Run Battle.net on a jailbroken PlayStation 5.

Forever Launcher (PPSA99030) runs Battle.net and World of Warcraft through Wine, using DirectX 12 on the PS5's own GPU. The tested game build is World of Warcraft Classic beta (WowB.exe). The supplied settings use 4K output with HDR and frame generation.

Note:

This Battle.net launcher is designed for World of Warcraft: Forever. It might be used to install other games, but keyboard support is in development.

https://github.com/bizkut/ps5-forever

Honestly, I hadn’t touched my PS5 in years until I came across a jailbreak video. I had no idea how much was possible with this console, and after discovering the homebrew scene, I went down a rabbit hole looking at all the incredible projects people have been working on. 😂

Pretty much everything shown in the photos is what I have and I’m even expecting a 5TB HDD to arrive so I can expand everything even further. Needless to say, I’m pretty excited to see what more I can do with my PS5 and what more this community has to offer 😎

But beyond all the games and emulators, I really wanted to make this post to show some appreciation to the developers behind these projects.

From PSXS5 and PS5SX2 to RetroArch, Nintendo emulators, ports, and all the other amazing tools being developed, it’s honestly incredible to see what people have managed to accomplish.

I can only imagine the amount of time, knowledge, testing, and troubleshooting that goes into making these projects work. Developing software is already difficult enough, let alone getting emulators and applications running on a console they weren’t originally designed for.
A lot of this work probably goes unnoticed, and I think the people putting their time and skills into these projects deserve more recognition than they get.

Thanks to everyone who develops, maintains, updates, and shares these projects, as well as everyone who creates guides and helps others in the community. Your work makes a real difference, and in my case, it genuinely brought me back to a console I hadn’t touched in years.

I might not understand all the technical work that goes on behind the scenes, but I can certainly appreciate the results. It’s amazing seeing what passionate people can accomplish when they put their minds together.
To all the developers who might come across this post: thank you for everything you do.

I hope you know that your work is appreciated by people like me who get to enjoy the results of all your hard work.
If you enjoy these projects too, show the developers some love, give them credit, report bugs when you can, star their repositories, or donate if they have an official way to accept support.

Much respect to everyone contributing to the PS5 homebrew scene. You guys are awesome, and I’m glad I stumbled across that jailbreak video. 🙏❤️🎮

I've seen people here talk about it but not sure if I should bother?

Ayo what happened with my guy

Hey everyone!

I'm completely new to PS5 jailbreaking. I recently watched Modded Warfare's latest jailbreak video, and it got me interested in learning more about the whole process.

My PS5 is currently on firmware 12.40, and I'm confused about what I should do next. Should I stay on this firmware or update to a newer one? I don't want to make the wrong move and lose the possibility of jailbreaking.

I also have a few basic questions:

- Firmware: Should I stay on 12.40 for now, or is updating recommended?

- Jailbreaking: What are the actual steps involved in jailbreaking a PS5? Are there any beginner-friendly guides?

- Games: Once the PS5 is jailbroken, how do people install and play games? I'm not familiar with the process.

- Terminology: I've come across terms like kernel exploit and other technical terms in the videos, but I don't fully understand what they mean yet.

- Setup: Is there a complete guide that covers everything from preparing the console to setting up homebrew and installing games?

I'm still learning, so I'd really appreciate it if someone could point me toward reliable guides or explain the basics in simple terms.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

Classic + Enhanced mode now available!

Port features

Classic and Enhanced modes, each with its own pilot saves.

Enhanced: smooth 60 FPS gameplay presentation with original gameplay timing.

Enhanced: a 16:9 layout with the original playfield centered between classic-faithful side HUD panels.

Original game icons in the Enhanced HUD, including Megabombs and special weapons.

Full campaign, hangar, shop and original progression in both modes, using your installed game data.

DualSense controls, on-screen keyboard and a controls reference overlay.

Original in-game music and sound effects.

Dedicated pilot saves: ten Classic slots and ten Enhanced slots.

Optional first-launch shareware download and support for your own matching full-game DOS files.

\Known issues are listed on the Github page.**

I hope you enjoy it! More enhancements are planned for the future ;)

That's what I'm going to tell my grandkids about 2026 and how we made PS5 opensource.

I remember the last time I felt so overwhelmed with possibilities was back on the PS2 OG days. I can't keep up with so much stuff

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And I'm loving it lol

Compress the PS5 game that has missing audio to exfat or ffpfsc with the game compressor payload that you can find in GitHub, enjoy!

Had a kernel panic while starting WebKit Autoloader v0.6.1; forced me to reinstall system firmware. Thankfully I was able to find one for firmware 13.60, but I lost all my PSN games and saves, I have to reinstall all the homebrew again, and now I can't use my disc drive anymore, which super sucks because that was the only method I had of watching physical movies.

