Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft has begun to lock out owners of illegally modified Xbox 360 consoles -- which can play pirated games -- from its Xbox Live online game service. "This is an important part of our efforts to try and maintain a fair gaming environment for the large majority of gamers that play by the rules," the company said on its Gamerscore blog. "These users will not have their account automatically banned from LIVE, but they will no longer be able to access the service from the console they modified."

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