<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Introduction</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
Welcome back to the 360 releases posts, most of the big 360 releases have been covered in one off posts but a roundup was needed so here it is. Homebrew, xbox live arcade and DLC also saw a great deal of good stuff happen.
For those just joining us GBAtemp is presently a Nintendo based site so the main focus of the portal and staff is towards Nintendo systems however we have more than a few members who like other consoles and those other consoles can be hacked in various ways. These threads aim to be quick summaries of the state of the 360, when they need to be they are daily (and those threads updated if necessary) but often nothing happens so some time can go between threads (the old threads are at the bottom of each new thread if you want to catch up or just see how things played out).
Realistically we can cover anything to do with the 360 but usually the focus is on the modding side of things, this includes
360 disc iso releases- this is the mainstay of the posts and the thing that gets them moving in the first place (if nothing happens here the other stuff will either be kicked to an individual thread or left for the next post). Any nuke information (see the last few sections of the thread for more on that) will also be included in the posts and likewise any confirmed games added to the 360 game verification tool ABGX360.
As we are an English speaking site we cover big releases (a short writeup/mini review if possible, release name, region locking information and NFO) in the main section while the smaller releases (those without English in and region dupes that do not add anything from the perspective of an English speaker- new content or new region compatibility) are usually covered with a link to the NFO a line on it if necessary although we will cover a big Japanese release on the rare occasions one happens (the 360 is not big in Japan so early Japanese releases and Japanese exclusives do not happen all that often).
The xbox live arcade (XBLA) releases- a new thing that appeared with the homebrew hacks from last year is the ability to run xbox live arcade games without needing to go through MS to get them. Also included in this is the downloadable content (DLC), with many developers looking towards these to add sometimes many hours to the games they are well worth checking out.
homebrew news- emulators, media players, hack updates, rebooter app updates and other things like it.
modding news- will usually sit with homebrew news and indeed to try and separate them is near impossible, this includes things like new repair kits, controller mods, mod chips, microsoft responses to such developments (banning consoles from live happens and the hacker response) and most importantly hacked DVD drive firmware updates.
Homebrew can come from anywhere but with the iso releases and especially the XBLA releases our focus is on the "scene"- anything that ultimately originates from a p2p network will be mentioned in passing if it is a hotly anticipated release (indeed several releases in the last half of last year were first seen on p2p networks) but as anyone who has followed the 360 scene will be able to tell you the p2p 360 side of things frequently do not have a clue.
<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Nukes and related news as well as less notable releases.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
<u><b>Nukes</b></u>
No new nukes since last time (ABGX lists 245). It is worth noting that Final Fantasy 13 got nuked for anydvd corruption in the first two discs but the group released a couple of PPF patches (and a patcher) to fix the problem.
This means <b>Final.Fantasy.XIII.X360-Allstars</b> will need <b>Final.Fantasy.XIII.X360.FIX-Allstars</b>, the patching is simple enough so it would not hurt to run it twice if you are unsure whether your source already sorted it (ABGX360 will tell you too).
More in <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=211399&view=findpost&p=2633394" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2633394</a>
While it will probably not trouble many around here <b>Assassins.Creed.II.Sequence.13.Bonfire.of.the.Vanities.And.Secret .Locations.DiRFiX.DLC.XBOX360-FYK</b> also appeared, more in the NFO: <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2994" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2994</a>
<u><b>Less notable releases</b></u>
Quite a few since last post, again mainly Japanese region dupes of games from last year. <b>Espgaluda_II_Black_Label_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> makes the main post.
<b>Akatsuki_no_Amaneka_to_Aoi_Kyojin_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking (probably Japan only)
Turn based dungeon crawler seems to be the order of the day here, set as a "wacky school based comedy+ fanservice" sort of thing so no further comment there.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3006" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Battlefield_Bad_Company_2_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b>
Region locked Japan only (other regions were also region locked although the US release apparently also sports Japanese compatibility)
Japanese release of Battlefield Bad Company 2.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3014" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Red_Seeds_Profile_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
A Japanese release of "Deadly Premonition".
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3013" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Shin_Sangoku_Musou_Multi_Raid_Special_CHT_XBOX360-iND</b>
Unknown region locking.
Known in the west as Dynasty Warriors, this is the Chinese version (everywhere else has already seen versions, usually region locked).
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3000" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>No_Fate_Only_the_Power_of_Will_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
Japanese school based "interactive novel" sort of game.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2884" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Bioshock_2_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b>
Unknown region locking.
Japanese release of Bioshock2.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2883" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Nobunaga_no_Yabou_Tendou_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
Latest in the very long line of Koei's strategy games. According to play asia this is a real time game unlike some of the earlier ones.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2881" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<u><b>XBLA games and DLC content</b></u>
FYK were joined by XBLAplus and RB-DLC to continue the flood of XBLA and DLC content, naturally you need a homebrew capable 360 to run all this.
Due to the flood NFOs will not be linked up <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36</a> (better yet <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36&ord=1" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36&ord=1</a> ) has them all though if you fancy searching.
<b>XBLA</b>
<b>Perfect.Dark.iNTERNAL.READNFO.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK</b>
The game is internal and has READNFO in the name as it is a beta built that might not work on all consoles. For those just joining us this is apparently a port of the N64 title of the same name but aiming to fix some of the framerate issues. To this day I hold that Perfect Dark has one of the best if not the best offline multiplayer there is on any FPS game and if they have fixed the framerate issues even better.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3023" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Scrap_Metal_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3005" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Toy_Soldiers_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2882" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>DLC</b>
We saw a fair amount of DLC but unlike previous months there have been quite periods too. Nothing that jumps out at me this time (mainly costume packs and little things) but that is me, you might be different:
<u><b>Homebrew</b></u>
Major happenings in the homebrew world. Going to be a quick and dirty post but hopefully anything you are interested in has enough links to sort you out.
<b>iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) for BenQ</b>
This was the big news of the last few weeks. LT is the only firmware around that is remotely live safe and now there is a BenQ version (previously there was only a liteon version) <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=211970" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=211970</a> has more. Jungleflasher has also been updated with support for it and a few bugfixes as well and xbox-scene mentioned about a quick hack to run it on windows 7 64 bit without too much hassle: <a href="http://team-xecuter.com/run-jungle-flasher-win7-x64-with-perm-disabled-driver-signing-no-more-f8/" target="_blank">http://team-xecuter.com/run-jungle-flasher...ing-no-more-f8/</a> .
<b>Original xbox on 360 developments</b>
The 360's backwards compatibility has been fiddled with for a little while now but <a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=708709" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=708709</a> would indicate some stuff has come from it, namely the launching of avalaunch (a simple homebrew menu for the original xbox) and so a great deal of other homebrew (for now XBMC runs but video and network does not). Obviously it is not hardware level emulation so I doubt it will be like the GBA and DS or even Wii and GC homebrew but it is a nice development.
In similar news original xbox games can now have GOD (running without disc) installs:
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?topic=14164" target="_blank">http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?topic=14164</a> (read a few posts in).
<b>freestyledash</b> saw several versions and a new google code page <a href="http://code.google.com/p/freestyledash/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/freestyledash/</a> . A lot of work has gone into this and I feel relatively comfortable calling replacement dash for everyone which is no trivial feat.
<b>Dash Launch v0.02</b>
Quite useful in light of the other applications mentioned here and elsewhere- this will allow you to set a homebrew app of your choosing (most likely a replacement dash of sorts) to run on bootup (presently you will have to select it first)
More on Team Xedev's forums: <a href="http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/" target="_blank">http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/</a>
<b>ISO2GOD and GOD2ISO</b> saw releases and/or updates.
