Xbox Compatibility Guide: Region-Free Xbox Games

I’ve always encountered questions regarding the PAL and NTSC games for the Xbox 360. Basically, if you have a NTSC System (USA), you can aonly play NTSC games. These are games that are published in the US and have a NTSC label on them. If you have a PAL system (UK), you only get to play PAL labeled games. But there’s one thing that some Xbox gamers don’t know. There are actually games which are Region-Free. See my answer to a question about NTSC/PAL games.

However, there are certain games that are supposed to be encoded in 1 region but can be playable in both regions. Example would be a NTSC Halo 3, Gears of War, Call of Duty, Rainbow 6, Guitar Hero etc. Although you buy the games in the US and are labeled as NTSC, you can play them on your PAL Xbox. These are what you call region-free. Again, they might be labeled as NTSC or PAL but playable to both systems.

To check their compatibility, click here to see the compatibility list (Playasia).

Hope that helps.

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