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CVG Confirms most Xbox 360 games are Region Free-- Posted by XanTium on November 24 14:57 EST
From computerandvideogames.com:

Although we [CVG - a UK website] haven't been able to get hold of any US games ourselves, word from Japan says that a handful of American Xbox 360 titles do not have a region lock, and work fine on a Japanese region console.

The supposed region-free titles discovered include Call of Duty 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Gun and Tony Hawk: American Wasteland, suggesting that the console's stance on region locking is the same as on the original Xbox, leaving the decision up to the publisher.
There's no news yet on whether any foreign region games work on a PAL Xbox 360, but we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we get our hands on some US titles.

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[kaz786]

Great news lets hope they work on PAL 360's as well.

[elietehatelier]

a million dollars says jap games will be region locked
if i want to play a game from japan, i shouldnt have to modify my fucking console to do so.

so let the modchips be born.

[supernewbie]

could anyone please try or know if the american version of perfect dark will work on a PAL 360? i really hope so , so i can get pdz on ebay and save myself like 25 dollars.....

[kaz786]

super newbie dont forget you'll have to pay import tax as well on top of the cost.

[supernewbie]

QUOTE(kaz786 @ Nov 24 2005, 09:24 PM)

super newbie dont forget you'll have to pay import tax as well on top of the cost.

no i wouldnt... wouldnt it just arrive at my house or why i have to go pick it up at a fedex place? anyways, they can just mark it as a "gift" so i wont pay taxes muahahahahahha

[lc204]

Does a Jap xbox 360 console work in the US?  Are there any power supply issues?  If games are region free, then an import console should be just fine here in the US.

[ZildjianKX]

QUOTE(lc204 @ Nov 24 2005, 12:46 PM)

Does a Jap xbox 360 console work in the US?  Are there any power supply issues?  If games are region free, then an import console should be just fine here in the US.

Except DVD movie regions.

Wouldn't a Japanese Xbox 360 only log into the Japanese XBL?

[bucko]

sweeeeet now it will be interesting to see if Sony follow suit

[Hack_Bird]

maybe, just maybe, copys of the original also workzz .... No
Hopefully for M§ it isnt.

But if burnt appz workszz ... woald be nice
Its about region free Hack_bird... O yea, that right... ...

[Cookiesrus]

Hmm, wish Ridge Racer 6 was on the region unlocked list!  Its not a launch title for us brits unfortunatly!

[bourke]

<B>
super newbie dont forget you'll have to pay import tax as well on top of the cost.
</B>

They only charge tax if your import is worth more than AUS$500 (US$400) total - who's the super newbie now :-p


Also, note that if MS don't make the _DVD player_ region free then it is still legal to mod their new hardware in Australia :-)

Hopefully they've also got the message about game prices and realise that they are trying to charge a 30% higher retail price in Australia. :-(


cheers,
Bourkie

[bourke]

... and as long as the government legislates that region coding is illegal in Australia (as they are likely to do) then mods will always be perfectly legal :-)

This post has been edited by bourke: Nov 25 2005, 12:39 AM

[rekcah2000a]

And if the 360 was region free so far modchip become illegal no ? ( In australia )

This post has been edited by rekcah2000a: Nov 25 2005, 01:38 AM

[luther349]

regen free boxes in genrel are good news. but it does kill the modding for inports excuse arg. but we still have the its are stuff we can mod it if we whant to excuse lol.