Xbox 360 game region code hacked

Stemming up from a few Xbox tech sources is a claim from the Xboxhacker (XBH) Forums stating that the Xbox 360’s DVD key and game region code can be altered to break down the region locks for some games. And following that particular tip by XBH member Seventhson, a flurry of third-party experimentations are beginning to back the claim in its entirety.

“I successfully changed the DVD key and region code of a 360. So it’s all confirmed. … All I did towards this was to reverse the plaintext KV signature to figure out how to modify and resign the KV contents,” said Seventhson in his post, assuring that he isn’t here to claim fame for this find.

He has stated that this triumph was built upon works of other Xbox hackers and wishes to thank four others – Takires, TheSpecialist, Robinsod, tmbinc – for their region code tests and SHA1/RC5 documentation. But it appears that the patch only works for some versions of Xbox 360s, which include all those with exploitable Hypervisors (kernels 4532 and 4548).

Meanwhile, one other Xboxhacker contributor going by the name of Arakon has successfully loaded a region-locked game, stating, “My USA 360 just booted a PAL (non-region-free) game. The region patching works.”

Stemming up from a few Xbox tech sources is a claim from the Xboxhacker (XBH) Forums stating that the Xbox 360’s DVD key and game region code can be altered to break down the region locks for some games. And following that particular tip by XBH member Seventhson, a flurry of third-party experimentations are beginning to back the claim in its entirety.

“I successfully changed the DVD key and region code of a 360. So it’s all confirmed. … All I did towards this was to reverse the plaintext KV signature to figure out how to modify and resign the KV contents,” said Seventhson in his post, assuring that he isn’t here to claim fame for this find.

He has stated that this triumph was built upon works of other Xbox hackers and wishes to thank four others – Takires, TheSpecialist, Robinsod, tmbinc – for their region code tests and SHA1/RC5 documentation. But it appears that the patch only works for some versions of Xbox 360s, which include all those with exploitable Hypervisors (kernels 4532 and 4548).

Meanwhile, one other Xboxhacker contributor going by the name of Arakon has successfully loaded a region-locked game, stating, “My USA 360 just booted a PAL (non-region-free) game. The region patching works.”