Microsoft to permanently ban Halo: Reach pirates
A MICROSOFT executive promises the company would permanently ban users who play pirated copies of Halo: Reach from doing so on Xbox Live. Hackers stole Halo: Reach earlier this week through the Xbox LIVE marketplace by bypassing a security system that allowed journalists early access to the game for review purposes.
Writing on Twitter, Stephen Toulouse, Xbox director of policy and enforcement, said “as with all unauthorized play on Xbox LIVE, anyone playing any unauthorized title runs the risk of account permaban”.
Mr Toulouse said banned players would be prevented from accessing Xbox LIVE from any account on their consoles and that the company will be able to tell when players are using pirated copies.
