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Time for a 360 releases post, between the regulars of this section we have kept current on the big releases since last post so thanks to all that helped out. More happened than I thought it would so this should hopefully allow you to play catchup. No real releases for the first week of this month but after that we have the final few before the summer drought so these will be back as and when.
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.
Included alongside this and available to all with hard drive access is the game updates (title updates).
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 years past 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>
Some nukes since last time (ABGX will lists 253).
<b>ASSASSINS.CREED.2.LiNEAGE.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> got nuked for being mislabled- the release is German only.
<b>Super_Street_Fighter_IV_RF_XBOX360-Firefox</b> got nuked for being a p2p dupe. Proper scene release in
<b>Super.Street.Fighter.IV.XBOX360-MARVEL</b>.
<b>BATMAN.ARKHAM.ASYLUM.GOTY.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> got nuked for being a p2p dupe: "stolen.from.p2p_i42.tinypic.com.1zvxv11.png" ( <a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/1zvxv11.png" target="_blank">http://i42.tinypic.com/1zvxv11.png</a> ). In the absence of a scene release (not sure what
Batman.Arkham.Asylum.GOTY.MULTi5.PAL.XBOX360-RanGer is) it makes the main post.
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RAR_REFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> is the final release
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RARFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> and <b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> got nuked for some missing/broken rar files. At present the developers lack a European and US publisher so this may be the only way to play no more heroes on a 360 this side of a wii emulator (probably not going to happen).
Time for a 360 releases post, between the regulars of this section we have kept current on the big releases since last post so thanks to all that helped out. More happened than I thought it would so this should hopefully allow you to play catchup. No real releases for the first week of this month but after that we have the final few before the summer drought so these will be back as and when.
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.
Included alongside this and available to all with hard drive access is the game updates (title updates).
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 years past 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>
Some nukes since last time (ABGX will lists 253).
<b>ASSASSINS.CREED.2.LiNEAGE.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> got nuked for being mislabled- the release is German only.
<b>Super_Street_Fighter_IV_RF_XBOX360-Firefox</b> got nuked for being a p2p dupe. Proper scene release in
<b>Super.Street.Fighter.IV.XBOX360-MARVEL</b>.
<b>BATMAN.ARKHAM.ASYLUM.GOTY.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> got nuked for being a p2p dupe: "stolen.from.p2p_i42.tinypic.com.1zvxv11.png" ( <a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/1zvxv11.png" target="_blank">http://i42.tinypic.com/1zvxv11.png</a> ). In the absence of a scene release (not sure what
Batman.Arkham.Asylum.GOTY.MULTi5.PAL.XBOX360-RanGer is) it makes the main post.
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RAR_REFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> is the final release
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RARFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> and <b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> got nuked for some missing/broken rar files. At present the developers lack a European and US publisher so this may be the only way to play no more heroes on a 360 this side of a wii emulator (probably not going to happen).
<u><b>Less notable releases</b></u>
The usual selection of Japanese region dupes since last post and a handful of other things
<b>Splinter_Cell_Conviction_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of Splinter cell conviction, region locked Japan only.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3218" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Oblivion_Game_of_The_Year_Edition_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> VORTEX did an English release back in 2007 of this and a couple of other groups did German, French and Italian (no Spanish GOTY that I can see). Unknown region locking
<a href="http://ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3199" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Superstars_V8_Racing_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of the previously PAL only game <b>Superstars_V8_Racing_PAL_XBOX360-REV0</b>. The sequel which was released in February had PAL and Japanese region locks. Unknown region locking
<a href="http://ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3198" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>NieR_Gestalt_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> Unknown region locking. Between regions this gets a bit confusing- There are two games on this series with some minor differences in terms of story called NieR Gestalt and Nier Replicant. Nier Replicant is a Japanese PS3 exclusive while the other appears on 360 and PS3 in all regions (so far no European release has been slated). The US version of NieR appears in the main post.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3192" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>ASSASSINS.CREED.2.LiNEAGE.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> German only version of the lineage edition. I am still not entirely sure what it features but something along the lines of a few bonus maps and a video, whether it wants to be called a GOTY edition or not remains to be seen. Unknown region locking
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3190" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RAR_REFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> See nuke notes above. This is a 360 port of No more heroes, the developers do lack a US/Europe publisher for this and that does not look set to change much so this may be the only version. Apparently region locked although some more confirmation would be nice.
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/t221012-no-more-heroes-eiyuutachi-no-rakuen-jpn-xbox360-kfc" target="_blank">GBAtemp discussion thread</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3175" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (rar refix)</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3174" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (initial rarfix)</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3172" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (initial release)</a>
<b>Army_of_Two_The_40th_Day_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of Army of Two 40th Day. Region locked Japan only.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3156" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Ketsui_Kizuna_Jigoku_Tachi_Extra_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> makes the main post.
