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Dale Cooper

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After the news Ghostbusters isn't going to be released in PAL regions on anything except Sony...

Fuck you Atari.

... I would like to know if it is possible to unlock a 360 to play American games?

I'm pretty sure it must be, but can't find anything on it.
 

Gamer137

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http://www.xboxringofdeathblog.com/xbox-360/xbox-modchip-play-import-games

I have not tried it myself, but if you really want the game, you may want to give it a shot.
 

Sparrow

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Well that sucks just a bit.

Oh well, Atari can go get screwed. I'm sure I'll be busy with Prototype, the Fable II DLC, AC 2, COD MW: 2 and some other stuff.
 

Sir Ollie

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Dale Cooper said:
How does one find out if a game is region free once it is out?
Sites like this should be handy - http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games
 

StarStruckStrumpets

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Wow, reading these posts I can't help but feel that you HATE Atari. Put it this way, at least if it sucks, you've been saved the 'horror' of buying it. See what I did there?
 

Booze Zombie

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Why would they lock out customers from buying their products? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of making a product in the first place?
 

Kogarian

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StarStruckStrumpets said:
Wow, reading these posts I can't help but feel that you HATE Atari. Put it this way, at least if it sucks, you've been saved the 'horror' of buying it. See what I did there?
That was a good play on words.
 

Fenixius

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Can't the 360 run games from any region?

I thought it was the NTSC/PAL divison thing that prevented us from playing US/Japanese games?
 

RapidCrash

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The 360 is region locked to either NTSC-U/J or PAL designated.

The developers of a game have a choice whether to region-lock their game, or to allow it to be region free. Some games are region-free while others are not, on the 360 this is designated by a flag in the XEX header. It is impossible to modify this without breaking the file's signature.
It is nearly impossible to change your 360's region to anything different, and impossible to make it region-free. The problem is that the 360's region is also stored as a flag in it's NAND which is locked by a cpu-key. An old exploit allowed access to the NAND, but seeing as how just about every console is now patched, you will be very lucky to find one that can still utilize the KK exploit (if you have played live anytime after August 2007, you can't).
In laymen's terms, no you can't. Unless you have a region-free game, or one designated to your region, it will be impossible. Even modchips won't work for you unless you somehow got your CPU key, or found a console that will be vulnerable to the timing attack (approximate cost of necessary hardware: $100).
 

Dale Cooper

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Thanks man, helpful info.

Fingers crossed then for Ghostbusters getting an unlocked disc...