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 ...

The GitHub repository for The Homebrew Channel (HBC), a popular piece of software used on hacked Nintendo Wiis, has been archived. Its maintainers are accusing the creators of “libogc,” a software ...

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 ...

It could make it harder to load software on future hacked Wiis. It could make it harder to load software on future hacked Wiis. HBC is a central piece of the Wii homebrew community, serving as a ...

New firmware will remove any non-approved functionality from the Wii. Nintendo is again updating the Wii in an effort to combat piracy on the machine. Much like the 4.2 update back in September, the 4 ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Many of you have been using the Homebrew Channel for the Wii for a while now. Good for you, it’s a useful, useful thing. But did you know it was, ...