The tools do as they say on the tin and convert isos to GOD installs you can run from whatever and convert them back.
<b>XeBoyAdvance</b>
A GBA emulator for the 360 saw an initial release and some updates. Always good to see more emulators.
<b>XM360</b>
The popular 360 side XBLA and DLC manager/unlocker saw some updates including an FTP server.
<a href="http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84&start=10" target="_blank">http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/viewtopic.php...84&start=10</a> (scroll down)
<b>J-xbr-gui</b> xbox-scene reported on a release of a GUI for various NAND flashing tools (aimed at initial hacks and those still using hardware)
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=707847" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=707847</a>
<b>Overridexbox360</b>
An older application but a good one, gx-mod.com report of an application to turn the rather confusing numerical (or just default.xex) into a human readable form.
<a href="http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=234166" target="_blank">http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=234166</a>
<b>Yaris Swap</b>- a signing and modification tool for 360 files saw an update which includes CON* file support:
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=322" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=322</a>
Before anyone asks: <a href="http://www.se7ensins.com/forums//topic/40085-con-resigning-explained/" target="_blank">http://www.se7ensins.com/forums//topic/400...ning-explained/</a>
Finally it seems a whole bunch of save editors and more interestingly hacking work happened while I was not paying attention (indeed they have done for some time), big thanks to x360c.com and <a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...dding-programs/</a> for allowing me to play catch up. While we saw a few proto hacks and proof of concept work ( <a href="http://simply360mods.blogspot.com/2010/02/release-simply-bioshock-12-configini.html" target="_blank">http://simply360mods.blogspot.com/2010/02/...-configini.html</a> ) this is a step above that, such things include ways to make multi disc NXE/GOD installs work without issue (you need only stuff everything in the same directory but it will still tell you to insert disc):
Mass Effect 2 has the main honours here:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4312" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4312</a>
Halo 3 signing dodges (normally everything is kicked to the 360 as far as security goes but Bungie added some more checks- yes hacked maps are possible):
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=3751" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=3751</a>
Save editors for many games:
Scrap metal:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4557" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4557</a>
Midnight Club LA
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4535" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4535</a>
FF13:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4537" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4537</a>
Devil May Cry 4
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4468" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4468</a>
And that is just March posts.
<u><b>Game updates</b></u>
With the live bans it seems a big need for game updates "offline" appeared and many sites/groups rose to the challenge. This means we have a new section in the 360 releases posts for them. Demos are not really going to be covered.
Sadly there is not mandatory changelog for live updates but sometimes developers/publishers release them and some can be inferred from their PS3 and PC counterparts (although that is a decidedly more unreliable strategy). Updates are inclusive/cumulative so no need to download #1 and then #2 and then #3- you can just download a single file.
Note however that system link users (available to banned and still crippled users too and indeed some work has been done on system link over VPN and similar) often need the same version and downloadable content tends to require the latest version as well.
If you are sorting the hardware for this you can use any 360 drive, a modified WD hard drive (check with a more complete guide for version numbers)- at present you can have 20, 60, 120 or 250 gigabytes or if you have homebrew the rebooter apps disable hard drive checks so any drive works.
The main tool of choice for drive related matters is xplorer360:
<a href="http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/Xplorer360.php" target="_blank">http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/Xplorer360.php</a>
Several things happened here including
Scene bundles of patches (not "up to date" but still useful:
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1984" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1984</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1981" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1981</a>
Web based frontends (what this section will be covering):
<a href="http://xboxupdates.24.tl/" target="_blank">http://xboxupdates.24.tl/</a>
The domain (and various other alternates) seem to have been suspended so no updates today (I have no IP to hand to try that instead), <a href="http://www.elitemodscene.com/" target="_blank">http://www.elitemodscene.com/</a> should have a few updates available to you if you search for them.
<a href="http://xboxupdates.24.tl/" target="_blank">http://xboxupdates.24.tl/</a> added (TU=title update):
FIFA 10 #TU 3 (PAL NTSC/J)
Borderlands #TU 3 (Region Free)
Call of Duty World at War #TU 6 (PAL
Fusion #TU v19 5829 (Region Free)
Zune Preview #TU 5 (Region Free)
Sacred 2 #TU 2 (PAL)
Need for Speed Shift #TU 2 (PAL)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 #TU 3 (PAL)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 ES #TU 3 (PAL)
BIOHAZARD 5 Resident Evil 5 #TU 4 (Region Free)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 #TU 3 (PAL)
<b>Additions to ABGX360</b><u></u>
We suggest you use the link below and the abgx360 tool as the site does not use scene naming meaning it can be quite hard to tell entries apart, this is just for reference really (RF= region free)
ABGX360 ( <a href="http://abgx360.net/verified.php" target="_blank">Web frontend to verified database</a> ) added:
Deadly Premonition (NTSC/U)
Way of the SamU)rai 3 (PAL)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 3) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 2) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 1) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (NTSC/U)
Lips: Party Classics (RF)
World of OU)tlaws: Sprint Cars (NTSC/U)
Konami Classics: VolU)me 2 (NTSC/U)
Risen (RF)
Cars: Mater-National (PAL) NTSC/U)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PAL)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PAL)
Wireless Racing Wheel Demo Disc (RF)
Major LeagU)e Baseball 2K10 (NTSC/J (Excludes China) NTSC/U)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (NTSC/J (Excludes China) NTSC/U)
Perfect Dark Zero (NTSC/U)
<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Releases</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
Release dates can be found here: <a href="http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/" target="_blank">http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/</a> although the dates on gamefaqs seem to be slightly "off" and as usual are subject to change at the last moment.
This is mainly a catchup post but it does have a few new releases.
As an aside if possible the NFOs are being sent as unicode/some encoding that will not lose the format if possible which means we may not lose the ASCII art any more (I am far too lazy to make up picture NFOs not to mention I like text), for old ones perhaps <a href="http://shailendra88.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-view-nfo-files-in-firefox.html" target="_blank">http://shailendra88.blogspot.com/2009/02/h...in-firefox.html</a> is of some use.
For the new members the general layout of each game here is
Scene release name (in bold)
Region locking information (rebooter apps can dodge region protection but they are far from available to all so such things are staying)
In previous posts wave information (if known) which is not necessary now everything can run every known game and as such will not be appearing any more.
A short writeup of the game (who made developed/published it, past history of the franchise, if I or one of mine has played it then a quick review). We invite others to comment on games and they frequently do so read their replies as there are many games/genres/franchises and so on I do not care for.
NFO in spoilers and codebox.
Due to post size limit issues the releases are in the third post or <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=213327&view=findpost&p=2659591" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2659591</a>
<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Useful things to know</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
This section aims to serve as quick intro to things that are often assumed elsewhere in these threads, it is never going to be a definitive guide so do not consider it as such.
First the current WIP GBAtemp 360 FAQ (not the same one that is stickied), it should cover most questions you might have on the 360 although it too is looking a bit out of date right now:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=157263" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=157263</a>
For drive hacking related questions the jungleflasher tutorial is probably the most up to date guide:
<a href="http://jungleflasher.net/downloads.html" target="_blank">http://jungleflasher.net/downloads.html</a>
<b>XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340</b>
<a href="http://pix.gbatemp.net/32303/XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://pix.gbatemp.net/32303/XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340.png.tn.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
Click on the image and it will load up the full picture.
Some sections of the scene also use the general console release standards as well as the 360 ones. Realistically it is only the problems with the isos that you need to be worried about and even then some can be fixed (simple things like no/bad .dvd file) but we will leave it up to you to determine what you consider acceptable.
<b>Previous 360 release threads</b>
The follow links are to the older release threads, if there is some time between threads anything that happened between threads will be covered.
