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360 Dashboard Update 'Bricking' Modded Consoles

In the past week, there have been reports of Microsoft attempting to sniff our users hacking their Xbox 360, with a number of innocent victims who haven't cracked open their machine caught in the crossfire. The march to eliminate piracy stepped up with today's early morning dashboard update, as Microsoft implemented security updates that "brick" consoles -- which basically makes your Xbox 360 useless -- with modified firmware.

Figuring out a workaround, however, didn't take long. The message boards at Xbox Scene, which follows Xbox-related hardware and software modifications by the modding community, had dozens of users working together to figure out what changes Microsoft's made this time around. Very quickly, however, they discovered that removing the modified firmware solved the issue (and for Microsoft, at least temporarily). Hardcore PSP users have run into the same issue with Sony, leading to a firmware "war" with each new update.

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rj817152d ago

Screw the modders over!

icdedppl7152d ago

lol, did you read the whole news story? the modders already figured out a workaround...

FordGTGuy7152d ago

"they discovered that removing the modified firmware solved the issue (and for Microsoft, at least temporarily)"

dude they made it unmodified.

shotty7152d ago

How is removing the modding the hackers offence. Thats what microsoft wanted in the first place isn't it. No mods, so if you want to use your xbox 360 please remove the mods.

Arkham7152d ago

Too bad MS couldn't harness the 360's over-heating power in order to fry modded boxes... That'd learn those modders! ;)

Mikey_Gee7152d ago

Are you still stuck with the overheat issues on the release consoles way back in ..... 1995 ??

Sh!t ... move on !!

Arkham7152d ago

What are you babbling about? I was joking about MS figuring out a way to force some vulnerable 360 consoles to manually overheat and torch the modders. Relax! It was a funny image. Don't be so sore.

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All Gamers Wins Crossfire at Esports World Cup 2025

The first tournament of the last week of the Esports World Cup 2025 saw All Gamers winning Crossfire with its AG.AL joint team.

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Secret Level - Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

SECRET LEVEL is a new adult-animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games. From the creative minds behind LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS, each of the 15 episodes is a celebration of games and gamers. Games that inspired the 15 epic stories include Armored Core, Concord, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus, Honor of Kings, Mega Man, New World: Aeternum, PAC-MAN, various PlayStation Studios games, Sifu, Spelunky, The Outer Worlds, Unreal Tournament and Warhammer 40,000. SECRET LEVEL, arrives on Prime Video December 10.

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monkey602648d ago

Love, Death + Robots was awesome and I'm all in for this

RaidenBlack648d ago

yep ... hope they continue making both the series alternating between the two

GaboonViper648d ago

Absolutely love "Love, Death and Robots" so this is day one.

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CrossfireX Multiplayer Trailer 2021

CrossfireX delivers an intense FPS experience spanning multiple thrilling gameplay modes and a cinematic campaign.

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Lightning771739d ago

Apparently it's still on track for this year. Man MS will have a pretty stacked holiday it looks like.