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The Xbox and the Xbox 360 are region-locked, but some games are region-free and will play in any region. Digital content through Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox are also region-locked, such as DLC, movies, and apps.
The Xbox is not very restrictive due to the console being capable of "softmods" which can do things such as make the console region-free, allowing for burned games to be used and homebrew and multimedia functionality All three major game console makers refuse to repair any system that has been modded or if boot disks are used.
Army of Two is one of the first games released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles that feature region-locked online play. EA claims that the region-locking is to prevent network lag caused by players from multiple regions, and to prevent the Asian region console owners from playing the U.S. and European version of the game, as the ...
Eschatos [a] is a scrolling shooter, developed and published by Qute, which was released on April 7, 2011 for the Xbox 360. [1] Despite the original Xbox 360 version only being released in Japan, it was a region-free release. [2] A version for Microsoft Windows, published by Degica, was released in 2015. [3]
Each new console introduced new technologies. The Xbox 360 offered games rendered natively at high-definition video (HD) resolutions, the PlayStation 3 offered HD movie playback via a built-in 3D Blu-ray Disc player, and the Wii focused on integrating controllers with movement sensors as well as joysticks. [1]
Engadget called the game a "Gears of War clone", [4] and Metro described it as "Gears of War meets Diablo". [5] The game supports cross-regional co-operative play on all platforms, but the random match-making feature is regional on PC and PlayStation 3, and cross-regional on Xbox 360. [6] [7]
Xbox 360 System Link Compatible Games Title Total players Per console Versus mode Co-op mode Notes 2176 Supernova Storm (XNA game) 8 source: mobygames.com A Game of Tennis (Indie) 2 source: mobygames.com A Wizard's Odyssey (Indie) 4 source: mobygames.com Abaddon (Indie) 8 source: mobygames.com Abaddon: Retribution (Indie) 8 source: mobygames.com
When the Xbox 360 launched in North America 212 Xbox games were supported while in Europe 156 games were supported. [2] [3] The Japanese market had the fewest titles supported at launch with only 12 games. [4] Microsoft's final update to the list of backward compatible titles was in November 2007 bringing the final total to 462 Xbox games. [5] [6]