A developer known as ZiZc3 has released Hydroid, an open-source tool that lets jailbroken PS5 consoles run 64-bit Android games natively by recompiling ARM64 code rather than booting Linux or a virtual machine. Separately, homebrew front ends called Playden and PC5 add Steam and offline PC game support, while developer heydemoura's experimental EglantinePS5 emulator brings early Nintendo Switch 2 game compatibility to the console.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-02
A public jailbreak called Relapse enables PlayStation 5 consoles on firmware up to version 13.60 to play PS2 discs, but applying it blocks future firmware updates and there is no way to downgrade. Sony has reportedly begun blocking PlayStation Network sign-ins for consoles running firmware older than 14.10, meaning jailbroken PS5s lose access to online multiplayer, the PlayStation Store and new games requiring newer firmware.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-27
A GitHub project called Playden for PS5 adapts the macOS Playden launcher to let users sign into Steam and install games from their library onto a jailbroken PlayStation 5. It works by running titles through prospero-win, a PS5 port of Wine, creating a separate app tile for each installed game with isolated files and settings. The developer lists compatible titles including Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, and Team Fortress 2, but the project remains in Alpha, with mixed user reports of crashes and missing mouse/menu support.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-25
Security researcher Sammy Hajhamid (Pepsipu) disclosed a software-only, 'tethered' exploit chain for the Switch 2 that achieves userland access via bugs in SmileBasic 4 and the console's FileSystem services module. The hack requires a networked macOS or Linux PC and enables homebrew, game modding, reverse engineering, save backups, and peripheral access, demonstrated with modded characters in Mario Kart World.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-22
A modder known as pepsipu (Sammy Hajhamid) created a software-only, tethered jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2, dubbed 'ns2jb,' with help from OpenAI's Codex tool. The exploit relies on the game SmileBASIC 4 and must be re-run each time the console restarts; a demo shows a modified Mario Kart World with added characters like Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin and Steve from Minecraft.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-22
A developer has published ns2jb, a tethered, software-only jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2 running the latest 23.0.1 firmware, via a public repository. The exploit reportedly allows arbitrary native code execution as a system module, enabling homebrew apps, save file backups, reverse engineering of games, and hardware access via MMIO. The developer used AI coding assistant Codex to help build the exploit and to mod Mario Kart World as a demonstration.
pepsipu.com
· 2026-10-22
A South Korean developer known as Gezine posted a video on X showing access to the PS5's restricted debug menu, claiming to have broken through security protections in firmware version 14.10. That firmware had been released by Sony specifically to patch the earlier 'Relapse' exploit, which allowed decrypting and running PS5 games on jailbroken consoles. Gezine noted that the old method of dumping game data no longer works, suggesting a different hypervisor-based exploit would be needed to fully jailbreak an updated console.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-21
A developer known as Gezine posted a video showing access to the PS5's hidden Debug Settings menus, which normally require kernel-level access, on firmware version 14.10.00. That firmware update, released in October, reportedly closed an earlier jailbreak method and is said to be required to run Grand Theft Auto VI. Gezine has not published the exploit method and indicated they may first seek disclosure through a bug bounty program.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-20
A new project called PS5LM runs llama.cpp on a jailbroken PS5's GPU, loading GGUF language models and serving them to other devices on the same network, such as laptops and phones. It exposes OpenAI-style and Anthropic-style endpoints, works with tools like Claude Code, and can also run decision models that answer TypeSafe's /v1/systemone API, the same interface used by the PC tool Ollaya. The console uses its Vulkan backend on its RDNA 2 GPU, with 11.4 GB of shared memory available for models and context, and needs no PC, cloud connection or account to operate.
github.com
· 2026-10-16
A Reddit user known as AdIllustrious7246 built a fork of PS5LM, a llama.cpp port for jailbroken PS5 consoles, that uses the PS5_Vulkan graphics driver to run AI language models on the console's GPU instead of its CPU. The update lets the PS5 run a 27-billion-parameter model at 20 tokens per second, and smaller models like Gemma 4 E4B and Llama 3.2 3B at 61 and 124 tokens per second respectively, far faster than the earlier CPU-only version that was limited to about 6.25 GiB of memory.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-16
Overdrive, an unofficial PS5 storefront offering more than 1,600 pirated PS4 and PS5 games for jailbroken consoles, has gone offline after its developer reportedly received a cease-and-desist notice from Sony. The project went viral after modder Edigax shared it on social media, but within hours of its removal, multiple forked versions appeared on GitHub, with one already listing over 1,800 titles.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-14
A new jailbreak for the PlayStation 5 reportedly allows the console to run software well outside Sony's intended ecosystem, including Nintendo games, physical PS2 discs, PS3 titles, and even the Windows 7 operating system. The development expands on earlier PS5 jailbreaking efforts that unlocked custom firmware and homebrew support.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-14
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