Tony Hawk's Proving Ground released to retail this week and, as promised, it features an exclusive Guitar Hero III demo inside. But now we're hearing about a new, hacker'ish way to gain access to the precious GHIII demo without shelling out the cash for Tony Hawk ... simply burn it to a CD.Over on the Xbox Live the Guide forums, posters are reporting that the GHIII demo has been leaked online and can be downloaded off a popular fileshare website, be burnt to a CD or DVD and played on any Xbox 360. We've already heard of people being successful in their GHIII demo stealing ventures, but others are reporting problems with their 360s reading the burnt media. From what we know, those who are claiming burnt GHIII demo success have downloaded the demo's ISO file, burned it to a CD or DVD, and tada! Instant GHIII demo launched through the Xbox 360 games blade. We guess if there's a will, l33t Guitar Hero fanboys and the internet, then there will always be a way.
[Via Digg]
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10-18-2007 @ 3:50PM
Jason D. said...
Or you can get OXM. It is on the latest demo disc.
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10-18-2007 @ 3:53PM
Tony said...
I doubt many people want to spend $10 to access a demo, though.
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10-18-2007 @ 3:54PM
xenocidic said...
@2 what about the quality journalism? /duck
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10-18-2007 @ 4:03PM
murph said...
oh hot fire. someone please confirm and this will be the first thing i do when i get home tonight. Halo-what? Master-who? Axel Steel FTW!!
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10-18-2007 @ 4:06PM
Sean said...
Interesting. I wonder how long it will take for modders to figure out how the 360 allows this, and implement it into special ISO-releases.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:06PM
Modeps said...
this is pretty cool... I'll have to locate this demo because I sure as hell am not paying for yet another rehash of THPS or $10 for OXM.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:06PM
Syko360 said...
You access it through the games blade in the demos and more section. After burning the iso to a CD-R or a DVD-R you insert the disc and it reads as a "Mixed media disc" GH3 is in the demos list. If you try to launch it from the game tray directly it won't work. Pretty simple and a good way to get your GH fix until it comes out on the 28th. This worked for me no problem, been playing it for a couple of days. I thought the chaps over at Neogaf were blowin smoke about burning demos but it turns out it works! Pretty sweet game too, "The Metal" is hard as hell on Expert. Damn Triples!!
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10-18-2007 @ 4:07PM
Paul said...
so has anyone tried this yet? i am downloading the ISO file right now. i am going to use a CD-R to burn onto using Sonic RecordNow!...
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10-18-2007 @ 4:08PM
Syko360 said...
Also BTW, It is a timed demo so after playing about 4-5 songs it will time out after you finish the song. Kind of annoying but still well worth it. Love Even Flow too =)
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10-18-2007 @ 4:15PM
failedminus said...
where can you download it from?
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10-18-2007 @ 4:18PM
Tiggle said...
the question isn't where but rather how? I can't figure it out for the life of me... do I need a special download app?
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10-18-2007 @ 4:19PM
james frazer said...
XD @ 3
Won't MS start throwing the ban hammer around when people start playing the demo though? Or can they not tell?
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10-18-2007 @ 4:21PM
Syko360 said...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5OX44D2U
Then enter the three letters at the top right(Next to where it says Megaupload) and it will start downloading in about 1-2 min.
If this isn't allowed...Sorry in advance =/
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10-18-2007 @ 4:24PM
Boff said...
Happy days!! Downloading now....
Thanks for the tip!
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10-18-2007 @ 4:34PM
Rory D said...
Is this considered theft and is it illegal? I would like to download it to try it out but I need to keep my nose clean legally.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:34PM
Helloimbob said...
Downloading now... If only it would go faster! 300k/s still isn't good enough!
Must. Get. Guitar Hero. DEMO!
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10-18-2007 @ 4:36PM
Rob said...
I can confirm it works, played it a bit yesterday and today. Good demo, it put to rest any worries I had about the game switching developers, it feels completely like Guitar Hero.
First I burned the iso to a CD-R, and while it works, it took _forever_ to load. A DVD-R was much, much faster.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:39PM
pfoleen said...
or you could wait till it's up for free on Live next wednesday
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10-18-2007 @ 4:48PM
pragmatick said...
Wooooh! Now I just need a controller...
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10-18-2007 @ 4:52PM
Macroy said...
#5: My thoughts exactly.
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