<u><b>XBLA games and DLC content</b></u>
XBLAplus and RB-DLC seen to have taken over FYK on the DLC and XBLA front although there has not been that much activity. Naturally you need a homebrew capable 360 to run all this.
From now on all music game DLC will be taken aside and listed by itself, any DLC for other games will be given proper writeup honours.
If NFOs are not 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>
Several releases here
<b>NCAA_Basketball_09_March_Madness_Edition_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
XBLAplus filling in the set here, this is a micro/episodic type version of the NCAA Basketball games.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3221" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Tecmo_Bowl_Throwback_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
Another of these enhanced ports of an ages old game. American football being the chosen sport here.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3217" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>After_Burner_Climax_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
A remake of sorts of the classic plane dogfighting game.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3197" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Puzzle_Chronicles_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
Made by the same people who made the addictive if a bit flawed puzzle quest this game is along a similar line- action rpg, puzzles merging into one. Time killer could aptly describe most of these sorts of games.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3194" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Final_Fight_Double_Impact_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
A 360 port of Final fight and also in there is magic sword, these games are classic coin-op arcade games and according to the reviews they have made it through intact.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3173" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>DLC</b>
Once again the list is dominated by music game updates
<u><b>Homebrew</b></u>
Where to start with homebrew..... things have moved on quite a bit since last post so a summary type post is probably better.
First many original xbox emulators got updates during the time between posts, more <a href="http://www.xbins.org/index.php?action=catsearch&searchtxt=XBOX" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/index.php?action=cats...;searchtxt=XBOX</a>
The big news of the month is the April 6th Update aka 9199 Kernel, for banned users this brought back hard drive installs (not sure about profile/save corruption) and also added USB features. Thus far only freeboot (more on that in a second) has been updated with support for it but as yet no games require it and USB support was already there (and better) it is OK for the most part (it did gain a few extra features along the way although rumour is that this was a stopgap for a far bigger release). The USB features are not the same formats as the regular 360 formats so xtaf usb was made to have a look around in them.
Freeboot then (initial 0.3 now up to 0.32 <a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1827.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1827.nfo</a> )- trying to bypass drama as best as I can there exists two rebooters (you can not outright edit the kernel/dash and have it boot but you can reboot into an edited one) called freeboot and xbreboot aka and henceforth XBR. Initially freeboot was more stable and required a second NAND of some form (chip or XD card mod) so freeboot was made that could be flashed to a plain NAND on an xbox (no need for dual).
Freeboot can now be flashed to onboard NAND but it requires an original NAND image (XBR can be updated in software without such things) and your basic XBR image (dumped via something like xellous) can not be used outright. You can pull things apart and generate the required files and inject things into a generic stock NAND image, return to stock to make one or go really in depth and inject all manner of things in all manner of places. It gets a bit complex as some of the older methods are not so good (the donor SMC is not as good as your own and bad block remapping is less than fun) so I suggest instead waiting.
All manner of tools have been made for this though including "RAW2SMC v0.2", "360 Flash Dump Tool v0.93" and Badblockremapper Helper For Nandpro.
Keyvault modder got updated:
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=101&p=521#p521" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=521#p521</a>
KVtool as well:
<a href="http://max.i-be.be/" target="_blank">http://max.i-be.be/</a> (the site also has a few choice applications for those wishing to mess with the 360 NAND).
XeBoyAdvance got updated to 0.4 <a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1817.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1817.nfo</a>
The hard drive modifying tool xbox 360 commander got an update <a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=710285" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=710285</a>
Emerald- another alternative dash got releases updates <a href="http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=233883" target="_blank">http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=233883</a> (thanks to HB-released for the news)
Game updater "dyson method"- a frontend to the XBUC sites got released <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=369&p=515#p515" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=515#p515</a>
Title Id Folder Renamer, anyone who has been moving in these circles will have seen that names are not nice so you are left with something like <a href="http://360.kingla.com/" target="_blank">http://360.kingla.com/</a> or a renamer:
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=711114&view=findpost&p=4673534" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=4673534</a>
A couple of other renamers have also popped up including <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=465#p465" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=465#p465</a>
Onto the various development/hacking tools the XBLA, DLC, title updates and FTP application with XBLA unlocking features "XM360" got updated to v1.5 earlier today/yesterday:
<a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1841.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1841.nfo</a>
Le Fluffie- editor for all manner of 360 files got updated (no real changelog but usually worth an update, you can grab it here: <a href="http://skunkiebutt.com/?page_id=362" target="_blank">http://skunkiebutt.com/?page_id=362</a>
XeXtractor (made by HellDoc one of the freestyle dash developers among other things) is a new tool for fiddling with xex files:
<a href="http://helldoc.blogspot.com/2010/04/xextractor-v103.html" target="_blank">http://helldoc.blogspot.com/2010/04/xextractor-v103.html</a>
Modio (original a save editor but now a bit more) got updated: <a href="http://www.game-tuts.com/community/content.php/33-Modio-Update-v2-4-%2806th-April-2010%29" target="_blank">http://www.game-tuts.com/community/content...h-April-2010%29</a>
"XBOX 360 MOD Dr.Emuler Toolkit v3" Got released, it has many interesting features but mainly focuses on profiles and saves.
