The recent leak of Halo: Reach had modders and hackers all aflutter. A version of the game was released to Xbox Live marketplace with the intent that game reviewers would download it with a single-use code. Modders had different plans and were able to access the game and distribute it on various modder communities. Xbox Live’s Enforcement has been quick to react to those caught playing the game while signed into Live.
Microsoft’s Xbox Live director of policy Stephen Toulouse commented on the actions and suspensions over Twitter, and details that “as with all unauthorized play on Xbox Live, anyone playing any unauthorized title runs the risk of account permaban and console.”
MaxConsole was able to view and post the e-mails sent out by Microsoft. The document informs those caught playing the pirated games that “your Xbox Live account privileges have been permanently suspended due to illegitimate prerelease title play.”
