts at 9am PST through Ustream.

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FPS Developers Support Call of Duty Subscriptions

A smattering of developers across the first-person shooter spectrum have come out saying that a subscription-based Call of Duty would be acceptable, if justified.

Industry veterans agree: Call of Duty subscriptions would be a good thing. But wait, don't explode just yet, because they're mostly referring to a separate and totally unique Call of Duty title that would be infused with MMOG-like features or a microtransaction-based game.

Bobby Kotick came out saying that he'd like to combine the Call of Duty franchise with subscriptions somehow and as soon as possible back in June, to much disgruntlement of players that assumed he would attach subscriptions to console-based multiplayer. Multiple employees at Activision have since said that they'll never do that. Gamasutrainterviewed various developers on the topic, and most of them agreed that a Call of Duty that would attract monthly subscribers would be great, though Activision charging simply for multiplayer would be a huge mistake.

Alan Wilson, VP of Killing Floor developer Tripwire Interactive said that such a game would have to offer "persistent worlds, ever-expanding gameplay, [and] giant servers," and that charging for multiplayer alone "would make me feel like I have paid the money to buy a new car and then I have to pay Ford to be allowed to drive it every day too." Marek Spanel of ArmA developer Bohemia Interactive echoed Wilson's sentiment, saying his company would only implement subscriptions if "the value offered to [players] is adequate."

Mark Long of Zombie Studios, known for Blacklight: Tango Down, goes a step further and seems voracious for a newCall of Duty MMOG-style game, saying: "I know I'll get flamed for this, but I'm going defend Bobby Kotick here. ... Merging [business models of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft] makes a ton of sense when the vast majority of Call of Dutyplayers are playing online. How is the fanbase going to respond? If there was an MMOFPS version of Call of Duty withWorld of Warcraft-quality RPG elements under the hood, I'd bet it would be the biggest game in history. I'd play it. I'd play the fuck out it."

Quake Live was recently forced to offer a subscription plan to become sustainable, and id's Steve nix says "new revenue models will continue to emerge" for shooters. Id's subscription plans offer access to new maps and other abilities such as setting up servers and creating clans.

What most people need to understand about the situation is that Activision isn't going to charge people to play Call of Duty through an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3... ahem... most likely. What it will do, if anything, is figure out a way to get players to pay a subscription or to engage in microtransactions for extra content to monetize the series even further, which ideally would not become a slippery slope. And, as Mark Long says, a World of Call of Duty would probably be something worth paying $15 a month for.

Source: Gamasutra

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