<a href="http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2700" target="_blank">http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2700</a>
Batch Con Flag Remover
A simple tool to enable people to recover saves quickly in the event of a ban (previously it was mainly one by one which can get tedious fast):
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=712231&view=findpost&p=4681706" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=4681706</a>
Many games saw save editors- many thanks to HB-released for keeping on top of these:
hokuto-musou
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-discussion/3050-hokuto-musou-modding.html#post28081" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox....html#post28081</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=511#p511" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=511#p511</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=522#p522" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=522#p522</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=367&p=525#p525" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=525#p525</a>
SplinterCellConviction
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3159-simple-splintercellconviction-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3207-release-splinter-cell-conviction-mod-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...n-mod-tool.html</a>
Saints row two:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3242-saints-row-2-game-save-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...-save-tool.html</a>
Saints row:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3380-saints-row-mod-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...w-mod-tool.html</a>
Nier:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3229-nier-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Just cause 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3310-just-cause-2-save-editor-works-all-saves.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...-all-saves.html</a>
tenchu z:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3366-tenchuz-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
magna carta 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3384-magnacarta-2-save-editor.html#post31197" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox....html#post31197</a>
iron man 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3420-ironman-2-s-e.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...nman-2-s-e.html</a>
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25716-iron-man-money-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ey-patcher.html</a>
final fantasy 13:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3448-final-fantasy-xiii-inventory-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ory-editor.html</a>
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/2685-ffxiii-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Agarest war:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3463-record-agarest-war-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Metro 2033
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25749-metro-2033-godmode-unlimited-ammo-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...mo-patcher.html</a>
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25738-metro-2033-level-skip-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ip-patcher.html</a>
Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25735-ace-combat-6-fires-liberation-money-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ey-patcher.html</a>
PGR4:
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25717-project-gotham-racing-4-kundos-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...os-patcher.html</a>
Import Tuner Challenge
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25598-import-tuner-challenge-money-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...money-tool.html</a>
assassins-creed-2
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/1580-assassins-creed-2-save-editor-update.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...tor-update.html</a>
<u><b>Game updates</b></u>
With the live bans and ability to run DLC 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, note that the updates posted may not necessarily reflect the latest updates as they can be backfills to the database or simply just now outdated dumps from a rapidly updated title. 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 (at the time of the DLC street date) 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://xbuc.clanvids.net/" target="_blank">http://xbuc.clanvids.net/</a> and frontend application <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=369&p=515#p515" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=515#p515</a>
<a href="http://xbuc.tk/" target="_blank">http://xbuc.tk/</a>
<a href="http://www.elitemodscene.com/" target="_blank">http://www.elitemodscene.com/</a>
I got a bunch of new domains for the the xbox update center site so we are back in business here and all the updates since last time we updated this section are going to be here, should have a few updates available to you if you search for them if the XBUC site is down again.
