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USB Loader GX v3.0 released

modrobert writes: "Dimok, giantpune, nIxx, cyrex, Neorame, ardi, r-win and Cyan have released USB Loader GX v3.0 for Wii with lots of new features. You can find a pack including boot via IOS222, IOS249 and IOS 250 in the download section here. Thanks goes to cliffi2k4 for the heads up."

GC widescreen hack for 4:3 games with Swiss

modrobert writes: "First it was done on PS2, now on GameCube using real hardware! Extrems over at gc-forever.com has released a custom version of Swiss which patches games loaded from disc or other media to support widescreen. Also worth noting that this is no simple stretch hack, the games play at 16:9 with aspect intact, just like the PS2 widescreen hack. Thanks goes to emu_kidid for the heads up on IRC.

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EurAsia Online Shop stock update

We now have the following products back in stock: Matrix Glitcher II (10packs here), 360 Lizard Full Kit for Xbox 360, and True Blue for PS3. For more products and shipping check the complete price list.

True Blue product support forum added

We now have a team support forum for the True Blue (JB2) product, you can find it here. Enjoy!

True Blue v2.62 update released

[source: truebluejb2.com] True Blue dongle firmware v2.62 has been released. Changes include: Fixed a major game compatibility issue which will allow the release of several popular, previously incompatible titles. Improved system stability. Recently, EBOOT patches have slowed due to a compatibility issue which prevented recent games from running on 3.55 CFW. This issue has been resolved as of this firmware release, thus we strongly recommend that everyone update their True Blue dongles as soon as possible in anticipation of the upcoming batch of releases.

PS2 widescreen hack for 4:3 games with Codebreaker

modrobert writes: "Reprep over at the psx-scene.com forum has posted info about widescreen game hacks for the PCSX2 emulator which he managed to patch on real PS2 consoles with the Codebreaker cheat system using RAW codes. Other members are now helping out to test the codes from PSX2 and the list of supported PS2 titles grows."

neur0n CFW 6.39 ME and LME v9.8 released

modrobert writes: "neur0n has released his famous custom firmware based on 6.39 ME and LME version 9.8 for PSP. There is also an updated pack by gdljjrod with both releases posted on Twitter which fixes Spanish translation. New in this release: Fixed a freeze bug when enter sleep with SpeedUpMs option is Enabled. Added a Text color option in Recovery menu. "

Swiss on Wiikey Fusion as initial ISO

[source: emu_kidid @ gc-forever.com] Swiss as a bootloader on the Wiikey Fusion can be implemented as two different methods: Skip the IPL, boot directly to Swiss (custom "apploader"). Appear as a disc in the IPL just like the current menu. Currently, I've written (ported from the official flasher) some code to do the flashing and it seems to work well as it's giving me back valid responses but I believe the file I'm flashing may be in the wrong format (layout). This is what I've done so far: I took a known "flash" file and injected my own DOL into it. I then flashed the entire file. The IPL with the wiikey was telling me "Please insert a GC disc" and the Wiikey was generally unresponsive. Luckily the next time I tried to flash, the recovery kicked in and took over, resulting in a working chip again (or I could've just run the official updater again).

What I'm pretty sure I actually did and why it didn't work as I expected (silly late night coding is to blame ;)):
I flashed the entire 2mb flash file to the section where "firmware" related updates are meant to sit (not the ISO file, but the actual low-level firmware that drives read commands/etc). I'll try again tonight when I get a chance, pretty sure that was my issue though and trying it tonight should hopefully give some good results!

NOTE: These bootloader methods are developed with GameCube in mind as target console, using this impressive hack to load game ISO files from SD card. Thanks goes to emu_kidid for the heads up.

Flash0 of the PSP emulator for the VITA dumped

[source: Kaos2K @ maxconsole.com via GaryOPA @ ps3crunch.net] More great scene news for the Playstation Vita. It appears that some unknown dev has managed to get a dump of the flash0 memory of the PSP emulator of PS Vita and posted it online. According to Wololo: "An unknown Vita developer has shared an interesting link some hours ago, which contains a full dump of the flash0 of the vita psp emulator - Including the kermit modules and the psvita kernel keys! This dump can lead some professional Vita developers to kernel access, which will give us the ability to play nearly every homebrew. A backup launcher could be possible as well, but for these ones a high rank developer would be needed for programming it."

Team Xecuter Defeats Corona!

[source: team-xecuter.com] As promised we have defeated Corona. Full decrypted bootchain achieved and CPU key retrieved. Xecuter does it again - 10 years and still rockin'. Greets to the haters. More news soon - here's some screen shots of the NAND Dump - the box is still live so a few portions of info were blocked. However if you doubt this is real you should go to the back of the noob line.