A community-driven initiative that restores online multiplayer for discontinued PlayStation 3 games by using custom DNS settings or emulated private servers. No modded or jailbroken console needed.
Set the custom DNS as the primary DNS, with 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.4.4 as the secondary DNS.
The correct DNS address for each project can be found below, or on its official website or Discord server.
1. Open the connection settings
Go to Settings → Network Settings → Internet Connection Settings.
Say Yes to going offline, then choose Custom.
2. Choose how you connect
Wired: Set Operation Mode of Network Device to Auto-Detect.
Wireless: Scan, pick your network and enter its password.
Then set:
3. Enter the DNS by hand
4. Leave the rest
Press X to save, then Test Connection.
5. Play
Start the game and sign in with your PSN account.
Hopping between revival servers means typing a new DNS every time. These two save your servers so you can switch in seconds.
An XMB plugin: press R1 + R2 + R3 anywhere on the XMB, pick a server and it reconnects for you. It comes with the revival servers already listed, can update the list, and shows which games each server supports.
Install with qDNSm-Installer.pkg. It has to load before webMAN MOD, and the installer sorts that out.
GRAW 2 on RPCS3 may take a few attempts to log in.
Need for Speed Rivals is newly back online, Overwatch included, on PS3 and RPCS3. It needs a patch as well as the DNS: see their site or Discord.
PS3 Reborn partner, so either DNS works for these games.
In development.
In development.
Arkham: Revived Redux by KiwifruitDev brings back online multiplayer. Patch the game with the browser patcher (HEN, CFW, or an OFW backup). Help and matchmaking on their Discord.
In development.
Recently revived. Also works on RPCS3.
Up to 4 players in Co-Op or Arcade, with public matches and cross-play with RPCS3. No patch or custom files needed. Part of a project bringing GameSpy games back online on the same DNS.
Run by Rain Frontier.
Run by Thirteen. In development.
In development.
Run by Rocket Net. In development.
Run by TDU World.
Factions multiplayer, run by TLOU Factions. Needs the online pass.
Matchmaking works. “Syncing Level Data” can take a while the first time you connect. Turn off the DLC option to find players more easily.
Matchmaking works. “Syncing Level Data” can take a while the first time you connect. Turn off the DLC option to find players more easily.
These don’t use a DNS: each project gives you a patch or files to install on a HEN or CFW console. See their site or Discord for the steps.
GameSpy games brought back with an EBOOT patch.
In development.
In development.
No server found for that game yet. Try a shorter name, or check the /r/PS3 community.
List largely compiled by u/Ok-Two239 on /r/PS3. Thank you!
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