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If your interested in Nintendo Switch homebrew, hacks or custom firmware now is the time to quickly purchase an Fusée Gelée (RCM) exploitable Nintendo Switch. This is a hardware exploit which can't be patched, the only way to patch this exploit is for Nintendo to release an updated hardware revision, which is exactly what Nintendo is in the process of doing.

Reports are surfacing that newly purchased Nintendo Switch consoles do not work with the Fusée Gelée exploit. However for now these consoles appear to ship on firmware 4.1.0, which is vulnerable to Deja Vu, an unreleased softmod exploit.

So not all hope is lost yet if you do happen to get one of these consoles, however it would be advisable to purchase a Fusée Gelée exploitable console as soon as possible if you have an interest in homebrew on the Nintendo Switch, as this is by far the better exploit which can't be patched.

On November 15th 1997 a playable demo of Pokémon Gold and Silver debuted at Space World '97. This demo was never to be seen again until today. On May 31st 2018 an anonymous person dumped a ROM of the elusive demos, twenty years and six months since it was last playable by the public.

Pokemon Gold and Silver we're originally supposed to be released in 1998, however didn't arrive until November 21 1999 in Japan. With that in mind the final versions of Pokemon Gold and Silver is two years more developed then the Space World 97 Demos, making this an extraordinary find, even more so that it's made it's way to the public.

Discuss on our Pokemon Gold & Silver Space World 97 Demo (Japanese Beta) forum topic

Pokemon Let's go Eevee and Let's go Pikachu have been announced for the Nintendo Switch with Pokemon Go integration. The games look to be a remake of the original GameBoy games, in particular Pokemon Yellow, however played in the style of Pokemon Go.

Instead of running through grass and encountering wild Pokemon that you take on in one-on-one challenges, gamers will swipe at Pokemon with the joycons to catch them, similar to how Pokemon are caught in Pokemon Go with a touch screen.

What's also interesting is Let's go Eevee and Let's go Pikachu look to have a co-op mode, where two people can explore Kanto on one Switch console.

More can be seen in the trailer below:


In my opinion as someone who's really been enjoying Pokemon Go, first impressions from this trailer it look pretty good. Keep in mind this isn't a core Pokemon game, however a spin off. The next core Pokemon game is expected to be released in...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Unreal, GoG is giving away Unreal Gold for free.

Unreal is a sci-fi first-person shooter in which you play Prisoner 849, a character aboard the prison space craft Vortex Rikers, which has crashed on the planet Na Pali. It was co-developed by Epic Games (known as Epic MegaGames at the time), Legend Entertainment, and Digital Extremes.

From Unreal came Unreal Tournament, a very popular multiplayer spin off set in the Unreal world. This was a favourite game of the Digiex team back in the day, we used to play online using dialup internet!

As it happens Digiex actually runs an Instagib VCTF server for Unreal Tournament 2004 which has now been online for 10 years, so needless to say we think highly of the Unreal series.

This is certainly a classic worth checking out, especially for free!

View: Unreal Gold on...

A few weeks ago EA gave away the Battlefield 1 - They Shall Not Pass DLC and the Battlefield 4 - Dragon's Teeth DLC. From today for the next week EA are now giving away two more Battlefield DLC's.

Battlefield 1 owners can now grab the In the Name of the Tsar expansion while Battlefield 4 owners can claim the Final Stand expansion, both are free for the next week.

Battlefield 1 - In the Name of the Tsar: PC via Origin, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (GB)
Battlefield 4 - Final Stand: PC via Origin...

Survival-action game The Flame in the Flood is currently been given away for free on the Humble Store. It can be redeemed on Steam to download for both Windows and OSX.

The Flame and the Flood, it's a cartoon-like survival/action game where you travel by foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river as you scrounge for resources, craft tools, remedy afflictions, evade the vicious wildlife, and most importantly stay ahead of the coming rains.

The Flame in the Flood has mostly positive reviews on Steam and can be claimed on the Humble Store for the next two days, at no cost.

Battlefield 1 has had four multiplayer expansions since its release back in 2016, each one bringing new maps, vehicles, weapons, and more to the World War 1 shooter. EA is now giving away the game's very first expansion, They Shall Not Pass, on PC, PS4 and XB1.

EA has also made the Battlefield 4 Dragon's Teeth expansion free to claim, which adds on four additional maps, new vehicles and more to Battlefield 4.