Last 3 threads
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=210635" target="_blank">26th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=209302" target="_blank">17th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=207527" target="_blank">6th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=206823" target="_blank">1st February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=205964" target="_blank">27th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=203575" target="_blank">15th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=202023" target="_blank">9th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=197207" target="_blank">17th December 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=194224" target="_blank">2nd December 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=193562" target="_blank">28th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=193139" target="_blank">26th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=191910" target="_blank">19th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=191045" target="_blank">15th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=190439" target="_blank">12th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=190082" target="_blank">10th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188435" target="_blank">4th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188435" target="_blank">31st October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=187977" target="_blank">28th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=187667" target="_blank">26th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186802" target="_blank">21st October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186608" target="_blank">20th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186102" target="_blank">17th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185995" target="_blank">16th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185550" target="_blank">14th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185003" target="_blank">11th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=184603" target="_blank">9th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=184168" target="_blank">7th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183956" target="_blank">6th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183553" target="_blank">4th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183171" target="_blank">2nd October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=182346" target="_blank">28th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=181667" target="_blank">25th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=181320" target="_blank">23rd September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=180107" target="_blank">17th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179944" target="_blank">16th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179706" target="_blank">15th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179538" target="_blank">14th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179090" target="_blank">12th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179016" target="_blank">11th September 2009 and the summer releases</a>
Welcome back to the 360 releases posts, most of the big 360 releases have been covered in one off posts but a roundup was needed so here it is. Homebrew, xbox live arcade and DLC also saw a great deal of good stuff happen.
For those just joining us GBAtemp is presently a Nintendo based site so the main focus of the portal and staff is towards Nintendo systems however we have more than a few members who like other consoles and those other consoles can be hacked in various ways. These threads aim to be quick summaries of the state of the 360, when they need to be they are daily (and those threads updated if necessary) but often nothing happens so some time can go between threads (the old threads are at the bottom of each new thread if you want to catch up or just see how things played out).
Realistically we can cover anything to do with the 360 but usually the focus is on the modding side of things, this includes
360 disc iso releases- this is the mainstay of the posts and the thing that gets them moving in the first place (if nothing happens here the other stuff will either be kicked to an individual thread or left for the next post). Any nuke information (see the last few sections of the thread for more on that) will also be included in the posts and likewise any confirmed games added to the 360 game verification tool ABGX360.
As we are an English speaking site we cover big releases (a short writeup/mini review if possible, release name, region locking information and NFO) in the main section while the smaller releases (those without English in and region dupes that do not add anything from the perspective of an English speaker- new content or new region compatibility) are usually covered with a link to the NFO a line on it if necessary although we will cover a big Japanese release on the rare occasions one happens (the 360 is not big in Japan so early Japanese releases and Japanese exclusives do not happen all that often).
The xbox live arcade (XBLA) releases- a new thing that appeared with the homebrew hacks from last year is the ability to run xbox live arcade games without needing to go through MS to get them. Also included in this is the downloadable content (DLC), with many developers looking towards these to add sometimes many hours to the games they are well worth checking out.
homebrew news- emulators, media players, hack updates, rebooter app updates and other things like it.
modding news- will usually sit with homebrew news and indeed to try and separate them is near impossible, this includes things like new repair kits, controller mods, mod chips, microsoft responses to such developments (banning consoles from live happens and the hacker response) and most importantly hacked DVD drive firmware updates.
Homebrew can come from anywhere but with the iso releases and especially the XBLA releases our focus is on the "scene"- anything that ultimately originates from a p2p network will be mentioned in passing if it is a hotly anticipated release (indeed several releases in the last half of last year were first seen on p2p networks) but as anyone who has followed the 360 scene will be able to tell you the p2p 360 side of things frequently do not have a clue.
<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>Nukes and related news as well as less notable releases.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
<u><b>Nukes</b></u>
No new nukes since last time (ABGX lists 245). It is worth noting that Final Fantasy 13 got nuked for anydvd corruption in the first two discs but the group released a couple of PPF patches (and a patcher) to fix the problem.
This means <b>Final.Fantasy.XIII.X360-Allstars</b> will need <b>Final.Fantasy.XIII.X360.FIX-Allstars</b>, the patching is simple enough so it would not hurt to run it twice if you are unsure whether your source already sorted it (ABGX360 will tell you too).
More in <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=211399&view=findpost&p=2633394" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2633394</a>
While it will probably not trouble many around here <b>Assassins.Creed.II.Sequence.13.Bonfire.of.the.Vanities.And.Secret .Locations.DiRFiX.DLC.XBOX360-FYK</b> also appeared, more in the NFO: <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2994" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2994</a>
<u><b>Less notable releases</b></u>
Quite a few since last post, again mainly Japanese region dupes of games from last year. <b>Espgaluda_II_Black_Label_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> makes the main post.
<b>Akatsuki_no_Amaneka_to_Aoi_Kyojin_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking (probably Japan only)
Turn based dungeon crawler seems to be the order of the day here, set as a "wacky school based comedy+ fanservice" sort of thing so no further comment there.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3006" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Battlefield_Bad_Company_2_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b>
Region locked Japan only (other regions were also region locked although the US release apparently also sports Japanese compatibility)
Japanese release of Battlefield Bad Company 2.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3014" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Red_Seeds_Profile_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
A Japanese release of "Deadly Premonition".
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3013" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Shin_Sangoku_Musou_Multi_Raid_Special_CHT_XBOX360-iND</b>
Unknown region locking.
Known in the west as Dynasty Warriors, this is the Chinese version (everywhere else has already seen versions, usually region locked).
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3000" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>No_Fate_Only_the_Power_of_Will_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
Japanese school based "interactive novel" sort of game.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2884" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Bioshock_2_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b>
Unknown region locking.
Japanese release of Bioshock2.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2883" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Nobunaga_no_Yabou_Tendou_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b>
Unknown region locking.
Latest in the very long line of Koei's strategy games. According to play asia this is a real time game unlike some of the earlier ones.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2881" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<u><b>XBLA games and DLC content</b></u>
FYK were joined by XBLAplus and RB-DLC to continue the flood of XBLA and DLC content, naturally you need a homebrew capable 360 to run all this.
Due to the flood NFOs will not be linked up <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36</a> (better yet <a href="http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36&ord=1" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/index.php?sys=x36&ord=1</a> ) has them all though if you fancy searching.
