Hot Xbox 360 How-Tos


Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 6
See the key to the sixth puzzle "Brothers" in Assassin's Creed 2. This is where things start to get tricky; while the first batch of ring puzzles were simple, these link some of their rings together, so that you can’t move one without moving another. For more info, watch the whole gameplay.

How To: Hack your Xbox Kinect with a USB analyzer
This tutorial shows you how to get started hacking your Xbox Kinect. You will need a high quality USB analyzer between the Kinect and the Xbox for this to work, and then you can start streaming data from your Kinect onto your computer.

How To: Make Your Xbox 360 Games Region Free
You've had your Xbox 360 for a few years now and your game collection is pretty extensive. Maybe it's not that extensive, but it's still substantial. Now imagine that you live in Europe and you're moving to the United States. I don't know why—maybe your dad got a job offer. Don't ask me, ask your parents. They're the ones that are making you move. Anyways, as most Xbox users know, games are coded by region. Games that work in Europe might not work in the United States. Does this mean you shou...

Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 20
No need to figure out the 20th puzzle, entitled "The Origin of the Species", in Assassin's Creed 2. Here's the answers! Puzzle wheel: Start by turning the fifth ring right ten times, then turn the fourth ring left twice. Then rotate the third (and first) rings right twice, the second ring right five times and the first ring left three times. Image 1: Highlight the eye at the top of the painting. Code wheel puzzle: Ignore the numbers and focus on the Assassin motto: “Nothing is true, everythin...

How To: Unlock all 11 unique executions in Gears of War 2
Kick 'Em When They're Down Achievement 1. Rude Awakening

How To: Farm bandits for rare trade objects in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Finding all of the rare trade objects in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood can be infuriating, what with random item drops and quests to juggle. Watch this video for a guide to farming trade objects by killing bandits along a particular route.

How To: Get infinite caps and ammo in Fallout 3 for XBox 360
Keeping your supplies of caps and ammunition high in Fallout 3 is one of the game's biggest challenges. No more! This video will teach you how to use a glitch in the game's shopkeeping interface to attain unlimited caps, ammunition, and free item repairs. You should have no trouble beating this epic game after following these instructions.

How To: Transfer Xbox 360 hard drive save data to new Slim 360
If you picked up a new Xbox 360 Slim, the first thing you're going to want to do is transfer all your old saved game data from your old Xbox 360 to the new internal hard drive in the Slim 360.

How To: Unlock secret XBox 360 functions
Chris Pirillo demonstrates some lesser known features of the XBox 360 including: the Shut Down feature, Custom music, the manual moving visualization, composite and component video, and changing the vision camera effect.

How To: Fix the "open tray" problem on your XBox 360
This video is for XBox owners who are experience the "open tray" problem. This is when you insert the disc, a few seconds later, it'll ask you to open tray again, and then it won't even acknowledge that there's a disc in the tray. Assuming you know how to open up your XBox, you'll be able to see the parts of the disc drive. It consists of two parts, the part where the disc spins on, and the laser, which reads the disc and it sits just a little bit away from the middle of the drive. The proble...

Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 10
Figure out the 10th puzzle, Apollo, in Assassin's Creed 2. Image 1: Highlight the lunar lander just down and to the left of the moon. Puzzle wheel: Another linked-ring rotation puzzle. Your job here is to align all the channels; do this by moving the fifth ring to the left six times, the second ring to the left four times, the fourth ring to the right three times and the third ring to the left five times. Then snap the first ring into place. Image 2: Move the cursor down between the flag and ...

Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 15
Get all of the info on the 15th puzzle, entitled "Guardians", in Assassin's Creed 2. Puzzle wheel: Seemingly every other ring is linked here, so we’ll cut straight to the chase: Turn the third (and fourth) rings right twice, the fifth (and first) right four times, the fourth (and first) right five times, the fifth (and first) left five times and the second left five times. Finally, move the fifth (and second) rings right five times. Image: Another gimme – just move the Assassin logo over the ...

Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 18
The 18th puzzle is called "Synapses". See how to solve it in Assassin's Creed 2. Code wheel puzzle: Your first clue is to line up 5 with a single tree-looking symbol. The key here is the weird-looking equation on the left, which offers a hint as to the progression of the symbols.

How To: Play Windows PC games with an XBox 360 controller
The XBox 360 controller might be the single best controller in the history of console gaming. It is the perfect size, the buttons are laid out well, and the wireless works perfectly. Why must its usefulness be limited to your XBox? This video will teach you how to use your XBox 360 controller to control your PC, allowing you to play any PC game you can get your hot little hands on with this brilliant piece of controller engineering.

