If you are experiencing the Xbox 360 wont read disc error then chances are you feel like throwing your 360 out the window right? Before you do anything drastic let’s look at some common causes of the fault and what you can do to fix the 360 wont read disc error.

Common Xbox 360 Wont Read Disc Issues

1 – Damaged Discs

This one should be a no brainer.  Just because you don’t see any physical damage on the disc it does not mean your game is readable.  Try cleaning your discs and also test other games to see if you experience the same issue to see if it isolated to a single disc.

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2 – Clearing Your Cache

Hard drive cache can often become corrupted and lead to errors such as disc not being able to be read as well as your Xbox 360 freezing during game play.  This simple fix can quickly see you up and running again and is very easy and straight forward to try.  Visit http://support.xbox.com/pages/xbox-360/troubleshoot/hardware/clear-system-cache.aspx to get a step by step guide to clear your HD cache.

3 – Remove Your Hard Drive

This can often fix your console and bring your Xbox 360 back to life.  All you need to do is remove your Xbox 360 hard drive (when it’s off) and test the disc(s) you are having issues with.  Cross your fingers as often this can be the culprit for the Xbox 360 wont read disc fault.

4 – Remove External Devices

Many of use will hook up external devices such as usb flash drives and memory units. Remove these devices and try playing your games to see if this is the cause of the fault.

What Can You Do If These Fixes Do Not Work?

You can send your Xbox 360 to Microsoft for them to fix it but beware of the hefty price tag ($100+) if it is out of warranty and the 4-6 week wait to get your 360 back.  This option is not a favorite one of gamers and something you can avoid if you are willing to repair the fault yourself.

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Known for its suspense, gore and zombies, Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise has managed to make a name for itself since starting out back in 1996. The original Resident Evil had us fighting for our lives inside a mansion, whilst the sequel left us running scared in the streets of Racoon City. As the series progresses, so too do the characters and gameplay. With Resident Evil 5, Capcom promised a whole new take on the genre, but was this really a good thing?

Story

Once again you take on the role of special operations agent Chris Redfield who is sent into the troubled fictional African town of Kijuju to investigate a potential terrorist threat. It’s here that he teams up with his new partner Sheva Alomar to uncover the mysteries lurking there. Taking on hordes of bio-organic weapons, a.k.a monstrous bloodthirsty zombie-types with a twist, Chris and Sheva must pursue an old enemy whilst discovering the truth behind Jill Valentines disappearance.

In terms of story, Resident Evil 5 certainly doesn’t displease. You’ll be thrown into a few plot twists and kept on the edge of your seat as you progressively find out the truth about this new bio-terrorist.

Gameplay

Resident Evil 5 feels almost a world away from your traditional horror-survival game. Unlike the demo, you’re eased into the over-the-shoulder combat system with controls that feel stiff and clunky for the first couple of hours. Eventually you grow accustomed to the ugly control system and having to stand still whilst shooting, allowing you to enjoy this new “innovative” experience Capcom spoke of. Unfortunately, Resident Evil 5 ends up feeling more like just another linear action packed third person shooter as opposed to a suspenseful horror-survival where every decision counts.

The game is split into missions, each of which has progressively stronger enemies that you must take out with your arsenal of over-powered weapons. Thankfully, no matter how powerful the enemies become, their intelligence is virtually non-existent. Each monsters AI is so repetitive that you are able to predict their every move and exploit their weaknesses with little to no effort.

Fans of the Resident Evil franchise will be disappointed to hear that even the puzzles are scarce in this franchise and the only time you’ll have to use more than two brain cells is in the fourth chapter!

With all that being said, the on-rails sections were a nice addition to Resident Evil 5 and definitely offered a little more variation in the gameplay!

Features

Thankfully, Resident Evil 5 has implemented a co-op system that allows you to play with a friend both locally and on Xbox Live. This is more than useful since your AI partner (Sheva) will almost always run into the face of danger, despite being low on health. With a human controlling her, this will eliminate the problem and ultimately provide you with slightly more fun to be had in the game.

There is also a Survival Mode which players can co-operatively face when they tire of the games tedious scenarios. The Survival Mode will offer a challenge and is a great addition to a lackluster game.

Graphics

Resident Evil 5 paves the way in terms of graphics for the franchise. They’re outstanding and each area is beautifully detailed, right down to every nook and cranny – if only developers had paid the same attention to detail in the gameplay.

