Drama has once again infected the PSP homebrew community, and it involves no less than two of the loudest voices currently in the scene: mathieulh and Freeplay. Those who prefer to stick to the actual homebrew won't find the week lacking, though. We saw enough new apps and emulators (and news of a possible new GEN CFW!) released in the past seven days to last us the weekend.

Looks like not all is well in the kingdom of PSP homebrew. And it involves no less than two of the loudest voices currently in the scene: mathieulh and Freeplay. Over at our forums, mathieulh calls out Freeplay for supposedly leaking the Mercury exploit, when the code of said exploit wasn't his to begin with. More of the unfolding drama after the jump.

This was bound to happen sooner or later. The new iPhone 3GS units have been armed by Apple with security so tight, a jailbreak can't break in.

As it was promised, so it has passed. Mathieulh has released the source code to Utopia, the open-source PSP kernel designed for homebrew and its development. More details after the link.

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.

Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew developer Mathieulh recently revealed some of the new features that will be making its way to the upcoming Custom Firmware 4.00 that Dark AleX and team M33 are already working on. You can find out the exact details to these new additions by clicking on the "read more" link found below.

*UPDATE*: Click "read more" now, and get a new update from DA himself!

A hefty update post has been put up by Mathieulh on the Utopia kernel project and it was noted that it'll be released for everyone soon. For those of you unfamiliar with it, this is a new kernel designed for homebrew and it'll be used in future custom firmwares. See the details after the jump.

Thanks to Mark M for the tip!

Mathieulh, one of the members of the M33 team, discovered that the American UMD of Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 sports a Firmware 3.96 update which isn't on any of Sony's servers. Want to find out more, head on over to the full article.

Visit: QJ.NET PSP Firmware Discussion Thread

Wondering just who made the latest custom firmware for the PlayStation Portable, Custom Firmware 3.93? Or how about the deal that Team M33 has yet to make their own version? All these questions are answered via a statement that homebrew developer Mathieulh recently released, and it's pretty telling in terms of the future of the homebrew scene. The details in the full article.

Visit: PSP News, Announcements & Contests forum thread

We just caught wind of a rather sneaky custom firmware release for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Taking cues from the work of Dark AleX and Team M33 comes CFW 3.93, which also credits Hellcat and Mathieulh. Learn more about it at the full article.

Download: Custom Firmware 3.93
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Homebrew Development Forum