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Microsoft Starts New Xbox 360 Ban Wave

Today Microsoft have started banning Xbox 360 consoles of people with

Flashed Xbox
Gamer score
modded avatars
infections on COD4
infections On World at war
Infections on MW2

Anything which breaches the Xbox 360′s code of conduct is eligible for a ban. If your console has been flagged for any of the above or any similar activities, you’ll be banned in all possibility during this ban wave.

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kyl2774743d ago

Did they not just do a big UNBANNING wave recently?

EYEamNUMBER14743d ago

there was a story here a while back where microsoft guys said no never happened

user8586214743d ago

Its was a minor error, all who got unbanned got banned again later in the day

rodeoo4743d ago

this type of banning happens everyday it is not like the console bans of a couple years ago. this is just a everyday thing. Check out http://forums.xbox.com/1386... if you don't believe me

MaxXAttaxX4743d ago (Edited 4743d ago )

Microsoft has a good formula down:
1- Ban consoles(should have made it less easy to hack, really)
2- Fans forced to buy new systems
3- Hardware sales increase once more
4- Both M$ and fans claim victory in sales
5- ???
6- (fanboy)PROFIT

shoddy4743d ago

sale will go up since so many gamers dependant playing online, it's a must buy.
look how many Sony hate article when people couldn't play online for couple of weeks.

do it enough time it might backfire and people starting to buy ps3 for free online.

badz1494743d ago

couple of weeks? "days" you mean. it's mot even 2 weeks yet!

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Brash_Attack4743d ago

Yeah, but that only lasted a few hours and was a fluke.

Thecraft19894743d ago

It was accident all console where re banned within a day.

gcolley4743d ago

double ban. what an awesome idea. give it back and then take it away again.

darkziosj4743d ago

banning 2 or 3 people is not a banwave that site is a joke

7SBuzzLightyear7S4743d ago

It's funny, because it did happen, but illiterate and immature fanboys tried so hard to play it down, using a comment from Stepto as confirmation, when thousands of resourceful and trustworthy members of the modding community said otherwise.

Still, as always, people will believe one person, ironically, the same person who allowed an XBL user to be banned for putting 'Fort Gay' in his profile, when the place actually exists.

As for this story - Ha! Just because a handful of people get banned, it does not make it a ban wave.

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Counter Strike4743d ago

i joined one Cod4 infected lobby but i didnt created the lobby i dont even know how to do that... will i be banned?

deadpoole4743d ago (Edited 4743d ago )

Dont sweat it bro ... if u didn't do it or not involved in any moddin or whatsoever ... your account wont be suspended ... reason ... modded or infected lobby hosts are already flagged.

This is how it is ... anything happenin over network out of norm is easily detectable ... how it is possible well ... its just like ... take an example ... when u mod you leave footsteps along with it, when team analyze these footsteps they can track similar footsteps and ban only those who are causing these footsteps ... not the innocent ones.

7SBuzzLightyear7S4743d ago

One of the oldest excuses. If you acquired the infections, then you will be suspended, at most.

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Master_S4743d ago

This is not a ban wave T_T

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

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ChasterMies10h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken5h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6921h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker21h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6920h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt8h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken5h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

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Profchaos1d 2h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 2h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 1h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies15h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis1d 19h ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast1d 17h ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake1d 10h ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better