With less than a week before Christmas, it appears that Microsoft's initiated another series of bans on modded Xbox 360s. Details are still sketchy, although owners state that the ban seems to be targetting 360s running in ixtreme firmware. More detail are available in the full article.

Among the Xbox 360 community, one familiar name is Commodore4eva (C4eva), and his line of Xtreme Firmware updates that ensure our consoles stay in tip-top condition. Following Xtreme's success, C4eva created the iXtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360s, which has recently updated to version 1.2b. Here are the fw's latest change list since version 1.0:

• (v1.2b) Slow-read (4x) version
• (v1.2)  Extra verification performed on Stealth backups
• (v1.1)  Extra verification performed on Stealth backups
  

Aside from these updates, iXtreme firmware also carries features like media stealth, disc-jitter, disc-lock on, firmguard, and Xbox 360 backup firmware modification. That's the latest word iXtreme for the Xbox 360. Remember to drop by in case we receive word on more updates.

A couple of days ago, homebrew guru, Commodore4eva (aka C4eva) released the iXtreme Firmware v1.0 for the Xbox 360 console. This new stealth firmware was capable of defeating all current and upcoming Xbox Live detection attempts, and is also capable of booting all original and Stealth Extreme backup Xbox 360/Xbox 1 discs.

Now, in case you're in the mood for a possible update, we've just picked up a rumor that iXtreme Firmware 1.1 is already under works. This new update is currently reported to carry a new extra video/PFI check, and is expected to be for Samsung drive owners. Like we said earlier - this is just a rumor, though we'll keep our eyes peeled in case C4eva verifies this info.