<a href="http://xbuc.clanvids.net" target="_blank">http://xbuc.clanvids.net</a> added (TU=title update, first number is the media ID):
21271645 | Need for Speed Shift (TU 3) | PAL
267EBA56 | rurok (TU 1) | PAL
456C0258 | Left 4 Dead (TU 1) | Region Free
1BC9CA88 | Call of Duty World at War (TU 1) | PAL NTSC/U
0BD0AA78 | Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Fre (TU 2) | PAL
3B7CBB2D | Enemy Territory Quake Wars (TU 1) | Region Free
1FC5E64C | Family Game Night (TU 1) | Region Free
052FB3D7 | Game Room (TU 1) | Region Free
1358B1A4 | Fable II 12 French (TU 1) | Region Free
6DEF2F38 | Eternal Sonata (TU 1) | NTSC/U
23801945 | Need for Speed Pro Street (TU 2) | NTSC/U
7092B5EC | Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom (TU 1) | Region Free
27BD6978 | Dragonball Raging Blast (TU 1) | NTSC/U
37D3322A | Need For Speed Undercover (TU 3) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
377B57C7 | Section 8 (TU 1) | PAL NTSC/U
1016DA55 | Battlefield Bad Company 2 LE (TU 2) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
75F7BA6A | Battlefield Bad Company Gold Edition (TU 2) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
6AC07221 | Grand Theft Auto IV (TU 6) | NTSC/U
614BF7F6 | Wolfenstein (TU 2) | Region Free
4C0C6DA0 | Assassins Creed 2 UK (TU 2) | Region Free
6339E4E9 | Fable 2 Fr (TU 4) | Region Free
30C4C914 | Battlefield Bad Company 2 LE (TU 2) | PAL
0E79403B | Left 4 Dead 2 (TU 3) | Region Free
1BD509B8 | Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing (TU 2) | Region Free
7F1BDFA7 | South Park (TU 1) | Region Free
63174003 | Metro 2033 (TU 1) | Region Free
72183067 | Call of Duty World at War (TU 7) | PAL
39B3E0C7 | Lips (TU 2a) | Region Free
N/A | Lastfm (TU 1) | Region Free
21BB783B | Madden NFL 10 (TU 2) | Region Free
4C445959 | Tom Clancys SC Conviction (TU 1) | Region Free
6BC14F12 | Metro 2033 (TU 1) | PAL
1C48E402 | Need for Speed Shift (TU 3) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
37B5E1DD | Lost Planet (TU 3) | NTSC/J
509DBB6B | Perfect Dark Zero (TU 3) | PAL
32AFC543 | MotoGP 2006 (TU 1) | Region Free
23511D7D | Left 4 Dead (TU 1) | Region Free
5D5DD7BF | Blur MP Beta Demo (TU 1) | Region Free
N/A | Facebook (TU 3) | Region Free
79595405 | 0 day Attack on Earth (TU 1) | Region Free
266FAB17 | Halo 3 FINAL Trad Chinese (TU 3) | Region Free
2087A9ED | TEKKEN 6 (TU 3) | Region Free
4F3A0401 | Borderlands (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:
Dragon Age: Origins -- Awakening RF
Iron Man 2 RF
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa PAL
Super Street Fighter IV RF
Samurai Shodown: Sen RF
Dead to Rights: Retribution RF
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction RF
Borderlands: Double Game Add-On Pack RF
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction RF
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger PAL
Prison Break: The Conspiracy PAL
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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.
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">this link</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)
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 length releases in post below
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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.
<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/t218603-2nd-april-2010-xbox-360-releases" target="_blank">2nd April 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=216727" target="_blank">24th March 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=215132" target="_blank">18th March 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=213327" target="_blank">13th March 2010</a>
<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>
The usual selection of Japanese region dupes since last post and a handful of other things
<b>Splinter_Cell_Conviction_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of Splinter cell conviction, region locked Japan only.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3218" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Oblivion_Game_of_The_Year_Edition_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> VORTEX did an English release back in 2007 of this and a couple of other groups did German, French and Italian (no Spanish GOTY that I can see). Unknown region locking
<a href="http://ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3199" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Superstars_V8_Racing_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of the previously PAL only game <b>Superstars_V8_Racing_PAL_XBOX360-REV0</b>. The sequel which was released in February had PAL and Japanese region locks. Unknown region locking
<a href="http://ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3198" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>NieR_Gestalt_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> Unknown region locking. Between regions this gets a bit confusing- There are two games on this series with some minor differences in terms of story called NieR Gestalt and Nier Replicant. Nier Replicant is a Japanese PS3 exclusive while the other appears on 360 and PS3 in all regions (so far no European release has been slated). The US version of NieR appears in the main post.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3192" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>ASSASSINS.CREED.2.LiNEAGE.EDiTiON.PAL.XBOX360-SHiTONLYGERMAN</b> German only version of the lineage edition. I am still not entirely sure what it features but something along the lines of a few bonus maps and a video, whether it wants to be called a GOTY edition or not remains to be seen. Unknown region locking
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3190" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>No_More_Heroes_Eiyuutachi_no_Rakuen_RAR_REFIX_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> See nuke notes above. This is a 360 port of No more heroes, the developers do lack a US/Europe publisher for this and that does not look set to change much so this may be the only version. Apparently region locked although some more confirmation would be nice.
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/t221012-no-more-heroes-eiyuutachi-no-rakuen-jpn-xbox360-kfc" target="_blank">GBAtemp discussion thread</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3175" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (rar refix)</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3174" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (initial rarfix)</a>
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3172" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link (initial release)</a>
<b>Army_of_Two_The_40th_Day_JPN_XBOX360-Caravan</b> Japanese region dupe of Army of Two 40th Day. Region locked Japan only.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3156" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Ketsui_Kizuna_Jigoku_Tachi_Extra_JAP_XBOX360-KFC</b> makes the main post.