<b>XBLA</b>
<b>Perfect.Dark.iNTERNAL.READNFO.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK</b>
The game is internal and has READNFO in the name as it is a beta built that might not work on all consoles. For those just joining us this is apparently a port of the N64 title of the same name but aiming to fix some of the framerate issues. To this day I hold that Perfect Dark has one of the best if not the best offline multiplayer there is on any FPS game and if they have fixed the framerate issues even better.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3023" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Scrap_Metal_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3005" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Toy_Soldiers_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=2882" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>DLC</b>
We saw a fair amount of DLC but unlike previous months there have been quite periods too. Nothing that jumps out at me this time (mainly costume packs and little things) but that is me, you might be different:
[title
LC flood]
Lips-Culture_Beat-Mr_Vain-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Lynyrd_Skynyrd-Free_Bird-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Naughty_by_Nature-Hip_Hop_Hooray-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Dantes.Inferno.Animated.Feature.Dante.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FY K
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Biometal.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Fiend.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Mission.Mode.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Shadow.Walker.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-F YK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Deutsch.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.English.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Espanol.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Italiano.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Francais.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ticket.to.Ride.Europe.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ticket.to.Ride.USA.1910.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Blue.Dragon.Shuffle.Dungeon.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.1.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.2.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.3.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Calvert.Chess.Set.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Lewis.Set.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Minigame.Fork.My.Fruit.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Heavy.Damage.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Speed.Kills.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Tank.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Halo.Wars.Historical.Battle.Map.Pack.Addon.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Halo.Wars.Strategic.Options.Addon.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Operation.Flashpoint.Dragon.Risin.Mission.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Operation.Flashpoint.Dragon.Risin.Mission.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Overlord.II.Battle.Rock.Nemesis.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-02_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Resident.Evil.5.Costume.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Resident.Evil.5.Desperate.Escape.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Battlefield.Bad.Company.Conquest.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Battlefield.Bad.Company.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Dangerous.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.High-Calorie.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Mechanical.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Milky.Way.Constellations.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Perfectly.Sized.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Shopping.Spree.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.The.Weaver.Girl.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Buku.Puzzles.02.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Buku.Puzzles.13.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Ball.Raging.Blast.Ultimate.Warriors.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Strikeforce.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Kane.And.Lynch.Dead.Men.The.Dope.Bag.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lord.Of.The.Rings.Conquest.Hero.Arena.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.SPECIAL.STAGE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Midnight.Club.Los.Angeles.Playable.Police.Car.Contents.DLC.XBOX36 0-FYK
MLB.2K7.Olympic.Stadium.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Card.Series.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Majestic.Cool.Base.Uniforms.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Minor.League.Stadium.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Choji.And.Temari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Japanese.Voices.478.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Jiraiya.And.Sarutobi.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.LIVE.09.NBA.All.Star.Weekend.2009.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.The.Broken.Bond.Chunin.Outfit.Sasuke.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.LIVE.09.Oklahoma.City.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.STREET.Homecourt.Melos.Cloverdale.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.STREET.Homecourt.Rucker.Park.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.Carbon.Dump.Truck.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.Carbon.Fire.Truck.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.ProStreet.Stage.4.Performance.Blueprint.Bundle.DLC .XBOX360-FYK
NINJA.BLADE.Bonus.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Onechanbara.Aya.Extra.Costume.Data.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Onechanbara.Saki.Extra.Costume.Data.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Overlord.Split.Screen.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Perfect.Dark.Zero.Map.Pack.Two.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
PES.09.Data.Update.March.09.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Becky.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Gravity.Labs.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Elhuit.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Jen.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Space.Oddity.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Elite.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Topillogical.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Hunter.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Tunnel.Rat.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.3.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Sylpheed.Challenge.Missions.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.02.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.03.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.04.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.06.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.31.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.32.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.33.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.34.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.35.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.36.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Samurai.Warriors.2.Xtreme.Legends.Command.List.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Samurai.Warriors.2.Xtreme.Legends.Support.List.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Star.Wars.The.Force.Unleashed.November.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-F YK
The.Darkness.Darkness.MP.Map.DM.Haunt.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Godfather.Favor.Pack.3.Favor.Missions.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Godfather.In-Game.Money.50K.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Outfit.Collateral.Damage.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Outfit.Multiplayer.Map.Arnhem.Mayhem.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.End.War.Veteran.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.2.Gift.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.Black.Edition.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Top.Spin.2.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Top.Spin.2.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Trivial.Pursuit.Movie.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Virtua.Tennis.2009.Online.Tournament.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Xbox.LIVE.Photo.Party.MiSC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.Red.Edition.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bullet.Witch.Complete.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Alienware.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Monster.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Spike.TV.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Xbox360.Liveried.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.YellowCard.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Command.And.Conquer.3.Tiberium.Wars.Map.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.BGM.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.Female.Armor.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.Male.Armor.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Gundam.2.Complete.Missions.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FEAR.2.Toy.Solders.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.All.Leagues.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Barclays.Premier.League.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Liga.BBVA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Ligue.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Primera.Division.de.Mexico.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Frontlines.Fuel.of.War.Map.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Frontlines.Fuel.of.War.Map.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Gyromancer.Map.Pack.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Infinite.Undiscovery.A.Voucher.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Infinite.Undiscovery.B.Voucher.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.HERO.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.PROTO.MAN.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.SUPERHERO.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.Classic.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.More.Guns.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.Throwback.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lips-The_Commodores-Brick_House-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Commodores-Easy-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Commodores-Three_Times_a_Lady-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.1.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dantes.Inferno.Dark.Forest.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Outpost.Kaloki.X.Fireworks.Scenario.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Outpost.Kaloki.X.Bounty.Hunter.Scenario.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-04_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-05_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-06_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-07_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-08_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Forza.Motorsport.3.Jalopnik.Car.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Scene.It.Box.Office.Smash.Award.Winners.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bioshock.2.Sinclair.Solutions.Tester.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Golf.Tee.It.Up.Clothing.Pack.1.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
Golf.Tee.It.Up.Clothing.Pack.2.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.2.DiRFiX.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-10_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-The_Corrs-Breathless-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Housemartins-Happy_Hour-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
LC flood]Lips-Culture_Beat-Mr_Vain-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Lynyrd_Skynyrd-Free_Bird-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Naughty_by_Nature-Hip_Hop_Hooray-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Dantes.Inferno.Animated.Feature.Dante.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FY K
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Biometal.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Fiend.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Mission.Mode.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ninja.Gaiden.II.Shadow.Walker.Hayabusa.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-F YK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Deutsch.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.English.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Espanol.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Italiano.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FIFA.10.Ultimate.Team.Francais.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ticket.to.Ride.Europe.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ticket.to.Ride.USA.1910.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Blue.Dragon.Shuffle.Dungeon.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.1.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.2.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bomberman.Expansion.3.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Calvert.Chess.Set.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Lewis.Set.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Chessmaster.Live.Minigame.Fork.My.Fruit.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Heavy.Damage.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Speed.Kills.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dead.Space.Tank.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Halo.Wars.Historical.Battle.Map.Pack.Addon.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Halo.Wars.Strategic.Options.Addon.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Operation.Flashpoint.Dragon.Risin.Mission.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Operation.Flashpoint.Dragon.Risin.Mission.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Overlord.II.Battle.Rock.Nemesis.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-02_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Resident.Evil.5.Costume.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Resident.Evil.5.Desperate.Escape.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Battlefield.Bad.Company.Conquest.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Battlefield.Bad.Company.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Dangerous.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.High-Calorie.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Mechanical.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Milky.Way.Constellations.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Perfectly.Sized.Katamari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.Shopping.Spree.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Beautiful.Katamari.The.Weaver.Girl.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Buku.Puzzles.02.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Buku.Puzzles.13.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Ball.Raging.Blast.Ultimate.Warriors.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Strikeforce.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Kane.And.Lynch.Dead.Men.The.Dope.Bag.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lord.Of.The.Rings.Conquest.Hero.Arena.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.SPECIAL.STAGE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Midnight.Club.Los.Angeles.Playable.Police.Car.Contents.DLC.XBOX36 0-FYK
