Hackers Dodge Xbox Live Shutout

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 31, 2007 @09:35AM from the over-the-wall dept.

An Ars Technica post at their games column Opposable Thumbs points out that, despite Microsoft's best efforts, hacked Xbox 360s are once again playing on Xbox Live. "Steadfast in their pursuits, the hackers of the Xbox 360 scene have managed to best Microsoft's Xbox Live Banning protocol: a system of checks in place to identify hacked Xbox 360s and deny them access to the Xbox Live Network. The current method of hacking the 360 involves exploiting the firmware of the DVD drive (the preferable method), and this latest patch does just that. In fact, the creators are so confident in their breakthrough that the info file remarks that the new firmware 'defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts.'"

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Re:Does it really even matter? by Lost+Engineer · 2007-05-31 10:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait

PC - free online, dedicated servers, 32, 64 player games in which you will get owned by cheaters
PS3- free online, dedicated servers, 32, 40 player games in all of which you will get owned by cheaters
Halo 3 - 16 player p2p laggy mess no cheaters