Gaming iXtreme 1.61 due by the end of the month

[Rock Raiyu]

Can't post the source since its a warez site but Modcontrol states that on IRC C4eva said that Ixtreme 1.61 will be released by the end of this month.

In German:

Commodore4eva soll im IRC verkündet haben, das die erwartete iXtreme Firmware 1.61, so wird sie heißen, im Laufe der nächsten Woche für die Xbox 360 Ben-Q, Lite-On und Samsung Laufwerke erscheinen wird. Da ein solcher Release aufgrund der Wave 4 Problematik nicht ausgeschlossen ist, ist davon auszugehen, dass diese Aussage vom 360 Laufwerkshacker persönlich wohl tatsächlich stimmt. Ob sich im Paket des iXtreme 1.61 Releases auch Firmwarefiles für die neuen, noch nicht gehackten Lite-On Revisionen befinden ist unklar.

Translation basically says that C4eva has confirmed that the new firmware will be called 1.61 and that it will be out next week, if not then definitely by the end of this month.

The actual message on IRC was:
QUOTE14:10 IRC:
c4eva:\ixtreme 1.61 Yes thats its name, will be the out by next week
or the end of the month it all depends on how i feels...

Woop, looks I'll be playing Modern Warfare 2 after all.

 

[FAST6191]

Thanks for the news.

 

[Jiggah]

Next week is the end of the month...

I think this also means abgx360 1.0.2 isn't far behind either.

 

[triassic911]

How do you guys know Modern Warfare 2 will be wave 4?

 

[FAST6191]

We do not know for certain but given tekken is wave 4, a good chunk of releases big and small are too and we are looking at a just over 3 week wait until street date it is a very good bet.

As I understand it games have a given wave and all games mastered after a certain date (it is on the disc, ABGX360 will tell you) will be of a given wave but there are a few outlying games, this is the reason for the lines from the iextreme release notes:

"Strict Wave 3 compliance means wave 3 games will only boot if they have correct PFI/DMI/SS and timestamp for wave 3
...
...
...
Game exceptions are integrated in the fw for games that do not comply with the strict wave checks but are legitimate. These are Dance Dance Revolution Universe, Stoked, Ping 17 disk, afro samurai"

from
http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1712.nfo

Looks like I will be back with a 360 news post in the morning as well.

 

[quepaso]

Excited for the new firmware, i want to play some tekken!

 

[lenselijer]

just burn the activate disk and tekken plays fine on 1.6

 

[Bloodgod]

I see no reason to update from 1.5.1 till thats out. It's not like I have time to play games ATM

 

[Lakerfanalways]

I see no reason to update from 1.5.1 till thats out. It's not like I have time to play games ATM

I wish they would release the new firmware since a few of the games I Have such as Tekken 6, Fairytale Fights, and Grand Theft Auto Liberty City are wave 4. I would never use that patch method since that gets you banned from XBOX Live

 

[mr deez]

I see no reason to update from 1.5.1 till thats out. It's not like I have time to play games ATM

I wish they would release the new firmware since a few of the games I Have such as Tekken 6, Fairytale Fights, and Grand Theft Auto Liberty City are wave 4. I would never use that patch method since that gets you banned from XBOX Live

Using the activate disc now to play wave 4 is just as safe as 1.61 will be when it comes out.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

Unfortunately Lite-On drives won't get the new firmware over the weekend. It's not even in testing.

 

[olliepop2000]

i'm getting sick of opening and reflashing them.

 

[sweenish]

cry some more. or start buying your games.

 

[misticknight]

sorry to sound annoying/whinging but anyword on this working on LiteOn drives yet?

 

[Rock Raiyu]

sorry to sound annoying/whinging but anyword on this working on LiteOn drives yet?

Its in dev. Not ETA on it though.

 

[misticknight]

fair enough, hopefully its out by years end though.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

fair enough, hopefully its out by years end though.

More like before next week.

 

[acesniper]

I know I'm off topic but does anyone know if a fix is in the works for the Liteon 83850c (made after AUG 2009) and 93450c?

 

[Armadillo]

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=4554496

New 83850C not looking good, so I'd assume it's the same situation for the 93450c.

 

[acesniper]

Dang, I totally lost. I don't know if I should get a 360 from walmart, risking it be non moddable? Or should I just use my $100 giftcard to get MW2 and wait it out.