Region-free games!

Number 13 · June 9th, 2006, 14:35

Hi all.

If there's anyone in the know, how about putting together an exhaustive list of the region-free games for the 360, which can be updated frequently and maybe even stickied if one of the admin feels that'd be a good idea.

Also, does anyone know if there's any risk of dashboard updates killing the region-free factor of any of these games?

Rival24 · June 9th, 2006, 14:52

Well, we have this Wiki page

It's not complete unfortunately.

And it's very unlikely if not impossible they can change the region-free factor of the games.

Cage · June 9th, 2006, 15:02

Does anybody know if MLB2006 is region-free? It looks like It's not for sale in europe (atleast not in the LowLands).. That sucks, cause I would like to hit a homerun on my 360

MrMoen · June 9th, 2006, 15:05

I didn't even know there were region free games

Studley · June 9th, 2006, 15:07

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Originally Posted by Cage

Does anybody know if MLB2006 is region-free? It looks like It's not for sale in europe (atleast not in the LowLands).. That sucks, cause I would like to hit a homerun on my 360

Strange, I was trying to find out the exact same thing yesterday! I know it got pretty average review scores (about 6/10) but I'm dying to play a bit of next-gen MLB, and I'm not exactly a genius about the sport so I wouldn't notice a few of the statistics glitches etc.

The answer though... I don't know. I certainly haven't found any sites boasting that it is cross-region. And no, I don't think it'll get a PAL release, last year's Xbox version didn't either.

Curry · June 9th, 2006, 15:17

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Originally Posted by Rival24

Well, we have this Wiki page

It's not complete unfortunately.

That's why it's in the Wiki, then everyone can easily edit it to make it complete

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And it's very unlikely if not impossible they can change the region-free factor of the games.

Depends. Dunno how it is set on the gamediscs, but if for example there is a code that says "yeah this game is PAL Europe only but we don't give a shit if it's run elsewhere" they can ofcourse modify the dashboard to ignore the second part.

However, deciding to make a game regionfree or not is a publisher decision, not Microsoft's call. Region coding is a means of simplifying worldwide logistics and distribution where required, nothing more nothing less. Microsoft Game Studios themselves haven't regionfixed any of their 3 launch games as far as I know because they gave them away an awful lot and that is easier to manage if you have a central repository of games you can use in promotions anywhere on the world.

Number 13 · June 9th, 2006, 15:21

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Originally Posted by Curry

That's why it's in the Wiki, then everyone can easily edit it to make it complete

Depends. Dunno how it is set on the gamediscs, but if for example there is a code that says "yeah this game is PAL Europe only but we don't give a shit if it's run elsewhere" they can ofcourse modify the dashboard to ignore the second part.

However, deciding to make a game regionfree or not is a publisher decision, not Microsoft's call. Region coding is a means of simplifying worldwide logistics and distribution where required, nothing more nothing less. Microsoft Game Studios themselves haven't regionfixed any of their 3 launch games as far as I know because they gave them away an awful lot and that is easier to manage if you have a central repository of games you can use in promotions anywhere on the world.

Well, according to the Lik-Sang list, GRAW is region-free, so I just added that there

Curry · June 9th, 2006, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Number 13

Well, according to the Lik-Sang list, GRAW is region-free, so I just added that there

Cheers, that's the spirit of Wiki

Rival24 · June 9th, 2006, 15:29

Yeah smartass Curry, you should write something in there too every once in a while

Curry · June 9th, 2006, 15:31

I do so every now and then

Cage · June 9th, 2006, 15:43

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Originally Posted by Studley

Strange, I was trying to find out the exact same thing yesterday! I know it got pretty average review scores (about 6/10) but I'm dying to play a bit of next-gen MLB, and I'm not exactly a genius about the sport so I wouldn't notice a few of the statistics glitches etc.

The answer though... I don't know. I certainly haven't found any sites boasting that it is cross-region. And no, I don't think it'll get a PAL release, last year's Xbox version didn't either.

Aah.. same taste

IF it's region free then I'll order it overseas. Maybe some of our American friends can check the box or something?? It really sucks that the game isn't released over here

Studley · June 9th, 2006, 16:49

http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showt...t=71047&page=6

Definitely not region-free

On the plus side, a PC demo was released this week of OOTP Baseball 6 (a baseball management sim from the people who make Football Manager). It's pretty good, there's a heck of a lot of options for creating your league etc, although obviously you don't get to swing your bat yourself...

http://www.ootpbaseball2006.com/down...=download&id=1

Cage · June 9th, 2006, 17:03

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Originally Posted by Studley

http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showt...t=71047&page=6

Definitely not region-free

On the plus side, a PC demo was released this week of OOTP Baseball 6 (a baseball management sim from the people who make Football Manager). It's pretty good, there's a heck of a lot of options for creating your league etc, although obviously you don't get to swing your bat yourself...

http://www.ootpbaseball2006.com/down...=download&id=1

Damnit!!

PJSkiboy · June 13th, 2006, 07:57

Purchased GRAW and Tomb Raider Legend region-free ASIAN region (Hong Kong) games from play-asia.com. I can verify they are completely in English and they work on my American console. $40 brand new to boot!

Nino · June 13th, 2006, 11:43

Wikipedia has a pretty extensive list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...Xbox_360_Games

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