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Well most of what mathieulh has stated was in French (apparently a native language for him). So since it was another language besides English I am going to copy and paste what translations I have seen around the web. The most common translation is this

:"The M33 team did not have any hand in making the latest CFW (that is, 3.93), and that he finds the idea to implement access to recovery directly via the VSH a pretty cool one. So, kudos to the unnamed developer!

Well, if Team M33 didn't make CFW 3.93, then when are they going to bust out one of theirs? Mathieulh says that the way things look, the current custom firmware will be all that we need until 4.0 rolls along – so until that fateful firmware comes, there is no scheduled release from Team M33. A reason for this is because Sony hasn't been quite generous with the new stuff coming from every firmware, which makes the effort of making a new custom one a bit pointless."

His statement (as translated by transce08):

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The newest Grand Theft Auto game took a long time to make, and apparently, it was the most expensive. Rockstar Games let slip that the game supposedly cost $100 million to make. This breaks the previous record of $70 million. This massive figure is a sign of the video game industry’s expansion, and a good reason not to pirate games. Funny thing is, Rockstar has gained all that money back (probably doubled it) in less then these 2 days.

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Microsoft has finally posted the full list of unlockable achievements on Xbox.com. This list has been a rumor for some time now, but has been finally confirmed. This list includes 50 different achievements for a total of 1,000 points:

Off The Boat – Complete the first mission. (5 G)

One Hundred And Eighty – In a darts game score 180 with 3 darts. (10 G)

Pool Shark – Beat a friend at pool. (10 G)

King of QUB3D – Beat the High Score in QUB3D. (15 G)

Finish Him – Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes. (15 G)

Genetically Superior – Come first in 20 singleplayer street races. (25 G)

Wheelie Rider – Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike. (30 G)

Gobble Gobble – Score 3 strikes in a row, a turkey, in 10-pin bowling. (10 G)

Driving Mr. Bellic – Unlock the special ability of taxi. (10 G)

Rolled Over – Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash. (30 G)

Walk Free – Lose a 4 star wanted rating by outrunning the cops. (50 G)

Courier Service – Complete all 10 package delivery jobs. (10 G)

Retail Therapy – Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend. (10 G)

Chain Reaction – You must blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds. (20 G)

One Man Army – Survive 5 minutes on 6 star wanted level. (40 G)

Lowest Point – Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow". (5 G)

Order Fulfilled – Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders. (10 G)

Manhunt – Complete the most wanted side missions from the police computer. (15 G)

Cleaned The Mean Streets – Capture 20 criminals through the police computer. (20 G)

Fed The Fish – Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad". (5 G)

It'll Cost Ya – Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another. (5 G)

Sightseer – Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City. (5 G)

Warm Coffee – Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house. (5 G)

That's How We Roll! – Unlock the special ability of helicopter. (10 G)

Half Million – Reach a balance of $500,000. (55 G)

Impossible Trinity – Complete mission "Museum Piece". (10 G)

Full Exploration – Unlock all the islands. (20 G)

You Got The Message – Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text message. (20 G)

Dare Devil – Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps. (30 G)

Assassin's Greed – Complete all 9 assassin missions. (20 G)

Endangered Species – Collect every hidden package in the game. (50 G)

Under The Radar – Fly underneath the main bridges in the game that cross water with a helicopter. (40 G)

Dial B For Bomb – Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed. (10 G)

Gracefully Taken – Complete mission "I'll Take Her". (10 G)

Liberty City (5) – After meeting all possible friends, the ones left alive all like you above 90%. (20 G)

No More Strangers – Meet all random characters. (5 G)

That Special Someone – Complete mission "That Special Someone". (10 G)

You Won! – Complete the final mission. (60 G)

Liberty City Minute – Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours. (30 G)

Key To The City – Achieve 100% in "Game progress" statistic. (100 G)

Teamplayer – Kill 5 players who are not in your team, in any ranked multiplayer team game. (10 G)

Cut Your Teeth – Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer. (5 G)

Join The "Midnight Club" - Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damage enabled. (10 G)

Fly The Co-op – Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II". (15 G)

Taking It For The Team – Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games. (10 G)

Top Of The Food Chain – Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch. (10 G)

Top The Midnight Club – Come first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races. (20 G)

Wanted – Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer. (20 G)

Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic – Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races and "Cops 'n Crooks", as both sides. (30 G)

Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie – Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match. (10 G)

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What you have heard is right, it is not DAX. Instead, it is based off of DAX's work. It is still unknown who is the creator of this firmware. This time, it's no patch, it's the real thing. This release includes in-XMB recovery.

Changes:

Uses the 3.93 kernel

Same ol' same ol' custom firmware features.

Ability to use the normal recovery inside the XMB by pressing the HOME button:

When in the recovery, the system is suspended, and you can change all options directly.
All options work immediately, there is no need to reboot
Ability to make a Pandora battery from the recovery, read and restore the EEPROM, etc. Providing that the motherboard supports it.
Ability to hide the MAC address in System Information, if you do so, the MAC will show visually as all 0’s.
Ability to save the savegames in normal format, rather then encrypted (only functions in March33 and Sony NP9960 mode).

