This we credit to QJ.NET Forums moderator FreePlay for pointing out while I drowned in DirectX dreams. It appears that Alek and Mathieulh, reputable personalities of the PSP homebrew scene, have figured out how backup games can be run on the PlayStation 3. And since the new development restarted the whispers of PS3 ISO loaders and what-have-yous five hours ago, moderator FreePlay managed to figure out how it could be accomplished.

The fugitive system which has yet to make it to Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures live servers (it is on the test live servers though) but has been the topic of much talk among the community. What do we know about it so far? Will it work or will it simply fall flat on its face? Head on over to the full article to find out more about this feature.

Fresh off Team Twiizer's spectacular announcement comes waninkoko's own. The Wii homebrew dev has released the latest build to his custom firmware software programs: the Custom IOS Installer and Uninstaller. He's even released a new downgrader program. Details in the full article.

A big thanks to linkinworm for the heads up in the forums!



Download: Custom IOS37 rev03
Download: Custom IOS Uninstaller v1.1
Download: Custom IOS Downgrader v1.0
Visit: QJ.NET Wiibrew Forums, Custom Firmware Programs Thread

You can't say they didn't try. Bushing's attempts to contact Nintendo has been fruitless, apparently. Which is good for us, and bad for Nintendo. Now, Team Twiizers will soon release a library that will enable the Wii to have DVD access for homebrew. Details in the full article.

No, it's not the Wii exploit, so don't ask when he'll release it. Bushing has slapped together a new program called xyzzy that returns the encryption keys of hacked IOS address spaces. Developers may find this extremely useful in their work. More in the full article.

Download: xyzzy v1.0
Visit: QJ.NET Wii Forums, Discussion on Bushing's xyzzy code

Sure, Bushing may be one of the two minds behind the Twilight Hack, but he's no robber and he'd rather go with a clear conscience. The Team Twiizer member recently unearthed an exploit within the Nintendo Wii's system software, which according to him, could be used to load pirated Wii software on unmodified Nintendo Wiis. What does that mean? ISO loaders, people. That and a little more at the full story.

We're thisclose to finally seeing some homebrew love on the PS3. silenoz of the PS3Hax team sure has opened the gateways to a whole lot of wonderful possibilities, thanks to his Bunny Blaster Java homebrew launched from XMB! Curious? We're sure you are. After the jump is the way to go then.


Download: Blaster Bunny BD-J

Here's some more PS3 BioShock goodness from E3. Apart from sizzling screenshots, there are also new details on the Rapture adventure getting exclusive PS3 downloadable content. We know, we know. You can't contain your excitement. Take it away, then, at the full article.

Patch 1.7 has been released for Activision and Infinity Ward's  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. There are several sweet tweaks that the devs applied to the 39 MB update, and you can view what they are in the full article up next. After that, just go back to shooting anything that moves.

 Imagine a world of gaming where background noise won't interfere with strategies concocted among teammates via headphones. Do you see it? If you want to see it more clearly, then click on that "read more" button to see what the SOCOM: Confrontation official PS3 Bluetooth Headset looks like. Yes, you read right. PS3 Bluetooth Headset. With mute. That, and the revealed Quarantine stage.