We're sure you guys would be really itching to know what Fanjita and Ditlew have been up to lately. There hasn't been an eLoader release for quite some time. The last one, if we recall correctly, was on the 2nd of April which bundled in WiFi support. After that, the 2.XX homebrew scene had been quiet for a while...That is, before the onslaught of downgraders! Although they might have taken a bit of shine off the eLoader with the masses moving to 1.5 firmware for kernel mode homebrew, I know a lot of people who stayed with the eLoader, anticipating great things.

And the Noobz crew isn't one to disappoint. How about I tell you that you can skip buying that GTA UMD for using homebrew on 2.00 and above! Using the recent TIFF exploit in all the higher firmwares, Fanjita and Ditlew have been able to "port" the eLoader to the TIFF exploit. Earlier, homebrew on higher firmwares was run using the savegame exploit by Edison Carter. Now, rather than wasting time by starting GTA every time you want to use homebrew, you can simply go the the Photo section and start the eLoader. Heck, it's actually faster than even 1.0/1.5 homebrew since you don't have to view that "flashing bulbs" video. And the best part is that it doesn't matter whether you have a TA-082 PSP or not, you can play homebrew regardless!

Here's the official announcement from Noobz.eu

"Noobz are proud to announce the release of the latest eLoader version, 0.9.8, otherwise known as the "Porter" release.

This version brings user-mode homebrew to v2.0-v2.6 PSPs, without the need for Grand Theft Auto. Now, almost all the software that worked with GTA can now be used without it."

• eMenu has been improved in various small ways.
• The default menu is now eMenu, the old menu has been retired.

• 2.00
• 2.01
• 2.50
• 2.60

"By now you're probably wondering, "What on earth is Porter?". Or maybe, what's next? Well, here's a rough roadmap for what we're currently working on:

• A user-mode loader for v2.70 and v2.71.
• A user-mode loader for v2.80.
• A loader to support kernel-mode homebrew on those platforms where it is possible.
• A way to do away with eLoader altogether, and load homebrew directly from the XMB.

We will not predict when these will be ready (so please don't ask!), but we're working as fast as we can on them"