World’s First PS3 Hack Claimed [And How To Do It]

[Update] The PS3 has indeed been hacked. Read more at World’s 1st PS3 Hack (And This Time It’s Real).

Pirates have claimed to hack the PS3 to play blu-ray copies of PS3 games. At the moment, copied versions of Killzone 2, Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2008 and Burnout Paradise have been confirmed to work.

In order to hack the PS3, users are also required to have an older PS3 (i.e. not a ‘Slim’ machine) onto which third party OS software can be installed as well as copies of Windows XP, the original MotorStorm and a host of piracy-related DVD software. The hack does not require any modchip but involves a lengthy work around. Full details can be found at HaxNetwork

How To Play Pirated Games on Your PS3 (Gamersworldbd does not endorse such activities and is provided as a proof-of-concept only)

Step 1: Install Ubuntu on your PS3 (or kubuntu)
Step 2: Install Windows XP on Ubuntu
Step 3: Install CloneCD on Windows XP and connect to network another PC so has seen in My Network Places. I do not know if AnyDVD HD is necessary, but I installed it for me
Step 4: Open CloneCD, select new image, insert the game, select “Protected PC Game”, change the extension to ISO.
Step 5: Ripper Blu-Ray on PC via network favorites.
Step 6: Burn with ImgBurn (or CloneCD) in 1X on the PC or has been ripped game

But there is skepticism from the hacking community whether this hack really works. The YouTube video that showed proof of concept has since been pulled down. If the PS3 can, in fact, play pirated blu ray games then expect a new wave of PS3 gamers to hit Bangladesh.