As a follow-up to the recent XBox Live Bans and HDD Crippling wave comes word today that C4Eva is working on a new XBox 360 DVD Firmware.

Although the hack is currently in the development and testing phase, it's been dubbed iXtreme LT (Lite Touch).

To quote from #fw on IRC EFNet: "[c4eva] new fw in dev/test - ixtreme LT (Lite Touch) - more efficient, minimal patching, all aspects of fw...

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Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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According to the latest Famitsu Magazine, the Playstation 3’s BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger will be ported to the PSP under the name of BlazBlue Portable.

This is definitely an interesting move considering BlazBlue on the PS3 featured Remote Play support – allowing you to play the game on the PSP already.

To quote: "The latest Famitsu issue revealed that...

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Today SCEE announced that the video store will launch “sometime late November,” with films being available in both HD and SD.

The initial wave of titles to the store will include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Bruno, Angels & Demons, Casino Royale, Crank 2: High...

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Today Team HyperX has released IXtreme 1.61 Firmware for Benq and Samsung XBox 360 drives alongside the updated JungleFlasher v0.1.67 Beta.

Download: BenQ iXtreme THX v1.61 / Samsung iXtreme THX v1.61 / JungleFlasher v0.1.67 Beta

From the NFO file:

IXtreme fw for Benq and Samsung drives!

Features:

• Strict Wave 4 compliance! hybrid (modified disks) will not boot!
• Strict Wave 3...

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According to the latest Famitsu Magazine, R-Type 3D is coming exclusively to the PS3 console.

It appears that R-Type Final is indeed not the last in the series, according to distantmantra commenting on the latest Famitsu issue at NeoGAF: "There's something about a PS3 exclusive (?) R-Type 3D, and 3D Dot Game Heroes got 8/8/7/7."

For those unaware, R-Type is a side scrolling...

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Just two weeks ago PS3 RPG Ar Tonelico 3 was first revealed in Famitsu Magazine.

Today the latest trailer for the PlayStation 3 exclusive role-playing title Ar Tonelico III is available.

For those curious, the game will be released on January 28th in Japan, and a North American release has yet to be announced.

Check out the Ar Tonelico III promo trailer...

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The folks over at IGN went over the latest issue of Famitsu magazine and revealed that Final Fantasy XIII won't require a PS3 HDD installation.

They also made a comment on loading times, and how the only time you will see them is when the transition from town to field occurs.

The devs Tetsuya Nomura and Motomu Toriyama commented on how they did this because they wanted to create...

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It appears Microsoft is now including the most recent major Dashboard Update on new game discs, specifically the Summer/Fall 09 update that brings the NXE dash to 8498.

As a result, they are closing the exploit used for the Free60 JTAG/SMC XeLL (Linux homebrew) hack.

To quote: "The first game confirmed to have this update on the disc is Cars Race-O-Rama. They...

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The latest issue of Famitsu Magazine has revealed that Ar Tonelico 3 will exclusively be hitting the PS3 on January 28, 2010 and Hokuto no Ken Musou will also arrive next year.

According to PSU (linked above), there will be an Ar Tonelico event at the Akihabara Enta Festival on the 25th if you're in Japan and want to go.

To quote from rykomatsu's article...

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