Every change to the site in October 2026, newest first.
New Tool: PS3 Syscon General
October 31, 2026
Talking to your PS3's syscon used to mean typing commands into a serial terminal. PS3 Syscon General by Studio Halabi puts it all in a proper app for Windows, macOS and Linux, based on db260179's ps3syscon.
Hook up a USB or Bluetooth UART adapter and you can dump error and boot-up logs (handy for working out a YLOD), edit fan curves on a graph, watch CELL and RSX temperatures live, and patch RSX addresses for Frankenstein mods. There's voltage tuning and overclocking too, so go carefully.
Nazi Zombies: Portable PS3, Preview 3: Split Screen and Online Leaderboards
October 31, 2026
Grab a second controller. NZ:P on PS3 now has two-player split screen, with a HUD, perks and revives for each player. Player 2 joins by pressing any button on the second pad.
Your best runs also go online now. Classic games started at round 1 are sent to the new PS3 World leaderboards at game over, with separate boards for solo and split screen. You can check the top 10 for every map from the new Leaderboards menu in-game, or turn sending off with SEND SCORES.
What's New:
Download Maps: descriptions fit the screen, accented map names show correctly, long names scroll when highlighted, and huge multi-map packs are left out of the list.
Fixes: the Wunderwaffe no longer prints “no such frame”, controller disconnect messages fit the screen, plus various bug fixes.
Known issues: in split screen, player 2 shows as “Player 2” on the leaderboard, the other player’s model looks washed out, and guns don’t perfectly line up with the models.
GTA III, Vice City, and now Liberty City Stories. stingziz0u has brought reLCS to the PS3, sharing the same RSX renderer as the re3 and reVC ports. It works on HEN and CFW.
It runs at 720p in 30 or 60 fps, with PS2-style lighting, pressure-sensitive driving on the DualShock 3 and optional map markers for hidden packages. You'll need your own PS2 copy, converted on a PC with the reLCS Asset Converter. It's an alpha (1.1), so expect a few bugs.
Car combat online again. Full Auto 2: Battlelines has been revived with a custom DNS server, and it works on RPCS3 too.
Set your PS3's primary DNS to 51.210.15.204 and you're in. The revival team's Discord is linked from the server card if you want to find people to play with.
You can now download community maps straight from the main menu. There are 89+ to pick from, no PC or FTP needed, and Manage Maps clears out the ones you're done with.
What's New:
New: Download Maps and Manage Maps in the main menu, plus dynamic resolution in Video settings.
Performance: big custom maps like Croft Manor run smoother. Zombie and weapon animations now run on the GPU, and flamethrowers, explosions and fire cause less lag.
Fixes: the HUD looks right at lower resolutions, the ultrawide option is gone, the FPS counter is off by default, and plenty of small bugs are squashed.
Halo on a PS3. Didn't see that coming. OpenCE-PS3 by Mayo1970 compiles the game's own code (from the Xbox decompilation) for the PS3, and it works on HEN and CFW.
It runs at 60 fps in 720p, with 4-player split screen and online play that crosses over with OpenCE on PC. You'll need the maps folder from your own Xbox copy. Still early (first release, v0.1.0), so expect the odd bug.
The fan-made World at War zombies remake is now on PS3. This port of Nazi Zombies: Portable runs natively on HEN and CFW, and you don't need any game files: everything's in the package.
Solo works on all 19 maps at a steady 60 fps in 720p, with DualShock 3 controls and PlayStation button prompts. No multiplayer yet. Full disclosure, it's my own port, so bug reports are very welcome.
Your PS3 keeps about 8% of its internal drive back as reserved space. PS3 Unlock HDD Space by picard (aka 3141card) cuts that to 1%, which is around 35 GB back on a 500 GB drive. Works on HEN and CFW.
The change survives reboots, but it isn't permanent. Run the app again and your original settings come back. Credit to einsteinx2 on PSX-Place for the tutorial it's based on.
Also new: the buying guide can now put any two PS3 models side by side.
