Eurogamer

Half-Byte Loader: the PSP homebrew tool that's hacking Vita?

PSP games MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, Everybody's Tennis and Super Collapse were all temporarily removed from the PlayStation Store because they were vulnerable to an exploit that allowed a ...
Shacknews

Cat-and-mouse: Arguing the case for Vita homebrew

Coders are looking for exploits that will enable homebrew on the Vita. But is it worth it? We look at the latest attempt to bring homebrew on Sony's successor to the piracy-laden PSP. Do you blame ...
Eurogamer

Sony pulls another PSP game for allowing homebrew on Vita

Sony's pulled another vulnerable PSP game, Super Collapse, from the PlayStation Store. It allowed an unauthorised program to run homebrew software on PlayStation Vita. The unauthorised program is the ...
The Escapist

Rumor: Sony Suspends Two PSP Games Over Vita Homebrew Exploit

Hot Shots Tennis and MotorStorm: Arctic Rift have apparently fallen foul of Sony’s mission to protect the Vita from hackers. The unofficial version of this story, however, is that both games contain ...
Memeburn

PlayStation Vita has been hacked: here’s how to do it

It’s been possible to run homebrew software on the PlayStation Vita for a while now, but pretty much all of these hacks only grant access to the PSP sandbox/environment. In other words, those hoping ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

Hacking the Vita: Yifan Lu Talks Homebrew, Security and why Games Still can’t be Pirated

With the big news of today being that the Vita has been ‘hacked’, we talk to the man behind the exploit, Yifan Lu, a ‘reverse engineer’ who plans to write a loader for the handheld. But what does the ...
The Verge

Sony combats PS Vita security exploits by removing PSP titles from PlayStation Store

Sony has taken to removing PSP titles from the PlayStation Store in an attempt to close security holes in the PS Vita. The compromised titles, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge and Everybody’s Tennis, can be ...
Engadget

PS Vita homebrew loader arrives today, but only if you have this hard-to-get game (video)

...And here's the catch: the game you need is Motorstorm Arctic Edge (or 'Raging Ice' in Japan), and it appears to have already been pulled from the PS Store. Besides, it was never compatible with ...
Ars Technica

Sony tries cutting off homebrew exploits, takes down Vita game downloads

Sony's never-ending battle to control the content that runs on its hardware has moved to a new front on the Vita, with the company taking down downloadable versions of two PSP titles in response to ...
SlashGear

PSP Vita Users Play Genesis Games With An Emulator In An Emulator

Some Japanese gamers that have their hands on the PS Vita are getting in some retro gaming action. The portable console sold very well the first week and then sales dropped precipitously. One of the ...
The Sixth Axis

Sony Pulls UNO As Yet Another PSN Game Is Used As Homebrew Exploit On Vita

The cat and mouse chase between hackers and Sony continues, as Gameloft’s PSP game UNO is the latest game to be pulled from the PlayStation Store by the platform holder under fears it’ll be used to ...
eTeknix

New PS Vita Jailbreak Allows Homebrew and Emulators

The PS Vita a great little handheld console that was unduly abandoned by Sony and suffered from a dearth of decent games, but a new jailbreak that allows homebrew software and emulators could help ...