MLB.2K7.Olympic.Stadium.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Card.Series.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Majestic.Cool.Base.Uniforms.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MLB.2K8.Minor.League.Stadium.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Choji.And.Temari.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Japanese.Voices.478.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.Rise.Of.A.Ninja.Jiraiya.And.Sarutobi.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.LIVE.09.NBA.All.Star.Weekend.2009.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Naruto.The.Broken.Bond.Chunin.Outfit.Sasuke.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.LIVE.09.Oklahoma.City.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.STREET.Homecourt.Melos.Cloverdale.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
NBA.STREET.Homecourt.Rucker.Park.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.Carbon.Dump.Truck.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.Carbon.Fire.Truck.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Need.for.Speed.ProStreet.Stage.4.Performance.Blueprint.Bundle.DLC .XBOX360-FYK
NINJA.BLADE.Bonus.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Onechanbara.Aya.Extra.Costume.Data.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Onechanbara.Saki.Extra.Costume.Data.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Overlord.Split.Screen.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Perfect.Dark.Zero.Map.Pack.Two.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
PES.09.Data.Update.March.09.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Becky.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Gravity.Labs.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Elhuit.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Jen.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Space.Oddity.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Elite.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Topillogical.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Hunter.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Prey.Tunnel.Rat.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Gotham.Racing.3.Pack.3.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Project.Sylpheed.Challenge.Missions.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.02.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.03.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.04.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.06.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.31.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.32.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.33.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.34.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.35.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Ridge.Racer.6.Unlock.Key.36.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Samurai.Warriors.2.Xtreme.Legends.Command.List.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Samurai.Warriors.2.Xtreme.Legends.Support.List.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Star.Wars.The.Force.Unleashed.November.Costume.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-F YK
The.Darkness.Darkness.MP.Map.DM.Haunt.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Godfather.Favor.Pack.3.Favor.Missions.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Godfather.In-Game.Money.50K.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Outfit.Collateral.Damage.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
The.Outfit.Multiplayer.Map.Arnhem.Mayhem.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.End.War.Veteran.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.2.Gift.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.Black.Edition.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Top.Spin.2.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Top.Spin.2.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Trivial.Pursuit.Movie.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Virtua.Tennis.2009.Online.Tournament.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Xbox.LIVE.Photo.Party.MiSC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.Rainbow.Six.Vegas.Red.Edition.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bullet.Witch.Complete.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Alienware.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Monster.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Spike.TV.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.Xbox360.Liveried.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Burnout.Revenge.YellowCard.Car.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Command.And.Conquer.3.Tiberium.Wars.Map.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.BGM.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.Female.Armor.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.6.Empires.Complete.Male.Armor.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Gundam.2.Complete.Missions.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
FEAR.2.Toy.Solders.Map.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.All.Leagues.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Barclays.Premier.League.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Liga.BBVA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Ligue.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Fifa.09.Live.Season.Primera.Division.de.Mexico.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Frontlines.Fuel.of.War.Map.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Frontlines.Fuel.of.War.Map.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Gyromancer.Map.Pack.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Infinite.Undiscovery.A.Voucher.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Infinite.Undiscovery.B.Voucher.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.HERO.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.PROTO.MAN.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
MEGA.MAN.9.SUPERHERO.MODE.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.Classic.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.More.Guns.Pack.1.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Tom.Clancys.G.R.A.W.2.Throwback.Pack.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lips-The_Commodores-Brick_House-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Commodores-Easy-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Commodores-Three_Times_a_Lady-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.1.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dantes.Inferno.Dark.Forest.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Outpost.Kaloki.X.Fireworks.Scenario.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Outpost.Kaloki.X.Bounty.Hunter.Scenario.XBLA.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-04_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-05_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-06_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-07_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-08_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Forza.Motorsport.3.Jalopnik.Car.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Scene.It.Box.Office.Smash.Award.Winners.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Bioshock.2.Sinclair.Solutions.Tester.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.2.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Golf.Tee.It.Up.Clothing.Pack.1.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
Golf.Tee.It.Up.Clothing.Pack.2.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
BUBBLE.BOBBLE.Neo.Extra.Map.2.DiRFiX.DLC.XBLA.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-10_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-The_Corrs-Breathless-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Housemartins-Happy_Hour-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
<u><b>Homebrew</b></u>
Major happenings in the homebrew world. Going to be a quick and dirty post but hopefully anything you are interested in has enough links to sort you out.
<b>iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) for BenQ</b>
This was the big news of the last few weeks. LT is the only firmware around that is remotely live safe and now there is a BenQ version (previously there was only a liteon version) <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=211970" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=211970</a> has more. Jungleflasher has also been updated with support for it and a few bugfixes as well and xbox-scene mentioned about a quick hack to run it on windows 7 64 bit without too much hassle: <a href="http://team-xecuter.com/run-jungle-flasher-win7-x64-with-perm-disabled-driver-signing-no-more-f8/" target="_blank">http://team-xecuter.com/run-jungle-flasher...ing-no-more-f8/</a> .
<b>Original xbox on 360 developments</b>
The 360's backwards compatibility has been fiddled with for a little while now but <a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=708709" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=708709</a> would indicate some stuff has come from it, namely the launching of avalaunch (a simple homebrew menu for the original xbox) and so a great deal of other homebrew (for now XBMC runs but video and network does not). Obviously it is not hardware level emulation so I doubt it will be like the GBA and DS or even Wii and GC homebrew but it is a nice development.
In similar news original xbox games can now have GOD (running without disc) installs:
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?topic=14164" target="_blank">http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?topic=14164</a> (read a few posts in).
<b>freestyledash</b> saw several versions and a new google code page <a href="http://code.google.com/p/freestyledash/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/freestyledash/</a> . A lot of work has gone into this and I feel relatively comfortable calling replacement dash for everyone which is no trivial feat.
<b>Dash Launch v0.02</b>
Quite useful in light of the other applications mentioned here and elsewhere- this will allow you to set a homebrew app of your choosing (most likely a replacement dash of sorts) to run on bootup (presently you will have to select it first)
More on Team Xedev's forums: <a href="http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/" target="_blank">http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/</a>
<b>ISO2GOD and GOD2ISO</b> saw releases and/or updates.
The tools do as they say on the tin and convert isos to GOD installs you can run from whatever and convert them back.
<b>XeBoyAdvance</b>
A GBA emulator for the 360 saw an initial release and some updates. Always good to see more emulators.
<b>XM360</b>
The popular 360 side XBLA and DLC manager/unlocker saw some updates including an FTP server.
<a href="http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84&start=10" target="_blank">http://xedev.xbins.org/forum/viewtopic.php...84&start=10</a> (scroll down)
<b>J-xbr-gui</b> xbox-scene reported on a release of a GUI for various NAND flashing tools (aimed at initial hacks and those still using hardware)
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=707847" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=707847</a>
<b>Overridexbox360</b>
An older application but a good one, gx-mod.com report of an application to turn the rather confusing numerical (or just default.xex) into a human readable form.
<a href="http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=234166" target="_blank">http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=234166</a>
<b>Yaris Swap</b>- a signing and modification tool for 360 files saw an update which includes CON* file support:
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=322" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=322</a>
Before anyone asks: <a href="http://www.se7ensins.com/forums//topic/40085-con-resigning-explained/" target="_blank">http://www.se7ensins.com/forums//topic/400...ning-explained/</a>
Finally it seems a whole bunch of save editors and more interestingly hacking work happened while I was not paying attention (indeed they have done for some time), big thanks to x360c.com and <a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...dding-programs/</a> for allowing me to play catch up. While we saw a few proto hacks and proof of concept work ( <a href="http://simply360mods.blogspot.com/2010/02/release-simply-bioshock-12-configini.html" target="_blank">http://simply360mods.blogspot.com/2010/02/...-configini.html</a> ) this is a step above that, such things include ways to make multi disc NXE/GOD installs work without issue (you need only stuff everything in the same directory but it will still tell you to insert disc):
Mass Effect 2 has the main honours here:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4312" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4312</a>
Halo 3 signing dodges (normally everything is kicked to the 360 as far as security goes but Bungie added some more checks- yes hacked maps are possible):
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=3751" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=3751</a>
Save editors for many games:
Scrap metal:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4557" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4557</a>
Midnight Club LA
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4535" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4535</a>
FF13:
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4537" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4537</a>
Devil May Cry 4
<a href="http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4468" target="_blank">http://x360c.com/index.php?showtopic=4468</a>
And that is just March posts.
