With the lure of “Welcome Back” program as well as the release of Uncharted 3 BETA on PSN, it’s not wrong to admit if you have updated your previous jailbroken PS3 console into an official firmware despite what you can achieve with a CFW. Now, do you?

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We are at it again, the time where we are insecure about our own purchased games compatibility in the current CFW state.

As we all have known, most newly released PS3 titles requires your console to be running the latest version of the official PS3 firmware due to the neat trick from the publishers to implement 3.60 keys into their games. For now, no confirmed working 3.60+ CFW yet in the scene, unless Gitbrew provide us with some interesting goods in the near future.

So, it will be your task to check whether your new games will be playable in a 3.55 CFW powered console.

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (Working)

Fix for EUR VERSION

1- Place SSF4 Eboot overwrite SSF4 AE Eboot (sorry i don’t have SSF4 eboot right now)
2- Use Multiman fix param.sfo to 3.55
3- Install 1.05 retail update
Retail Update -

http://www.filesonic.com/file/1301189074

or

http://www.fileserve.com/file/BvWn36D

4 – Play the game..”

Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon

Check Guest_2701′s comment in the shoutbox

Air Conflicts Secret Wars

Not working, 3.60 firmware required.

Le tour de France 2011

Still unknown whether the game would work with the current CFW.

Help us to detect the games that requires 3.60+ PS3 firmware by leaving the tips in the comments below.

Well it’s not exactly new news but team REBUG have been busy with the release of two new versions of their highly popular CFW. For the 3.41′ers out there they have REBUG_3.41.3_PS3UPDAT.PUP and the 3.55′ers REBUG_3.55.2_PS3UPDAT.PUP. As you may have noticed they also have a new logo, created by blastleaf from a certain website I won’t mention here…

Here’s a snippet from the rebug.me site:

SOME OF THE FEATURES FIXED/ADDED/INCLUDED

UPDATED – Rebug Selector 1.5

UPDATED – 3.66 Version Spoofer files

UPDATED – Package Manager file path tweaks

ADDED – LV1: Peek and Poke support (gitbrew.org)

ADDED – LV2: Peek and Poke support for LV1 (3.55.2 ONLY) (gitbrew.org)

ADDED – LV2: LV1 CALL System call (3.55.2 ONLY) (gitbrew.org)

FIXED – Black Screen issue on certain PS3 titles
(Uncharted 2 and some other games would not load from Disc or HDD)

FIXED – MINIS Black Screen issue

FIXED – QA Token compatibility

FEATURE – NO Button Combo QA Menu when in DEBUG XMB
(★Debug Settings – Menu 1. Requires QA Token for some features)

FEATURE – Fake Save Data Owner
(Use Game Saves from ANY Owner)

FEATURE – Lock/Unlock Trophies

FEATURE – Cinavia protection disabled

FEATURE – Debug for HDD Exchange Utility
(Clone your HDD straight to USB HDD, NO QA Token needed)

They’ve also been busy updating their OTHEROS++ gubins. You can either go with simple downloadable PUPs that will give you 22gig for LINUX lovelyness or have a play and create your own using REBUG 3.41.3 or 3.55.2 and some step by step instructions over at the REBUG site.

Could this be (one of) the last 3.55 based CFW’s we see? With those guys (and no doubt girls) over at gitbrew tweeting just yesterday (2nd July)

@gitbrew gitbrew

Bootloader has been dumped from a nand successfully. Nor is going to be dumped next. Rootkey, you’re now in our grasp.

Things could soon be about to get interesting again.

New game added to the growing list of non-working video games in the custom firmware region is the next installment for the F.E.A.R franchise.

If you are still looking the ways of how to fix the game, forget about it, unless we have the 3.60 private keys, or 3.60 CFW (to say the least) in our hands there has been no subtle way to make the game working on our jailbroken console. So, to get even a slightest hope that F.E.A.R 3 will be working on 3.55 CFW, you need to wait for a official update patch from the game developer themselves – just like the patch for Transformers game that has just been rolled out.

