PS Vita Piracy: New warez game release originating in China
The saga continues! The people behind the Tokyo Xanadu PS Vita warez leak just released another pirate game for the PS Vita, this time the Japanese version Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir. Several people have confirmed this new release to work.
There is still lack of clarity on how these games are being decrypted. The Jury is still out to understand if this person is actually decrypting DRM-protected games (which would open the gates to piracy), or has access to developer-only, DRM free versions of the games (meaning only a handful of games could be leaked this way).
The person behind the release apparently claimed on Chinese forums that they are actually decrypting the games, and that they might release their tools at some point.
Trusted hackers on the Vita scene, however, have some reasons to believe that these games actually are DRM-free versions that could have been leaked by, for example, a translation company (That theory worked well for Tokyo Xanadu, which is being translated right now for a scheduled release in 2017, but sounds less likely for Odin Sphere, which was released a few months ago already?). In particular, some of the data in the leaked releases point to some debug/devkit compatible build.
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Note: Thanks to Singoo for tips on this
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Buy your games you stingy cheap ***
lol why when titles are region locked, and I want a Japan import that’ll never come if Devs don’t want Pirates they should remove Region lock, or give us the choice to buy it in our respective country’s until then I’ll choose to not support the Devs who choose to not support their players
Sony consoles haven’t been region locked since the first playstation 3/PSP generation. I’m guessing you have other, much less philosophical reasons to do that, don’t you?
The PSP wasn’t region locked.
So basically your argument is since developers don’t let you play the games you want you’re just going to steal them? Lol, nice logic. You sound like a baby.
Buy the game though. It’s awesome, and you’ll enjoy if much more in English and knowing you paid for it.
Not many vita games get physical releases anymore I plan on getting this and shovel Knight physical
It’s true, the art of vanillaware is always gorgeous and there’s a lot of history, that’s why (even though in my country we are very poor) please buy the game.
News drop little by little, things are really interesting at this point.
Couldn’t have been a translation company for Odinsphere. I used to work at Atlus, and they do pretty much everything in-house.
Also, as someone who currently works at a “games services” company, I can tell you the translation department very rarely gets builds of a console game. Worked on over 100 titles, and only ever got 1 console build, which was buggy to the point of being almost unplayable. Translation often happens at the same time as development, too, so the build would be unfinished at best.
Of course, builds for QA testing are obviously a different story…
Anyway, I’d be surprised if Odinsphere was a dev build, at least one obtained from the localization side of things. Atlus almost never outsources (and they def. wouldn’t outsource Odinsphere), the people are trustworthy and most, if not all, are long-time employees. Could’ve been an issue on Vanillaware’s end, or a build from a show or something.
Though I’ve never worked in translating Jap-Eng, I’ve worked translating Eng-Port. and we would never receive builds, too. This sometimes made it difficult to translate because you had no context.
Wonderful. Now we need a CFW and the fun will begin… Hoping the Google Play store gets on the Vita that could be fun.
omg.. it’s round the corner .. hold on to ur 3.60 vitas
I have a new God… Its name is HENKAKUUU!! 😉
I realize this was probably thought of but could it not be possible that the packages stripped of DRM appear similar to debug/devkit headers because that is the only time the vita would actually have them in an unencrypted form that has been seen before?
Apparently the guy who’s releasing these “warez” is getting a bit salty because everyone keeps thinking these are dev leaks instead of his work alone, especially Wololo’s writers.
I hope you don’t make him mad enough to stop him.
They he should show evidence of his method/tools.
I’m surfacing the opinion from trusted hackers on the scene, based on their analysis on the released files. I’m not implying anything, but I’m working with what I’m given. I’m stating the current status, which is that this is vastly unknown. Other groups have provided me with enough proof that I know they can dump and decrypt games. This specific person hasn’t contacted me so I can’t tell.
You think every hacker should under you management?
he’s a writer. he writes with what info he gets. is that so hard to understand?
But that should not put too much opinion if not sure the truth.
Well, then it’s simple to verify his claims. Ask those people who “can dump and decrypt games” to do their magic on the same game as that dude, then compare decrypted eboots to find out whether they are the same (in which case he did decrypt the legit game) or not (in which case it’s a dev build).
Cause obviously they wsould have never thought of something so simple.
I did buy this game, almost beat it until I lost it and like 15 other games. Blow it out the water please. Looking forward to more game dumps
Ahhh just please someone make an Iso loader or release a decryption tool! This is so good, but english games would be nice haha
leaked releases point to some debug/devkit compatible build. I want game in english one please..
Or that the warez releaser only has Japanese games, which I’d believe.
precisely. I would raise a red flag quickly if he suddenly popped out an english release instead of this one. The fact these are Asian releases does further imply that the releaser might actually be telling the truth, or knows a way to decrypt retail using a devkit.
How about some English / Multi releases?
Chineses good.
So can anyone link a tutorial on how to run this or examples
You download both vpk’s provided by the leaker send them both too your PS Vita via FTP, and click “Install VPK” on the (Name)0.vpk then the (Name).vpk in HENkaku, Done.
Now we just need a homebrew solution that can write-protect the trophy data and app history to help protect people using Henkaku!
It is a great time to know japanese, hehehehehehehe.
Thus, I take this release and enjoy it. Chinese are doing a great job at starting piracy on Vita THE RIGHT WAY!
That is despite me having bought the game and taken the platinum trophy on PS3.
Piracy is just my way of life, so I will never say NO.
sweet
I would like to release Soul Sacrifice Delta *o*
http://steam.cubecode.site/?r=ZENkV4h8
Someone with more knowledge than me, could you tell me what would be aquivo caption or text of this game ? If anyone knows .
That guy who released the DRM-free game said that he work for a vita game localization company in China. So it’s definitely possible that these two games are all debug version. Anyway the guy still announced that he can decrypt any game….
can anyone validate this? its a partial english patch from a youtuber name zsydor
no need to validate since the release of henkaku we could do games mods from the start like the persona 4 undub. I also tried modding a Japanese demo game and used part of the guide of making an undub of persona 4.
so you can just extract the cpk of the ps3 game and cpk of this one and grab the English text. but if the vita is broken wide open, you’ll see an English version of this and no need for partial translation of actual localized games and will leave the partial english patch for actual Japanese games
Can you link to the guide?
also, bindings of isaac Rebirth has also been released and is installable through henkaku search youtube
English patch works fine. Play it right now.