You can click the links below to download the DLC for free on your platform of choice for the next two weeks.

Battlefield 1 - They Shall Not Pass: PC via Origin, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (GB)

Battlefield 4 - Dragon's Teeth:...

Its been known for several months now multiple independent teams had discovered various unpatchable bootrom exploits in the Tegra X1 SoC (system on chip), which is used in the Nintendo switch and various other devices.

Essentially if you have an Nintendo Switch right now its hackable and Nintendo can't do anything to patch it, meaning every Switch out in the wild at present can be hacked regardless of the firmware version it's currently on.

The only way Nintendo can patch this exploit is with a newer hardware revision of the Switch. With that in mind if you want Nintendo Switch hacks in the future, now is the time to pickup a console before new unhackable Switches land in shops.

To get a bit more technical the a big exists in the RCM mode, a USB-based rescue mode intended for initial flashing of Tegra devices and recovery of bricked devices. Normally, RCM mode only allows signed images to be loaded, however thanks to the bug its possible to load your own code...

New Super Ultimate Injector 3DS is a very useful application that allows you to inject Nes, Snes, GameBoy, GameBoy Colour, GameBoy Advance, Mega Drive, Game Gear and TurbiGrafx 16 roms in to the 3DS, allowing roms of games from these popular classic consoles to be loaded from the 3DS home screen.

This is something which has been possible for a number of years now, however advancements have been made with GBA game injection. Its now possible to inject games which use 128k saves and the RTC (real time clock) such as Pokemon without having to patch the rom to get the game to save.

With that in mind we've published a couple of tutorials to show how easy it is to inject GBA games and games from other classic consoles on to the 3DS.

Nintendo 3DS GBA Game Injection How To - We're mainly looking at this from the prospective of playing...

A homebrew enabler has been released for PS4 consoles on Firmware 4.05 by VVildCard777. The PS4HEN homebrew enabler allows PS4 users on firmware 4.05 to not only launch homebrew applications, but also make use of custom themes and pkg's. As with firmware 1.76 booting a fully working Linux distribution with 3d acceleration is also possible, thanks to the previous work by fail0verflow.

PS4HEN is currently available on VV1LD's GitHub page, with instructions on how to make use of it. Users must first run the 4.05 kernel exploit and inject the payload that way, after that things are as simple as installing homebrew pkg's through Settings > Debug Settings > Game > Package Installer and running it the same as any other game installed on the PS4.

We will likely be updating the Digiex test PS4 from 1.76 to 4.05 to bring some new tutorials for 4.05 based firmware in the near future. Until then you would be wise reading up on...

18 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day ago today on the 8th of December 1999 the Pokemon YOSHIRA Mew distribution took place at Toys R Us stores in the United States. This was one of the first chances Pokemon collectors in the USA had to obtain their very own Mew, a Pokemon that otherwise was not obtainable though normal game play.

This distribution was a direct trade, meaning the Mews were loaded on to a normal Pokemon Red and Blue cartridge and traded to people who attended the event.

Fast forward from 1999 to 2018 we're pleased to announce we have been able to obtain the save game from a Pokemon Red cartridge used for this distribution. Needless to say to do this all these years later is quite an achievement, given that batteries in GameBoy cartridges don't last forever, erasing the savegame forever when they fail.

You can read more about this very rare distribution save game over in the thread dedicated to it...

We're currently in the process of moving the various Virtual Machines (VM's) that Digiex runs on to a new server. The main web server VM was successfully moved this morning. We're now in the process of moving the download VM, along with all the Digiex downloads which are not forum attachments. Therefore any large downloads which are served from download.digiex.net will be offline for the next day or so, anything small attached to a forum post can still be downloaded as normal.

Most people will probably not notice any different, however please bear with us and everything will be moved over shortly.

Update - All download's should be back online now, the only thing we have to do is move over websites we host for various community members.

Those of you who have followed the Xbox scene for many years will probably remember XBMC (Xbox Media Center), XBMC is probably the most successful games console homebrew application of all time. It started out life back in 2002 as Xbox Media Player where several different media players projects for the original Xbox merged, allowing more people to work together to achieve a common goal, of having a fantastic media player for the Xbox.

Back then times were much different, computers and devices with processors in them were not everywhere around the home. Most people didn't have a device connected to their TV that could view photos stored on their computer, play MP3's, or even popular video formats such as Divx and Xvid. The fancy DVD players that could play Divx and Xvid video cost significantly more than an Xbox games console. This made a hacked Xbox a pretty unique thing, an affordable home media center.