<u><b>XBLA games and DLC content</b></u>
XBLAplus and RB-DLC seen to have taken over FYK on the DLC and XBLA front although there has not been that much activity. Naturally you need a homebrew capable 360 to run all this.
From now on all music game DLC will be taken aside and listed by itself, any DLC for other games will be given proper writeup honours.
If NFOs are not 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>
Several releases here
<b>NCAA_Basketball_09_March_Madness_Edition_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
XBLAplus filling in the set here, this is a micro/episodic type version of the NCAA Basketball games.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3221" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Tecmo_Bowl_Throwback_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
Another of these enhanced ports of an ages old game. American football being the chosen sport here.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3217" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>After_Burner_Climax_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
A remake of sorts of the classic plane dogfighting game.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3197" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Puzzle_Chronicles_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
Made by the same people who made the addictive if a bit flawed puzzle quest this game is along a similar line- action rpg, puzzles merging into one. Time killer could aptly describe most of these sorts of games.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3194" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
<b>Final_Fight_Double_Impact_XBLA_XBOX360-XBLAplus</b>
A 360 port of Final fight and also in there is magic sword, these games are classic coin-op arcade games and according to the reviews they have made it through intact.
<a href="http://www.ludibria.com/nfo.php?sys=x36&sysid=3173" target="_blank">ludibria.com NFO link</a>
Once again the list is dominated by music game updates
[title
LC flood]
Lips-David_Bowie-Lets_Dance-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Dexys_Midnight_Runners-Come_On_Eileen-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-LL_Cool_J-Going_Back_To_Cali-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Human_League-Dont_You_Want_Me-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Joan_Jett_And_The_Blackhearts-Bad_Reputation-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Go-Gos_SongPack-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Depeche_Mode-Strangelove-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Donna_Summer-She_Works_Hard_For_The_Money-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Talking_Heads-Road_To_Nowhere-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Police-Roxanne-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Katrina_and_The_Waves-Walking_On_Sunshine-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Duran_Duran-Rio-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Culture_Club-Do_You_Really_Want_To_Hurt_Me-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Peter_Schilling-Major_Tom_Coming_Home-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-22_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-20_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-16_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-20_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Modern_English-I_Melt_With_You-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Dan_Hartman-I_Can_Dream_About_You-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Animotion-Obsession-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Soft_Cell-Tainted_Love-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Toni_Basil-Mickey-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-J_Geils_Band-Centerfold-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Blondie-Rapture-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Kool_and_The_Gang-Celebration-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-12_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-13_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Tears_For_Fears-Mad_World-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Tracey_Ullman-Breakaway-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Men_Without_Hats-The_Safety_Dance-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Devo-Whip_It-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Buggles-Video_Killed_The_Radio_Star-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Rick_James-Super_Freak-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Kim_Carnes-Bette_Davis_Eyes-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Cher-I_Found_Someone-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-08_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-07_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-04_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-03_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-06_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-The_Four_Tops_Song_Pack-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Paula_Abdul-Straight_Up-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-M-Pop_Muzik-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Duran_Duran-Ordinary_World-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Cars-Drive-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-31_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
PES.09.Data.Update.March.10.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Strikeforce.Pack.4.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Ball.Raging.Blast.Ultimate.Warriors.Pack.3.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Age.Origins.Feastday.Combo.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dantes.Inferno.Godlike.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-30_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-29_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-09_ADDENDUM_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-30_Jimi_Hendrix-Valleys_of_Neptune_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Call_of_Duty_Modern_Warfare_2-Stimulus_Package_Map_Pack_DLC-XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-26_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-25_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-30_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Mass.Effect.2.Firewalker.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lips-Pussycat_Dolls_feat_Snoop_Dog-Buttons-REPACK_READNFO_DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-22_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
