A new build is out for MPlayerWii, one of our favorite media players to come out from the Wiibrew community. In case you missed the previous release, this Wii homebrew program is a native port of MPlayer and is capable of playing a number of audio and video formats. Lots of new features in this update, so check out the full details after the "read more" link below.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.03

Okay, so maybe the wait for multi-capable video playback on your Wii is taking a lot longer than you could take. Luckily the homebrew community around the Nintendo Wii has enough projects going around to provide enough of a selection for homebrew users out there. For media players, we've seen DragonMedia Player and GeeXboX, but did you know there's something out there for video buffs who don't want to go through Linux? Take for instance, rOn's MPlayerWii.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.02

It might be in its early stages, but you can't deny that the direction the app wants the Wii to follow is certainly a good one. Christophe Thibault is attempting to port MPlayer to the Wii, calling it MPlayerWii v0.01 in the process. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.01

Sony pulled a fast one, we tell you. But not fast enough that people couldn't catch the news before it became reality. The games division of the consumer electronics corporation has announced in the official PlayStation Blogs that PSP owners will be prompted to update to firmware 4.01 in a few hours time. Somehow, the new quick update is only focused on the new features that PSP firmware 4.00 added to the handheld. More at the full story, but this won't rock your world.

*UPDATE*: It's out. And it's apparently what Sony says it is.

Developer ZodTTD has decided to rename ZodPlay back to vlc4iphone, further adding some extensive new upgrades to this homebrew media player for the iPhone and iPod Touch. More details regarding the name change and improvements are available in the full article.

Apart from letting PS3 owners play DivX movies on their consoles, DivX is extending their support of the PS3 to the game developers themselves. The company has announced that PS3 game developers can now take advantage of its video encoding technology.

Bad luck has struck owners of Sony's PlayStation 3 console. Instead of fixing the known issues with it, people have noticed that the Firmware 2.20 update is causing problems when streaming mpeg-4 video files which sometimes render files unplayable. Find out the details after the jump!

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For those of us chilling out in our living rooms with a Sony PlayStation 3 as our primary media center, here's some good news: Firmware 2.20 is out, and it comes with the BD Live Profile 2.0 that gives us extra bang for our Blu-ray buck. Check out the full article for all the details including the changelog.

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Having the tag line "ideas for life", Panasonic was definitely able to live up to it by announcing that they will be launching a DivX certified Blu-ray DVD player early this March. It's certainly one good idea that they've come up with. Find out about the details in the full article.