This is just awesome, Zer01ne’s has released Sedna for 5.03 GEN-A/B. What this wicked plug-in does is keep ChickHEN and 5.03 GEN-A or B active. Even if you reboot your PSP-3000. So that whole gamble of trying to get chickHEN R2 to run is over!! You PSP-3000 and TA-088v3 owners are going to love this. [...]

Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B has been released. This custom firmware update for PSP-3000 / PSP-2000 TA-088v3 owners now lets users play original firmware 5.55+ games with out the need of Game Decrypter. So no more eboot patching and rebuilding ISO’s with UMDGen. Your now level with 5.50 GEN-D2 users, same options more or less.
Custom Firmware [...]

Update – Its out: http://pspslimhacks.com/custom-firmware-5-03-gen-b-for-hen-released/
PSPGen have just recently posted that the release of Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B for ChickHEN has been delayed. The reason behind this was they found a recovery bug that prevented certain games from playing. One of which was the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo. Instead of releasing it today and [...]

MaGiXien has give word on a 5.03 GEN-B demo video he made (embedded above), which shows 5.03 GEN-B in action. The video demonstrates a ChickHEN R2 enabled PSP, running 5.03 GEN-B running various firmware 5.55+ games without any issues. The same feature that 5.50 GEN-D has. No more patching games for PSP-3000 owners once its [...]

Seeing many PSP-3000 users here on the site constantly asking, “What about us PSP-3000 users or TA088v3 PSP-2000 users?” well your times coming as Team GEN hasn’t forgotten about you guys. Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B is coming. And will have the same features as Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D. So you’ll be able to play Firmware [...]

Team GEN and Yoshihiro have released Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D2. This bug fix update mainly focuses on the issues users faced when playing certain games online. It also has a fix for certain anti custom firmware games like Evangelion one.
You need to have Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D already installed in order to run this [...]

5.50 GEN-D was just released, however its not 100% bug free as some of us have discovered there is a Wifi bug in certain games. But hell its pretty damn good if you ask me, fixing up the mess 5.50 GEN-C caused. Nevertheless looking for more or less a perfect Custom Firmware 5.50 release. Yoshihiro [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D has just been released, the release that should have been the cursed 5.50 GEN-C release. This custom firmware now lets users play back up UMD’s that require firmware 5.55 or 6.00 without patching the eboot.
So you save yourself a few steps in playing 5.55+ games. No more extracting the games eboot, [...]

While everyone is waiting for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D to release in *hopefully* 1 hour, PSPGen have posted a new video showing us a new feature they have added to 5.50 GEN-D. 480×272 res AVC video support. Yoshihiro demonstrates this in the above video. However this new video support comes at a cost. Since its [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D is coming tomorrow according to PSPGEN.com’s post just made about 15 minutes ago. They have commented that all the bugs present in the cursed 5.50 GEN-C release have been fixed. And it can play firmware 5.55, 6.00 and 6.10 games work without any eboot patching with Game Encrypter needed. Stay tuned [...]

GENyUS and Yoshihiro have released an apology and explanation for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C which was basically a bug ridden and very problematic release. I even saw some users referring to it as 5.50 GEN-Crap – With is pretty harsh.
Anyway GENyUS and Yoshihiro are now working to quickly release Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D to fix [...]

GENyUS and PSPGEN have released Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C. While nothing is new in this custom firmware from Sony. 5.50 GEN-C update is a substantial move forward. As it now lets users play back up UMD’s that require firmware 5.55 or 6.00 without patching the eboot.
So you can save yourself a few steps in playing [...]

Update: October 18th Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C Released.
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C is on the way from GENyUS and the PSPGEN crew. Whats new in CFW 5.50 GEN-C is we don’t have to patch our ISO’s using Game Decrypter anymore. As 5.50GNE-C has build in support to run firmware 5.55, 6.00 and 6.10 firmware games straight [...]

Its out!, Download is below. You’ll Also need UMDGEN 4 for this. Decrypts both Firmware 5.55 games and firmware 6.00 games. But not all of them work due to some headers on the prx files.

Edit: Game Decrypter Version 2 is out! Grab it here: Game Decrypter V2
Release text and how to:
..:::Yoshihiro’s 5.55 & 6.00 games [...]

*Updated, Another fake — Yes were all tiring of these constant fakers…See this.

Team LDX has released Custom Firmware 5.55 LDX Beta. And no doubt because of all the cries of it being a fake. But is it? That’s still unknown, however I did manager to install it, I can view the VSH and Recovery etc. [...]

Still the debate rates on if CFW 6.00 MAC-B is a fake or legitimate. Even so Team MAC have released another Youtube video showing us more features of their apparent Custom Firmware. Here they explain about the new dual update options, 5.55 — 6.00 encryptions and their new Firmware Information tab in the XMB.
Remember still [...]

The PSPGen crew didn’t waste any time, as they have finished decrypting PSP Firmware 6.00. Hopefully this means we will have a new CFW on the way. Which would no doubt be called Custom Firmware 6.00 GEN-A. Although reading the comment below, there is no public 6.00 GEN release planned…
Translated from PSPGen:
The first stage of [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 has been released by the PSPGen team. This release is a bug fix release that fixes a compatibility issue with Despertar del Cementerio. You need to be on Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B in order to taken advantage of this update.
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 Changelog:

Fixed bug that prevented the launch of an [...]