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Homebrew, modding and emulation news: firmware updates, new exploits, tool and emulator releases, and forum news. Every story lists its sources and can be commented on.
- XboxTurok: Evolution recompiled natively for PC
- PlayStationTransformers (PS2) recompiled natively for PC
- PlayStationResogun (PS4) recompiled natively for PC and Linux
- PlayStationinFAMOUS 2 (PS3) native on PC, twice as fast
- PlayStationTimeSplitters 2 (PS2) recompiled natively for Linux
- XboxDef Jam: Fight for NY native on PC, Mac and Linux
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- Wednesday 21 October 2026
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PlayStation
M33: the PSP emulator PPSSPP comes to jailbroken PS4
M33 ports the PSP emulator PPSSPP to jailbroken PS4: games in 1080p, the real PSP XMB, rewind, save states and RetroAchievements.
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Emulation
RPCS3: 80% of PS3 games playable on PC, Yakuza: Dead Souls included
PS3 emulator RPCS3 announces that 80% of PS3 games are now “playable” on PC. Yakuza: Dead Souls and Blitz: The League II crossed the line this week.
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DS/3DS
Silent Hill 2 ported natively to 3DS, playable through all six endings
sh23ds runs Silent Hill 2 natively on New 3DS and 3DS, from the prologue to the six endings: an engine rewritten based on the PC version, using your own copy.
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Emulation
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom runs natively on Mac, iPhone and iPad
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom runs on Mac, iPhone and iPad without an emulator: the game's code runs directly on Apple chips, at 90 fps on an M4 Mac.
- Tuesday 20 October 2026
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PlayStation
PSBox 1.3: keyboard, mouse and gyro aiming for Xbox cloud gaming
The Xbox Cloud Gaming client for jailbroken PS5 reaches 1.3: keyboard and mouse, DualSense gyro aiming, 1080p at 30 Mbps and a Linux version.
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PlayStation
Recomp Store: a store of native ports for jailbroken PS5
Recomp Store installs and updates native ports of recompiled games, emulators and tools on jailbroken PS5, from your own discs.
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PlayStation
Midnight Club: Los Angeles natively recompiled for PC, Linux and PS5
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, released on Xbox 360, is natively recompiled for Windows, Linux and jailbroken PS5, from your own disc.
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PlayStation
PS5SX2 2.15: your PS2 games get their own PS5 home screen tile
The jailbroken PS5's PS2 emulator reaches 2.15: a tile per game on the home screen, less stutter from discs and 192 HD texture packs.
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PlayStation
PS5-ECAM 5.0: the Switch joins the Wii U, 3DS and DS on PS5
PS5CEMU-HAR becomes PS5-ECAM and adds the Switch, via Eden, to Cemu, Azahar and melonDS: four Nintendo consoles in a single PS5 app.
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PlayStation
PS5 jailbreak on 14.10: Gezine shows an exploit that stays private
Developer Gezine has shown a PS5 on firmware 14.10 with a new kernel exploit. Nothing is released, and the hypervisor still blocks most of it.
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Retro
Retroid Pocket Duo: the dual OLED screen handheld ships on 21 October
The Retroid Pocket Duo, an Android handheld with two 120 Hz AMOLED screens, starts shipping on 21 October, at $269. The Duo Lite is already out.
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Retro
InkBoy: the Game Boy on an e-ink screen, at 30 fps
InkBoy runs Game Boy games on a small e-ink screen, at around 30 fps, in black and white or in grayscale. The project is open source.











