Microsoft has started to ban modified Xbox 360 units from Xbox Live, describing the move as "an important part of our efforts to try and maintain a fair gaming environment for the large majority of ...

Microsoft is making a push to detect and ban modified Xbox 360 consoles from its Xbox Live service. The Spring Update for Xbox Live appears to contain changes which allow Microsoft to detect Xbox 360 ...

Mere weeks after Microsoft announced a new crackdown on modified Xbox 360 consoles using its Xbox Live service, a new version of the system’s DVD firmware has been released which bypasses the ban ...

Microsoft has downplayed the impact of software piracy for its next-generation games console in Korea, confident that the DVD firmware hack will be countered by updates on Xbox Live. Vendors in Seoul ...

Before he was dodging giant sandworms in Dune and leading armies in The King, actor Timothée Chalamet was a gamer. Specifically a YouTuber who focused on modded Xbox 360 controllers and boasted about ...

The lost sequel to developer Pandemic’s Star Wars: Battlefront II may have leaked online. Star Wars: Battlefront III, a shooter from the late 2000s from developer Free Radical, never saw a release, ...

Microsoft has banned as many as one million users who hacked their Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games from the company’s Xbox Live service in a bid to counter piracy. The move triggered an ...

What if you could unlock the full potential of your Xbox 360 without cracking it open or risking permanent damage? For years, console modding was a hobby reserved for the tech-savvy and fearless, ...

Vice hired investigative reporters to discover whether or not a YouTube channel belongs to a young Timothée Chalamet, who plays Paul Atreides in Dune. The video shows a young boy with a raspy voice, ...

Beware of banned Xbox 360s loosed in ballooning numbers on auction sites and distribution lists featuring online classified ads. In the wake of Microsoft’s ban of “a small percentage” or “around ...