<u><b>Game updates</b></u>
With the live bans it seems a big need for game updates "offline" appeared and many sites/groups rose to the challenge. This means we have a new section in the 360 releases posts for them. Demos are not really going to be covered.
Sadly there is not mandatory changelog for live updates but sometimes developers/publishers release them and some can be inferred from their PS3 and PC counterparts (although that is a decidedly more unreliable strategy). Updates are inclusive/cumulative so no need to download #1 and then #2 and then #3- you can just download a single file.
Note however that system link users (available to banned and still crippled users too and indeed some work has been done on system link over VPN and similar) often need the same version and downloadable content tends to require the latest version as well.
If you are sorting the hardware for this you can use any 360 drive, a modified WD hard drive (check with a more complete guide for version numbers)- at present you can have 20, 60, 120 or 250 gigabytes or if you have homebrew the rebooter apps disable hard drive checks so any drive works.
The main tool of choice for drive related matters is xplorer360:
<a href="http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/Xplorer360.php" target="_blank">http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/Xplorer360.php</a>
Several things happened here including
Scene bundles of patches (not "up to date" but still useful:
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1984" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1984</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1981" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=1981</a>
Web based frontends (what this section will be covering):
<a href="http://xboxupdates.24.tl/" target="_blank">http://xboxupdates.24.tl/</a>
<a href="http://xboxupdates.24.tl/" target="_blank">http://xboxupdates.24.tl/</a> added (TU=title update):
FIFA 10 #TU 3 (PAL NTSC/J)
Borderlands #TU 3 (Region Free)
Call of Duty World at War #TU 6 (PAL
Fusion #TU v19 5829 (Region Free)
Zune Preview #TU 5 (Region Free)
Sacred 2 #TU 2 (PAL)
Need for Speed Shift #TU 2 (PAL)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 #TU 3 (PAL)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 ES #TU 3 (PAL)
BIOHAZARD 5 Resident Evil 5 #TU 4 (Region Free)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 #TU 3 (PAL)
We suggest you use the link below and the abgx360 tool as the site does not use scene naming meaning it can be quite hard to tell entries apart, this is just for reference really (RF= region free)
ABGX360 ( <a href="http://abgx360.net/verified.php" target="_blank">Web frontend to verified database</a> ) added:
Deadly Premonition (NTSC/U)
Way of the SamU)rai 3 (PAL)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 3) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 2) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Final Fantasy XIII (Disc 1) (PAL) NTSC/U)
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (NTSC/U)
Lips: Party Classics (RF)
World of OU)tlaws: Sprint Cars (NTSC/U)
Konami Classics: VolU)me 2 (NTSC/U)
Risen (RF)
Cars: Mater-National (PAL) NTSC/U)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PAL)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PAL)
Wireless Racing Wheel Demo Disc (RF)
Major LeagU)e Baseball 2K10 (NTSC/J (Excludes China) NTSC/U)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (NTSC/J (Excludes China) NTSC/U)
Perfect Dark Zero (NTSC/U)
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Release dates can be found here: <a href="http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/" target="_blank">http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/</a> although the dates on gamefaqs seem to be slightly "off" and as usual are subject to change at the last moment.
This is mainly a catchup post but it does have a few new releases.
As an aside if possible the NFOs are being sent as unicode/some encoding that will not lose the format if possible which means we may not lose the ASCII art any more (I am far too lazy to make up picture NFOs not to mention I like text), for old ones perhaps <a href="http://shailendra88.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-view-nfo-files-in-firefox.html" target="_blank">http://shailendra88.blogspot.com/2009/02/h...in-firefox.html</a> is of some use.
For the new members the general layout of each game here is
Scene release name (in bold)
Region locking information (rebooter apps can dodge region protection but they are far from available to all so such things are staying)
In previous posts wave information (if known) which is not necessary now everything can run every known game and as such will not be appearing any more.
A short writeup of the game (who made developed/published it, past history of the franchise, if I or one of mine has played it then a quick review). We invite others to comment on games and they frequently do so read their replies as there are many games/genres/franchises and so on I do not care for.
NFO in spoilers and codebox.
Due to post size limit issues the releases are in the third post or <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=213327&view=findpost&p=2659591" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?s=&showto...t&p=2659591</a>
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This section aims to serve as quick intro to things that are often assumed elsewhere in these threads, it is never going to be a definitive guide so do not consider it as such.
First the current WIP GBAtemp 360 FAQ (not the same one that is stickied), it should cover most questions you might have on the 360 although it too is looking a bit out of date right now:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=157263" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=157263</a>
For drive hacking related questions the jungleflasher tutorial is probably the most up to date guide:
<a href="http://jungleflasher.net/downloads.html" target="_blank">http://jungleflasher.net/downloads.html</a>
<b>XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340</b>
<a href="http://pix.gbatemp.net/32303/XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://pix.gbatemp.net/32303/XBOX360.Release.Standards.2007.v1.340.png.tn.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
Click on the image and it will load up the full picture.
Some sections of the scene also use the general console release standards as well as the 360 ones. Realistically it is only the problems with the isos that you need to be worried about and even then some can be fixed (simple things like no/bad .dvd file) but we will leave it up to you to determine what you consider acceptable.
[titlen bans, homebrew and general knowledge]
As many of you know modding your xbox can lead to a ban from xbox live (more or less the only recourse Microsoft have), we do not know the exact methods used to detect modding but it is a fair guess that it is related to the games not appearing as originals for various reasons although the last few months have seen this opinion shift to MS being able to detect the hacked firmware by some method- nothing is safe right now and there are no "workarounds" other than having a "live only" 360.
While playing games prior to street dates has been considered and indeed as of mid October 2009 MS have been seen to be targeting those who have as yet "unreleased" games on their profiles it is still somewhat up in the air as to whether it causes permanent bans.
This time around the bans have taken some functionality from the console in addition to live. Similarly those using the homebrew rebooter apps have also been hit with bans but if you are using homebrew the following does not really apply.
Several things can be done:
1) restore an old NAND backup from before the ban (but not so early as to be before efuses were blown). Requires you have a pre ban backup.
2) ground the write protect switch of the NAND (people usually stick a switch in too as writing is useful on occasion). Requires you do to it before you get banned.
3) Due to the way things work there are older secdata.bin files buried within the NAND. As they are already signed you can swap them around at will and some of these backups will be from when you could still use the hard drive installs and sign profiles for other machines. There have been reports of some 360s not having the required data but it is rare.
Knowledge of all three is useful but in the case of 1 and 3 you will need the ability to backup the NAND. You can do this as part of homebrew although it should be noted that the hardware side of the JTAG hack (the part with diodes) is not necessary or even advised you do if you are only playing with previously signed data and your NAND (indeed if you have been banned in this latest wave your homebrew options are non existent) .
More here:
<a href="http://www.free60.org/Reading_out_NAND" target="_blank">http://www.free60.org/Reading_out_NAND</a>
There is a USB version available but it is quite expensive to pull off, search xbox hacker forums for it.
The initial hack required you to manually search the dump but there are now automated tools that can pull the relevant data and pretty much do everything but flash it back for you.
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=12759.msg87614#msg87614" target="_blank">http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=...g87614#msg87614</a>
On the other hand prerelease games (especially those from p2p groups) can sometimes be bad dumps, dumps from non retail sources, bad packing of dumps like any other dump but without a retail copy it is markedly difficult to verify a release beyond the basics. The tool AGBX360 is used to verify isos, directories and games burned to disc and can fix isos and directories if necessary but requires this data (a basic check using the data the game holds is still possible though).