The native 3.93 pops isn’t as good as the previous pops; therefore hopefully the popsloader will get updated to support 3.93.

1.50 Kernel:

Install kernel 1.50 on a PSP Fat. To use the 1.50 kernel for an application, you will DEFINATELY need to put the kernel to 1.50, even if the application is in the GAME150 directory. If you change the kernel in VSH Recovery, you’ll still need a reboot.
The new recovery has these two asked features:
- Suspend device
- Shutdown device

Keep in mind that a just newly release CFW is like a box of chocolates, you never know watcha' gunnu get! It's up to you and you only if you want to take the risk and upgrade.

WARNING!!!

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PSP UNATTENDED WHILE DOING THIS UPDATE, YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS "X" RIGHT AFTER THE SONY INSTALLER IS OVER OR ELSE YOU WILL GET A BRICK!

Download: http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/1460

1.50 kernel: http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/1461

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The newest version of the Wiiscrubber has been released today. The Wiiscrubber is an ISO compressor made for the Wii by Dack, a member on the popular forum site, www.GBAtemp.net.

The changes with this version include more effectice and efficient compressions and some bug fixes. The changelog is as follows:

New Stuff:

1. Smaller compressed sizes are possible

2. Allows the replacement of files on the ISO (Right click LOAD menu is now working)
3. Allows for replacement of files larger than the original file
4. Auto Trucha signs if a file is replaced

Bug fixes:
1. Another 32/64 bit error fixed means that an extra 100-200 Megs are saved from an image.
2. Few display errors corrected
3. Another 32/64 error meant some files could not be extracted correctly

Essentially, this was a bug fix release and will make using it a tad more professional.

Download: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=2336

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R14's new menu

PSP users that also love their Nintendo 64 have been using Daedalus for some time. While riddled with minor bugs and issues that rendered some games unplayable, games like Super Mario 64 functioned well on the emulator. R14, the next release, currently in it’s beta stages, has numerous new features and fixes made to improve functionality.

Changelog:

Dynarec Stack Optimisation = small speedup (located in the Rom Preferences)

Highlight Inexact Blend Modes = replaces inexact blend modes with a placeholder texture (located in Global Settings)

VFPU TnL = acceleration of vertex transform and lighting / small speedup (located in Global Settings)

Clear Fragment Cache = clears the contents of the dynarec fragment cache / do this before loading a new game to avoid freezes and such (located after pausing a rom, works great too)

Font in GUI has been altered

The beta is too unstable to be released yet, but the future looks promising for N64 players. Stick around for more information on the application and it’s release. [source: QJ.net]

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For a long time now, Metal Gear players have been waiting for the Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta kick-off. Unfortunately their joy has been delayed because of a patch that Konami has been installing.

The wait is now over. Users in all regions can now triumphantly log on to the MGO servers and play their eyes out. As promised, it will start with the players creating their own characters and customizing their stats. Have fun.

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Microsoft is currently assembling a team which may very well work with renowned Hollywood director Peter Jackson. The official Microsoft website recently posted a listing on its career page looking for talented people willing to "help develop a new experience in the Halo universe".

It was also announced during the X06 event in Barcelona that the project will be under the supervision of Peter Jackson. A Microsoft spokesperson mentioned that the development of the new collaboration is well underway and the expanding of the internal team was needed to keep everything up to speed.

However, Bungie Studios will not be a part of this project. Microsoft is now looking for a Creative Director, a Producer, Game Engineers and other specialists to join the team.

Does this also mean that there might also be a possibility of the revival or our dreams of the long awaited Halo movie everyone was talking about last year? Unfortunately, there has been no word on that specifically… yet.

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EA has just confirmed that Brett Favre is this years pick for Madden's cover boy.

This will be the first time that Madden has displayed a retired player on the cover. This unorthodox choice was commented on by Madden NFL Executive Producer Dale Jackson saying, "Madden NFL Football and Brett Favre are sports icons who have set the standard and revolutionalized their positions within their respective genres, Brett Favre is a perfect fit for the Madden NFL 09 cover as he epitomizes everything the franchise has stood for the past 20 years – longevity, excellence, and a love of football."

Also, on his blog, head of EA sports Peter Moore says, "It is with great pride that we take the bold step of featuring a retired player on the front of packaging, an honor normally reserved for a player at the peak of his game. I say with great pride, because some may question the marketing strategy behind this. I don't for one minute. In this, the 20th year of this storied game franchise, as far as I was concerned there was only one choice. As we look back over the past couple of decades in the NFL, Brett stands out to me personally as a beacon for everything that made me a huge fan of this great game from almost the moment I arrived from the UK in the early eighties…"

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For those of you using the Wiikey modchip, the newest update has just been released.

The main change to this firmware is that it fixes a bug that has to do with running Super Smash Bros. Brawl discs, but for a full list of changes:

Bug Fixes:

~Issue with SSBB disks not working has been fixed

~Patched config discs will not make the system inoperable

New Features:

~Update blocker: this prevents DVDs from loading updates onto your Wii from other regions

~Added Dev Mode: remaps the drive debug commands from 0xFx to 0×2x

Download: http://www.wiikey.cn/resources.html

(Make sure to download correct region)

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