Rising quickly among the ranks of the PSP homebrew scene is Team Wildc*rd (or Team Wildcard), known for their work on 3.40 LE custom firmware. Website Exophase had a chat with the team to know more about their philosophies, friends, and woes.

The folks behind Team Wildc*rd got the group together just this July. After Dark_AleX made his farewell, a group of experienced and capable developers decided to take the torch and reverse engineer 3.40 OE firmware. Dark_AleX helped out by indirectly providing the team with 3.10 OE's source code through Mathieulh when the 3.40 OE project was 90% done.

Some would remember Team M33 giving thanks to Wildc*rd for features that appeared on the former's 3.52 M33 firmwares. "We pride ourselves on working alongside M33 rather than against them, and are extremely grateful for their recent support after the source code leak," said Wildc*rd.

When asked why the team is dedicating effort to the development scene, Wildc*rd replied that they'll "continue unlocking the true potential of the PSP until Sony do it themselves." This is in regard to Sony's attempts to keep homebrew out, which is wrong in Wildc*rd's books.

The leak of reversed OE firmware's code generated some buzz and left the team unhappy. "We felt our privacy and security had been completely violated, and considered ending the project," they said. Fortunately for the homebrew scene, Wildc*rd hasn't expressed any desire to retire any time soon. Everyone waiting for 3.52* have their hopes well-placed.

If given a chance to get up close with Sony, Team Wildc*rd wants to suggest a "homebrew SDK and allow usermode homebrew to be loaded." While this will enable homebrew without having to resolve to piracy, the team admits that some people won't be satisfied and simply won't stop looking for exploits.

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