Those who do not care about being banned from live or are willing to risk it then not much need to worry unless otherwise mentioned (as an example the first leaks of Halo 3 ODST were bad which meant while they would run a good chunk of gameplay was missing).
Little bits of 360 release history will be covered from time to time but if you want to delve into the substantial back catalogue of games for the 360 then
<a href="http://www.abgx.net/filename/?ch=6" target="_blank">http://www.abgx.net/filename/?ch=6</a> has release names and a great deal of info.
Another site that is also very useful is (they are frequently a source of the NFOs posted with these releases)
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com</a>
Other sites with useful tools and info are
<a href="http://abgx360.net/" target="_blank">http://abgx360.net/</a> (the homepage for a tool to verify and fix games, once a game is added to their database a more thorough check can be performed).
<a href="http://www.xbins.org/" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/</a> the web frontend to an FTP site dedicated to homebrew for the original xbox and 360, easyxbins is a nice tool to access the FTP site ( <a href="http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=29" target="_blank">http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Down...tails&id=29</a> )
We will leave info on how to flash xboxes for games and/or homebrew to other threads as it occasionally moves fast and is better left to them.
The 360 supports region locking leaving it to developers and publishers to choose what is done (other than German releases what will be done is very unpredictable).
Those without a homebrew enabled 360 (those with one can change the region or more commonly use a rebooter app to disable checking) will find region locking is not able to be bypassed on the 360.
There is no great worry unless you are sporting a Japanese 360 (English language games are often region locked out and Japanese xbox games can take months to appear) as game releases usually fall very close together region wise these days. Close together means usually within a week and this still usually means before street dates in respective countries.
It has not come up here but it has in other places (including some rather interesting nuke wars on the scene); region free is region free and it does not matter what territory the game that was ripped comes from so if there is a region free NTSC sourced release and you are in a PAL country do not wait on a PAL release unless you are waiting for a given language as it will not happen (and if it does scene rules tend to mean the release is nuked), similarly we are going to shift to just stating the regions a game is locked to rather than sources to try and eliminate some confusion unless it is unknown at the time of posting.
There are four regions as far as the 360 is concerned being Japan (NTSC-J), USA (NTSC-U), Europe (PAL) and China (NTSC-C), Australia counts as PAL and anyone anywhere else in the world will probably have an imported 360 so I will leave that to the owners to figure out. China and Japan usually overlap along with the rest of Asia but not always (there are not all that many Chinese releases anyhow).
It is incredibly rare but occasionally releases can vary by region, it is mainly a licensing (think music games) or data thing (big games may forgo a language) or even have multiple languages per "area" (Canadian area releases may have French and English while US releases may have Spanish and English).
As mentioned there is now a homebrew method that works on newer model consoles (previous ones would only work on consoles without HDMI) provided you have not done the August 11th 2009 update or any subsequent ones or your 360 was not made after mid June 2009 (we still do not have definitive cutoff dates so if it is a choice between May and June go with May). Many versions of Xell (the homebrew loader) have now been compiled so most 360 models are now hackable. If you have updated you are out of luck as a fuse will have been blown.
There are two main options:
1) Flashing a different region code- unless you have a dual nand chip (one region on each) this is a fairly long winded process but it does work.
If you can ignore the text speak xbox scene has a guide (we suggest you use it as a rough guide to understand what is going on):
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=693753" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=693753</a>
Also <a href="http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2355" target="_blank">http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2355</a>
If you should manage to have your motherboard/cpu key and provided you do not downgrade then you should even be able to do it on a post august the 11th xbox, this is probably a very small subset of people but if you were hanging on with the intention of doing this sort of thing you might be in luck.
Chip development (NAND chips this is) and replacement via XD card is also progressing once again.
2) A "rebooter" app- The general idea is to (soft) reboot into a custom kernel/similar which handily ignores things like region checking.
In late November/early December 2009 some tools appeared and they were quite developed at that.
They are called xbreboot and freeboot, development is happening quickly so please consult <a href="http://www.xbins.org/" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/</a> xbox-scene or the forums here for more up to date news. At present they can be considered fully functional.
A handful of 360 homebrew sites and guides exist (our own forums are also filled with knowledgeable people too) so for the curious
<a href="http://www.free60.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Free60 (the base of the current homebrew work)</a>
<a href="http://www.eurasia.nu/wiki/index.php?pagename=Free60JtagHack" target="_blank">Euraisa writeup of the new hack and how it works</a>
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.net" target="_blank">Xboxhacker.net (forums frequented by the Free60 crew and many others)</a>
Any discussion on those sites will be of a highly technical nature and a similar level of knowledge/ability is expected of you if you decide to join in.
A short note on wave 4 and beyond,
Wave 4 (and waves 5 and 6) which has workarounds available is upon us, see wave 4 thread for more: <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185528" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185528</a>
What wave a 360 release is presently does not matter as every known drive has a hacked firmware that supports all present waves and future development appears as though it will ignore such things. We still do not suggest you wave patch isos though.
Banning thread thread here:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188345&st=0&start=0" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188...t=0&start=0</a>
Some people have taken to trying to see if they have been banned by starting a recall order, if it fails a ban is probably to come shortly after.
Good news is that if you restore a NAND dump from before the ban your hard drive abilities will return for the most part and everyone should now have the ability to do such a thing (you can backup NAND regardless of kernel but be careful if you update and try to restore an old backup as fuses might have been blown and the 360 will fail to boot), MS have also left old copies of data in the NAND so you can dump the NAND and restore an older secdata.bin.
It might have been mentioned in passing but there is also a relatively simple hardware tweak you can do but be prepared to reverse it in months to come.
<a href="http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2483&mode=&order=0&thold=0" target="_blank">http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=New...r=0&thold=0</a>
n bans, homebrew and general knowledge]As many of you know modding your xbox can lead to a ban from xbox live (more or less the only recourse Microsoft have), we do not know the exact methods used to detect modding but it is a fair guess that it is related to the games not appearing as originals for various reasons although the last few months have seen this opinion shift to MS being able to detect the hacked firmware by some method- nothing is safe right now and there are no "workarounds" other than having a "live only" 360.
While playing games prior to street dates has been considered and indeed as of mid October 2009 MS have been seen to be targeting those who have as yet "unreleased" games on their profiles it is still somewhat up in the air as to whether it causes permanent bans.
This time around the bans have taken some functionality from the console in addition to live. Similarly those using the homebrew rebooter apps have also been hit with bans but if you are using homebrew the following does not really apply.
Several things can be done:
1) restore an old NAND backup from before the ban (but not so early as to be before efuses were blown). Requires you have a pre ban backup.
2) ground the write protect switch of the NAND (people usually stick a switch in too as writing is useful on occasion). Requires you do to it before you get banned.
3) Due to the way things work there are older secdata.bin files buried within the NAND. As they are already signed you can swap them around at will and some of these backups will be from when you could still use the hard drive installs and sign profiles for other machines. There have been reports of some 360s not having the required data but it is rare.
Knowledge of all three is useful but in the case of 1 and 3 you will need the ability to backup the NAND. You can do this as part of homebrew although it should be noted that the hardware side of the JTAG hack (the part with diodes) is not necessary or even advised you do if you are only playing with previously signed data and your NAND (indeed if you have been banned in this latest wave your homebrew options are non existent) .
More here:
<a href="http://www.free60.org/Reading_out_NAND" target="_blank">http://www.free60.org/Reading_out_NAND</a>
There is a USB version available but it is quite expensive to pull off, search xbox hacker forums for it.
The initial hack required you to manually search the dump but there are now automated tools that can pull the relevant data and pretty much do everything but flash it back for you.
