The lucky folks at Eurogamer got to lay their hands on a PSP-3000 and shared their thoughts on it with the unlucky ones. Their review talks on the 3000's much-touted bright screen, the everyone-thought-was-shorter-but-isn't battery life, and even some details on Firmware 4.20. Details after the link.

There's a new patch out for the PlayStation 3 version of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PC). The additions, fixes, and tweaks included in the patch are outlined after the jump.

It seems like Apple has become extra vigilant against the jailbreaking efforts of homebrew developers as of late. The most recent release of iTunes (version 8) has reportedly been able to effectively detect and prevent PwnageTool from using its exploit on the iPhone or iPod touch. A countermeasure is currently in the works to combat Apple's new anti-jailbreaking move. Find out more in our full article.

It's starting. Satellite images have revealed that the Arctic ice has retreated from its neighboring continents. The region has become an island for the first time in recorded human history. A further sign indicating that the North Pole will lose its ice this year. More details in the full article.

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.