A European hacker named TheSpecialist, along with a team of fellow propellerheads, has successfully modified the firmware on the Xbox 360 console so that copied game discs can be booted directly from the DVD drive. The group has no plans to release the firmware (“The team advocates hacking, not piracy”), but their investigations are public, so a release of the hack is likely soon.
Here’s what Microsloth had to say on news on the hack.