360 US games that are region free?

[stefmcd]

Specifically is Need for speed carbon? - but anyone have a link to a definitive list of 360 region free games?

[Jbone]

Specifically is Need for speed carbon? - but anyone have a link to a definitive list of 360 region free games?

I always use this one: http://forum.xbox-sky.com/xbox360_regional...tibility_guide/

[shewasmadeofchimps]

Wow there's a lot. I didn't know there were any. Microsoft are so anal about Live and XBLA requirements you'd think they would hate this kind of inconsistency. Is it just up to the publisher so?

[Raff]

It might as well be completely random. Games people have reason to import are almost always locked.

[Escobar]

Gears of War wasn't, most (if not all) Ubisoft games aren't.

Need For Speed is EA, so not region free.

[SeanR]

and confusing.

eg. Saints Row (all versions) yes yes yes

except Saints Row (JPN) yes no no

could someone explain pls?

[Raff]

As far as I know, all NTSC-J games are completely locked.

[Escobar]

As far as I know, all NTSC-J games are completely locked.

I think it's almost all, there are one or two that aren't.

[Dandy_Sephy]

As far as I know, all NTSC-J games are completely locked.

And the Asian versions of said games too

[Escobar]

And the Asian versions of said games too

..no? There are many Asian games that are region free.

[Dandy_Sephy]

..no? There are many Asian games that are region free.

The last I heard japanese developed games were almost always region locked in their Asian releases

[Escobar]

Oh, they probably are. I thought you said all Asian games were locked.. it didn't make sense to me, heh.

[Judgement]

The shit pile Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom.

[stefmcd]

Thanks for replies folks!

[Asura]

Yeah, I had to look through a fair number of lists to do with this sort of thing when I got my 360, because it was Japanese and I wanted to play American games on it. They're actually surprisingly inconsistent; there really are no rules to follow. Games just either are, or they aren't. Case in point, Amped 3 is region locked for Japan, and hasn't even been domestically released here.

[Shepperton]

Gears of War wasn't, most (if not all) Ubisoft games aren't.

Need For Speed is EA, so not region free.

Actually it was, and in fact most of the Ubi games are region free.

Its down to the publisher what region the games are locked to, its easier to make 1 disc rather than separate EU and US sku's, and is more feasible these days with with DVD9/Blu Ray to hold audio for multiple languages. It also cuts down on the amount of separate submissions the publisher needs to make to Sony, MS.

The videogamesplus blog is a decent place to keep an eye on region free releases, they test out games as they come in stock.

[Pochacco]

The last I heard japanese developed games were almost always region locked in their Asian releases

Lost Odyssey ロストオデッセイ, Rosuto Odessei isn't region locked.

[Asura]

Lost Odyssey ロストオデッセイ, Rosuto Odessei isn't region locked.

Yeah, neither is Chrome Hounds. It really depends on the publisher, and their opinion at the time of release.