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Technology · Software & cloud · published 2026-09-07 · via Tom's Hardware

RPCS3 emulator adds direct disc playback for PS3 games

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The RPCS3 emulator now supports playing PlayStation 3 games directly from a disc drive, eliminating the need to dump games to storage. This feature works with certain internal and external Blu-ray drives and is available on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. The development was announced on social media by the emulator's team.

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