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Bungie Wields the Banhammer

Posted by Zonk on from the banhammer-my-favorite-game-journo-shorthand dept.

Gamespot reports that an update to Halo 2 via Xbox live has dropped the hammer on cheaters who have been warned in previous weeks to cease their malicious ways. From the article: "These undefeatable foes aren't some new alien species that have invaded the ruckus created by Bungie. These are the work of hackers and modders, gamers who spend time improving their stats with cheats at the expense of others. As with any high-profile title, cheaters will run rampant in an effort to 'pwn n00bs' and generally frustrate those who play fairly. Bungie has not taken kindly to these folk."

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  1. Now if only BZFlag would do this... by Picass0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... it might be fun to play again.

  2. Re:Important question by __aaxtnf2500 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Getting_Started#8
    check www.xbox-linux.org but i believe that in order to use the mechassault bootstrap, you have to have an older xbox.
    putting such an xbox onto live will stealthily load new firmware onto the xbox,
    disabling the ability to bootstrap linux through mechassault or through a bootcd...
    (why i won't play halo2 online w/my xbox).
    installing a modchip w/the cromwell bios is a way around this.
    as i understand it the only reprecussion for this is the disabling of linux, i don't think microsoft will take legal action (fair use?).

  3. Re:Important question by __aaxtnf2500 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can you still boot linux from dashboard and bootcd after running Live?