Character designs are also superb and whilst not everyone may be a fan of Chris Redfield’s new steroid look, it’s definitely a step up from its predecessors.

Sound

Much like any other Resident Evil game, the voice acting and soundtrack is spot on. Silences are put in place when necessary and eerie music is used in an attempt to scare you. Unfortunately, the only time you’ll ever experience real fear in the game is when you first encounter a licker.

Overall

Resident Evil 5 had the potential to be one of the best in the series, but unfortunately the done-to-death Hollywood feel took the edge off the game and ultimately made it feel like it was just another third person shooter with the Resident Evil name attached. Overall, Resident Evil 5 is on par with the movies, both of which lack intelligence.

Arriving just in time to compete with the likes of Skyrim and Dark Souls, Lord of the Rings: War in the North has provided fans with a filler to enjoy before The Hobbit arrives on the big screen. With movie-based games usually resulting in disappointment and stiff competition in the RPG genre already, did Lord of the Rings: War in the North manage to capture us in the same way the books and movies did? Or was it another movie to video game flop?

Story

Set in Tolkein’s Middle Earth, you set out to journey to the north and put a stop to Sauron’s growing army. In a team made up of an elvish mage, human ranger and a dwarven warrior you take on the second biggest threat to Middle Earth – Agandaûr, Sauron’s top lieutenant.

Whilst you never actually take part in any of the story found in the book, your quest is set in the same time of Frodo’s journey and you do encounter a few familiar faces along the way. As thrilling as it is to engage in an expanded storyline, the characters and their related quests feel too empty and bland. You don’t grow attached to any of their one dimensional personalities and you’ll never really end up caring about their backgrounds.

Had developers spent a little longer on character development and brought to life their personalities a little bit more, then the game wouldn’t have just had a strong storyline, but a team of warriors you could grow to love too!

Gameplay

Much like your typical action RPG, Lord of the Rings: War in the North sports plenty of NPC interactions, sidequests, shops and the ability to repair equipment at blacksmiths. The game also takes its cue from the more recent games of the genre, allowing you to pick from multiple speech options during conversation.

Designed primarily for three player co-op action, Lord of the Rings allows you to team up with players locally and online to progress through the game and use character racial abilities to find secret items and loot. However, whilst this all sounds relatively exciting from a co-op perspective, it’s not quite the same thrilling experience when you go through the game singlehandedly. Not only does the game restrict you from switching between characters during a quest, but you have absolutely no way of directing orders at them either. If there is one thing we can all agree to hate, it’s relying on a games AI to survive.

Surprisingly, the combat in this game is top notch! Whilst it isn’t quite on par with Skyrim and other competitors, there’s nothing more entertaining than slashing away at orcs and watching the blood spew. Initially the combat does seem somewhat limited, but it isn’t long before things take off and you’re able to cast an array of spells.

Graphics

The games character models and environmental designs do resemble everything we’ve seen in the movies and the facial animations are absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, some of the special effects feel a little plain and dull and seem to be far less imaginative than you’d expect from such a fantasy game. Despite this, Lord of the Rings: War in the North has an overall look that easily immerses you into Middle Earth’s settings and is a world away from the other terrible Lord of the Rings video games.

Sound

As you’d expect, the voice acting in this game is brilliant and there are more than enough references to the books for fans both old and new. The soundtrack is also more than impressive and although it’s not all directly taken from the movies, the tracks you’ll hear will still play in your head long after you’ve finished the game!

Overall

Lord of the Rings: War in the North is superb game for fans of the trilogy. The storyline and characters might not be as captivating as you’d like, but the addictive co-op gameplay and mythical Middle Earth setting will keep you engaged long enough.

Almost one year after the hit series finally ended, Prison Break leapt into console gaming having almost been scrapped completely after the collapse of Brash Entertainment. Thankfully, ZootFly took over development so the world could once again fall in love with the ever so popular television show. So, did ZootFly manage to rekindle the love for a dead series, or would it have been more of a success if a more reputable developer like Naughty Dog or Rockstar got their hands on it? Let’s find out!

Story

Prison Break: The Conspiracy allows you to take a much wanted trip down memory lane as you re-live the events that took place in the first season. Once again you encounter familiar faces, catch a glimpse of Bellick before he landed himself in Sona and plan an escape out of Fox River Penitentiary. Unfortunately, all of this happens in the shoes of a mysterious Company agent named Tom Paxton – a man sent into Fox River to investigate Michael Scofield and ensure Lincoln Burrows fries in the electric chair.