How To: Unblock Netflix, Amazon Instant and 60 Other Channels with No Location Restrictions on Xbox 360 & Xbox One
Streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video have been available on game consoles for a while, but if you're in a country where they're blocked, it can be hard to find a way around. There are apps and extensions like Hola Unblocker and Media Hint and that to bypass location restrictions on your computer, but what about your Xbox?

How To: Flash and dump the XBox 360 LiteOn 93450c disc drive
Performing a proper dump and flash on an XBox 360 disc drive should not be attempted by those without advanced technical knowledge, including how to solder and work with computer hardware. If you want to though, you could not hope for a much better set of instructions than this. This three-part video series will show you, in painstaking detail, how to dump and flash the LiteOn 93450c and 93950c disc drives used in some XBox 360's. Be very careful when following these instructions and you will...

How To: Unlock the Arcane Warrior class in Dragon Age Origins
In this tutorial, we learn how to unlock the Arcane Warrior class in Dragon Age Origins. Turn on your game first, then you will need to learn how to unlock the class from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins. Once you learn how to do this, you will be able to unlock the class and advance to a new level. To unlock the Blood Mage, you will have to learn from the Desire Demon in Fade. To unlock the shapeshifter, you will have to learn from Morrigan. Finally, to learn how to unlock the spirit healer, ...

How To: Find all the Joker teeth in Batman: Arkham Asylum
If you're looking to add a bit of a challenge to Batman: Arkham Asylum, then you might want to try and locate all of Joker's teeth. Their not literally his teeth, but the chatttering kind. There are a lot of teeth in the game, so good luck finding them and enjoy the video!

How To: Install, configure & use USB flash drives & external hard drives on Xbox 360s
Is your Xbox 360 lacking on storage space? Need just a little bit more room? Maybe a new hard drive isn't the answer for your needs. Maybe all you need is a USB flash drive. You could also use an external hard drive that connects via USB cable.

How To: Hotswap, stealth patch, and burn Xbox 360 games
Paulant Films has some great information on how to download and rip Xbox 360 games. In these four video tutorials, you'll learn how to hotswap, stealth patch, and burn Xbox 360 games.

How To: Take Apart & Clean an Xbox 360 Power Supply
YouTuber xCrAnKsHoTx teaches you how to take a apart an Xbox 360 power supply, aka power brick, in order to clean it. This could help prevent any red light issues, or overheating in the long run, so it's good to do as maintenance every year or two to remove all the dust in there.

How To: Help Leo escape to earn the "Wake Up Call" achievement in Mafia II
To get the "Wake Up Call" achievement in Mafia II, you'll need to be in Chapter 11 and you'll need to let Leo know that there are bad guys on the way. Beat the clock to get to Leo, then get him out of there before Henry spots him. The trick is not to use any of the normal exits. You'll have to wake him up and help him climb down the building. Join Achievement Hunter as they show the full details of this Mafia 2 achievement.

How To: Fight the Shiva Sisters in Final Fantasy XIII
The Shiva sisters fight in Final Fantasy XIII is more to prove yourself to the sisters so you may summon them than to actually fight them. To win the battle, you must fill up the gestalt meter which appears over the sisters' heads. No one will die, one sister will actually heal you throughout the battle, but you do have a timer over your head which will give you a game over if it runs out. To begin, use Libra on the sisters to determine their weaknesses, which will make you realize that physi...

How To: Connect to Xbox LIVE in a Hotel Room Using Your Computer, Phone, or Tablet's MAC Address
MAC addresses (not to be confused with Macs) are unique identifiers assigned to network devices in order to access the internet. Hotels use these Mac addresses in order to check if a registered patron has agreed to their terms and conditions, how much bandwidth is being consumed, and of course, whether they've paid or not.

How to Find All of the Fallout: New Vegas Companions
Want a buddy in Fallout: New Vegas? Sure you do. In fact, you probably want a couple New Vegas companions.

How To: Cheat Fable II on Xbox to get infinite money
You'll never go hungry again! This cheat works best with Xbox versions of Fable II, and allows you to accumulate infinite money by taking advantage of a glitch in the system. Once you're 30-60 minutes into the game, you can fully take advantage of this cheat.

How To: Instantly unlock all of the zombie maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Learn how to unlock ALL of the zombie maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops without beating the single-player campaign! This clip will show you how it's done using the secret code "3arc unlock."