LC flood]Lips-David_Bowie-Lets_Dance-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Dexys_Midnight_Runners-Come_On_Eileen-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-LL_Cool_J-Going_Back_To_Cali-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Human_League-Dont_You_Want_Me-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Joan_Jett_And_The_Blackhearts-Bad_Reputation-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Go-Gos_SongPack-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Depeche_Mode-Strangelove-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Donna_Summer-She_Works_Hard_For_The_Money-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Talking_Heads-Road_To_Nowhere-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Police-Roxanne-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Katrina_and_The_Waves-Walking_On_Sunshine-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Duran_Duran-Rio-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Culture_Club-Do_You_Really_Want_To_Hurt_Me-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Peter_Schilling-Major_Tom_Coming_Home-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-22_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-20_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-16_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-20_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Modern_English-I_Melt_With_You-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Dan_Hartman-I_Can_Dream_About_You-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Animotion-Obsession-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Soft_Cell-Tainted_Love-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Toni_Basil-Mickey-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-J_Geils_Band-Centerfold-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Blondie-Rapture-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Kool_and_The_Gang-Celebration-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-12_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-13_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-Tears_For_Fears-Mad_World-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Tracey_Ullman-Breakaway-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Men_Without_Hats-The_Safety_Dance-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Devo-Whip_It-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Buggles-Video_Killed_The_Radio_Star-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Rick_James-Super_Freak-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Kim_Carnes-Bette_Davis_Eyes-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Cher-I_Found_Someone-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-09_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-08_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-07_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-04_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-04-03_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-04-06_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Lips-The_Four_Tops_Song_Pack-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Paula_Abdul-Straight_Up-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-M-Pop_Muzik-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-Duran_Duran-Ordinary_World-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Lips-The_Cars-Drive-DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-31_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
PES.09.Data.Update.March.10.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dynasty.Warriors.Strikeforce.Pack.4.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Ball.Raging.Blast.Ultimate.Warriors.Pack.3.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dragon.Age.Origins.Feastday.Combo.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Dantes.Inferno.Godlike.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-30_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-29_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-09_ADDENDUM_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-30_Jimi_Hendrix-Valleys_of_Neptune_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Call_of_Duty_Modern_Warfare_2-Stimulus_Package_Map_Pack_DLC-XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-27_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-26_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-25_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Rock_Band_DLC_for_2010-03-30_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
Mass.Effect.2.Firewalker.Pack.DLC.XBOX360-FYK
Lips-Pussycat_Dolls_feat_Snoop_Dog-Buttons-REPACK_READNFO_DLC_XBOX360-XBLAplus
Rock_Band_Network_DLC_for_2010-03-22_READNFO-XBOX360-RB-DLC
<u><b>Homebrew</b></u>
Where to start with homebrew..... things have moved on quite a bit since last post so a summary type post is probably better.
First many original xbox emulators got updates during the time between posts, more <a href="http://www.xbins.org/index.php?action=catsearch&searchtxt=XBOX" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/index.php?action=cats...;searchtxt=XBOX</a>
The big news of the month is the April 6th Update aka 9199 Kernel, for banned users this brought back hard drive installs (not sure about profile/save corruption) and also added USB features. Thus far only freeboot (more on that in a second) has been updated with support for it but as yet no games require it and USB support was already there (and better) it is OK for the most part (it did gain a few extra features along the way although rumour is that this was a stopgap for a far bigger release). The USB features are not the same formats as the regular 360 formats so xtaf usb was made to have a look around in them.
Freeboot then (initial 0.3 now up to 0.32 <a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1827.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1827.nfo</a> )- trying to bypass drama as best as I can there exists two rebooters (you can not outright edit the kernel/dash and have it boot but you can reboot into an edited one) called freeboot and xbreboot aka and henceforth XBR. Initially freeboot was more stable and required a second NAND of some form (chip or XD card mod) so freeboot was made that could be flashed to a plain NAND on an xbox (no need for dual).
Freeboot can now be flashed to onboard NAND but it requires an original NAND image (XBR can be updated in software without such things) and your basic XBR image (dumped via something like xellous) can not be used outright. You can pull things apart and generate the required files and inject things into a generic stock NAND image, return to stock to make one or go really in depth and inject all manner of things in all manner of places. It gets a bit complex as some of the older methods are not so good (the donor SMC is not as good as your own and bad block remapping is less than fun) so I suggest instead waiting.
All manner of tools have been made for this though including "RAW2SMC v0.2", "360 Flash Dump Tool v0.93" and Badblockremapper Helper For Nandpro.
Keyvault modder got updated:
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=101&p=521#p521" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=521#p521</a>
KVtool as well:
<a href="http://max.i-be.be/" target="_blank">http://max.i-be.be/</a> (the site also has a few choice applications for those wishing to mess with the 360 NAND).
