I have a love/hate relationship with mod chips. On one hand, they can open up functionality and add some great value to a system; a modded out Xbox is still the media center of choice for many people.

I'm new to the modding scene, but I think that I've decided to take the plunge with getting a Wii modchip. I just started looking into it today, so I'm looking for some feedback from any of you that ...

The console scene group Ninja plans to release the Wiinja, the world’s first Nintendo Wii modchip, by February 1. With the chip installed, which only requires you to solder five wires, you’ll be able ...

Well played, Nintendo. With this stout defense, you have thwarted forever the aspirations of the evil modders. After all, how will a community of seasoned professionals with a deep understanding of ...

Le sigh...modifying your Wii just shouldn't be this hard. Seems that a recent modification to Nintendo manufacturing methods has rendered certain modchips ...

A daytime television legal precedent was set earlier this year in a landmark case involving Wii mod chip shenanigans. More interesting than plaintiff Joseff Ben David suing defendant Eyal Levinshtein ...

If you're a legacy fan of the original PlayStation, you know good and well that there's nothing quite like an internationally unlocked mod-chipped gaming console. That's what hackers have claimed to ...

When it rains, it pours. Earlier this week we reported that the Wiinja Wii modchip would be released on February 1st, and now the CycloWiz Wii modchip claims to beat the Wiinja to the punch. They say ...

Are you a Wii fanatic? Do you enjoy getting "in" "there" and really messing about? Well here's a word to the wise: if you want to keep on keepin' on with your funky mods and hacks, don't get a new Wii ...

Wiikey, the company that sells mod chips for the Nintendo Wii, said in an update on their website they have successfully reverse-engineered the Wii U drive authentication, disk encryption, file system ...

Ever since video game consoles moved to optical discs, manufacturers and users have battled over backups. Manufacturers fear that if they allow users to burn disc backups, users will download and burn ...

The group that was apparently responsible for developing the mod chip for the Wii U has struck again, claiming that they have developed a mod chip that is able to play copied versions of games. The ...