Walkthrough Assassin's Creed 2: Glyph Puzzle 12
This is the 12th puzzle, entitled "Titans of Industry", in Assassin's Creed 2. Code wheel puzzle 1: The key here is in the “4=1” on the blueprint at the left of the screen. Line up the red 4 over the gray 1 and input the following code: 917240. Image 1: This one’s the opposite of the light-bulb “puzzle” from before – just move the dollar sign over the bulbs to extinguish them. Image 2: Highlight the glowing ball at the center of the image. Code wheel puzzle 2: Your hints here are the “2” on t...

How To: Find all of the hidden logs in Dead Space
Dead Space. One of the best Xbox 360 games ever. And if you want to collect all of the logs in Dead Space, then Jack shows you where to find them. Watch all seven videos from Achievement Hunter to locate all of the hidden logs.

How To: 12 Totally Kickass Emblem Designs for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (And How to Make Them)
Creating your own emblem is a great way to show off your creative skills and show those stock-emblem clowns what's really up. And in the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Treyarch decided to revamp the emblem editor, so now you can make more colorful and elaborate emblems.

How To: Activate pack-a-punch in Call of the Dead and kill more zombies
Want to know how to make the pack-a-punch machine appear in Call of the Dead, the new Zombies map from the Escalation pack for COD: Black Ops? Make sure you've watched this video first because the power has to be turned on.

How To: Use the Kinect to measure objects in 3D
The Kinect is more than just a toy for your Xbox 360. While it's primarily a gaming accessory, it's also a fairly powerful high-tech camera. This tutorial shows you how you can use a Kinect to measure objects in 3D, using the Kinect's own box.

How To: Find the Vertibird crash site and Tesla-Beaton Prototype in Fallout: New Vegas
Back in Fallout 3, when they released the Broken Steel DLC, once you completed the main mission and finished the training simulation, you were allowed to take some pickings from the weapons and armor vault, one of which was the Tesla Canon, a sniper-rifle meets awesomesauce, high damage gun! Well, Obsidian did one better, and you don't even need to get DLC! This is the Tesla-Beaton Prototype, and you can find it at a crashed Vertibird site there in Fallout New Vegas in the south Mojave Desert...

How To: Break into the police armory in Deus Ex: Human Revolution on the Xbox 360
If you want to enter the police station armory in Detroit while playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, you either need to have enough credits to afford it, or you need a high hacking skill. This video from Game Front will allow you to skip both of those requirements by giving you the password to the armory so you can take all the weapons you want.

How To: Download & Play the First Strike Maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Black Ops gamers— you have new Call of Duty maps for your multiplayer adventures. If you have no idea what I'm talking about— you might as well just sell that copy of Black Ops and pick up the newest version of Harry Potter you can find, because you're no Black Ops soldier.

How To: Find That Gun, the rare weapon 5.56mm high value pistol in Fallout New Vegas
The 5.56mm high value pistol isn't the most powerful gun in Fallout New Vegas, but That Gun, the rare weapon version of it, is quite a bit more powerful. Watch this video to learn how to find and acquire That Gun.

How To: Connect to Xbox Live with a laptop using two methods
This video shows you two methods to connect to XBox Live using a laptop. For the first method, go to your start menu and open up your control panel. In the control panel window find the area marked Network and Internet and select the option View network status and tasks. In this new window, select Change adapter settings in the left hand pane. You will be presented with another window that has your network connections listed. Right click on your Wireless Network Connection and select properti...

How To: Unlock all songs in Rock Band with a cheat code
Cami, theburntmatches, shows us how to unlock all songs on Rock Band! It is a simple way to unlock all the songs in XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii Rock Band . This probably doesn't work with Rock Band 2 (RBII or RB2). This is a simple glitch or cheat code for the guitar hero like game.

How To: Repair fix & mod Rock Band Drums with the coin mod
This tutorial adds to the drums and it will probably help your drum kit. All you need is 4-6 nickels and some tape. This will not void your warranty. This is more of a Mod than a repair, but it basically fixes randomly missed notes when you swear you hit it exactly right. Make sure the coins are completely fastened down. Rock Band is the interactive game that allows you to use to play along with music and songs using the controllers of drum kit, microphone and guitars.

How To: Use XBox Backup Creator to back up XBox 360 games
If you own an XBox 360, it is your Microsoft-given right to make backup copies of it on your computer to burn to discs in case you lose your $60 baby. This video will show you how to make a backup copy of any XBox 360 game using a program called XBox Backup Creator. Never lose a game to wear and tear or parental rage again.