Luckily, you do interact with Scofield and the other well known inmates quite frequently and the game manages to cleverly tie in with the events from the first season. It also provides you with a chance to gain a deeper insight into The Company and see a fantastic development within the new protagonist, Tom Paxton.

Overall, not playing as Michael Scofield could probably be considered a good thing since it opens up a whole new experience and doesn’t destroy what was once a near perfect plot.

Gameplay

The game is essentially a mix up of fetch quests, stealthily avoiding prison guards in restricted areas and conversing with the local inmates. There are also a couple of mini-games to partake in and the occasional punch ups with fellow con-mates – including everyone’s favourite murderer, T-bag! Whilst it may sound exciting, continuously running back and forth on little errands soon becomes little more than a repetitive chore.

Despite the games lack of originality, if you’re an avid fan of Prison Break then you’ll no doubt enjoy interacting with Scofield and his chums, sneaking through ventilation areas and contributing to the prison break itself. There are plenty of tense sneaking missions to keep you on your toes and ramping the game up to Shark difficulty will have you keeping a watchful eye on guard patterns as opposed to the usual radar.

Graphics

For the most part, Prison Break: Conspiracy is definitely an impressive game graphically. With the exception of Charles Westmoreland, most of the characters look identical to their on-screen counterparts and Prison itself was designed to perfection. Graphics are smooth and you’ll rarely encounter any bugs or glitches.

Sound

It’s clear that the games main selling point is its voice acting. The original cast predominantly makes up most of the games voice acting and a large portion of the soundtrack is taken directly from the show itself.

Overall

Those unfamiliar with the television series will give up long before the plot starts to thicken. Whilst it’s definitely an entertaining game for any devout Prison Break fan, it’ll feel like just another stale Metal Gear-Tenchu hybrid for anyone else. Needless to say, if you loved the show then you owe it to yourself to play this game, if not – steer clear.

If you are looking for an easy way to give your Xbox 360 gamer score a bit of boost without any real effort involved then you have come to the right place! Don’t worry, I’m not going to direct you to a shifty pay site that will give you an unreliable code in exchange for your credit card details, nor am I going to link you to a dicey Youtube video that will literally give you a tutorial on how to get your Xbox Live account banned. Instead, I am going to name and shame the easiest Xbox 360 games to achieve 1000G effortlessly.

King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

To obtain 1000G on this game, simply find the will to keep playing it until it’s over! It should take you around 5 – 6 hours to finish the game completely and obtain all 9 achievements. Unfortunately, it’s one of the most terribly boring games on the Xbox 360 so don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

This game holds 23 achievements in total and 16 of them will unlock simply by finishing the pitiful 5 hours of story it has to offer. The rest are just as effortless to obtain and the only real “challenge” you’ll face is completing a level without taking any damage. If in the unlikely event this achievement hasn’t unlocked by the end of the game, simply re-visit the first stage and just try to be extra careful. Much like King Kong, this game is absolutely awful and tedious despite it being so easy, so good luck!

NBA: 2K6

NBA: 2K6 has 5 achievements in total and thankfully all of them can be unlocked in a single match!  Simply turn on the game and open up the game play settings, lower the difficulty to rookie, turn off fatigue and injuries and turn on the quarter length to 12 minutes. Next, go to game sliders and turn up all of the home/user settings and of course do the opposite on the Away/CPU settings. Finally, enter a quick game, turn all the rules off and you should easily be able to obtain the games achievements. Alternatively, you can plug in a second controller to make life even easier. Please note that the achievements will only unlock once the game is over.

Terminator: Salvation

Not only is this game surprisingly fun at times, but there only 11 achievements in total to unlock and they can all be won by finishing the campaign on hard mode. Don’t worry, Terminator: Salvation is not the most challenging third person shooter out there and you shouldn’t have too much of a problem obtaining 1000G. If you find that you are struggling with it then you can alternatively run through it co-operatively with a friend.

Avatar: The Burning Earth

I recommend renting this game as opposed to buying it, since you won’t be playing on it for very long! After starting a new story mode, simply run to the left hand side of the screen and hit the ‘B’ button multiple times until you get a hit counter of 50. After that, you should have unlocked all five of the games laughable achievements. Quick, easy and rewarding – the hardest thing you will have to do is choose a memory storage device!