A PAL game works on my Xbox 360-weird!...

[dave4shmups]

I went to GameStop a few nights ago, and got Aliens vs. Predator for my Xbox 360. After I had played some of it, I noticed that the disc said PAL on it, and the game box has the rating system used in Europe. The game plays flawlessly-no issues at all!

Is this uncommon, or do PAL 360 games generally work on NTSC machines?

[Fudoh]

some publishers do region free releases, other have region coding... Maybe 75% to 25% (free / locked) on the 360.

[dave4shmups]

some publishers do region free releases, other have region coding... Maybe 75% to 25% (free / locked) on the 360.

Yeah, I know Cave has done it, but I didn't expect this. I guess I'd have to get on a site like Play Asia to check, because it doesn't say anything on the box about being region free.

[Aleksei]

Wartech Senko No Ronde is listed as PAL and it works on my U.S Xbox360.

[shmuppyLove]

The EU PAL release of DoDonPachi Resurrection works as well, of course. Even better than importing region-free JP releases since it's gotten a full English localization