There's a new patch out for the PlayStation 3 version of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PC). The additions, fixes, and tweaks included in the patch are outlined after the jump.

This we credit to QJ.NET Forums moderator FreePlay for pointing out while I drowned in DirectX dreams. It appears that Alek and Mathieulh, reputable personalities of the PSP homebrew scene, have figured out how backup games can be run on the PlayStation 3. And since the new development restarted the whispers of PS3 ISO loaders and what-have-yous five hours ago, moderator FreePlay managed to figure out how it could be accomplished.

We're thisclose to finally seeing some homebrew love on the PS3. silenoz of the PS3Hax team sure has opened the gateways to a whole lot of wonderful possibilities, thanks to his Bunny Blaster Java homebrew launched from XMB! Curious? We're sure you are. After the jump is the way to go then.


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Here's some more PS3 BioShock goodness from E3. Apart from sizzling screenshots, there are also new details on the Rapture adventure getting exclusive PS3 downloadable content. We know, we know. You can't contain your excitement. Take it away, then, at the full article.

 Imagine a world of gaming where background noise won't interfere with strategies concocted among teammates via headphones. Do you see it? If you want to see it more clearly, then click on that "read more" button to see what the SOCOM: Confrontation official PS3 Bluetooth Headset looks like. Yes, you read right. PS3 Bluetooth Headset. With mute. That, and the revealed Quarantine stage.

Word from the folks of the PlayStation 3 underground say that they were able to download a copy of Sony's recent "open beta" build of PlayStation Home, and it appears that some folk have even been able to reproduce the same results. Unfortunately, some of the PS3 hack and exploit contributors were still running PlayStation 3 firmware version 2.10, and only few were willing to brave the less forgiving firmware 2.20 to try it out. Get the skinny at the full story.

It appears that another Hello World attempt has been pulled off on the PlayStation 3, this time by our community's own dragula96. The exploit was achieved on retail model PS3s, although you'll probably want to view the video demonstrating this feat. It's available over in the full article along with some extra details.

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It's time for an update on the upcoming Map Pack for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The variety pack is currently in the process of certification with Microsoft. Also, we got further details on the other builds for other platforms. Read more after the jump!

The days of PlayStation 3 homebrew may be at hand soon, but developing useful applications is a long road in itself. Team ICE continues to flex their coding muscles to pool both knowledge and experience in that field, and so the same guys who give kudos to Dark AleX and Mathieulh for their contributions to the PSP scene now have released version 1.2 of the Ice Pack. Course through the full story for more details.

Super cancels, guard cancels, and roll cancels - what makes these different combat cancel systems tick? Eric Williams talks about the mechanics behind these different cancel systems and relates them to his own work designing the combat system for God of War. Get technical with God of Wars lead combat designer in the full article after the jump.