XeBoyAdvance got updated to 0.4 <a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1817.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1817.nfo</a>
The hard drive modifying tool xbox 360 commander got an update <a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=710285" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=710285</a>
Emerald- another alternative dash got releases updates <a href="http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=233883" target="_blank">http://gueux-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=233883</a> (thanks to HB-released for the news)
Game updater "dyson method"- a frontend to the XBUC sites got released <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=369&p=515#p515" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=515#p515</a>
Title Id Folder Renamer, anyone who has been moving in these circles will have seen that names are not nice so you are left with something like <a href="http://360.kingla.com/" target="_blank">http://360.kingla.com/</a> or a renamer:
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=711114&view=findpost&p=4673534" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=4673534</a>
A couple of other renamers have also popped up including <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=465#p465" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=465#p465</a>
Onto the various development/hacking tools the XBLA, DLC, title updates and FTP application with XBLA unlocking features "XM360" got updated to v1.5 earlier today/yesterday:
<a href="http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1841.nfo" target="_blank">http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1841.nfo</a>
Le Fluffie- editor for all manner of 360 files got updated (no real changelog but usually worth an update, you can grab it here: <a href="http://skunkiebutt.com/?page_id=362" target="_blank">http://skunkiebutt.com/?page_id=362</a>
XeXtractor (made by HellDoc one of the freestyle dash developers among other things) is a new tool for fiddling with xex files:
<a href="http://helldoc.blogspot.com/2010/04/xextractor-v103.html" target="_blank">http://helldoc.blogspot.com/2010/04/xextractor-v103.html</a>
Modio (original a save editor but now a bit more) got updated: <a href="http://www.game-tuts.com/community/content.php/33-Modio-Update-v2-4-%2806th-April-2010%29" target="_blank">http://www.game-tuts.com/community/content...h-April-2010%29</a>
"XBOX 360 MOD Dr.Emuler Toolkit v3" Got released, it has many interesting features but mainly focuses on profiles and saves.
<a href="http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2700" target="_blank">http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2700</a>
Batch Con Flag Remover
A simple tool to enable people to recover saves quickly in the event of a ban (previously it was mainly one by one which can get tedious fast):
<a href="http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=712231&view=findpost&p=4681706" target="_blank">http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=4681706</a>
Many games saw save editors- many thanks to HB-released for keeping on top of these:
hokuto-musou
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-discussion/3050-hokuto-musou-modding.html#post28081" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox....html#post28081</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=511#p511" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=511#p511</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=522#p522" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=522#p522</a>
<a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=367&p=525#p525" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=525#p525</a>
SplinterCellConviction
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3159-simple-splintercellconviction-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3207-release-splinter-cell-conviction-mod-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...n-mod-tool.html</a>
Saints row two:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3242-saints-row-2-game-save-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...-save-tool.html</a>
Saints row:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3380-saints-row-mod-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...w-mod-tool.html</a>
Nier:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3229-nier-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Just cause 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3310-just-cause-2-save-editor-works-all-saves.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...-all-saves.html</a>
tenchu z:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3366-tenchuz-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
magna carta 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3384-magnacarta-2-save-editor.html#post31197" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox....html#post31197</a>
iron man 2:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3420-ironman-2-s-e.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...nman-2-s-e.html</a>
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25716-iron-man-money-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ey-patcher.html</a>
final fantasy 13:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3448-final-fantasy-xiii-inventory-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ory-editor.html</a>
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/2685-ffxiii-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Agarest war:
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/3463-record-agarest-war-save-editor.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...ave-editor.html</a>
Metro 2033
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25749-metro-2033-godmode-unlimited-ammo-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...mo-patcher.html</a>
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25738-metro-2033-level-skip-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ip-patcher.html</a>
Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25735-ace-combat-6-fires-liberation-money-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...ey-patcher.html</a>
PGR4:
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25717-project-gotham-racing-4-kundos-patcher.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...os-patcher.html</a>
Import Tuner Challenge
<a href="http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-profiltools/25598-import-tuner-challenge-money-tool.html" target="_blank">http://www.modcontrol.com/Board/savegame-p...money-tool.html</a>
assassins-creed-2
<a href="http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox-360-modding-programs/1580-assassins-creed-2-save-editor-update.html" target="_blank">http://www.xbox360-content.com/forums/xbox...tor-update.html</a>
<u><b>Game updates</b></u>
With the live bans and ability to run DLC 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, note that the updates posted may not necessarily reflect the latest updates as they can be backfills to the database or simply just now outdated dumps from a rapidly updated title. 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 (at the time of the DLC street date) 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://xbuc.clanvids.net/" target="_blank">http://xbuc.clanvids.net/</a> and frontend application <a href="http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=369&p=515#p515" target="_blank">http://www.hb-released.com/forum/viewtopic...&p=515#p515</a>
<a href="http://xbuc.tk/" target="_blank">http://xbuc.tk/</a>
<a href="http://www.elitemodscene.com/" target="_blank">http://www.elitemodscene.com/</a>
I got a bunch of new domains for the the xbox update center site so we are back in business here and all the updates since last time we updated this section are going to be here, should have a few updates available to you if you search for them if the XBUC site is down again.
