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Trophy hacks are all over the PlayStation Network

We can't get enough of it, all those trophy hacks on the PlayStation Network. We've seen several trophy hacks for the PlayStation 3. Modern Warfare 2 had lots of trophy hacks like the 69 spec ops stars, the veteran trophy hack and the intel hack.

Not only Modern Warfare 2 has to deal with these hacks because several other games on the PlayStation Network are victim of these hacks. Games like Socom: Confrontation, FUEL, Prototype , FIFA 10 also have to deal with these hacks. With these hacks it just takes about 2 minutes and you got a platinum trophy. Sony didn't respond on these hacks (yet) and apparently doesn't care about it.

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Elven65216d ago

It's like that on PC as well with games that use GFWL.

The lengths some people go to...

PirateThom5216d ago

Seriously.

The point of these things is to extend play, not boost a score (although the boost is a nice bonus).

My copy of Buzz had a glitch where all the trophies unlocked and I felt hard done by on it, because I hadn't done anything to earn them nor had I intended it.

Hellsvacancy5216d ago

Fuels an aweful game man, it would say alot about ya taste in tings if i ever saw sum-1 wid the Plat 4 Fuel

Bungie5216d ago

just be a gamer not a cheater

hopefully $ony catch those cheaters

Blaze9295216d ago (Edited 5216d ago )

So how does Sony's PSN policy team handle stuff like this? Microsoft's Stephen Toulouse is and has been very public in the past about how he and his team handle cheaters etc. etc. on Xbox LIVE. In regards to gamerscore boosting, they simply reset and tag those who are caught if not ban:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/s...

Examples:

http://media.arstechnica.co...

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/...

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/...

But who is Sony's "enforcer" so to speak? Is there even one or these cheaters just can do whatever the hell they want on PSN?

I don't see the reason why people cheat at these things. That just takes all the fun out of it in the first place. Secondly, they are completely useless. I just don't get it.

ProA0075216d ago

That's not the only thing all over PSN, what is WITH all those damn chain/fwd messages that keep going around? It's really annoying and so stupid people actually believe and pass them on.

2cents5216d ago

legitimacy is everything.

Persistantthug5216d ago

eventually someone will figure it out.

I honestly don't even care about trophies.

gaffyh5216d ago

Haven't seen many trophy hacks personally, but I agree with 1.5, those chain messages are so annoying. And it's ridiculous that people are THAT stupid to pass it on, makes you want to delete people off your friends list.

presto7175216d ago

I understand disagreeing with some of his fanboy comments or the sarcastic puns, but people disagree with EVERYTHING he seems to say, good or bad.

Am I missing something?

-Alpha5216d ago (Edited 5216d ago )

@guy above

He brought it on himself, though I don't really disagree with everything he says. Still, he manages to troll on each and every comment hence the "$" when writing "Sony". Of course, a lot of PS3 fans here also write "M$".

@blaze

Sony's support online is a bit weak. Considering the fact that people pay for XBL I would say I would EXPECT MS to deal with cheaters. That's the problem with PSN, things like trophies are half-a**ed. Not every game has it, they clearly inputted it because MS had achievements and Sony fans demanded it (which I'm fine with), and though the system is a little more pleasing than collecting numbers, it's also exploited.

I don't expect Sony to do anything with the cheaters, but at the same time I don't really care because trophies are more personal. Trophies SHOULD be about showing off to your friends and adding that competitive aspect too, but that would make the cheaters on PSN look even worse.

Also, let's not solely blame Sony. Trophy cheating is not the biggest issue right now, and to be perfectly honest it's not Sony's faults developers can't make a game hack-proof. I look squarely at IW's MW2, which is by far the most laziest game I have ever seen this gen.

Elven65216d ago

Why did I get 4 disagrees for speaking the truth? :(

Bungie constantly gets disagrees because he or she has been classified by the community as a "extreme case", Bungie isn't the only one, users like Saaking and Darkride are in a similar boat. Despite the three of them claiming to have changed their ways it takes a while for the "taint" to be removed.

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rockleex5216d ago

To encrypt, lock, or have protection on their save files.

Do you know how easy Infinity Ward made it to hack their save files?

These are not Trophy hacks, they're actually save file hacks.

CWMR5216d ago

@jmare

-I don't think he is an asshat 90% of the time. I think you just get more annoyed with him because he is a 360 fan and you are a PS3 fan. I can tell you that from my perspective he is no worse than about 85% of the PS3 fanbase here on this site. Singling him out is stupid.

Moving on now...yes, using hacks just ruins the fun. Why do that? Another thing that seems kind of pointless is all the people using second accounts on Uncharted 2 multiplayer right now. I mean, what is the use of a ranking system if everybody is just going to use a second or third account. You look at somebody with a 6 rank, for instance, and you have no idea if they are really a beginner or an experienced player with a second account. And it seems to mess up the matchmaking system as well. You will often have completely unbalanced teams and one team will just slaughter the other.-

FACTUAL evidence5216d ago

i like the trophy that said "obsessional collector".

Prototype5216d ago

Why cheat for bragging rights?

Outside Uncharted 2 and maybe a couple of other games that require a plat for unlockables why cheat just to have a higher score?

vhero5216d ago

2 things.
1. this is happening on the 360 and
2. MS didn't do anything for over a year until it was really bad I remember some gamers had gamerscores of over 100k in less than 6 months.

