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Sony Killing PSP Games to Prevent Vita Piracy?

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Over the past few weeks, hackers from Wololo.net claimed to have exploited code found in two downloadable PSP games, allowing for the playing of homebrew games on the system.

Those two PSP games were Everybody's Tennis and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, the latter of which was shown off with a hacker playing the PC version of Doom on Sony's new handheld. The Wololo hackers claim the exploits would only be able to run homebrew games and not pirated PSP or Vita titles, but it appears the platform holder isn't taking any chances.

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Sony has now pulled both games from the PlayStation Store, and pulled them good: even if you've legitimately purchased the games previously, they're now no longer available for download.

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It may all be for naught though, as the hackers claim that tools for making the most of the exploit are already done, and in the hands of thousands of users.

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Sony tries cutting off homebrew exploits, takes down Vita game downloads [Ars Technica]