Forza 3, Borderlands early-birds banned
Microsoft tough on illegitimate owners.
Microsoft is handing out permanent Xbox Live bans for "pre-release title play" of Borderlands or Forza Motorsport 3 - both due out this Friday.
Only illegitimate owners of those games will be punished. If you, somehow, obtained a promotional or retail copy you will not be affected.
"Don't worry folks, anyone who bought a copy early is OK," Sephen Toulouse, Microsoft's law enforcer, Twittered. "In general, if you got a receipt, play away. These are [illegitimate] copies we're hitting."
Forza Motorsport 3 took home the series' third 9/10 on Eurogamer last week. Our Forza 3 review tells why.
Our Borderlands review will be published on Friday, launch day. [Ed's note: Turns out we can run it tomorrow after all, so you'll see it then.]
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Not exactly reassuring. Someone asked him a while ago about whose ToS you were under if you posted to twitter / facebook etc while on the xbox - microsoft, or twitter / fb. His answer was pretty much "the service provider of the site you're using....I think".
Just once I'd like him to give a 100% rock solid answer on something that could potentially affect a genuine customer.
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I looked at a profile with Borderlands on it. He got the achievement for level 50 the first day he played the game!?
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Uh oh...
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That is the current theory anyway. But generally if you are playing MS games before ship date, you are an idiot.
/Also a rumour going around that it was actually Saw the Videogame that triggered a lot of the bannings too which would be hilarious.
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Fixed:
"But generally if you are playing MS games ONLINE before ship date, you are an idiot."
Seriously: If you plan to use scene releases you better have a dedicated non-connected XBox for it.
I don't even have it and I know that.
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Acording to Totillio's twitter, you are fine. If its a legit store bought copy, they will know.
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Past experience tells me that it'll be a bad review, but maybe I'm searching for clues that don't exist...
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They've sent out review copies and promo copies to big fan sites months ago. I've not heard of any problems.
My copy from GAME was sent yesterday and I'm expecting to recieve it tomorrow or Wednesday and I don't expect to have any problems there either.
They have ways of telling if you're playing an illegal copy, they don't just ban random people who are playing it.
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It's already happened
]http://fo rums.xbox.com/29476424/ShowPost...[/link]
Game reviewer at X360 magazine with legitimate copy: WTF I'm banned?
MS: You. Are. A Pirate!
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On the 'console/online' ban thing... does that affect your gamertag too? Or can you just recover it onto a new console and continue? Because if they've permabanned your console why not just chip it and use it for even dodgier purposes and play nicely on the new one you'll need to continue playing on Live?
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It's highly unlikely that the ban is just until launch, some mod has just got a little wild with a banhammer.
Now if only they can sort out the compression issues with photomode
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And, to kinda prove what I said, a buddy of mine was banned from Halo Matchmaking for dodgy practices, tried the change the GT stunt and it didn't work.
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http://fo rums.xbox.com/29524419/ShowPost...
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Left4Dead-meets-Diablo-meets-Fallout3-meets-Crackdown-meets- Deadwood-meets-Zombies-meets-FarCry2-meets-RandyPitchford! Yay!
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It's a tiny minority of idiots modding their consoles so I'm not sure why the rest of us are concerned with what happens to them. Unless of course the vocal people are simply scared because they have modded their own consoles and are now constantly having to look over their shoulders for the ban hammer!
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That being said though, anyone who tries to play non-legit games online through a log-on service like LIVE is a fool and deserves the ban, it's almost like a "natural selection" for online gaming.
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Guys spend the extra on Limited Edition....it's worth it!! Just for the packaging and the keyring! lulz
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The ones that get banned and downloaded the game will get just what they deserve.