<a href="http://xbuc.clanvids.net" target="_blank">http://xbuc.clanvids.net</a> added (TU=title update, first number is the media ID):
21271645 | Need for Speed Shift (TU 3) | PAL
267EBA56 | rurok (TU 1) | PAL
456C0258 | Left 4 Dead (TU 1) | Region Free
1BC9CA88 | Call of Duty World at War (TU 1) | PAL NTSC/U
0BD0AA78 | Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Fre (TU 2) | PAL
3B7CBB2D | Enemy Territory Quake Wars (TU 1) | Region Free
1FC5E64C | Family Game Night (TU 1) | Region Free
052FB3D7 | Game Room (TU 1) | Region Free
1358B1A4 | Fable II 12 French (TU 1) | Region Free
6DEF2F38 | Eternal Sonata (TU 1) | NTSC/U
23801945 | Need for Speed Pro Street (TU 2) | NTSC/U
7092B5EC | Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom (TU 1) | Region Free
27BD6978 | Dragonball Raging Blast (TU 1) | NTSC/U
37D3322A | Need For Speed Undercover (TU 3) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
377B57C7 | Section 8 (TU 1) | PAL NTSC/U
1016DA55 | Battlefield Bad Company 2 LE (TU 2) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
75F7BA6A | Battlefield Bad Company Gold Edition (TU 2) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
6AC07221 | Grand Theft Auto IV (TU 6) | NTSC/U
614BF7F6 | Wolfenstein (TU 2) | Region Free
4C0C6DA0 | Assassins Creed 2 UK (TU 2) | Region Free
6339E4E9 | Fable 2 Fr (TU 4) | Region Free
30C4C914 | Battlefield Bad Company 2 LE (TU 2) | PAL
0E79403B | Left 4 Dead 2 (TU 3) | Region Free
1BD509B8 | Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing (TU 2) | Region Free
7F1BDFA7 | South Park (TU 1) | Region Free
63174003 | Metro 2033 (TU 1) | Region Free
72183067 | Call of Duty World at War (TU 7) | PAL
39B3E0C7 | Lips (TU 2a) | Region Free
N/A | Lastfm (TU 1) | Region Free
21BB783B | Madden NFL 10 (TU 2) | Region Free
4C445959 | Tom Clancys SC Conviction (TU 1) | Region Free
6BC14F12 | Metro 2033 (TU 1) | PAL
1C48E402 | Need for Speed Shift (TU 3) | NTSC/J NTSC/U
37B5E1DD | Lost Planet (TU 3) | NTSC/J
509DBB6B | Perfect Dark Zero (TU 3) | PAL
32AFC543 | MotoGP 2006 (TU 1) | Region Free
23511D7D | Left 4 Dead (TU 1) | Region Free
5D5DD7BF | Blur MP Beta Demo (TU 1) | Region Free
N/A | Facebook (TU 3) | Region Free
79595405 | 0 day Attack on Earth (TU 1) | Region Free
266FAB17 | Halo 3 FINAL Trad Chinese (TU 3) | Region Free
2087A9ED | TEKKEN 6 (TU 3) | Region Free
4F3A0401 | Borderlands (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:
Dragon Age: Origins -- Awakening RF
Iron Man 2 RF
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa PAL
Super Street Fighter IV RF
Samurai Shodown: Sen RF
Dead to Rights: Retribution RF
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction RF
Borderlands: Double Game Add-On Pack RF
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction RF
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger PAL
Prison Break: The Conspiracy PAL
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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.
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">this link</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)
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 length releases in post below
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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), after the dust had settled last banning wave it was generally decided that the firmware was at fault and as such the new lite touch (LT) firmware was made. Games not appearing as originals for various reasons is also always a problem but that is why ABGX360 exists.
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.
Banning thread thread here:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188345&st=0&start=0" target="_blank">banning thread</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.
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">xboxhacker thread</a> and Xnand Healer GUI is also an application you might like to look at.
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 internal to the CPU will have been blown.
There are two main options:
1) 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.
2) 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.
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">wave 4 thread</a></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.
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), after the dust had settled last banning wave it was generally decided that the firmware was at fault and as such the new lite touch (LT) firmware was made. Games not appearing as originals for various reasons is also always a problem but that is why ABGX360 exists.
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.
Banning thread thread here:
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=188345&st=0&start=0" target="_blank">banning thread</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.
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">xboxhacker thread</a> and Xnand Healer GUI is also an application you might like to look at.
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 internal to the CPU will have been blown.
There are two main options:
1) 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.
2) 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.
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">wave 4 thread</a></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.
<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/t218603-2nd-april-2010-xbox-360-releases" target="_blank">2nd April 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=216727" target="_blank">24th March 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=215132" target="_blank">18th March 2010</a>
<a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=213327" target="_blank">13th March 2010</a>
<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>