F.E.A.R 3, developed by Day 1 Studios, is a horror first person shooter game that has been released few days ago to several platforms namely Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and OnLive.

We’re going through some difficult time in this new era of 3.60 keys looming PS3 games, which, we all know wouldn’t work with the old 3.55 CFW. Unless you are a guy named Mathieulh, you need to refrain yourself from buying these PS3 games if you want to keep your homebrew love still running on your beloved, dusty console.

• Cars 2
• Ryu ga Gotoku of The End
• Shadows of the Damned
• Record of Agarest War
• No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise
• Top Gun Wingman Edition
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species

What should you do? Keep your mouth shut, wait for the fixes and patches, or work it out yourself.

Another 3.60+ game has arrived, this time is an action RPG title, DUNGEON SIEGE III, published by Square Enix. Of course, if there is any new game that is not working with 3.55 currently, then you need to take a shot on the patch update which finger crossed, comes with the 3.50 goodies. I’m very sure that Dungeon Siege 3 will be heading into that direction too.

Oh ya, the game ID that is reportedly not working for this game is BLES01161. Not that it will be any different from other region though based from what we had experienced lately with the recent game patches.

As we might all have expeted, the new sequel RPG game released from Sony Computer Entertainment won’t getting on the hands of the jailbreak users after several attempts to replace EBOOTs were unsuccessful as reported recently. But, don’t worry, we still have a shot on the update which hasn’t been released yet for White Knight Chronicles II.

For now, let’s see what the new sequel has to offer (from Wikipedia):

White Knight Chronicles II​ (白騎士物語 -光と闇の覚醒- Shirokishi Monogatari: Hikari to Yami no Kakusei,? lit. White Knight Chronicles: Light and Darkness’ Awakening) is a video game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan and Europe as well as D3 Publisher in North America exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is a direct sequel to the 2008 title, White Knight Chronicles, and was announced at TGS 2009. The game was released in Japan on July 8, 2010. In Europe, the game will be released on June 10 for United Kingdom and Ireland, and on June 8, 2011 for other countries in PAL region. White Knight Chronicles II will be released for Australia and New Zealand on June 9, 2011. The North American release of the game is being planned for August 2, 2011.

The game will allow the player to transfer their character from White Knight Chronicles along with equipments and guild ranks. The game also contains a remastered version of the original White Knight Chronicles.

If you are wondering if the sequel to Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising would be playable on your jailbroken PS3 or not, then sweat it off because it is now has been confirmed to boot with the v1.01 patch update. Where to find it you say? Check it out below.

Taken from Wiki:

In Operation Flashpoint: Red River, players assume control of Outlaw-2-Bravo, A United States Marine Corps fireteam during a fictional conflict in Tajikistan in 2013.

A terrorist group known as the ETIM launches mortar attacks on a US forward operating base (FOB) in Afghanistan, prompting the United States to launch operation Enduring Shield, having the United States Marine Corps invade west Tajikistan and wipe out the Insurgent threat.[1]First, Outlaw squad is tasked with capturing several villages and an airfield, along with defusing IED’s and wiping out several insurgent positions. The unit is then tasked with securing a and repairing a dam, while at the same time reinforce a FOB located next to the dam named FOB Viper.

Grab the patch below, and install the .pkg file on your PS3 with the “Install Packages” feature that is only available on jailbroken PS3.

Download EP4001-BLES01171_00-OFRRUPDATEPATCH1-A0101-V0101-PE.pkg

Bad news folks: Duke Nukem won’t work on your 3.55 CFW and is still waiting to be fixed. Right now, our only hope is a future update using 3.55 keys, sorry Here’s a screenshot taken from PS3SOS:

3.60 Hoping for a fix

Do you think a fix will be released? Is this game worth upgrading? Let us know in the comment section below

Update: It now works, thanks guys for the tips! Here’s the link to the fix: EP1001-BLES01147_00-DUKENUKEMFOREVER-A0101-V0100-PE.pkg (28.1 MB) Enjoy

We heard this break in the scene for quite some time now but it is worth to note that this game should be playable on it’s full version glory, or i will Duke Nukem myself. I mean the game is in development for a freaking 14 years and only to know that it will not work on your PS3 this time? That’s ridiculous.

