I think homebrew may produce a few token, quality products, but will otherwise be an insignificant aspect to game consoles.

As many of you have probably read, the internet has been set ablaze with the recent discovery of formerly secret PlayStation 3 encrypted signature keys which allow any program to be officially “signed ...

Poor, poor Sony. First PSJailbreak splayed wide the PS3's security model, now PSGroove has arrived calling itself the "open source PSjailbreak." The code must first be downloaded and installed onto a ...

The PlayStation 3 has long been a popular plaything for modders due to the ability to run Linux on the hardware, a feature Sony has since removed, supposedly out of fear of software piracy.

We just saw how you can now add an Install Package Files option to the PS3 using some custom firmware, but that darn hacker George "Geohot" Hotz has taken it a step further by demonstrating homebrew ...

According to a recent article in Wired magazine [online edition], an upcoming operating system upgrade for your PS3 game console will deny users access to installing “other” operating systems. That ...

Historically, efforts to create original games and tools, port over open source emulators, and explore a game console’s hardware and software have been generally lumped together under the banner of ...

Toward the end of April, the Wii Homebrew Channel – an essential tool for anybody who's ever modded their Wii – ceased development and had its GitHub repository archived. With accusations of stolen ...

TL;DR: The Homebrew Channel, essential for running custom Wii software, has ceased development due to potential copyright infringement involving stolen Nintendo SDK and RTEMS code within its core ...