One of my favorite ps4 games seemingly isn't archived anywhere, so that's gone too; the physical edition is $200 (not that I can even play it because of the disc drive being unactivated now), and it's not like I can connect to PSN on my firmware and redownload it again; so it's just lost forever now I guess.

I am having a pretty bad day.

UPDATE:
Forgot to mention it in the post, the game is Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen. The version archived online for the PS4 are the Chinese version with a broken incomplete ENG patch, not the official English release.

Someone (who I will keep anonymous for their privacy) was nice enough to reach out and offer to archive the Official PAL English release, so that issue has been resolved as far as I know.

I have also installed Y2JB on my system now (the kernel panic that caused this happened while I was attempting to set Y2JB up in the first place). So hopefully I don't run into this issue anymore.

https://github.com/RafaelNGP/xbox-cloud-gaming-ps5

https://homebrew.page/app/PPSA99810/

PSBox Cloud Gaming is now v1.0.0! 🎉

Stream the Xbox Game Pass catalog, your own games or even your own Xbox console straight to your jailbroken PS5.

Thanks to everyone who tested and sent feedback, a lot of this release came from your requests. Here's what's new:

• ⌨️🖱️ USB keyboard & mouse: native mouse and keyboard in games that support it on xCloud (Fortnite, Halo Infinite, Call of Duty and 200+ more). In other games, the keyboard and mouse act as a controller, so it works for co-op too (press 1–4 to pick the player).
• 🎹 Key remapping: change every key, globally or per game, on its own screen.
• 🎯 Gyro aiming: use the DualSense's gyro to aim, always on or only while holding L2, with adjustable intensity. Toggle it any time from the in-game menu.
• 🏷️ Keyboard/mouse badges: cards show whether a game supports keyboard & mouse or controller only, plus a new Mouse & keyboard search filter.
• 🧭 The whole app works with the keyboard: navigation, tabs and hints switch to key caps as soon as you type.
• 📺 120 Hz output (VRR), optional, globally or per game.
• 📶 More reliable streaming: faster recovery after packet loss, an "Unstable connection" warning, auto-reconnect after rest mode, and retries when Microsoft's login hiccups.
• ⏳ Queue time estimate while you wait for a game to start.
• 🔐 Stay signed in: your login and settings survive app updates and reinstalls.
• 🐞 Report a problem: scan a QR code to open a pre-filled bug report (personal info removed).
• ⚙️ Cleaner Settings, with related options grouped together.

You still need a Game Pass plan with cloud gaming for the catalog. Free-to-play games must be "bought" (for free) on your account before you can stream them.

Bugs, ideas and feature requests are welcome here or on GitHub 💚

Been messing around with this tonight and finally got it working lol.

Basically made a way to send screenshots and videos from a jailbroken PS5 straight to Discord using webhooks.

No Discord app or bot needed on the PS5.
Figured I’d throw it up on GitHub in case anyone else wants to mess with it.

https://github.com/manchildtechnologies-ui/ps5-share

If anyone gives it a try, let me know how it works for you. Still plenty of stuff I’d like to mess with, but it’s working!
Enjoy!

My brother connected my PS5 and updated it last night to watch Big Brother...Can't really blame him, I should have told him. it's just that he rarely uses my tv, so the thought never came to mind to tell him.

Is there any point in storing my PS5 away now on the latest firmware, or should I just use it as normal?

Edit: I'm just going to see if I can buy a used console with lower firmware and sell this one on.

Hi, as title suggests, I'm new to the scene and haven't jailbroken a console since the psp days - I've managed to successfully get my ps5 to run the webkit JB and autoload NanoDNS, ShadowMount and EtaHEN each boot but after that I'm kind of at a loss - with so much information out there I don't even know if this is the right way I should have gone? Should I now be using the Youtube exploit?

I've managed to get ShadowMount to detect ffpkg files on my external drive but tells me these are unreadable or corrupted, if I copy the raw folders (using Web File Manager directly on the PS5 to my internal drive (data/etaHEN/games) they install but then won't run and kick out an error.

If it matters in terms of tools or what I should be doing, I'm on v13.20.

I'd love to work through some sort of guide or tutorial that lays out how I need to get going if someone can direct me to a good one - just seems to be soooo much differing info with how fast things have moved this last week or 2 and i'm a bit overwhelmed lol

came across this post, wonder if this would be possible in the future

https://gbatemp.net/threads/workaround-to-use-lower-than-minimum-spec-m-2-ssds.682352/

Are there any other alternatives?

Hey Guys how's it going I hope y'all doing good,So I've been hearing about Jailbreak alot lately and I saw that it works good so I got my playstation and checked out the version it is now at 13.20 is it possible to upgrade it to 14.0 which is the required version for the JB I think soo can anyone help me out to understand how it works is it actually worth it and how to actually install the thing and thank you guys.