Oh ya, about the demo link package etc, you should try search EP1001-NPEB90334 which is the game id for Duke Nukem Forever demo. You can just install the .pkg file through the “Install Packages” function. I’m sorry that i cannot help you any further than this because i definitely do not condone any type of piracy here. Just to know that it’s demo version would work on 3.55 CFW is enough for me to go on about..

The most iconic question for newcomers we probably heard after buying their own PS3 console is how to jailbreak it, so that they can get the best out of their PS3 as well as enjoying cool homebrew applications such as multiMAN, emulators and not to mention unlocking a much better Linux with the 3.55 CFW. Well, that’s what I’m going to write in this tutorial where will give my best to help guide those newbies who are still finding their own ways to give custom firmware (CFW) a shot on their console.

Why 3.55 CFW and not other PS3 firmware version? The 3.55 is currently the highest version of firmware which is jailbreak-able and thus helping in some ways for the overall PS3 games compatibility. You might not want to mess with 3.41 firmware, for example, which you need to edit some inner files to get some games working.

Rebug 3.55 CFW

Before we started with the tutorial, you need to know what type of 3.55 CFW you want for your console. If you are the advanced type, always like to alter things here and there to unlock features, then you might want give Rebug 3.55 CFW a try. It’s currently one of it’s kind where jailbreak users can taste Debug Settings options right on the PS3 XMB menu, not all of them are “playable” in the CFW though. In addition, there are also some other features such as Package Manager and Rebug Selector which sets them apart to other region of 3.55 custom firmwares.

Kmeaw 3.55 CFW

Credit to faith_genesis_raven for the cool kmeaw banner

Now, if you are the “clean” type and doesn’t want your console to be butt loaded with some unnecessary rubbish functions, then Kmeaw 3.55 CFW is the best choice as far as my opinion goes. There has been no problems or issues such as bricked PS3 consoles after installation reported so far despite it’s the only 3.55 custom firmware release from kmeaw. You can compare that with Waninkoko who has two versions of his 3.55 CFW been released where the first version has bricked a lot of consoles back in January. Alright, enough with the talk, let’s proceed to the installation of the custom firmware file (PUP) on PS3.

The 3.55 CFW Tutorial

1. With the discussion over the two type of CFW, you may have gotten the idea which custom firmware is the best for your console. Have one in mind? Now, pick between these two CFW files which you need to download before we can go to the next part of the tutorial: Download Rebug 3.55 CFW (PUP) or Kmeaw 3.55 CFW (PUP)
2. As you have downloaded the CFW of your choice, you need to properly install it on your PS3 console. To do that, put the PUP file onto your USB flash drive with the folder path type being set like this one here “x:PS3UPDATEPS3UPDAT.PUP”. Remember, the folders and file name need to be set exactly like what i have shown just now so that you can update your firmware successfully, x: being your USB flash drive root, if you still not get it.
3. After you have been assured that you have followed the steps above correctly, now you just need to connect your USB flash drive to your PS3 console so that it can read the PUP file you transferred.
4. On the PS3 XMB menu, you need to go to the Settings where you can find “System Update” feature just like in the screenshot below.
   
5. Then, your PS3 will boot up two options, Update via Internet and Update via Storage Media. You must choose the later because you don’t want your console to download the latest firmware which is yet to be jailbreak (at the time of the writing) aren’t you?
   
6. Afterwards, you just need to follow the on screen instructions until you have successfully installed 3.55 CFW into your precious PS3. It’s that easy right? Well, enjoy your freedom

That should wrap it up, if you have any questions or problems when jailbreaking your PS3, you can shoot me up. I will try my best to help in any way i can. Oh, and if your PS3 console is already on firmware higher than the 3.55 version, i am sorry to say that you are out of luck because there is no method yet available in the scene to downgrade 3.56, 3.60 and 3.61 PS3 firmware to 3.55 CFW.