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Microsoft Bans ‘Chipped Xbox 360 Pirates’ From Xbox Live

As millions of people across the globe eagerly got started on probably the biggest game this year; COD6: Modern Warfare 2, some for in for a nasty surprise as they discovered that they were on the raw end of Microsoft’s plan to help curb the increasing amount of piracy: they had been banned from Xbox Live, permanently.

The crime? Installing new chips that allows them to run unofficial or illegal programmes and games, and easily pirate games and download them for free. According to Microsoft this modifying of the console with the express interest to play games illegally is an infringement of the terms of use of Xbox Live and have therefore banned them from the service.

A spokesman for the company said: “All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox Live”.

Call of Duty 6 Release Date in 2009

Could we be seeing the Call of Duty 6 release date happen by the end of 2009?

More often than not we get information about new releases from leaks – mostly coming from the studios themselves or from ‘close sources’ – and they give us an insight into what is happening behind the veil of secrecy. However the most recent example of this comes from a certain Ken Lally and it has put him in a bit of trouble.

In an interview on thesteam.tv he started talking about doing voiceovers, and let slip that not only was he involved in doing the voiceovers for Call Of Duty 6 (a.k.a. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) but he also said that he has done it, suggesting that COD6 is fairly far into development.