News from French Xbox website logic-sunrise.com says the French retailer Micromania checking each Xbox 360 with a Halo 3 DVD+R DL RW disc before buying it back from customers and putting it on the 2nd-hand market.
According to their source at Micromania this discs is coming from Microsoft itself! This is a quick test to see if the DVD FW has been flashed with a custom modified firmware and would avoid the 2nd-hand buyer to be banned at a later time not knowing his firmware was flashed. Of course you can still flash your DVD drive firmware back to stock before selling it though.
If you hear about other stores or shops doing this, feel free to post and let notice on the forums.
The Halo saga reached a dramatic climax with Halo 3, but the franchise did not end there -- not by a long shot... Now, the released date for "Halo: Reach" has been officially announced. Halo: Reach will hit the shelves on Tuesday, September 14 2010. .
More than 2.7 million players make history with record-shattering demand for the "Halo: Reach" multiplayer beta.
Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed studio Bungie, "Halo: Reach" drops players back into the iconic universe they love so they can experience the birth of the "Halo" legend. During the past 10 years, the "Halo" franchise has inspired multiple New York Times best-selling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more, and it has sold more than 34 million games worldwide to date.
"'Halo: Reach' is the culmination of a decade of 'Halo,' a franchise that has become a global entertainment and pop-culture touchstone," said Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios at Microsoft Corp. "Just as 'Halo: Combat Evolved' catalyzed the success of the original Xbox to define a decade of entertainment, 'Halo: Reach' will push the boundaries for what's possible in video games and help make 2010 the biggest year in Xbox history."
Full details on the contents of the Limited and Legendary editions are below:
Halo: Reach Limited Edition - $79.99 (USD)
In addition to the game disc and manual, the Limited edition includes:
Game disc housed in recovered ONI ”black box”
An exclusive Elite armor set for use in multiplayer modes
Artifact bag containing Dr. Halsey’s personal journal and other classified documents and effects that unravel long held secrets from the “Halo” universe
Halo: Reach Legendary Edition - $149.99 (USD)
The complete “Halo: Reach” collection. In addition to the game disc, manual, and the complete contents of the Limited edition, the Legendary edition includes:
Noble Team statue expertly crafted by the artisans at McFarlane Toys. Individually molded, hand-painted and individually numbered, this statue is a must-have for any serious “Halo” fan
You’re invited to help create the next era of the multiplayer phenomenon as part of the Halo: Reach Beta, accessible from the Halo 3: ODST disc.
HALO 3: ODST FOR ONLY $69.95
Halo3: ODST includes the original campaign, the complete Halo 3 multiplayer experience and your ticket to the Halo: Reach Beta. Get Halo 3: ODST for only $69.95 at participating retailers, for a limited time only!
GET A SNEAK PEEK WITH XBOX LIVE GOLD
Xbox LIVE Gold members can see an extended version of “Birth of a Spartan” on the Spotlight channel in the Dashboard starting at 11 P.M. AEST April 28. Everyone else can see the extended cut starting the next day.
* Halo Reach multiplayer beta invitation included with Halo 3: ODST – strictly limited offer – subject to availability. See halo.xbox.com for details. Xbox 360 hard drive and Xbox LIVE Gold membership (each sold separately) required.
Here is the latest report on Xbox 360 LIVE Activity for the week March 15, 2010. This includes Xbox Live and our own 360-HQ Xbox Live statistics combined.
Where we can, we will display our own top list of most played games on XBOX LIVE. Our own data is tracked by our registered users here on the 360-HQ.com website and their activity on Xbox LIVE! Please note we do NOT track demos.
The 360-HQ Xbox LIVE top 20 list is compiled automatically by the HQ server. Our server tracks each and every Xbox LIVE Gamercard registered on our site and which games our members are playing or have played most recently.
To see the most popular game on Xbox LIVE scroll to the bottom of any page on HQ and the top 20 games are listed in our footer.
You can also browse our Xbox 360 "Top 50 Games" list which is ranked by total page views daily. This is what you see on our homepage!
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles
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The explosive open-world action game Crackdown 2 is slated to hit store shelves on July 6 for the Xbox 360, Microsoft has revealed.
The sequel to 2007's Crackdown features the law enforcement group the Agency as they attempt to thwart criminal activities in Pacific City.
The game will feature four-player cooperative action as well as a 16-person competitive online multiplayer mode.
The first Crackdown, best known for packing a beta code to Halo 3's multiplayer, became one of the surprise hits of 2007, receiving a pretty strong critical response.
For more details, check out a trailer of Crackdown 2 released last December. Readers, looking forward to more Crackdown?
360 Evolution is a revolutionary Xbox 360 editor which allows the end user to Display and Modify information contained within Xbox 360 Container (CON, LIVE, PIRS) files, Save Game files (Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, etc.).
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A revolutionary Xbox 360 editor which allows the end user to Display and Modify information contained within Xbox 360 Container (CON, LIVE, PIRS) files, Save Game files (Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, etc.).
Requirements
* Hardware
o Xbox 360
o XPort / XSATA - See CodeJunkies for further information.
o XPort 360 / XPlorer 360 - Included in Download
* Software
o .NET Framework 3.5 - Built into application.
Known Bugs
* Settings
o Background does not save and has been disabled. (Workaround: In the settings.xml file, add a complete filesystem path between .)
Terminator: Survivors confirmed for Xbox Series, PS5 & PC via Steam Play as a survivor in the aftermath of Judgment Day in Terminator: Survivors, a new open-world survival game by NACON (@Nacon). Build the resistance and defy the machines in Terminator: Survivors, com..
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