It's just not that easy to go banning/wiping everybody who does these hacks no doubt Sony would have to update their servers to detect these accounts and that would involve a massive undertaking. Also though who really cares about this?? If my friends want to do it and makes them feel better so be it. You can always remove them from your friends list.

Marquis_de_Sade5215d ago

Vhero, this is about PS3 trophy hacks, not 360 gamerscore boosters, why are you so insecure?

DaTruth5215d ago (Edited 5215d ago )

Ya, but there are no PS3 fanboys making sure to be first to comment on every article on a console they hate, just to troll.

That makes him the worst!

You make your way to the comments section to discuss the topic and in every article, the first thing you have to read is this dude trolling again!

Attention whore much?

Marquis_de_Sade5215d ago

Da Truth, there may not be PS3 fanboys in 360 threads first, but the resulting flood more than makes up for it.

NewNameNow5215d ago

They could have said hacks a few more times in the article I don't think everyone got it.

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WildArmed5216d ago

Exactly.
And it's very easy to figure out who boosted all his trophies..
the time stamps say alot more than some people hoped for lol

Luckily some games are using encrypted save data so you cannot hack em for trophies..

But I dont think this is ruining anything for me per se.
Just like i dont give a crap about boosting stats (unless they are in the same game as me and are taking the team down)

-Alpha5216d ago

Trophies are something I compare with my friends for fun.

Now, if trophies had leaderboards then it would be make things more competitive but I collect trophies for myself, not to beat anybody.

mac4u105216d ago

Hey you stole my avatar :/

EpicGamerSwordsman5216d ago

You wouldnt be the 1st person to have the Nate Drake Avatar.. Theres ALOT of other ppl with the Nathan Drake avatar, it gets annoying & mix's you up with other uses who share the same avatar.

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TOO PAWNED5216d ago

I would never do this, what's the point? You are lying only yourself. Still this hurts trophies and their value. Sony should do something about this before it gets out of hand and makes trophies pointless.

kratos1235216d ago

let them do what they want there the guys that are missing out.they dont have a life just like bungie trying to troll everywhere he goes

iceman065215d ago

with the point about making trophies pointless. In away, they already are...and so is the gamerscore. If you collect these as a symbol of gaming prowess, then the value of trophies should NOT be that you have this many trophies or this high or a score. It should be in the challenge that you had in doing said accomplishments to get the trophy. I never understood why people would rent, borrow, or buy the latest Barbie Super Teen Horse Adventure just to get a platinum. I guaranty you that it wasn't fun...and the only thing that you get is a "ping" sound signifying that you have just wasted an hour of your life (not to mention money) to prove something to somebody else...that probably doesn't care anyway. The point of these things was to get more out of the games that you buy. Not to farm the hell out of titles that suck (although that has become an unexpected benefit) just to get more platinum trophies (higher gamerscore) than the next person.

Bungie5216d ago

lol PlayStation Network lol

shutupandplay5216d ago

Yeah, I know. There certainly isn`t much to it.

Cyrax_875216d ago

you can do the exact same thing to LIVE. Not to mention the whole 360 can be pirated.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5216d ago

PSN is like that free dial up internet that came out a few years ago, NetZero.

EpicGamerSwordsman5216d ago

You stupid tards get what you pay for

OmarJA-N4G5216d ago

Cry more bots Live is still lagging behind PSN, ROFL! :D

How's Glitches of War 2 patches are coming? :D

Karooo5216d ago

attack psn because its free? how pathetic can you be man, 360 doesnt even have any good MP game anymore.

General Jewels5215d ago

Yep PSN is light years behind Xbox Live. And who cares about trophies? It was a failed copy and paste of achievements. Achievements were very innovative and changed the way people play games, and trophies...meh lame. This way trophies are garbage, you can cheat..don't believe me go to gamefaqs you will find saves for 90% of ps3 games, you can't do this on xbox 360 because of preventing unlocking achievements , only way special equipment.

MGOelite5215d ago

you have no clue what you just said general... when you copy a gamesave that voids you from earning any trophies whatsoever, it comes up and says "you did not earn a trophy", any this hack will be sorted with the next patch, no biggie, and another thing what makes achievements so much better than trophies??

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EpicGamerSwordsman5216d ago

I mean considering its free & Runs on PAR WITH A SH!TTY SERVICE YOU PAY FOR!!! Hahaha you stupid tool. XBL is FU(KEN GARBAGE for a Charged online service, I mean theres RARELY any games on x360 that even run on Dedicated servers compared to PSN, have fun paying for a p2p sh#tty network known as CrapBox LIVE while we get Both Dedicated Servers & p2p free.

CWMR5216d ago

-Unless you have an actual list of games on both platforms that run on dedicated servers, please kindly shut up. Otherwise you are just repeating typical fanboy talking points without any merit.

Also, I haven't noticed any difference in reliability between games with dedicated servers on the PS3 and supposed P2P on the 360. For instance I haven't noticed Killzone 2 or Uncharted 2 being any more reliable or having less lag than Halo 3 or Gears 2. I get disconnected in games on Uncharted 2 all the time, but I never have problems with Halo 3. All in all Xbox Live feels a little more stable to me, regardless of whether you want to say one has more dedicated servers or whatever. I am simply going off my own experience with both services.-

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia2d ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia2d ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator2d ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

Father__Merrin1d 23h ago

Used to own all these quirky JRPG on ps3 good times. Wish I would have kept them all

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Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies3d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken3d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing693d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker3d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing693d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt3d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken3d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.