FINALLY...a new Motocross game! MUD FIM Motocross World Championship!

[hrudey32]

Actually the guy with the game got his copy from Europe he said. I just saw the ISo stuff online. I don't think his is a pirated copy.

He said it is region free for 360 so I may just take a chance but it would be a 68.00 chance.

[hrudey32]

Still no luck finding the region coding on the 360 version.

[Richzilla]

If the demo works on a US xbox does that mean anything ?

Are they typically region specific ? Would that be an indication that the full release would work as well ?

If so I can tell you the demo works great on my USA hdmi connected xbox.

[hrudey32]

Yeah, mine too but I got the demo off Ebay and I wonder if the demo is a ISO or pirated copy?

I'm so lost and totally not sure what to do as the PS3 sale goes off today. I'd prefer to have it on 360 but with no info (and nothing back from the developers) I'm not sure if I shouldn't just get a PS3 as I know that will work. But if it does work on 360 I'll have got that for know reason.

Man...wish I had an answer.

[hrudey32]

Richzilla...where did you get your demo?

[Richzilla]

download off the web and burnt it to a disk.

[hrudey32]

The manager at my local Gamestop said that the downloadables and pirate copies that can be put on disc have no bearing on whether the actual PAL disc will play on the US 360. The ISOs evidently can be made region free but it is evidently the actual disc that they put it on that has the coding.

I'm not sure if that is true or not. But he seems pretty knowledgable.

But he did do something cool. I had a gift card for $40 and some old games I got $43 credit for. The 160 gb PS3 is $249 but is $50 off and also comes with a game. He took that free game and gave me $24 credit for it. So I had $107 credit towards a 160 gb PS3 which was at $50 off only $199.00. so I paid like under $100 for a brand new 160gb PS3.

Then he said don't break the seal on it and IF after MUD is released (May 4th) the 360 copy WILL play on a US 360 then I can return it and get my cash back and my store credit re-credited. I should be able to find out once the 360 version actually comes out.

Can't beat that.

[Richzilla]

That's awesome.

[hrudey32]

Yeah, it was pretty awesome of him.

My gut feeling is pretty much that the copy the guy said he got from Europe on the MUD FB page is probably a pirate copy as he has had it for a couple of weeks and NO places I can find in Europe even have it yet. AND when I messaged him to see if it would definetly play on a US 360 (he's in California) I never heard back from him. He did say it was region free on the MUD page but I'm still thinking that the PAL disc probably won't be. As Big Carolina said...all the previous games from Blackbean/Milestone haven't been thus far.

I would love for the game to be released in the US but I'm having my doubts. I'm covered either way. I'm hoping the 360 PAL version will play on a US 360 (I prefer the 360 actually) and if so I will return my unopened PS3 and get all my money and credit back but if not then I scored a new PS3 to play MUD on for an awesome deal.

[hrudey32]

Well, here is some news I found. I am a member of one of the most informative MX forums around...VitalMX...and there is a cat there named MBR who's brother did some gear designs it seems for MUD. Anyway, so MBR got an advanced copy of the full game (not a pirate). Now he is not in the US but I did ask him to see if possibly he knew anything about the region coding. He said he contacted the importer (by saying importer I'm not sure who is referring to exactly) and the importer said that unfortunately the 360 version is region locked. I'm trying to get with MBR to see if he feels that he is a reliable source as I have heard a lot of different things in this matter.

But with the track record of the previous Milestone/Blackbean games as Big Carolina said) I am pretty much thinking the PS3 will be the ticket for the US customers...at least for now til they decide whether or not to bring it to us.