Xbox 360 game region code hacked

Posted Jul 18, 2007 at 6:02PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Hackers, robinsod, Seventhson, TheSpecialist
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Xbox 360 game region code hacked - Image 1 


Stemming up from a few Xbox tech sources is a claim from the Xboxhacker (XBH) Forums stating that the Xbox 360's DVD key and game region code can be altered to break down the region locks for some games. And following that particular tip by XBH member Seventhson, a flurry of third-party experimentations are beginning to back the claim in its entirety.

"I successfully changed the DVD key and region code of a 360. So it's all confirmed. ... All I did towards this was to reverse the plaintext KV signature to figure out how to modify and resign the KV contents," said Seventhson in his post, assuring that he isn't here to claim fame for this find.

He has stated that this triumph was built upon works of other Xbox hackers and wishes to thank four others - Takires, TheSpecialist, Robinsod, tmbinc - for their region code tests and SHA1/RC5 documentation. But it appears that the patch only works for some versions of Xbox 360s, which include all those with exploitable Hypervisors (kernels 4532 and 4548).

Meanwhile, one other Xboxhacker contributor going by the name of Arakon has successfully loaded a region-locked game, stating, "My USA 360 just booted a PAL (non-region-free) game. The region patching works."

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2007-07-18 20:04:26
firtsstttt

***** ecksbots
by - 2007-07-18 20:55:07
wow

your on your way for an xbox live ban!!
by - 2007-07-18 21:20:01
And....

Who cares?
by - 2007-07-19 00:55:33
YEAH

WHO WOULD BUY A XBROKEN ANYWAY!! SO MANY OF THESE BE BREAKIN JUST LIKE YOURE SISTERS CHERRY
by - 2007-07-19 02:31:34
!

am i the only one who thinks this is awesome [damn the modding community is small].
by - 2007-07-19 06:06:12
try this

u think its small try using google.com and ahve a look there are a couple of sites that have ***** laods of members
by - 2007-07-19 08:03:16
Great

no, your not alone! I also think thats awesome! Atleaste i can leech all americkan warez now without havin to wait für the europeane relese! ;-)
by - 2007-07-19 14:11:55
No

Fsck American warez, we now have Japanese! Europe and America can finally have thier way with new Japanese games including those rare looking cool ones.
by - 2007-07-19 20:37:30
Excellent

That's great, maybe be able to play my ntsc version on MLB2k7 which was a waste of cash!.

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