Good news, Wii fans! Nintendo has made the Wii Internet Channel available for free from now on! Yep, no more of that 500 Wii Points requirement (US$ 5). Free. Free. Free.

A new update for MPlayer CE, a Wiibrew media player app based on MPlayerWii and GeeXboX, has been released today courtesy of the MPlayer CE team. The new update has fixed the USB Adaptor problem, improved cIOS and added a lot of small bug fixes.


Download: MPlayer CE v0.62

We seemed to have missed this over the weekend, but just in case you're not one of the tens of thousands of people who've already viewed this on YouTube, here's one that's definitely for the books. It shows some leaked footage from Ubisoft showing what could possibly be an E3 2009 trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2. It's got a lot of action reminiscent of the first game - only now on some high-octane 'roids and ditching the whole stealth aspect, while doing some Mirror's Edge-like free running across a town littered with cops.

Here's a nice treat for the DKC fans - from the massive melting pot that is YouTube comes two music mash-ups featuring the music from Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3. What's interesting here is that some music across those two titles are actually very similar, and even DKC fans would appreciate the seemless transition between the tracks. Grab your headphones or turn up your speakers - this one's gonna take you back to the good ol' days.

Call me deluded but I'm pretty optimistic when it comes to "vaporware" software. The quotes are there since sometimes these things do become solid. It paid off with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, so yeah, I'm still hopeful that Nibris' Sadness would turn out the same.

This one's pretty old, but for those of you who haven't seen it yet, it might be little treat for you guys. YouTube video game songstress katethegreat19 sings along to the theme of Alexandria's General Beatrix, Rose of May, with her own lyrics. It's pretty cool.

From the highways and biways of YouTube comes a ten-minute footage for the latest MH title, Monster Hunter 3. This vid takes us right from the top menu, character selection, then straight into action, with loading screens in between. Check it out.

Wiibrew developer comex has found an exploit on the Wii's System Menu that could render modchips and the Twilight Hack obsolete. Not a lot of details have been released yet, but a preview video has been released. Watch it after the link.

Hooray to t3hsk33n! He's uploaded a new progress video up on YouTube, showcasing the wonderful Snex9xGX v.40 preview. As you will see from the clip below, this new version features an entirely new design and interactive GUI.

Oh, something this cool most definitely doesn't deserve to wait for a weekend to be posted. From across the Pacific and in the sunny islands of the Philippines comes a musical genius. Move over, YouTube pianists! Here comes Diwa De Leon doing his own one-man Zelda medley orchestra routine.