New Guide: Upgrade Your PS3 Storage, and a Smarter Buying Guide
October 28, 2026
Running out of space? A new step-by-step guide covers everything you need to swap your PS3’s hard drive or add USB storage.
What's New:
Upgrade storage (new page): Which drive to buy (2.5″ SATA, up to 1 TB, and why most SSDs aren’t worth it), backing up saves and trophies, swapping the drive on Fat, Slim and Super Slim models (including the bracket 12 GB Super Slims need), reinstalling official firmware, CFW or HEN afterwards, and using USB drives for games on a hacked PS3.
Which PS3 to buy: Four new things to choose from: films and music (Blu-ray, SACD), Linux (OtherOS), card readers and 4 USB ports, and the original Fat design. Results now show how the pick does on each of your choices, a tab for the best non-PS2 model when PS2 discs pull against your other picks, and a link you can share.
New Port: Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
October 28, 2026
A PS3 port of ZUN’s 2002 bullet-hell shooter 東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, built from the community decompilation by DropSonic0. It works on HEN and CFW, and needs the data files and music from your own copy of the original PC game.
Also fixed: file lists in install steps (like the ones for ioRTCW and Touhou 6) now show as one tidy code box instead of a separate box per line.
New Port: OpenMoHAA (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault)
October 27, 2026
An early PS3 port of OpenMoHAA, the open-source engine for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, by kadorna1. It works on HEN and CFW, and needs your own GOG copy of Allied Assault War Chest.
This is the first pre-release (V0.0.0.01a), so it’s one to watch rather than play through yet: boot camp and the first mission load, but slowly and with random crashes, and only sound effects work so far.
Which PS3 Should I Buy?, 78 New Curated Themes & a Bigger PS3 World Lite
October 26, 2026
A new buying guide that matches you to the right PS3, 78 more hand-picked themes, and the biggest update yet to PS3 World Lite, the version of the site built for the PS3’s own browser.
What's New:
Which PS3 to buy (new page): Pick what matters to you (PS2 discs, hacking with full CFW, reliability, low power, size, extras or price) and where you’re buying, and it recommends the best model with its pros, cons and the model numbers to look for. Includes a comparison of every model from the launch Fat to the Super Slim and a checklist for buying a used PS3. Fact-checked against psdevwiki, ConsoleMods and Sony’s own figures.
78 New Curated Themes: Hand-picked from the Theme Archive. Games now has 40 themes, TV & Movies 27, Minimal 19, Misc 18, OS 10 and Music 10. New picks include God of War, The Last of Us, Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, Okami, Persona 5, Dark Souls III, Portal 2, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, The Simpsons, Ubuntu and Windows 8.
Theme Archive: Seasonal picks on the home page, with Halloween themes now and Christmas and winter themes from December. Mature themes are now marked, and category pages hide them behind a “Show mature themes (18+)” button.
PS3 World Lite: A new Media page (Movian, Yo! Player, JellyFin PS3 and Spotify PS3), six more tools (webMAN MOD, PKGi PS3, AcidPS3 Store, multiMAN, prepISO and Thermal Bench), every curated theme from the main site, and tidier grids where every card in a row lines up. All downloads are direct, so they work from the PS3 browser.
Fake DualShock 3 checklist: Rechecked against new research. Adds checks for spelling and branding mistakes, the model number and port, and whether motion and rumble work, which is the best sign of a fake. Claims we couldn’t confirm are now marked as such.
The biggest update to the Avatar Archive so far: 1,775 new avatars, bringing the archive to over 6,300 PlayStation® 3 avatars from the US, EU, Japan and Asia stores.
What's New:
1,775 New Avatars: Across all four regions, including hundreds of Japanese avatars.
Theme Categories: Big mixed bundles like Populus Media, Smobile and Avatar Bundle 004 are now sorted into themes such as Text, Skulls, Animals, Fantasy, Flags and Anime, so they’re much easier to browse.
New Sports Category: NFL, NBA, NHL and football avatars are now together in one place.
Duplicates Removed: The whole collection has been checked, with duplicate avatars removed and a few packs moved to the right game.
Missing Files Restored: Several avatars that were missing their preview or .edat download have been fixed.
