By process of elimination, this title update has to be what's causing I have never obtained a title update for Hydro Thunder Hurricane because I just purchased the game about 24 hours ago. I noticed the game has had title updates released in the past. Connection to Xbox Live in any way or signing into an Xbox Live account, whether connected to Live or not, would freeze the game instantly. Not connect to Xbox Live in any way or even sign into an Xbox Live account (even with the network cable unplugged, an Xbox Live account signing in would cause the game to freeze instantly at that exact moment.) I tried using several other Xbox Live accountsĪnd Non-Xbox Live accounts and the result was the same every time. It loaded right up and I could play it as long as I wanted as long as I did My network cable was still plugged in, but being signed into a local profile, I was not connected to Xbox Live. I tried playing the game while signed in to an account that did not purchase the game (albeit on the same console with the license) that also was not an Xbox LiveĪccount but rather a local account on the console.

Then, without re-downloading the game, I tried something different. I tried to play my game while connected to live with the profile that purchased it againĪnd it froze as usual. I was connected to live on the 2nd attempt as well.įor my 3rd attempt, I repeated the maintenance processes from the 2nd attempt, but placed the new game file on the hard drive this time rather than the memory unit. Still the same result, a black screen and a frozen Xbox 360.

The 2nd time I downloaded the game, I tried putting it on a memory unit instead of the hard drive after clearing my system cache, clearing my Marketplace License Data (which re-downloads when you connect to Live), searching for a caution or warning in theĭeletion suggestions (there was not one), and deleting the old game file and re-downloading it. I was also signed into Xbox Live for the 1st attempt. On this try, as well as all subsequent tries to play, I let the game sit on that black screen for 30 + minutes to ensure that the game would not recover from the crash. When I went to play the game from the My Games menu, it would bring up an all black screen and my Xbox 360 would freeze to the point where the system wouldn't even recognize The 1st time I downloaded the game, I let it download in one go, uninterrupted. I just bought the game 24 hours ago on Xbox Live. I just wanted to bring an issue with the Title Update and Xbox Live Connectivity that is causing Hydro Thunder Hurricane to freeze on Xbox 360. Here is an email that I sent Vector Unit after I bought Hydro Thunder and then found out I couldn't play the game because it freezes my console every time:

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