While you have to wonder if there's really a market for this sort of thing, a company called BroadQ announced today plans to release a commercial media player for the PS2. The software requires the upcoming network adapter to work, and will allow you to listen to MP3s and watch movies in MPEG 1/2, DivX and MPEG 4 format. If you've got a modded PS2, you can sign up for the beta test, otherwise you can pre-order the "preview" version, which will be released at the end of August. While it's not unusual for software like this to exist, it is a little odd that it's going to be a commercial thing. It'll be interesting to see what Sony's reaction, if any, will be.

	Linux on Xbox Update It's not quite there yet, but ZDNet has posted an update on the Linux to Xbox port (they seem to be particularly interested in this story for some reason). The latest news is that they have released a pre-alpha version of the modified BIOS for the system. A big step, if not a particularly exciting one to your average joe.
	Kingdom Hearts Previews Two hands-on previews of Square's Kingdom Hearts are online tonight, courtesy of PS2.IGN and GameSpot. Both offer impressions of a near-final build of the game, along with shots and movies (although the usual subscription restrictions apply for both sites).
	Robotech Preview Also at GameSpot are their hands-on impressions of Robotech: Battlecry, the eagerly anticipated (if somewhat controversial to some) action game based on the venerable anime show.
	Toe Jam & Earl III Renamed As noted in this story at PlanetXbox, Sega appears to have renamed Toe Jam & Earl III from the moniker "All Funked Up" to the somewhat less risqué "Mission to Earth."
	PS2 Rumors PS2.IGN has posted their latest rumors column, and as usual, it contains a few interesting items which should be taken with a grain or two of salt. There's a reasonably reliable claim that EA has a third James Bond title in the works (no shockers there), as well as the suggestion that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell might be on its way to the PS2 after its Xbox debut, and word that Final Fight might be reborn as a budget-priced title for PSOne.
	GameCube Online Libraries Software developer Multiterm announced today that they are working on licensable libraries for Nintendo's GameCube network adapters. The middleware is in beta testing now, with a release scheduled for September.
	Dead to Rights Movies Four gameplay movies from Namco's upcoming Xbox title Dead to Rights are up at XenGamers tonight.