New Homebrew: Media Players Page, AcidPS3 Store, JellyFin PS3, Spotify PS3, Simple CD Info & MinVerChk
October 23, 2026
Four new homebrew apps and plugins for HEN and CFW, a new home for media players, and MinVerChk for checking whether an unhacked PS3 can run CFW.
What's New:
Media players (new page): Everything for watching, streaming and listening in one place. Movian 7 and Yo! Player have moved here from Miscellaneous, joined by the new JellyFin PS3, Spotify PS3 and Simple CD Info. Find it under Homebrew in the menu.
AcidPS3 Store by AcidNT3.1: a homebrew store for browsing and installing homebrew straight from your PS3. Homebrew only: it isn’t a replacement for the official PlayStation Store and has no pirated content.
JellyFin PS3 (Lossless Audio) by vortigauntlet: a native Jellyfin client that streams movies, TV and music from your own Jellyfin server, with lossless TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in 5.1 or 7.1 and smoother 1080p.
Spotify PS3 by vortigauntlet: turns the PS3 into a Spotify Connect speaker. Pick PS3 in the Spotify app and the music plays through your console, with synced lyrics and your queue on screen.
Simple CD Info by mohasi: brings back real album, artist and track names for audio CDs instead of “Track 1, Track 2…”. Install, reboot, insert a CD.
Error codes: 208 more codes, now 711 in total. New: Blu-ray playback, Recovery Mode updates, blue/red crash screens, save data, PSN sign-in and secure-connection errors, game servers that have shut down for good, and licence and PKG errors for HEN and CFW users. There’s also a new guide to reading codes that aren’t listed (Syscon YLOD logs, 80710 download codes, Recovery Mode and crash-screen codes).
Controller identifier: 34 more controllers, now 119. New: PowerA, Mad Catz, Thrustmaster, Snakebyte and BigBen pads, the HORI Flight Stick 3, more HORI and Mad Catz fight sticks, the HORI Racing Wheel Apex, Power Gig air drums and the PS3 DDR mat. Guitar Hero and Rock Band entries now list the USB receiver (dongle) numbers each instrument needs.
Jailbreak checker: Rechecked for October 2026 and updated to PS3HEN 3.6.0. It now recognises debug (DECH) and AV test units, with the right DEX firmware for each, plus model numbers pasted with extra text, odd dashes or colour codes (like 2500A LW). Accessory and bundle codes get a helpful hint instead of an error, and consoles that can’t run standard CFW now mention the BadWDSD modchip and qCFW.
MinVerChk: New in Homebrew Tools. Run it from a USB stick on any PS3, hacked or not, to see the lowest firmware it can install: 3.56 or lower means it can run CFW. Handy for CECH-25xx Slims, and now linked from the Jailbreak Checker and Setup Wizard.
This Day in PS3 History: 353 more events, now 1,352, each checked against a second source. Added every missing firmware update, hardware and accessory launches, PSN and app milestones (Netflix, Hulu and Amazon all came to PS3 first), Sony leadership changes, sales milestones, the OtherOS and homebrew story, the RPCS3 emulator, and over 150 more game releases. A few older entries were also corrected.
Playing on PC? A new button on the home page takes you straight to RPCS3, the PS3 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Strategy Guides: 36 new, bringing the total to 45. Includes BradyGames, Prima and Piggyback guides such as Uncharted 2 & 3, Final Fantasy XIII & XIII-2, L.A. Noire and Darksiders, fan-translated Tales of Graces f and Tales of Xillia guides, and two Japanese books: the Tales of Vesperia Famitsu Perfect Guide and Apex, the Gran Turismo 5 driving guide.
Console Manuals: 18 new, bringing the total to 19. Covers Fat, Slim and Super Slim models, including the launch model.
Accessories (new section): 22 manuals for controllers, Move add-ons, headsets, wheels, the PlayStation Eye, Buzz! buzzers and SingStar mics.
Other Languages: 25 non-English manuals and guides: 17 Japanese, 2 German, 2 Portuguese, and one each in Chinese, French, Italian and Spanish. Use the language filter to browse them. When a game has more than one version, its card shows a button for each language.
