Before we begin telling the story of how the 360 game save community is fighting back against regulations imposed by MS, one thing must be made clear - NOT everyone wants to cheat online to boost their gamer score.
Many gamers just want to retain control over content which they have paid for. Microsoft simply does not like people sharing game saves, they decided to crawl through the database at 360gamesaves and extracted the unique console IDs from every save shared on 360gamesaves.
When they released their last dashboard update, they include a list of these console ID's in the "revoked console ID list". This list was integrated into the update which tells the Xbox 360 to treat every save made by the console on the list as a corrupt save file, rending the saves useless. HOWEVER, the community is planning to fight back and find out just how below.
SUMMARY OF PART 1: MS Sneakily creates their revoked console ID List
1. Microsoft doesn't like people sharing game saves
2. Microsoft went through the database at www.360gamesaves.com and extracted the unique console ID's from every game save there.
3. When the last dashboard update was released they included a list of those console ID's in the update.... it's called the "revoked console ID list"
4. The list embeded in the update tells the Xbox 360 to treat every game save made by a console on that list as a 'corrupt save file'.
5. This means that every save on www.360gamesaves.com is useless to anyone who updated thier xbox 360.
To see how the fight has been taken to Microsoft select read more.
Let me first show you his design and explain it, best I can from the picture provided.
Alright he built a shroud, with a fan on the intake side. Im not even sure he has chambers that split the air between the cpu heatsink, and the gpu heatsink. Which I would do regardless. It looks like its all being pushed to the gpu heatsink. So it actually hinders the cpu heatsinks ability to draw as much air as it would. This shroud is big and blocky and blocks quite a bit of air access to the cpu. Microsofts solution is more open ended, thus allowing more airflow to be moved over the cpu then his solution.
Now microsoft just modded the gpu heatsink and added an attachment with a single heatpipe to a grill. I think their design is flawed as well. Theres no fan to intake any fresh air from outside the case to push over the two heatsinks. So its a trade off if you ask me, you cool the gpu, at the expense of the cpu.
Furthermore what else could microsoft do, thats as cost effective as thier current solution. I think this guy is full of it.
Feel free to discuss your thoughts and oppions in this thread.
Achievements, those little time suckers. But if you think on it, it adds a great deal of replayability to a game. Without achievements you would just play thru the game, and if you’re like me put it on your shelve, that houses your collection of 360 games. Left to collect dust, and perhaps get pulled out when company shows up. My first thought of achievements, was the fact they were pointless bragging rights for people with too much time on their hands. But as time went on, I found myself checking our xbox 360 achievements database, to see what I have to do, to get that next achievement.
Now seeing as how I love my achievements, and how they have affected my style of gaming. I’m wondering what the members of our forums that have been banned feel about achievements? Do you still care about achievements due to the fact you might be saving up for a new console to get back on live. Or do you feel since your banned, achievements mean nothing to you. Or perhaps do you still strive to get them, just since achievements bring replayabililty to the game?
With the halo 3 beta finally coming to and end, detailed information has been released on new halo 3 inspired products..
The controllers and headset will become available early in September and can be pre-ordered from select retailers already.
Here is a run-down of the new halo inspired products for all you hardcore halo 3 guys out there..
Limited Edition "Halo 3" Wireless Controllers
The Limited Edition "Halo 3" Wireless Controllers have been designed by Spawn and McFarlane Toys creator Todd McFarlane.
Xbox 360 Limited Edition "Halo 3" Wireless Headset
The Limited Edition Halo 3 Wireless Headset has also been designed by Spawn and McFarlane Toys creator Todd McFarlane.
To stay up-to-date with all the latest news and products for your xbox 360 please check out our Xbox 360 Hardware area.
Thursday, June 14, at 2 a.m. GMT, the stakes get even higher as Gears of War releases eight new Achievements for the “Annex” gametype and the “Hidden Fronts” Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE®.
And here are the 8 new achievements that will be available :
-"THIS! IS! ANNEX!" Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match. Worth 40 GS points
-"Inconceivable!" Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points. Worth 30 GS points
-"Nub Pwn3r" Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team. Worth 30 GS points
-"You Down With E.P.I.C?" Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps. Worth 30 GS points
-"Green Thumb" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map. Worth 30 GS points
-"Mind the Gap" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map. Worth 30 GS points
-"All That Juice" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map. Worth 30 GS points
-"Purdy Mouth" Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map. Worth 30 GS points
Well its finally over, you enjoyed one of the most anticipated halo events. How about some stats that you guys left.
12 million hours of gameplay:
-That equates to 1,400 years of continuous play by a single person. Astounding if you ask me.
Save-film feature: More then 580,000 saved films. Which took up 2.7 terabytes of data.
-Some really great footage came out of this. You can see a multitude of beta footage on youtube.
Shane Kim, coporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, has described the participation from the Halo 3 beat as "staggering"
Shane Kim, went on to say this: Witnessing such a great reaction to a small portion of the game has been inspiring. It's a testament to the fervour and anticipation that surrounds Halo 3. We're confident that on Sept. 25 Halo 3 will drive an unprecedented wave of new gamers to the Xbox 360 platform and Xbox Live".
Microsoft has said that, thanks to the "tremendous participation in the beta, Bungie now has an exhaustive amount of data that will be used to improve the overall game experience". Knowing we've made a difference makes us feel all warm and glowy inside.
Now remember 360-hq.com has an open contest involving the Halo 3 beta. Best part you can win an Xcm Xfps 360 Pro. Big thanks to http://www.consoleshop.com. Its quite simple sign up for our forums and post your thoughts of the beta.
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