As the years wen't on and other hardware become more...

You have likely seen Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin or other popular Crypto Currencies (known as Altcoins) in the news over the last couple of months. Its also likely you never understood enough about how to start investing in such Crypto Currencies, or even why you should.

Hopefully Digiex can answer those questions and help get you started with our new article: Investing in Bitcoin / Altcoin - It’s never too late to start.

Once you understand the basics of Bitcoin / Altcoins it's really not hard at all. In the article I've tried to cover all the questions I had 6 months ago when getting started, along with what Altcoins I perceive are worth investing in, to finally what you need to get started.

Hopefully by sharing my experiences over the last half a year I might encourage others who have been thinking about investing in some Altcoin's to get started and...

We just wanted to take a moment to show you a Shark in a Christmas hat! so now we have your attention we'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, we hope you all enjoy lots of nice food and have a great day with family and friends. For those who don't celebrate Christmas let us wish you a happy Monday instead!

Also if you enjoy the Pokemon content here on Digiex, we have a special present for you this year. The Pokemon Aura Mew Distribution. 10 years after the Aura Mew distribution for the GameBoy Advance Pokemon games took place, it’s now possible for you to distribute your own Aura Mew to your Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, LeafGreen or FireRed GBA games at home.

Do let us know if you got anything interesting for Christmas this year.

10 years after the Aura Mew distribution for the GameBoy Advance Pokemon games took place, it’s now possible for you to distribute your own Aura Mew to your Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, LeafGreen or FireRed GBA games.

Various members of Digiex and the Pokemon community have come together to obtain the Aura Mew event distribution, originally used in the United Kingdom. You can use this to distribute yourself your own legitimate Aura Mew, exactly as if you had attended one of the Aura Mew distributions a decade ago back in 2007.

You might be surprised to learn that this Aura Mew distribution cost a significant amount of money to obtain, however we’re pleased it’s been preserved so yourself and future generations of Pokemon fans are able to enjoy this event Pokemon at no cost, the way it should be.

In addition you are able to trade the Aura Mew up to Sun and Moon too.

Head over to our...

Nintendo have made an official announcement about the Pokemon Crystal release on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. Crystal will be released on January 26, 2018 for $9.99.

Pokemon Crystal will also have Pokemon Bank compatibility, meaning its now finally possible to bring Pokemon all the way up to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon from every single core Pokemon game ever released.

For those that prefer physical releases, there will also be a boxed version that contains the game's download code released in Europe and Japan.

In addition it has been confirmed the Japanese version of Pokemon Crystal will allow you to obtain the GS ball in Goldenrod City's Pokemon Communication Center after beating the Elite Four. It has been confirmed the international releases will also be able to encounter Celebi, however as to how hasn't been confirmed yet. We suspect this will likely be from obtaining the GS ball from the Goldenrod City Pokemon Center after...

Humble Bundle is giving away Homefront on Steam for a limited time.

Homefront is a first-person shooter video game developed by Kaos Studios and published by THQ. The game tells the story of a resistance movement fighting in near-future against the military occupation of the Western United States by a unified Korea. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011.

If your in to first person shooters and have some free time Homefront is certainly worth checking out, I remember quite enjoying this on the 360 back in 2011.

Link: Homefront on the Humble Store

Humble Bundle is giving away the complete edition of Sid Meier's Civilization III for free. The game launched back in 2001 so you will have to have been a PC gamer for a fair while to remember this one.

Civilization III, like the other Civilization games, entails building an empire, from the ground up, beginning in 4,000 BC and continuing slightly beyond the modern day. The player must construct and improve cities, train military and non-military units, improve terrain, research technologies, build Wonders of the World, make war or peace with neighboring civilizations, and so on.

If that sounds interesting to you head over to the Humble Store and claim your free copy of the game, which can be redeemed on Steam.

View: Civilization III Complete Edition on the Humble Store

If you were a gamer or a kid growing up in the 90's then you probably played Tomb Raider 2 back then, or at least heard of it. A group of fans have got together and started to re-make the game in the Unreal 4, with stunning results.

The team behind the project have now released a playable demo for all to enjoy.

View: Tomb Raider 2 The Dagger Of Xian [Unreal 4 Fan Remake] Screenshots and Demo Download