New Look: The archive now matches the Theme Archive. It has tall cover previews, a full-screen cover viewer and a language filter on every page.
New Tools: Jailbreak Checker, Setup Wizard, Glossary & More
October 22, 2026
New interactive tools to help you hack, set up and fix your PS3, plus a bigger and better Random Game Selector. You'll find them in the Help menu at the top of every page, with PS3 Exclusives and the Random Game Selector under Resources.
What's New:
Jailbreak checker: Type the model number from the sticker (or pick Fat, Slim or Super Slim) to see whether it can run CFW or HEN. Handles CECH-25xx date codes, gives firmware tips and up-to-date steps for HFW 4.93.1 and PS3HEN 3.5.0.
Error codes: 503 codes with plain-English meanings and fixes, including tips for HEN and CFW users and fixes reported by the community. Search by code or keyword, or link straight to a code (e.g. error-codes#80010514).
Setup wizard: Tell it whether you're on HEN, CFW or not hacked yet, and what you want to do (backups, PS2 games, emulators, saves, themes, online play and more), and it builds a personal checklist. Tick items off as you go, and share or print it.
Glossary: Plain-English meanings for 157 terms like HEN, CFW, HFW, PKG, RAP, Cobra, minimum version and YLOD. Search, filter by topic, or link straight to a term (e.g. glossary#hen).
Random game: New filters for English-language games, release years and developer, a More from this developer button, and a Copy link button to share your pick. Game details filled in and corrected for over 1,000 games.
PS3 exclusives: 93 games you can still only play on a PS3: never remastered, ported or released anywhere else. Filter by genre, disc or PSN, and region, or let it pick one for you.
Controller identifier: Type the model number from any PS3 controller (like CECHZC2E) to see what it is, which region it’s from and what it works with. Covers 85 controllers, from the DualShock 3 and Move to racing wheels, pedals and shifters, flight and fight sticks, light guns, and Guitar Hero and Rock Band instruments, plus a 22-point checklist for spotting fake controllers.
This Day in PS3 History: A new section at the bottom of the home page showing what happened on today’s date: game launches, firmware updates, console news and scene milestones from nearly 1,000 events. Use the arrows to browse other days.
NotDC is a Sega Dreamcast emulator for the PlayStation 3. It runs as homebrew on a PS3 with CFW or HEN. It's built with the open-source PSL1GHT SDK. NotDC is work in progress.
Salsa64
A Nintendo 64 emulator for the PlayStation 3 (homebrew, runs on HEN or CFW), designed around the Cell processor: the PPE runs the VR4300 CPU with a dynamic recompiler, the SPEs do the vector work (RSP graphics and audio HLE), and the RSX draws.
A high-performance background VSH PRX/SPRX plugin for the PlayStation 3 (CFW and PS3HEN).
Providing native USB and internal Bluetooth support for the PlayStation 5 DualSense (CFI-ZCT1), DualSense Edge, and DualShock 4 controllers.
A community-driven initiative that restores online multiplayer for discontinued PlayStation 3 games by using custom DNS settings or emulated private servers without needing a modified or jailbroken console.
A community-driven initiative that restores online multiplayer for discontinued PlayStation 3 games by using custom DNS settings or emulated private servers without needing a modified or jailbroken console.
An advanced version of the OpenBOR engine. A royalty-free, sprite-based side-scrolling game engine optimised for beat 'em ups like Double Dragon, Streets of Rage, and Final Fight.
Ported to PS3 by developer White Dragon. Create, mod, and play a huge library of community-made games using the built-in script engine and graphical suite.
PS3.WORLD has been relocated to a new hosting provider and new content added
October 7, 2026
The site is now independent from weebly, which gives me more control over layout and lets me add better features. It's still a work in progress, but it's in a decent state now.
New content includes
Random game - Can't decide what to play? Let us pick for you.
PS2 Classic GUI - A tool that allows you to decrypt PS2 Classics for PS3 and encrypt any PS2 to play on PS3 (fat/slim/superslim).
