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  • E3-Team announces the E3-Station and PS3 Glitcher

    The E3-Team has announced an upcoming new piece of hardware. The new hardware by E3 called E3-Station is designed for developers that consist of different PC-Boards for playing with your consoles firmware on NAND / NOR Consoles as well as the Blu-Ray drive. Also they plan to release PS3 Glitcher which is another product aimed for developers. This new E3-Station hardware E3 says it will be compatible with not just all the PS3 console (including 3k / 4k models) but also other current consoles such as XBox360 & Wii-U. Not just that but they claim to be compatible with future consoles such as the PS4/XBox 720. Which to me personally sounds a little pre-mature with not knowing what the final specs or hardware will be. However I am no hardware expert . For all the details checkout the release quote from the E3-Team below.






    E3TEAM, the world renowned PS3 team, the maker of E3 FLASHER, E3 CARD READER and E3 CFW 4.30 etc, will release a Revolutionary new innovation product:

    E3 Station

    E3 Station is a multi-console supported platform, which we spent nearly a year developed by E3TEAM. It has huge hardware scalability and various software applications. Its main features are:

    A high-performance hardware architecture
    Big HD touch screen allow players to use the software easily .
    Support for an expansion hardware board. With the custom expansive board, the user can play backup game easily.
    Multi-console compatable, such as PS3/XBOX360/WIIU, and also future PS4/XBOX720.
    Built-in Bluetooth, WIFI and HDMI interface, support HD Internet TV and a variety of high-definition 1080P multimedia(include BD ISO).
    Perfect quality and attractive price.


    The E3 STATION will be the best development tools for developers. E3TEAM will open the application SDK, and provide free sample for those interested developers. The developer can release their work (software or hardware) which is based on the E3 STATION for free or paid. E3TEAM will also reward the good work, we will public later with the Awards Program.

    We believe that with the support of many developers, E3 STATION users will get the best experience.

    Addition, E3TEAM will release over time various E3 expansion boards which run on the E3 Station. Users can choose which ones according to their own needs, so far the following boards are planned:

    1: E3 NAND BOARD KIT

    The NAND board KIT includes the NAND board and the Nand CLIP. These boards work in conjunction with the E3 Station, the NAND-model PS3 Users can easily achieve one click downgrades without the need of any hassle or even a PC. Just touch E3 station screen and downgrade is completed.

    2: E3 NOR BOARD KIT

    The NOR board KIT includes the NOR board and the NOR CLIP. These boards also work in conjunction with E3 Station, the NOR-model PS3 Users can easily achieve one click downgrades without the need of any hassle or even a PC. Just touch E3 station screen and downgrade is completed.

    About PS3 3K and 4K consoles, we will release 2 products for them:

    1: E3 DRIVE EMU BOARD

    The DRIVE EMU BOARD works with the E3 station, users can run PS1/PS2/PS3 backup game from harddisk, this works on ALL PS3 models including 3K and 4K.

    2: PS3 Glitcher


    This is an independent small size chip with cheaper cost. It does not need additional hardware like the E3 Station. We have succeeded in glitching the PS3 3K and 4K a few months ago, all we need is some time to improve the boot rate.

    More special function expansion boards will be announced later (for XBOX360 and WIIU etc), while welcoming the developers to obtain the SDK and E3 STATION sample, to become the member of E3 developer team.

    Here is our new email address for applying to become E3 developer: e3 . develop @ gmail . com Remove the spaces

    Attached below is some pictures for our products, we will release more details later on in Feb.

    1: PS3 Glitcher test board from E3TEAM
    2: E3 Nand and Nor expasion board
    3: E3 DRIVE EMU test board front
    4: E3 DRIVE EMU test board back


    Hardware Pics



    Official E3 Website

    Source: PS3crunch.net
    Comments 13 Comments
    1. indirect76's Avatar
      indirect76 -
      The glitcher is very interesting. Seems like an all purpose tool.
    1. Hollywood's Avatar
      Hollywood -
      If its true that it should work on PS4, maybe they should wait to release it until PS4 has been released for a while. Just so there's not a chance of them fixing anything. It's not like the scene is hurting right now without it.
    1. afehst's Avatar
      afehst -
      so, if i red it correctly, were gonna be able to play ps1/ps2 game backups even on a ps3 slim?, and it has te same features as cobra-usb, correct me if i'm wrong
    1. CS67700's Avatar
      CS67700 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
      If its true that it should work on PS4, maybe they should wait to release it until PS4 has been released for a while. Just so there's not a chance of them fixing anything. It's not like the scene is hurting right now without it.
      This has to be bull crap.

      They know the next-gen consoles are about to show up so they use that as another selling argument.

      But we all know here the next-gen will be even more secured than this one, manufacturers learned from their mistakes in this generation.
      And it's most unlikely we will exploit any next-gen console the same way we do with the PS3/360 (I'm not saying next-gen consoles are never going to be hacked, but just not using the same methods for sure).
    1. madri2's Avatar
      madri2 -
      enjoy marketing crap
    1. corpse101's Avatar
      corpse101 -
      Quote Originally Posted by afehst View Post
      so, if i red it correctly, were gonna be able to play ps1/ps2 game backups even on a ps3 slim?, and it has te same features as cobra-usb, correct me if i'm wrong
      Not likely. They seem to be stating it is a drive emulation only. It would basically let you mount .ISO for all game media types and the PS3 would think an actual disc in in, however it would not change the PS3's ability to understand/play the disc. On non-bc you would get PSX/PS3 ISO play, not PS2. Plus while it would most likely work on non-downgraded PS3's it would not provide them with homebrew.
    1. STLcardsWS's Avatar
      STLcardsWS -
      enjoy marketing crap
      Well can you tell me how this is marketing? This is a PlayStation news/homebrew site Where we cover such news. This is news that pertains to the ps3. So we report it. simple as that. I'm sorry not everyone will be fan of every story, As I myself am not a fan of every story/article i cover but i still do my duty to educate the scene of the latest developments.

      Now if i were telling you that you need "X" item then yes that would be marketing to you. Please understand the difference.
    1. Hakuoro's Avatar
      Hakuoro -
      Is it possible to play backups on the PS3 Super Slim(4K) using that board?
    1. damanptyltd's Avatar
      damanptyltd -
      Quote Originally Posted by Hakuoro View Post
      Is it possible to play backups on the PS3 Super Slim(4K) using that board?
      It does say it is possible, though is awaiting some more optimisation (something to do with prolonged boot times?).
    1. chibiwings's Avatar
      chibiwings -
      interesting...hope this will open the homebrew scene for us OFW users.. don't let this a false hope..for us 4K users.
    1. chibiwings's Avatar
      chibiwings -
      Is it me or is it just like the hardware thingy on the Xbox360.. to run unsigned stuffs.
    1. owen420's Avatar
      owen420 -
      cobra drive manager will be the 4k win
    1. senator29-PSG's Avatar
      senator29-PSG -
      this to me sounds like a micro linux or android based pc having the connectivity it apparently has.

      and it has the ability to take on an expansion board which to me sounds like this is just a core product. they can say it works with everything including your mom's dildo because they can make expansion boards to interface to these devices.

      i think this will be over priced and a bit over kill for its purpose.