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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A hacker group claims they have designed a modification chip that circumvents security measures on Nintendo's Wii U. In a post on the group's website – which Joystiq has decided against linking to – ...

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 ...

In all my years of gaming, I've never actually imported any games from Japan (or anywhere else for that matter). The main reason for this is that I'm not fluent in any language other than English, ...

“Yes, it’s true,” announced Wiikey on Tuesday, “We have now completely reversed the Wii U drive authentication, disk encryption, file system, and everything else needed for this next generation K3y.

If you were hoping to pick up a Wii U this November while living in the Americas or Europe and then import some of Japanese exclusives planned to release for the system after December, you're fresh ...