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Xbox 360 Hacked; Mod Chips Available

Less than one year after the Xbox 360's release date, a fully functional mod chip is available.

GameTrailers can confirm that the mod chip works as advertised, allowing the player to copy authentic, retail Xbox 360 games to DVD and play them on their Xbox 360s.

What's more, the mod chip currently allows players to access Xbox Live gameplay using a burned, pirated game disc.

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HaHa6433d ago

Man. There are some people out there that can do anything. No security and no protection works against them. It's kinda scary

Ravenator5296433d ago (Edited 6433d ago )

I wonder if the fall update is going to address this issue?

At least for the "live" aspect of it.

ORIELKILLER6433d ago

this happened to dreamcast too ... and it fail ... i wonder what will companies will do about hackers ... i mean can i play 360 games on my PS3 since it will have a blue ray drive or can i play them PS3 games on my 360... damn we will see when PS3 comes out they will hack it too since they are claiming that is a computer no a video game console ... stupid hackers lol

Ravenator5296433d ago

Every system has been hacked.

Dreamcast, PS2, PSone, XBox, 360, even Gamecube! So yes, the PS3 will be hacked as well.

It will be very hard, but it will happen!

And BTW, your post makes no sense whatsoever! This is talking about playing pirated (copied) 360 games on a modded XBox360.

Where are you coming up with this notion of playing PS3 games on a 360 or vise-versa?

ORIELKILLER6433d ago

i was just saying since i can play playstation games on my computer i was wondering maybe in the future they will make a mod so we can play any game on the ps3 or any game on 360 ... i was just saying ... dont shoot me lol

unleash bass6433d ago

You can play NES, SNES, PS1 etc.. on XBOX basically anything less powerfull. I don't think that you'll be able to play PS3 games on a 360 or vice versa though because they are too similar power wise, I would have thought, that neither of them will have enough power to run an emulator + the game it's self without serious slow down, but you never know.

Regarding this mod chip, I'm sure MS will do something to stop pirate games from working on 'live'. Maybe not in the fall update but the next one.

Dancryer6433d ago

news like this regarding any console past & present is a real let down, Hackers need to be shot and then get themselves a real job like the rest of us!

I for one hope anyone caught using these so called modchip's and the like get prosicuted to the the max!

CompGeek6433d ago

You can get the same functionality for free with a firmware flash. Why would you pay for a mod-chip that does what can be done for free with no hardware modification?

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 14h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie1d 1h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows9021h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie21h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 13h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot1d 5h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface1d 2h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware7301d 1h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic18h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g16h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-641d 3h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows9021h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing691d 3h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman1d 2h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever10h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales18h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake3d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1012d ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne2d ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake2d ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave2d ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage2d ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex1d 21h ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos1d 19h ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno2d ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos1d 19h ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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