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=12759.msg87614#msg87614" target="_blank">http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?topic=...g87614#msg87614</a>
On the other hand prerelease games (especially those from p2p groups) can sometimes be bad dumps, dumps from non retail sources, bad packing of dumps like any other dump but without a retail copy it is markedly difficult to verify a release beyond the basics. The tool AGBX360 is used to verify isos, directories and games burned to disc and can fix isos and directories if necessary but requires this data (a basic check using the data the game holds is still possible though).
Those who do not care about being banned from live or are willing to risk it then not much need to worry unless otherwise mentioned (as an example the first leaks of Halo 3 ODST were bad which meant while they would run a good chunk of gameplay was missing).
Little bits of 360 release history will be covered from time to time but if you want to delve into the substantial back catalogue of games for the 360 then
<a href="http://www.abgx.net/filename/?ch=6" target="_blank">http://www.abgx.net/filename/?ch=6</a> has release names and a great deal of info.
Another site that is also very useful is (they are frequently a source of the NFOs posted with these releases)
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com" target="_blank">http://www.ludibria.com</a>
Other sites with useful tools and info are
<a href="http://abgx360.net/" target="_blank">http://abgx360.net/</a> (the homepage for a tool to verify and fix games, once a game is added to their database a more thorough check can be performed).
<a href="http://www.xbins.org/" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/</a> the web frontend to an FTP site dedicated to homebrew for the original xbox and 360, easyxbins is a nice tool to access the FTP site ( <a href="http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=29" target="_blank">http://www.360mods.net/index.php?name=Down...tails&id=29</a> )
We will leave info on how to flash xboxes for games and/or homebrew to other threads as it occasionally moves fast and is better left to them.
The 360 supports region locking leaving it to developers and publishers to choose what is done (other than German releases what will be done is very unpredictable).
Those without a homebrew enabled 360 (those with one can change the region or more commonly use a rebooter app to disable checking) will find region locking is not able to be bypassed on the 360.
There is no great worry unless you are sporting a Japanese 360 (English language games are often region locked out and Japanese xbox games can take months to appear) as game releases usually fall very close together region wise these days. Close together means usually within a week and this still usually means before street dates in respective countries.
It has not come up here but it has in other places (including some rather interesting nuke wars on the scene); region free is region free and it does not matter what territory the game that was ripped comes from so if there is a region free NTSC sourced release and you are in a PAL country do not wait on a PAL release unless you are waiting for a given language as it will not happen (and if it does scene rules tend to mean the release is nuked), similarly we are going to shift to just stating the regions a game is locked to rather than sources to try and eliminate some confusion unless it is unknown at the time of posting.
There are four regions as far as the 360 is concerned being Japan (NTSC-J), USA (NTSC-U), Europe (PAL) and China (NTSC-C), Australia counts as PAL and anyone anywhere else in the world will probably have an imported 360 so I will leave that to the owners to figure out. China and Japan usually overlap along with the rest of Asia but not always (there are not all that many Chinese releases anyhow).
It is incredibly rare but occasionally releases can vary by region, it is mainly a licensing (think music games) or data thing (big games may forgo a language) or even have multiple languages per "area" (Canadian area releases may have French and English while US releases may have Spanish and English).
As mentioned there is now a homebrew method that works on newer model consoles (previous ones would only work on consoles without HDMI) provided you have not done the August 11th 2009 update or any subsequent ones or your 360 was not made after mid June 2009 (we still do not have definitive cutoff dates so if it is a choice between May and June go with May). Many versions of Xell (the homebrew loader) have now been compiled so most 360 models are now hackable. If you have updated you are out of luck as a fuse will have been blown.
There are two main options:
1) Flashing a different region code- unless you have a dual nand chip (one region on each) this is a fairly long winded process but it does work.
If you can ignore the text speak xbox scene has a guide (we suggest you use it as a rough guide to understand what is going on):
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=693753" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=693753</a>
Also <a href="http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2355" target="_blank">http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2355</a>
If you should manage to have your motherboard/cpu key and provided you do not downgrade then you should even be able to do it on a post august the 11th xbox, this is probably a very small subset of people but if you were hanging on with the intention of doing this sort of thing you might be in luck.
Chip development (NAND chips this is) and replacement via XD card is also progressing once again.
2) A "rebooter" app- The general idea is to (soft) reboot into a custom kernel/similar which handily ignores things like region checking.
In late November/early December 2009 some tools appeared and they were quite developed at that.
They are called xbreboot and freeboot, development is happening quickly so please consult <a href="http://www.xbins.org/" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/</a> xbox-scene or the forums here for more up to date news. At present they can be considered fully functional.
A handful of 360 homebrew sites and guides exist (our own forums are also filled with knowledgeable people too) so for the curious
<a href="http://www.free60.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Free60 (the base of the current homebrew work)</a>
<a href="http://www.eurasia.nu/wiki/index.php?pagename=Free60JtagHack" target="_blank">Euraisa writeup of the new hack and how it works</a>
<a href="http://www.xboxhacker.net" target="_blank">Xboxhacker.net (forums frequented by the Free60 crew and many others)</a>
Any discussion on those sites will be of a highly technical nature and a similar level of knowledge/ability is expected of you if you decide to join in.
A short note on wave 4 and beyond,
Wave 4 (and waves 5 and 6) which has workarounds available is upon us, see wave 4 thread for more: <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185528" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185528</a>
What wave a 360 release is presently does not matter as every known drive has a hacked firmware that supports all present waves and future development appears as though it will ignore such things. We still do not suggest you wave patch isos though.
Banning thread thread here:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188345&st=0&start=0" target="_blank">http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188...t=0&start=0</a>
Some people have taken to trying to see if they have been banned by starting a recall order, if it fails a ban is probably to come shortly after.
Good news is that if you restore a NAND dump from before the ban your hard drive abilities will return for the most part and everyone should now have the ability to do such a thing (you can backup NAND regardless of kernel but be careful if you update and try to restore an old backup as fuses might have been blown and the 360 will fail to boot), MS have also left old copies of data in the NAND so you can dump the NAND and restore an older secdata.bin.
It might have been mentioned in passing but there is also a relatively simple hardware tweak you can do but be prepared to reverse it in months to come.
<a href="http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2483&mode=&order=0&thold=0" target="_blank">http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=New...r=0&thold=0</a>
<b>Previous 360 release threads</b>
The follow links are to the older release threads, if there is some time between threads anything that happened between threads will be covered.
Last 3 threads
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=210635" target="_blank">26th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=209302" target="_blank">17th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=207527" target="_blank">6th February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=206823" target="_blank">1st February 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=205964" target="_blank">27th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=203575" target="_blank">15th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=202023" target="_blank">9th January 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=197207" target="_blank">17th December 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=194224" target="_blank">2nd December 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=193562" target="_blank">28th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=193139" target="_blank">26th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=191910" target="_blank">19th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=191045" target="_blank">15th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=190439" target="_blank">12th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=190082" target="_blank">10th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188435" target="_blank">4th November 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188435" target="_blank">31st October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=187977" target="_blank">28th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=187667" target="_blank">26th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186802" target="_blank">21st October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186608" target="_blank">20th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=186102" target="_blank">17th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185995" target="_blank">16th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185550" target="_blank">14th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185003" target="_blank">11th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=184603" target="_blank">9th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=184168" target="_blank">7th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183956" target="_blank">6th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183553" target="_blank">4th October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=183171" target="_blank">2nd October 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=182346" target="_blank">28th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=181667" target="_blank">25th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=181320" target="_blank">23rd September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=180107" target="_blank">17th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179944" target="_blank">16th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179706" target="_blank">15th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179538" target="_blank">14th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179090" target="_blank">12th September 2009</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=179016" target="_blank">11th September 2009 and the summer releases</a>
